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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Key To Building Muscle

By Danny Gutierrez

It is absolutely phenomenal how many gym goers bust their behinds every single day in the gym only to fail to make any significant progress with their physique. It's not because they're not working hard obviously it's because they simply don't know what it actually takes to build muscle. Don't make the same mistake and read the rest of this article to discover what it actually takes to build muscle.

As you may or may not know the key to building muscle isn't working out in the gym.The actual building of muscle occurs outside of the gym. The only thing that occurs in the gym is the tearing down and stretching of your muscles. It's outside of the gym when you feed your body the right nutrients and you rest your muscles that you actually grow.

If you want to build muscle you have to consume protein. Without enough protein your muscles will not grow period. Most bodybuilding experts agree that you need to consume about one to two grams of protein in order to put your body in a position to grow. So if your target body weight is one hundred and fifty pounds you should be consuming anywhere between one hundred and fifty to three hundred grams of protein

The thing about protein is most people don't know where they can get it from so here is a short list of some good protein sources. As far as meat goes all meat has protein but you want to stick to the ones that have the least amount of bad fat like leans cuts of red meat, chicken breasts and of course most types of fish are great for you. If you're on a budget tuna has always been a great muscle builder. There is also milk and cottage cheese as well as nuts such as almonds and peanuts. And of course protein shakes are also a great source of protein.

If you really want to build some muscle in a hurry then you'll take advantage of two of the most opportune times to consume protein which are when you wake up and immediately following a weight training session. If you supplement with protein at these two times you will dramatically improve your results.

The post workout window of opportunity is the 30-60 minutes immediately following one of your gym training sessions. The post workout window of opportunity is known by bodybuilders as the one time during the day you need to be taking protein if your goal is to build muscle. If you take anything from this article and you want to build muscle then supplement with protein immediately following your workouts.

Something else that is just as critical is rest and recuperation. It is absolutely critical that you give your body and muscles ample time to recover from the workouts you force it through. If you work out too often and you don't take long enough breaks between your workouts your muscles will not grow and if anything they might shrink! Rest is a requirement for muscle growth not an option.

The truth of the matter is that the first year you start working out in the gym will be the year that you should make the most amount of progress. You can ensure that by making sure you give your body plenty of protein to keep it in a state of growth and by resting enough between workouts and outside of the gym as well. As the popular cliche goes... "it ain't rocket science" and as you can see it really doesn't have to be. Work out. Eat the right stuff. Rest. Repeat. - 17274

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