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Bodybuilding can be defined as the pursuit of lean muscle mass. The importance of a proper diet to accomplish this goal cannot be understated. In fact, many experts argue that diet can account for up to 90% of a person's success at building their body. Fortunately, there is an easy-to-follow meal plan that works like magic to burn fat and gain muscle.

Bodybuilding: Diet for Muscle Gain and Fat Loss

In this day and age of fad diets and trendy diets and so on, it is important to note that bodybuilding involves a lifestyle. Regular, intense and goal-oriented training sessions combined with an intelligent approach to eating will promote the development of a muscular physique that most trainees desire. What is required is discipline, patience, persistence and consistency. All of these attributes are favourable and can lead one to success in not only physique goals, but also in personal and professional pursuits.

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When an individual adopts bodybuilding as a lifestyle, the physique improvements can be maintained over the long term. A steady, consistent and daily approach will prevent the agony of short-term weight loss followed by a quick regain of weight and the accompanying depression and feeling of hopelessness. Training and eating like a bodybuilder works, becomes habit-forming and eventually gives one a real sense of satisfaction and accomplishment.

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We like to adhere to the KISS (keep it simple, smart guy) principle when it comes to meal plans. So let's not going to get too technical. We're just going to lay it out for you. First of all, you should eat smaller meals, 5-6 times per day, 2 ½ -3 hours apart. This will keep your metabolism going and provide your muscles (stimulated by short, intense workouts) fed with nutrients required for growth. These meals will consist of protein, carbohydrates and fats.

Proper protein intake will vary according to age, gender, goals and so on. Generally speaking, each meal should contain between 25-50 grams of protein. A rule of thumb is that a healthy male trying to promote lean muscle mass should ingest 1.5 grams of protein per pound of body weight. Therefore, if your body weight is 200 pounds, a daily intake of 300 grams of protein (6 meals with 50 grams of protein each) would be required. The key is that if you are training hard, you need protein.

Sources for protein include lean meats, fish, egg whites, low fat cottage cheese and whey protein. Avoid fatty meats and try to grill your meats and do not fry them in fat. Remember to include a protein selection at each meal.

When discussing carbohydrates, it is vital to distinguish between the different types of carbs. For this discussion we will identify 3 different types of carbs: complex carbs include potatoes, yams, bread, cereals, grains, pasta and rice; simple carbs include most fruit and veggie carbs which include most vegetables and leafy greens.

Fats are also a necessity but should come from the following sources: extra virgin olive oil, flax seed oil, nuts (almonds are best) and fish oil. The diet is very simple. For every meal, choose a portion from the protein group, the complex carb group and the veggie carb group. A good rule of thumb is that a serving size for your protein and carbs should be about the size of your fist. Have a serving of fats at 2-3 meals per day and only have simple carbs first thing in the morning at breakfast and immediately following your workout. Actually, it's critical to have a post workout shake with whey protein and a simple carb like a banana. Bring it to the gym with you and have it while the sweat is still on your body.

Now to fine tune this diet you can do this: if you are trying to increase muscle mass and not worried too much about losing fat, eat as above. However, if you wish to accelerate fat burning, do not eat complex carbs at your last 2-3 meals of the day. Lean protein (chicken breast or fish) and salads or chunky veggies (broccoli and asparagus are excellent choices) will do the trick.

Let's take this one step further. Here is a magic formula for extreme lean muscle mass and fat burning. For three days in a row, come hell or high water, only eat complex carbs first thing in the morning (a serving of oatmeal will do it) and immediately after your workout. On the fourth day, eat a ton of carbs. Actually cheat on this day. Eat whatever you want, but ensure that you eat sufficient protein and lots of complex carbs. This is the time to eat pizza, pasta, cake and so on.

This three day off, one day on carbs has produced fantastic results in many bodybuilders. We like it because any cravings we can put off until our "carb" day (which isn't really that far off in the future) and then indulge at that time. The secret is to remain strict on the low carb days. This takes planning, preparation and discipline. You can do it. Once you start to see the results you get from this carbohydrate manipulation, you will find it much easier to stick to it.

This meal plan should produce such dramatic results so quickly that your friends will be asking you what you are "on". The real secret is daily discipline. Take it one day at a time. Eat right according to the principles outlined above, manipulate your cab intake and train with intensity focusing on basic, heavy movements. This is the bodybuilding lifestyle. Engage in it and change your life, long-term and for the better.

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There has always been the question what is the best way to get in shape , build a nice looking body and don't use extreme measures to achieve this. An important part is the way you do your exercises. In the gym you can find both free weights and machines. I can told you from my experience that the most important thing is the way you execute your training not the kind of weights you are using.
You can work your muscles hard both with free weights and machines. I found it easier to cheat when using just weights and because you can't always coordinate your moves you may found yourself doing the exercises wrong. This is not only bad for your training session but can even cause damage to your body. Like your back or arms.

The Right Way to Exercise

Maybe a professional body builder will make it that far that he doesn't even need the bench or any machines for that matter but for most of you people out there that don't want to become a professional athlete this is just to much. You have them at your disposal, they weren't invented for nothing and with a good training you'll get in shape in no time. You shouldn't avoid free weight by no means if you are at home or the gym is crowded.

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Mixing them together is probably the best thing to do. You can combine the free weights exercises with other like bench presses, bent over rows or shoulder presses. Stick to a weekly routine and change it from month to month. Don't over train. You should even consider taking some supplements like proteins between you meals to help you coup with the effort.

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As a conclusion I can say that body building machines will help your muscles define, because they will force you to exercise the right way. But to build a body mass you need to do all types of exercises, eat health foods and get a lot of rest. Those factors in the perfect combination will help you achieve the body you dream off.

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While you will be told by many that bodybuilding involves spending rigorous hours of training at the gym, it actually is not quite true. An hour a day is just about fine. Your bodybuilding workout routine should fall anywhere between 45 and 75 minutes. You can start with a shorter routine but work your way up over time. However, you should understand that the amount of time you put in the gym is not directly proportional to the amount of lean muscle mass that you gather. When we exercise our bodies release muscle building and fat burning hormones such as testosterone. However the level of such hormones being released in our body sharply reduces after around 75 minutes. Pushing your body beyond that time would only mean that you are risking yourself to injury and not much else.

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To many of you, 60 or 75 minutes of workout might sound a bit too little. But you must remember that you can gain significant time by cutting down on the rest you take between two sets of exercises. In fact, you should try to keep the rest period down to 90 seconds between two sets. There are quite a few positives if you do so. First of all, it allows you to have more time to finish your entire workout within the stipulated 60 or 75 minutes. Secondly, cutting down on the rest break improves your cardiovascular system greatly. It learns to handle more pressure and you make significant gains on your stamina. Thirdly, it has also been suggested that a training with very short rest breaks helps in stimulating the output of our growth hormones, crucial to build lean muscle mass.

Keep Things Under Control

Once you know for sure exactly what you are looking for through your bodybuilding workout routine you will decide on the number of repetitions that you need to do for each set. The general wisdom is that you should do at least 8-15 repetitions if you are only looking at gaining muscle mass. However, if you want that perfect body with every part of your body being exactly what it should be, then you will need to do anywhere between 15 and 25 repetitions of each set. There are quite a few advantages in doing repetitions of each set.

First of all, when you undertake to do so many repetitions it is obvious that you will be working with weights that you can handle. The result is that there is a far lesser chance of getting injured this way. With too heavy a weight you will not be able to do so many repetitions.

Secondly, with these numbers of repetitions you allow your muscles to receive the maximum amount of blood. When you are exercising the cardiovascular system springs into action and makes sure that there is enough blood reaching the parts which are under the most stress. Blood is sent to these parts to carry nutrients that are vital to nourish the muscle cells. The nutrients help the muscle cells to recover and aid them to grow bigger.

Thirdly, research has shown that performing bodybuilding exercises in these repetition ranges allows for the maximum fat loss and gain in muscle mass, the most important criteria for bodybuilding.

Add Variety

However good your bodybuilding workout routine is, you must add variations to it as otherwise not only will you get bored of it and lose focus, but it will also not help you in gaining muscle. With no muscle growth, the purpose of exercising is lost. So it is suggested that you change your routine after every 3-4 weeks. This way you will stay focused and will also gain on muscles.

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There are so many variations of the mighty squat - the only true leg building mechanism around in old school opinion. Unlike many of the variations of exercises for other body parts, variations for squats never take the beneficial range of motion out of the exercise. With any type of squat, you'll always, well, squat.

Bodybuilding Workout Routine - The Box Squat

So box squats were invented by a guy called Louie Simmons - the only guy over the age of 50 to squat 920 pounds.

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He's also the head of an elite, hardcore lifting crew called Westside Barbell in Culver City.

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Lots of lifters at this hardcore emporium have squatted more than 900 pounds, in fact, and that's due to pure and simple technique and the support of a crew who want its members to achieve more and more in powerlifting.

A couple of these guys have joined the 1000 pound club.

Box squats are a simple technique invention, that includes a sturdy wooden box or platform that can be placed beneath the hips. The hips must be lower than the knees, slightly, when the person comes to rest (in the lowest squat position of the exercise).

There's no bouncing, no touch and go, just a solid SIT, and a coming back up again. Control is the earmark of this technique that builds not only muscle, but stabilizes squats and strengthens surrounding joints, ligaments and tendons to enable the lifter to move up in weight.

With sins perpendicular to the floor, and a sitting back on the box with the hips moving back first on the way down, it allows a safer, faster means of progress.

Benefits of the Box Squat are many:

You can't cheat depth, according to the fellas down there, and you learn to sit back by moving your hips first - thereby increasing hip mobility.

Another benefit is that you develop overall hip power, which of course is important for squat thrust and lower body strength. Box squats require starting from a dead stop in the bottom position, and this develops explosive posterior chain strength.

It's also a safe way to go, because it stops the lifter from buckling and rounding the lower back. It's harder, say the folks who do it, to round the back when you're moving down and back, leading with the hips.

Fans of the box squat recommend beginning with a box that is slightly higher than the knees, and you can use varying depth boxes while you learn. The main thing is, a true box squat requires your hips go slightly lower than the knees in the sit position before coming back up with the weight.

Some use an aerobic box or platform, and the Westside Barbell crew say that Elite FTS sells one online. You can also use rubber bumper plates the gym - though that may be selfish if the supply in your gym isn't great.

EXECUTION OF BOX SQUAT:

Box Squat Starting Position -

The starting position on Box Squats is similar as for Squats. But you'll use a slightly wider stance.

Make sure the bar is stationed low on your back to begin. A high bar doesn't work for Box Squats. Put the bar low, on top of your scapular spine.

Use a narrow Grip -

Narrow makes it easier to keep your upper-back tight, which adds strength.

Foot Stance -

Shouldn't be a sumo stance, but should be wider than your shoulder-width. Feet should be turned out about 30 degrees.

Tight upper-back -

Imagine squeezing a pen between your shoulder blades. Keep this position during the whole lift.

Keep chest up -

Stick chest outward and keep it up. This together with the tight upper-back will prevent your back from bending.

Look Forward -

Fix a point in front of you during the whole lift. Don't look up or down, just look forward or through the mirror.

Push Your Abs Out -

This increases lower back stability. Push abs out as if someone was going to punch you in your stomach.

HOW TO SQUAT DOWN ON BOX:

Lower yourself by moving your hips first. Your knees should hardly move during Box Squats, it all comes from your hips.

Sit Back, and lead by pushing your hips back as far as you can. Think sitting on a toilet. Your knees don't move, your hips move back - which is why keeping your chest and abs out stabilize.

Shins are perpendicular to the floor - even past perpendicular to the floor. You'll get this by moving your hips first. Push them back as far as you can.

Keep the knees out - your upper-thighs must stay in line with your feet to avoid knee injuries. Imagine pushing your knees out in the same direction as where your toes point.

Sit down on the box, but do not let yourself fall down on it.

Lower yourself under good control - not slowly, but also not a quick touch and go. It should be fluid and controlled.

Remember to stay tight - don't relax your muscles, it can cause back injuries. Keep all your muscles tight on the box.

HOW TO SQUAT OFF THE BOX:

Stay tight, keep your chest up and look forward. Squat up by thinking "hips up," do not lean forward.

Plant heels firmly on the floor, and curl your toes. Heels keep you from losing balance. Push from the outer side of your feet, and explode. You can't do Box Squats slowly. Think: Explode upward from hips. That's how Box Squats build hip power.

COMMON BOX SQUAT MISTAKES OF EXECUTION:

As with any weight lifting exercise, the lower back can become compromised if you don't execute correct form. The key is to sit on the box and stay tight, not to bounce or relax at any point.

Mistake 1: Bouncing off The Box - This sandwiches your spine between the bar and the box, causing back injuries. Lower yourself under control to sit on the box for a brief moment and begin coming up.

Mistake 2: Relaxing on The Box - When you do this, your spine gets the whole load as surrounding muscles can't provide support. Stay tight, push your abs out.

Mistake 3: Keeping Knees Forward - It kills posterior chain strength. Keep your shins at perpendicular to the floor - or past. Lower yourself by pushing your hips back.

Mistake 4: Rocking Forward - Won't allow you to use your glutes effectively and will risk back injury. Squat up by moving your hips up. Keep your torso still.

Mistake 5: Leaning Forward - Can make your back round. Instead, look forward, keeping a big chest, with shoulder blades back and down; arch your back, push your abs out. Squat.

Mistake 6: Keeping knees in - This puts uneven compression on knee joint. Push your knees out from start to finish. Keep your thighs in line with your feet.

By squatting deeper than you imagined in a cage, box squats allow you to isolate all the correct muscles. Through isolating all the correct muscles, it enables you to develop additional flexibility, and muscle development, and quickly improves your pulling strength for things like deadlifts and Olympic pulls. In a word, box squats are the versatility lifters need to move past those plateaus, and a great start for beginners to ingrain the most correct form.

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In this article we will look at what the differences are of the two basic types of exercises muscle building and how each type is used for certain muscles and different types of training. Plus we will look at which of the two will get you the best results from your body building workouts.

Body Building Workouts - The Difference Between Compound and Isolation Exercises

There are a huge number of exercises and there are several ways to perform these exercise movements e.g., free weights, machines, gadgets, your own bodies weight resistance plus a slew more. Some say isolation exercises should be used more than compound and visa-versa. Well, both are correct to a point, and this depends on what you are trying to accomplish or what type of training you are performing. For bodybuilding isolation and compound exercises are the two basic types of exercises and both should be used in training to provide you with the best overall muscle stimulation to activate growth.

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What is the difference?:

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Isolation exercises focus on a single muscle and usually the exercise involves the movement of a single joint, like your leg extensions and bicep curls etc. Compound exercises require two or more muscles to engage and moving more than one joint to perform an exercise, like your squats, where you move your knees and hip joints and your bench presses etc.

How are each used?:

Isolation exercises, from a muscle builders perspective, are used as the name suggests isolating a muscle for strengthening or bettering development. A good example of this is, as your performing your body building workouts regularly and in time you notice your right bicep needs some shaping up to even out the strength or size when compared to the left bicep. You then would isolate that muscle by performing a dumbbell preacher curl, which is an isolation exercise, for your right bicep muscle. Compound exercises, from a muscle builders perspective, are mainly used for overall strengthening and muscle mass. A single exercise uses more than one muscle group to lift the weight and usually they are the larger muscles that are doing the work. A great advantage of compound exercises is that when you have more than one muscle kicking in to help you can move heavier weight thus building greater overall mass quickly. Also, these types of exercises are a natural way of lifting, pushing, pulling objects. Think about it, when you are moving a slightly heavy box from one place to another you use your leg, back and arm muscles to complete the task at hand.

So as you can see both compound and isolation exercises are beneficial to your overall workout routine. You can build your strength and overall muscle mass up with intense compound exercises then go back and shape up muscles that were not fully used in your compound exercises with isolation exercises.

Incorporating both types of exercises in your body building workouts with right mixture for your individual needs is the way to go. And when done in the correct arrangement can make a big difference.

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There are a hand-full of tried and true weight lifting techniques that you must stick with if you want to gain muscle mass. Compound movements used for powerlifting such as bench press, squats, and deadlifts are essential for gaining muscle mass. But sometimes you hit a plateau and need to make a few changes to shock your muscles into new growth. One technique that I've tried that really works for me is the FST-7 workout. FST is an acronym for fascia stretch training. The seven is the number of sets you perform using this technique. This technique was created by Hany Rambod, trainer of many professional bodybuilders. There's much more than just the weight lifting factor of the FST-7 workout as Hany covers several factors both inside and outside the gym. For this article, I'm just going to cover the actual workout portion and how I have implemented this into my routine and what has worked best in my own experience.

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First of all, you need to understand that the FST-7 workout isn't about merely getting a pump although that's one of the affects you'll feel. Also this shouldn't be considered as just a 'high rep' workout. These are misconceptions of the FST-7 workout. The first part of the entire FST-7 workout is training with heavy weights using straight sets. This basically works all muscle fibers. The intent is to force the muscle to grow and to also add shape to the muscle by stretching the muscle fascia. I'm not going to get into depth with the FST-7 workout in its entirety. But I will provide an example of the leg workout I did this morning.

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FST-7 Style Workout with Legs:

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Squats (heavy weight, parallel): 5 sets of 10, 10, 8, 8, 8

Lying Leg Curls: 4 sets of 10

Leg Extensions: 4 sets of 10

Standing Leg Curls: 4 sets of 10

FST-7 Workout with Leg press: 7 sets of 12-15 with 30 second rest periods between sets

As you can see, the leg routine above looks somewhat normal (maybe with the exception that when I do legs, I like to alternate quad and hamstring exercises; also, I normally would do another pressing exercise such as hack squats, but I didn't since I knew I had the 7 sets of leg presses at the end). It may not look like as much volume as most do for legs, but once you're done you're certainly going to feel it (and the next few days thereafter). Make sure you stretch afterwards. You can implement the FST-7 with any body part. In my opinion, it's good to do this for 2-4 weeks then switch to something else for a few weeks.

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To put it into perspective, bodybuilding is the set of sprinkles upon a well-rounded cupcake that is life. Family, career, education, and other items should always come first, with bodybuilding being something we do to improve all other aspects of life. Because of this, real-life priorities have to always come first. The key to finding time to creating bodybuilding success, amidst the flurry of change and crisis that is real-life, is to plan everything out.

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Analyze your schedule

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Be realistic here. How much time do you have each week to devote to weight training? Are there things you do now which could be sacrificed, like television or Internet surfing time? Could that time be better spent in the gym? Use a spreadsheet program or a piece of paper and map out how you spend your waking hours. Then, begin finding spots on that map where weight training could (or should!) be included.

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Analyze your goals

If your goal is to lose the spare tire and add a few inches to your arms, then you probably don't need to devote 2 hours per day to the gym. On the other hand, if you're training hard for a local show, then you may need 3 to 4 hours daily, making time for weight training, cardio, tanning, posing, etc. Plan the number of hours and days per week in accordance with your goals.

Gauge your experience

If you have trained hard with weights for twenty years, you might need more than 30 minutes daily in the gym to maintain and build muscle mass. On the other hand, if you're overweight and brand new to the gym scene, thirty minutes on the treadmill, five days per week, might be just what the doctor ordered! Take into account your training experience when planning.

Don't forget the little things

Food and gym clothing preparation, gym driving, and many other small uses of time quickly add up. Be sure to include them when planning your ideal weekly training schedule. And be flexible - always leave some time for those little things, which will inevitably go wrong.

Just as no two bodybuilders have the same exact nutritional, training, sleep, or supplementation needs, no two bodybuilders have the same scheduling requirements. Create one that works best for reaching YOUR goals, without disrupting your life too much. Remember, the best bodybuilding workout schedule is the one you'll stick with!

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Before Charles Atlas -- also known as Angelo Siciliano -- became famous by promoting his exercise course called... Dynamic Tension, there have been many old-time strongman that used body weight (isotonic) and isometric exercises.

Isometric Exercises - Bodybuilding Secrets of the Old Time Strongmen

One of these individuals was Alexander Zass -- better known as -- "The Amazing Samson."

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(Zass, born in Poland but, lived most of his life in Russia and later on as circus performer lived in Great Britain after 1924.)

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The important thing to note about Alexander Zass was how he developed his belief in the application of isometric exercise. Or as he referred to it "Maximum Tension." He believed this training protocol was superior to any other of the normal training programs used by strongman of his day and that included using weights in the development of physical strength

He understood that isometric exercises not only developed muscular strength but, also strengthened the tendons and ligaments which are crucial to developing strength.

The amazing Samson, who was also billed as "The World Strongest Living Man" was quoted as saying "I aimed first to develop the underlying connective tissues rather than the superficial muscles," (Taken from His Instruction Manual -- Samson Systems and Methods)

He further explained, "I always wanted to develop tendon strength... without tendons, one possesses no control over the muscles and the body... the development of the tendons are the strength to my secret. Muscle alone will not hold back wild horses -- but tendons will and do!"

Alexander Zass further stated in his training manual that bodybuilder type muscles were merely an illusion when it came to strength. Although he did not discourage students from developing muscular size -- he did instruct them on the practice of tensing their muscles one at a time-- then grouping the muscles together and tensing as many of them as possible-- all at one time.

In the use of isometric exercises, he outlined 3 distinct methods -- and they are as follows:

Freestyle

In freestyle you're using no devices or appliances you're just doing freehand isometrics. You are typically just using your own body.

Wall Exercises

In this method, you are using a wall, or even a tree to provide resistance instead of your own body weight or body.

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Here is the ideal or best way to perform isometric exercises. The disadvantages of both the freestyle and wall exercises is that there's no effective way to measure your strength gains.

And how do you know you're using 100% or even 70% power in this exercise? That's where an isometric exercise device such as the Tensolator or Bully Xtreme comes into play.

These types of bodybuilding contraction devices will allow you not only to measure your strength gains but typically will give you more variety in the type and quantity of isometric exercises you can perform.

The biggest appeal of isometrics is that with a few simple movements and not a whole lot of time you can get a complete body workout -- in your home -- in your office -- or anywhere!

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Most people refuse to believe that it is possible to build muscles using all natural bodybuilding programs. This is why bodybuilding has had such a bad reputation especially because of the famous bodybuilders who use steroids.

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All natural bodybuilding simply means the use of natural methods to build body muscles i.e. with no use of any muscle enhancers or anabolic substances. Real athletes use methods by following a routine that features well structured bodybuilding diets and natural performance enhancing supplements.

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Tracking progress in natural body building is important. Any bodybuilder should clearly outline his or her targets or goals so that it could be easier to access progress. If you don't have well defined goals, then your chances of success will be very slim.

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Take some time to learn as much as possible about bodybuilding in order to be able to "custom build" your body in a way that suites you best. Learn as much as you can about natural supplements, training and dieting. Don't give up half way through - this process is about serious commitment.

One of the best way to stay in the game for longer is to start by establishing clear reasons why you want to use an all natural program. The truth is, when it comes to a sport such as bodybuilding you are either doing it naturally or not. This is an especially important point when considering professional bodybuilding. Remember that in competitions, you are not permitted to use any unnatural supplements. The reason is simple, if others were to use steroids, then it would defeat the whole purpose of the sport - it would simply be unfair to those choosing to go the natural route.

It may look difficult at first especially for beginners but it is possible to use methods that are natural for building body muscle. Anyone, including you, can build them and be successful as a bodybuilder by simply designing specific and highly effective diet and bodybuilding workout routines. All in all, using natural ways is the best way to build muscles - it's not just for making you feeling confident and looking great but it is a sure way to stay healthy.

You may want to visit a physician to do a check up before you start. Some people have conditions that prevent them for lifting too much weight and taking some certain foods substances. You may also need to consult a professionally trainer to help you develop the best program for you.

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There are many bodybuilding workout routines for mass muscle building, all of them have their uses and it is important to know which muscle building routines you can use. There are two great sayings in the muscle building world which are: "everything works, but nothing works forever" and "a workout is only as good as the time it takes your body to adapt to it".

Bodybuilding Workout Routines For Mass Muscle Building

These sayings are great and are fundamental to building muscle in the gym. Doing the same workouts, especially if you have been training for some months now, will not give great results, (this is maybe why you are reading this). Changing your muscle building routine every few weeks will ensure you keeping building muscle and do not have any muscle building plateaus. So let's look at some bodybuilding workout routines for mass muscle building.

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Bodybuilding Workout Routines For Mass: Volume Training

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Image: Graeme Weatherston / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Volume training is probably one of the most popular and effective bodybuilding workout routines for mass muscle building. As the name would suggest, the workouts use a higher volume of training per muscle group, using rep ranges of around 8-15. The higher volume breaks down muscle tissue to promote growth and also gets a good muscle pump. Which some people argue is essential for building muscle.

Bodybuilding Workout Routines For Mass: Strength Training

Strength training is another fairly self explanatory style of training from the name. Strength training workouts are another great style of training as generally stronger muscles are bigger muscles. Just look at the size of some of the guys in strongmen competitions for evidence. Strength training can also give muscles a firmer denser look and feel, (providing that body fat levels are low enough). This is a fairly unknown fact as a lot of people think that doing high volume gets the "toned" look, most people are striving for.

Bodybuilding Workout Routines For Mass: Supersets & Tri-Sets Workouts

I have placed supersets and tri-sets workouts together because they are very similar. These are great bodybuilding workout routines for mass, as they can increase the intensity and density of your workouts. They are workouts were the exercises are performed back to back without rest. For example: a superset could be a set of barbell bench presses, followed by a set dumbbell fly's, then rest before doing another round of exercises. These style of workouts can help you through muscle building plateaus due to the complete change in intensity.

Bodybuilding Workout Routines For Mass: Density Training

Density training is a rather unused bodybuilding workout routine for mass, yet it can be very effective. The idea is to do more work in same (or less) time period and therefore increase the density of your work. One of the simplest ways to increase the density of your workouts is to reduce the rest periods between sets. Density training can be great for muscle building plateaus, as you do not have to increase the weight on the bar, because the reduced rest periods acts as a form of progressive overload.

Bodybuilding Workout Routines For Mass: High Frequency Training

High frequency training has received a lot of press in recent years and has earned its place among the best bodybuilding workout routines for mass. The idea as the name suggests, is to increase the frequency that you work a muscle group. This is subjective to what frequency you are doing at present, but a high frequency routine could be classed as around four full body workouts a week. The amount of work you do on each muscle is lowered for individual workouts, but the extra workouts increases the volume. The main saying here for your muscle is to "stimulate not annihilate".

Bodybuilding Workout Routines For Mass

Hopefully now you can see that there are many bodybuilding workout routines for mass muscle building. The workouts mentioned above are only a quick introduction to some of them. It is important vary your training style, not only for optimal muscle building. But also, it is nice to keep change your workouts to keep your interest and motivation up. You can look forward to fresh new training styles every week, while also packing on lean muscle.

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"What is the best body building workout schedule?" is a question that beginning bodybuilders pose time and time again. This quest for a holy grail of perfect workout schedule has been sought for generations and the truth is that the actual components of a workout schedule are only slightly more important than the timing of the schedule itself. From rudimentary exercises that can be done in the home or in a basic gym up to compound muscle group super sets the pros use, the secret to a body building workout schedule is in its consistency.

Body Building Workout Schedule

Day in and day out, at approximately the same time of day, you should be exercising your body and you mind to develop the habit of your new routine. By 'scheduling' yourself for body building, you will train yourself to get the feeling that something is wrong if you skip a session. This mental training starts with your preparation for your workout - the ritual of preparing you gym bag, walking into the gym, changing your clothes and mentally going over the routine you are about to perform.

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Tiger Woods does not vary his approach to the ball depending on the weather. His swing, perhaps but the repetition of each practice swing has trained him to 'feel' when something is wrong and to step back and start over.

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That being said, one of the most useful beginner workout schedule follows the work week alternating weight lifting with aerobic exercise every other day.

Day 1 - upper body workout

Day 2 - aerobic

Day 3 - lower body workout

Day 4 - aerobic

Day 5 - upper body workout

Day 6 - aerobic

Day 7 - rest

Start the next week with a lower body workout and continue alternating. This body building workout schedule accomplishes three things. One, it builds the habit of working out (almost) every day, the benefits of which are described above.

Two, it allows for ample rest between workouts of the same muscle group. It is in the rest period where your muscle actually grows. While you are in the gym working your muscles, they are under stress. It is in the reparation from that stress that the muscle becomes larger, not while it is under stress.

Three, it provides enough room for variety of exercises so that your muscles don't get used to doing the same exercise each time. The human body very easily gets used to any strain it is put under. If you performed the same exercise over and over again with no variety your muscles would quickly adapt and your routine would reach a point of diminishing returns. By altering the resistance, position and movement of your exercise, your muscles will not be able to adapt to the new strain they are being put under. Small stabilizing muscles and different areas of the same muscle will be strained in subsequent workout sessions keeping your muscles under varying strain and allowing for greater growth during the rest phase.

These are the basics for setting up a body building workout schedule.

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Do you want to know the best bodybuilding workout for mass? If so I will show you the best bodybuilding workouts and how to put them together into a complete routine. I will also show you how to avoid muscle building plateaus.

Best Bodybuilding Workout For Mass Muscle Gains

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If you are looking for the best bodybuilding workout for mass, I am assuming you want to put, as much muscle weight onto your frame as possible. To do this you have to have put other goals and aims aside for a bit. Your main focus should be on; obtaining lots of lean muscle mass.

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I should say from the start that there is not one particular best bodybuilding workout for mass. The best way to continuously add muscle and prevent muscle building plateaus. Is with a collection of bodybuilding workouts, combined together to form a complete bodybuilding routine. Get this right and you will pack on muscle mass fast. So lets have a look at the best bodybuilding workouts for mass.

Volume Training

Arguable the best workout for mass, is volume training. Volume training creates a lot of tension on a muscle and causes a lot of muscle damage. This stimulation is great for muscle growth.

You must however get the volume right and not copy bodybuilding workouts from magazines and pro bodybuilders. That sort of volume is to high and will give you below par results. Another problem with volume training is that it does not get you stronger. If you want to prevent plateaus and keep making muscle gains, you need to get stronger.

Strength Training

Strength training comes in at joint top of the best workout for mass. Simply put, stronger muscles will be bigger muscles. It is possible to have stronger smaller muscles, but this mostly irrelevant with most people. This usually occurs when you look at elite bodybuilders and power-lifters.

The main advantage with strength training is that, with the extra strength you get; you can use that strength to lift more weight with more volume. When you do this, you really start to reach your muscle building genetic potential. This is why I said there is no best bodybuilding workout for mass. But a collection of bodybuilding workouts used to form a complete bodybuilding routine.

Workout Routine

So how do you make a bodybuilding routine? This can be different for each person with different body types. You are best doing a bit of trial and error for yourself, to see how you react. A good starting guide is to start of with 2-3 weeks of volume training. Followed by 2-3 weeks of strength. Once you do that, you can review how you are progressing.

Bear in mind that you will make you best gains during the volume training. Do not drop the strength training completely, as this strength training is what sets you up for big muscle gains. It is a bit like laying the foundations for a wall, then the volume training builds the wall on those foundations.

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Bodybuilding workouts are an essential part of the bodybuilding process, but a surprising number of people still understand enough about working out to get the maximum benefit from their workouts. Check out the rest of this article to get the most from your bodybuilding workouts.

Bodybuilding Workouts - 4 Steps To Maximum Gains

Step 1

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Go hard, all the time. If you are slacking off occasionally, not lifting as much as you can, and some days not even showing up, well then your muscles are doing exactly that too - slacking off. You may see some muscle gains, but you won't get anything like the benefits of your buddy who works out diligently. What's the point in doing bodybuilding workouts half heartedly?

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Step 2

Keep yourself motivated. In my experience, the key to staying motivated in your bodybuilding workouts is to find the correct time to visit your gym. Noone wants to stand around and wait while people use the weights and machines you want. It just kills the buzz of the workout, and can often lead to missing out on your favourite exercise or whatever. The key to this is to visit the gym at the quiet times - say 9 in the morning, or very early afternoon.

Step 3

Keep your energy level up. If you want to be fit as well as muscular, you'll want to keep your heart pumping in between sets. A great way to do this as part of your bodybuilding workouts is to do a minute or 2 on the treadmill or stationary cycle between exercises. It will add a few minutes to your overall workout time, but I'm betting by the end you'll be breathing hard.

Step 4

Correct technique. In order to get the very best out of your bodybuilding workouts, you must perform the exercises and reps exactly how they are meant to be done. That means no jerking with your back when you are doing barbell curls. Seriously, if your technique isn't top notch, you are wasting most of your workout time. Wouldn't you rather learn to do it right and spend half the time at the gym for the same gains?

Bodybuilding workouts really can differ from person to person, but hopefully this article will give you something to think about next time you are at the gym.

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