Bodybuilding Routines You Can Use

By Wakelin Smith


The basics of bodybuilding are actually simple when properly understood. It is also important to remember that it is not a hit and miss affair. Then again, it does not take a genius to develop the proper bodybuilding routines. The proper way of doing it will surely result in building muscle mass if it is mixed with the determination to carry out the right workout.

Any bodybuilder, either a beginner or a professional, must learn to keep his weight training routine among his important priorities. With this, he must keep in mind that any desired muscle mass buildup only comes as a result of determination and patience. Desired results from weight training do not happen overnight. He must learn to stick with a program to gain the muscle size and strength he wants.

Also, efficiency is important in an effective workout. Keeping this in mind, he must develop an efficient workout program that trains all the muscle groups as well as develop strength. To be able to do an efficient body workout, a weight lifter does not have to spend 3 hours a day in the gym to build muscle mass. In fact, that much time spent inside the gym while exerting the muscles will likely result in overtraining. Look at it this way, if a weight trainer keeps his weight training workouts under an hour and a half (or better yet, and hour) yet performs them 3 or 4 times a week then his body will get sufficient rest to grow his muscles bigger and stronger.

Here are some other reminders for proper bodybuilding routines. For one, keep it short. The ideal range is between 45 to 75 minutes maximum while 60 minutes is the best time spent for a single workout. A simple reason guides this duration. After 75 minutes, there is a drop in the levels of muscle building and fat burning hormones that the body produces. It will also prevent you from fast recovery.

Two, the ideal rest in between sets is 90 seconds or less. It is important to keep the rest in between sets to a minimum. It helps improve a lifter?s cardiovascular system. Also, it has also been known that this kind of training stimulates growth hormones output the most. More so, this allows more time for the workout itself.

Third, the sets should be between 8 - 15 repetitions for muscle mass gains while for body sculpting purposes it must be 15-25 repetitions. Some reasons support this range in reps.

The best blood pump into the muscle cells within these repetition ranges. Considering that nutrients that nourish the muscle cells are pumped along with the blood come nutrients and that this blood pump help them recover and rebuild bigger faster, then this rep range is very important. To add, there is less probability of injury since the body will be using a weight that it can control. Also, it has been shown in studies that muscle building and fat burning occur best at these repetition ranges.

It is not wise to get stuck with the same routine for a long workout period. A bodybuilder ends up with a zero muscle growth if he does this even he spends a lot of time pumping iron. Also, sticking at the same workout regimen will surely lead to a boring and unenthusiastic day at the gym. So finally, training must be varied and cycled.




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