Even if you are a hard gainer, you can build muscle fast. You need to put together a plan you can stick to, put it into action and monitor results. So what is this great never before seen plan? No such thing here, instead of giving you the “best” plan – which I wouldn’t know, because I don’t know you, I will tell you how to find the best program for you.
There are a lot of tweaks that can be done to people’s programs that will make a huge difference in their gains. Often times it comes down to a slight change in grip or stance and you should always look to make these subtle adjustments, but I will give you one easily implementable tip that you can start right away.
Alright, the tip is simple. Write down your progress. That’s it? That’s a tip that is going to help you gain more muslce? Yes – if you use the information to make adjustments. It’s pretty simple, let’s say you benched 225 pounds last week and did 6 reps. How many reps or how much weight are you going to do this time? “As much as I can” you say and that is great, but what if you knew that you had to do seven to beat yourself (you last week)? Wouldn’t that give you an immediate goal? Sounds overly simple, but so many people fail to do it – instead opting for intuitive lifting. Would you like the construction company that built the office building you work in to use “intuitive” building, or start and stick to a plan – making adjustments when noted? You can do the same with your body.
You see, it comes down to body’s reaction to stimulus. You can do your own scientific study and see what exercise and repetition combination work best for you. Just because you read in some magazine that a certain bodybuilder says xyz exercise is the best for shoulders, it might not be the best for you. Tracking your routine will allow you to custom tailor the results.
Again, I am not going to give you a routine, but since I said that you can build muscle fast even if you are a hard gainer, I am going to give you some guidance – which you will need to track. Doesn’t matter what exercise you want to do this with, just make sure it is a compound exercise. Warm up adequately and then do a set where you can’t do any more than six reps and do them till failure. Next, increase your weight until you are doing a set where you can no more than 2-4 reps. Last, try and do a 1 rep max. Be safe and do it with a partner or a machine. Now the next part is key: keep this up for a month and track your progress. I can almost guarantee that you will progress, but if you don’t then this type of lifting isn’t optimal for your body – so try something else and track it.
Heavy progressive weight to failure will work very well for most – as long as you really are doing it to failure, but if for some reason it isn’t working for you – try a different methodology and track it. Make sure you give sufficient time – 4-6 weeks to make sure a program is working. If you track you progress, you will know – if you don’t, you are just guessing.
By now, you should realize that tracking your progress can make a big difference in your muscle gain. If you can’t take the time to track your changes by writing down your weight and reps – and do this in the gym – then you aren’t dedicated. If you really want to build muscle optimally, you have to track your routines. Once you get that down, you need to start tracking your rest and your food intake. Of course, if you want to be average, you don’t need to do any of that. Remember, intuitive is not enough.
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