Sunday, 12 July 2009

Tips For Adding Mass, Power And Tone

Adding bigger muscle mass
First off you need to understand that in order to gain muscle mass you need to lift heavy. Each set and rep must test your muscles to their maximum. If you lift to failure each time you complete a set, you will be placing the muscles under the most stress possible. We are not talking about lifting 20 reps at a somewhat reasonable weight until you tire. I am talking about low repetitions with heavy weights. Place the muscles under heavy stress and you gains will skyrocket. The muscles fiber need to be destroyed, it's the only way you can build new muscle. Once the muscles have been destroyed you body immediately begins sending nutrients to the muscle in order to repair it. It's why you dietary intake is so vital.

Learning how to increase muscle mass includes proper nutrition. You should be consuming at least 1.5 grms of protein for men and 1.0 grms of protein for women. You need to stick to complex carbs. They help keep your blood regulated and will give you the energy you need throughout the day. Fiber intake should be increased slowly. Fiber helps take the excess nutrients out of body we do not need and helps push fat through the digestive system, instead of storing it. The two main types of food you should consume are: Protein and carbohydrates, this to feed and give energy to the muscles. As a recommendation you should have from 5 to 6 meals a day, in order to supplement your body with the amount of food needed.

Summary for getting bigger muscle
First: Per day you should eat one gram of protein per every pound you weight. Let's say you weight 140 pounds, then you should eat 140 grams of protein per day. Talking about carbohydrates, you should eat from 2 to 3 Carbs per every pound you weigh. So if you weigh 140 pounds you should eat from 280 to 420 grams of carbohydrates per day.

Second: Drink tons of water. You need to drink at least 66 ounces of water per every pound you weigh, because your muscle is 93% water, so that will promote muscle growth and also the elimination of toxins.

Third: Train hard. To get bigger you have to stimulate your fast-twitch muscles, because these fibers can grow up to 4 times their size. The best way to get them to work is when you reach muscular failure between 6 to 12 reps, as a recommendation you should work the basic compound exercises, such as squats, barbell presses, and rows.

These three tips are the basics on how to get big muscles, but there's more than that, you need the guidance of a professional to do things the right way and obtain the desired results, which in this case are big muscles. For that I recommend you to follow an integral bodybuilding program and nutritional plan.

Toning
The most important factor for getting that toned physique is to burn fat, this is the most important thing you need to do. It doesn’t matter if you have huge amounts of muscle you’ll never look toned or hard bodied unless you lose that fat.

When it comes to toning the workout routine must be the opposite of training to build big muscles. When training for tone, instead of lifting heavy weights with small amounts of reps you need to lift light weights doing maximum amount of reps, this is also another great way for burning of excess calories because its incorporates lots of movements and it’s stimulating the muscles

Although in rare instances it can vary, the average person maintains their current body size by consuming around 15–20 calories per lb of body weight they carry. So, to work out your calorie maintenance level, you should weigh yourself in lbs, and then multiply by 15.

Now, you need to consistently eat a set amount of fewer calories, every day. How much less? Until you start losing fat. For how long? Until you stop losing fat; then re-adjust. When I say eating less every day, what I mean is, for the first week or two or however long it works for you if your maintenance level is 3,000 calories, you should shoot for maybe 2,500 or 2,000 calories daily.

When training no matter for what goal it is vital to have the right nutrition and the proper guidance for what ever your goal is. For more information on how to meet your physical goals visit: Chiseled To Perfection