Are you ready to discover what your body is capable of achieving? If you don’t notice any difference with the same exercise routine, then it’s time to make some changes that will help you build your muscles and become stronger.
Use the Right Training Strategy
One Challenge yourself in each exercise. If your goal is to gain strength, the exercise you do should never feel easy. In fact, that 30 minute to 1 hour period you spend lifting, pulling, and pushing weights every day has to be extremely uncomfortable. If not, it means that you are not putting enough stress on your muscles to make them stronger. Challenge yourself using all your strength in each exercise so that over time you can see the maximum results.
*Some expert bodybuilders advise “train until you’re exhausted.” This means that you try so hard that at the end of any given exercise you can no longer do one more repetition. By training until you can no longer put the kind of stress on your muscles that causes them to break and rebuild.
*If you’re new to strength training, consider working with a personal trainer before trying too hard. It is important that you learn the proper techniques for each type of exercise; otherwise, if you are injured you will not be able to continue training to gain strength.
Add more weight and do more reps over time
Once your body gets used to a certain amount of weight, you will have to keep adding more to continue testing yourself. You will know when it is time to add more weight to a particular routine when you start to feel easier and are able to complete several sets of repetitions without giving up. Adding another 2 kilos (5 pounds) or doing 5 more repetitions is the way to continue testing yourself and developing your muscles.
Don’t spend too much energy doing cardiovascular exercise
Cardiovascular exercises like running, swimming, and cycling are great for maintaining good endurance and healthy circulation. However, they are not the best if your goal is to become stronger. Weight training takes a lot of energy, and if you use energy running long distances or riding a bike, you won’t have enough left to do your best in weight training. Limit cardiovascular exercise to once or twice a week so that your energy reserves are ready to be spent on increasing your strength.
Get adequate rest between each exercise
If you want to become strong right away, you may be tempted to exercise every day. However, your body needs adequate rest in order to rebuild the muscle tissue that breaks down during exercise. If you exercise every day, you will never give your muscles a chance to get bigger and stronger. Make an exercise plan 3-4 days a week and remember to rotate the muscle groups.
Make decisions to lead a healthy lifestyle
Eat a lot of calories
To develop your muscles, you need to burn calories in large quantities. It is important that you eat large meals to stimulate muscle growth while you are training. With this in mind, not all calories are equally excellent for muscle development; You will want to eat healthy, whole foods that nourish and restore your muscles rather than depleting your body.
*Make sure you cover all the basic food groups. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, fish, eggs, lean meats, whole grains, and healthy oils and fats.
*Avoid sugar, processed flours, salty hors d’oeuvres, fried foods, and foods packaged with additives and preservatives.