Add Insane Amounts Of Muscle With This One Step

July 10, 2009 by Danny Gutierrez
Filed under: Health 

Nutritional supplement manufacturers want you to think and believe that every supplement they manufacture is necessary for muscle growth but the absolute truth is that the only two things you need to do to build muscle is train hard in the gym and consume plenty of protein.

The muscles in your body are comprised of two things: protein and water. It is absolutely necessary for you to consume plenty of protein if you want your muscles to grow. Make sure you get plenty of protein in your body before you start to mess around with any other supplements that may do nothing more the drain your wallet.

Let’s take a step back for a minute and actually look at what happens when you go the gym and work out your muscles. If you’re working out with weights, also known as resistance training and weight training, then essentially what you’re doing is breaking down your muscle tissue. You’re actually making small tears in your muscles when you work out hard and those tears are actually what lead to muscle growth and that’s also why it’s sometimes painful to workout in the gym.

Regardless of everything you’ve read about building muscle it’s actually quite simple. Building muscle is as simple as going to the gym and working out and then consuming enough protein outside of the gym to allow your body to grow.

In order to grow muscle you’re going to have to consume about 1-2 grams of protein for every pound you weigh. So if you weigh 200 pounds then you should consume 200 grams of protein. This is why I consider protein supplements to be necessary because it would be really hard and expensive to consume all of the protein you need from natural food sources.

There are a few times throughout the day where it is really important to consume protein to maximize on fast muscle growth. The first is immediately following your workout. After your workout your muscles are basically dehydrated and starving for nutrients so take advantage of that and feed them protein so they can start the rebuilding process.

Another time that consuming protein is critical to muscle growth is first thing in the morning because you’ve been asleep for 7-8 hours and when else during the day do you not eat for 7-8 hours? Right, so again your body and muscles are starving and feeding them protein is essential so your body doesn’t start feeding on them for fuel which is completely possible and happens.

When you’re just getting started with working out it can be really confusing to know what works and what doesn’t becasue of all the mis-information out there. Keep it simple and rely on core strategies to build the foundation of your physique and worry about experimentation later when you know your body a little better and will know when something works and when it doesn’t.

About the Author:

Comments

Tell me what you're thinking...
and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar!

You must be logged in to post a comment.

  • Fill out the form below to get your free copy of Smart and Safe Backlink Building Guide


    Name:
    Email:


  • Categories

  • Who are you looking for? Free People Search!

  • Archives

  • Reverse Phone Detective

    Reverse Phone Detective can find a cell phone number just type the number in the box bellow.
  • Recent Visitors

  • Recent Viewers


    My BlogCatalog BlogRank

  • Follow Me On Twitter

  • Tweet Stream

  • Shop Click Bank

The Place With Resources And Information is Digg proof thanks to caching by WP Super Cache