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The most important part of being healthy is eating right and exercise. We know that. But what about those who want to really build muscle mass through strength training? How can you look like the next Hulk Hogan? The simple answer is to say “lift weights” but few people take into consideration their body type when starting their exercise program. Are you shorter than average? Are you taller than average? Are you susceptible to weight gain?

The next things you should ask yourself is about your family. Do your parents have weight problems? Do your brothers or sisters retain fat or muscle particularly well? By noting these facts, you will find your regime much easier because you aren’t attacking every side of the problem, you’re attacking what will give you the best results. If you’re arms wrap muscle faster than your legs, then you should probably work on leg presses and calf exercises and maintain your arm strength. The real answer to hot to exercise to build muscle, is the smart way. Ask your gym to have a diagnostic test with a trainer.

As I’m sure you’ve probably found out through trial and error, you can’t build muscle simply by doing anything and everything, at least not in the fastest and most efficient manner. Knowing what the right training and eating program is will get you to your physique goals faster than not. Here’s where our latest article comes into play:

Build Muscle With Proper Instructions

You would think that after a bodybuilding supplement has been out for so many years, one that is aimed at helping you gain weight, build muscle mass naturally, and increase strength, that this question would have been laid to rest a long time ago. Sadly, many still believe in it, but doubt its effectiveness.

Read FromSkinnyToMuscular.com’s latest article to read my opinion of this bodybuilding supplement:

Creatine: Good For Building Muscle Mass?

Drink water! That’s what you see all over the place when giving recommendations for eating to gain weight and building muscle. But, is it necessary? You’ll find out in this article from one of the most well known nutritional experts in the bodybuilding world that some of its value may be a little exaggerated:

Can Water Help You Build More Muscle?

If you’re truly giving it your all in your gym during your workout routines aimed at building muscle mass and gaining weight then you know doubt experience on a regular basis muscular soreness (not to be confused with pain brought upon by an injury). There are several things you can do to obtain some relief from this type of soreness. One being the use of Epsom salt.

MuscleMag International reports Epsom salt reduces inflammation and relieves pain. The magazines recommends to soak in two cups of Epsom salt added to warm water in your bathtub for at least 12 minutes three times a week.

Speeding up how fast you do your reps during muscle pumping sets are becoming a hot topic lately. For years it had been pretty much accepted and understood that you should do your reps at a “slow and controlled cadence”, some even suggesting to go really slow. But now many are beginning to change their tune, claiming that fast reps can actually be advantageous. So, what is it? In this new article I’ll discuss two of the points:

Do Faster Reps Build More Muscle Mass?

A workout training split is when you take your entire body and divide it up into different training sessions. Some training splits are designed with muscle building and weight gain in mind, others for cardiovascular endurance, and others for a specific sport. There are tons of ways to create your workout program’s split. Some very popular ones are “whole body splits”, in which you basically, as the name implies, train the entire body in that session. Another well known split is the “upper body / lower body” split, which you train in one session the muscles in the upper body, and in another session the muscles in the lower body.

Some also love the “push / pull” split, where you work out muscles that are “pushing” muscles, such as the chest, triceps, and shoulders, and at another training session you would train the muscles involved in “pulling”, as is the case with your lats, biceps, and forearms. And on and on. Now, which workout is best to perform will depend on what you’re aiming for. In this case, if you’re reading my site, you’re mainly after straight up hypertrophy, aka gaining weight, size, and muscle building. You’ll have to take into account that you can’t group together too many muscles in one session since that would make it hard to get in the amount of volume, sets, reps, and time that it takes to properly stimulate a particular body part to grow in size.

If you’ve read any of my stuff in the past, you know pretty well what my opinion is of bodybuilding supplements, whether they be for the sake of burning body fat, muscle building, or gaining weight, aka “mass” or “bulk”. They are pretty much worthless and a waste of hard earned cash. Especially with an economy that’s in the toilet, the last thing anyone needs to be doing is spending the money they sweat so much to earn on pills, shakes, protein bars, and the like, that really don’t make a difference.

In a recent issue of IronMan magazine a columnist wrote about a “thermogenic” dietary supplement that is said to provide more calorie burning than the famous E/C/A (”Ephedrine / Caffeine / Aspirin”) stack. Well, when reading the column, they’re right; this nutritional supplement in question does indeed burn more calories. But want to know exactly how many more calories?

A whopping 50 more calories!!!! Whoop-tee-doo.

I’m beginning to see a lot of articles in several bodybuilding magazines that are recommending workout programs centered around raising your metabolism, keeping yourself huffing puffing, using explosive movements, etc. These are very good training routines. However, keep in mind what your primary goal is…..muscle building and gaining weight. They enhance the overall physique, however:

One of the very few issues that I have with these types of workouts is that you don’t really get a pump in any particular muscle group. Not that the pump alone is important for muscle building / weight gain purposes, aka hypertrophy, but it is an important piece of the puzzle, none the less. These types of workout are excellent for speeding the metabolism, helping you use muscles you don’t normally, etc., etc., but just realize that for pure size, you’re going to have to tweak them.