Burn Fat Without Dieting

‘Why am I not growing?’ is one of the most often questions asked globally from bodybuilders. After all you are training hard, with good muscle building nutrition in your diet, yet your gains are still minimal. The frustration can be a huge blow to your motivation after so many months of hardwork. So, what exactly is the answer? Well, there are a few likely causes, see if any of these ring a bell with you, together they show you how to build muscle up:

1) Is your calorie intake high enough? Under eaters could be the real name for many hardgainers. Lack of muscle mass is often due to this. Eating lots and often is the key to weight gain in bodybuilding! Having meals every two hours is a sensible rule of thumb which will enable you to take in the required amount of calories. Make sure you snack lots on food such as: dried fruit and nuts, yoghurt, cottage cheese,  cereal and milk, protein bars, fresh fruit, and protein shakes, etc

2) Are you getting enough protein? To build muscle mass fast you should aim for 1.Every day you should consume per pound of body weight 5 grams of protein. Excellent protein sources include: chicken, fish, turkey as well as dairy products. Eat lots of everything and do not be too concerned about eating low fat products, you need the calories remember. Sure you need quality calories but make your life easier and eat everything, remember you can go through a cutting up stage in a few months time. A further great way to take on board quality protein is to get your hands on the large tubs of whey protein.

3) Have your routines gone stale? If you are able to say aloud your routine without thinking too much it could well be that you have been doing it for too long. Lots of variety is required in order to keep your muscles growing. What about really mixing things up with aided lifts, negatives, partials, super sets and so on. You can even just reverse the order of your routine and see what difference that makes, how about 10 sets of 10 reps to failure on just one major exercise such as the bench press (get ready to be sore!) or just give yourself a week off from training to allow your body to fully recover. As you can see there are endless variations, make sure you use them.

4) Are you resting enough? Did you ever see anyone walk into a fitness centre workout and then come out having put on half a stone of muscle? Never. So, clearly your muscles don’t grow when your pumping iron, they grow when you are resting. You will certainly be limiting your muscle growth if you are not getting enough rest time. If anything you ought to be giving yourself too much time to grow rather than too little. Try reducing your workouts to working out once muscle group per week. Also decreasing the amount of sets done for each body part, try just 3-5 intense sets per bodypart per workout. Why not try them yourself, you might be pleasantly suprised by your progress!

5) Is your water intake high enough? If you don’t drink plenty of water then your progress won’t be as fast it should be. Your muscles need copious amounts of water in order to grow. Always keep a water bottle to hand and make use of it.

So the initial question: ‘Why am I not getting bigger?’as you now know has potentially many answers. Answer with extreme honesty the above questions and if you need to make a few changes then do so. If you are not meeting just one of the above points then you may well have found the reason for your limited growth. If there are more than one of these points that your bodybuilding lifestyle does not meet then urgent change is required. Certainly there are a huge variety of reasons why you aren’t building muscle mass fast but they are the typical probelms. Now hit the gym and go get massive!

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