Top 10 Body Building Tips

If you want to build a fabulous body then there are some essential body building tips you should follow to help increase your results and reduce potential injury.

Here are the top 10 body building tips for maximum effect:

1. Heavy Weights

The action of lifting heavy weights helps to increase muscle mass. By lifting weights that are too light for your level of body building, you reduce the effectiveness of your work out.

2. Correct Technique

Lifting weights and working out is pointless if your technique is wrong. You can also sustain some serious injuries if you’re using massive weights incorrectly.  Be sure your technique is correct, take your time, and get it right for maximum effect.

3. Slow and Steady

Repetitions can be boring and the temptation to rush through them beats most people’s will power. Don’t give in and be tempted to rush through your reps. Take your time with each set and perform each lift slowly and steadily. This forced slow control is a great way to build muscle mass very quickly.

4. Correct Amount of Reps and Sets

When you’re working on your body building session, cutting the amount of repetitions short or not doing enough sets can defeat the aim of what you’re trying to achieve. On the other hand, going overboard and doing way too many sets in an attempt to speed up your body building can do damage as well.

5. Intense Training

Following on from the last tip, you still need to be sure your body building training sessions are intense. There’s no point stopping your workout at precisely 7 reps if you feel capable of doing 10. Be sure you work hard at each set until you really feel you can’t do one more using good technique to complete it.

6. Cardio

Keep your cardio sessions to a minimum if possible. If you’re trying to build muscle then you’ll need calories. By doing too much cardio, you’ll be burning any calories you’ve taken in during the cardio workout instead of during your muscle building session.

7. Hydrate

Water is vitally important while you’re body building. Be sure you drink lots of water every day to keep your body hydrated and to flush any toxins from your body. It also helps to increase the blood circulation around your body.

8. Body Building Section Days

Don’t try to complete a workout that covers your entire body on the same day. Use different days to focus on individual areas. By working on arms and shoulders on one day and choosing a different day to work on legs you’re giving the individual muscle sections time to recover for maximum body building potential.

9. Food Intake

Monitor your food intake and be sure you’re eating food that promotes muscle growth.  High carbohydrate healthy foods like apples, bananas, oatmeal, rice, and potatoes should be included in your daily diet. These will supply your energy levels to maintain your body building workout intensity.

Lean foods like chicken and fish are also great for muscle building. Tuna is ideal as a low cost, high protein food that contains almost no fat or carbohydrates. Perfect for any body building plan!

10. Sleep

When you’re building muscle you need to get plenty of rest and sleep. This gives your body time to recover and regain strength before your next body building workout.

……. well, that’s the conventional wisdom.  In truth, there are some gems in the above article, and some absolute myths.  For the FULL story and even better body building tips – click here!