Muscle Gains Zone
Tips to Gain Lean Muscle Mass.
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Monday, December 12, 2016
CHEST WORKOUT FOR MASS
Exercises for Big and Strong Chest Muscles
I think that about 90% of guys like chest workout day more than others, and that is very understandable. I also like chest workouts like bench press and all of us looking for add more muscle mass on our chests. Big and wide chests are something that is very respected in the gym or on the beach, I am sure in that.
What workouts are best for big chest? Well best workouts to add more muscle mass on your chest are exercises with barbell, dumbbells and of course, bench. That is all that you need, you don't need any fancy modern machine. Of course, let's not forget about bodyweight exercises that are also great to develop your chest. Push Ups and Dips are incredible chest builders and you can also add some weight on your back while doing Push Ups and between your legs when you are doing Dips for Chest.
You will need to do the right exercises and to do them with proper form and to lift a lot of weight to gain more muscle mass on your chest. Start with compound moves as you can lift maximally at beginning of your training routine and that workouts are best for muscle gains. Then, add some isolate exercises that I will mention here and you will see how your chest grow at no time.
Give this Chest Workout Program a chance and see results fast:
Exercises
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Reps
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Sets
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Bench Press
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8-10
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4
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Incline Dumbbell Press
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8-12
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4
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Dumbbell Flies
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8-12
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4
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Dips for Chest
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12
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4
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Decline Dumbbell Press
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12
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4
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This Chest Workout Program covers all chest muscles and you will gain muscle mass and thickness. Try it a few times and you will love it I know that.
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5 EXERCISES FOR BIGGER ARMS
5 Best Exercises for Big Arms
Exercises that are best for muscle gains in Triceps and Biceps
There is no any guy in the gym that does not want to have big arms, that is for sure. Arms muscles, Triceps and Biceps, are something that most guys in the world want to have. They are great to be showed under T-Shirt or if you wear Vest on summer and many girls would like that and guys will notice your big arms too.
But, many guys making a mistake training arms in every workout day, that is not good if you want to make your Triceps and Biceps very big. You must know that even on your Back Workout Days you are training your Biceps by doing Pull Ups, Pull Downs, Bent-Over Rows (Try underhand grip for better biceps gain) and you are training your Triceps on Chest Days by doing Bench Press, Dips and other Chest exercises. You can even build great Triceps and Biceps with only Chest and Back Workout Days without any isolation exercises for arms. Some guys swear that their arms grown by doing a lot of pull-ups and bench presses.
1. Bicep Curl with Barbell
2. Chin Up
3. Dips
4. Lying Triceps Press
5. Close-Grip Bench Press
You can do these exercises on your Arms Training Day if you want to build bigger and stronger arms and you can add 1-2 machine exercises for Biceps or Triceps and that will be enough for your arms to grow. Try these exercises and comment after one month. It is good to do moderate rep range (8-12) for muscle hypertrophy to grow your arms bigger.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
CREATINE - ONE OF THE BEST SUPPLEMENTS
Creatine
FACTS ABOUT CREATINE
Supplements must have important place in our diet, but of course not the most important. We can also build without any supplement but with proper nutrition plan, but with supplements it is very easier and faster. Why you must eat 6 big meals when you can eat 4 meals and drink 2 protein shakes to consume all nutrients that you need to feed muscles. So, we all know that there not many bodybuilders out there that don't use supplements in their diet and why not to use them when best of those supplements ain't even very expensive? And they are not dangerous for our health if we consume them properly.
So, when we finished about why should we use supplements let's say something about Creatine. Some of big guys that I met when I started working out in gym mentioned Creatine as "Natural Steroid", that really made me very curious and I had to try it. After month of taking Creatine I already saw some muscle gains and incredible strength gain. I went from lifting 80 pounds on Bench Press to lifting more than 120 pounds as beginner in just one month. That was amazing to me, I continued using Creatine with some pauses from time to time. It is very recommended to pause after two months of taking it. I usually pause after finishing my 300 grams of Creatine.
Why I consider Creatine as not expensive? Well, you can buy 300 grams of Creatine Monohydrate and consume 5 grams of it every day and you will not spend more than 10 dollars for that and you will see results in gains in the first month of taking it. Those 300 grams is enough for two months or maybe more, you can consume even 3 grams, that will do the job. Creatine is very powerful, you don't need tons of it to see its effect on your body.
When is the Time to Take Creatine and What Creatine is The Best?
Best time to take creatine is after your workout and you can mix creatine with your protein shake as great post-workout meal. Add some fast and low-digesting carbs and you will make a perfect fuel for your muscles after training. In non-workout day you can take it soon as you wake up for better effect.
What Creatine is Best?
Well, nobody can say which is best creatine but the one that is most researched and reviewed is Creatine Monohydrate. It is cheap and I it is enough. You don't need any modern Creatine that is advertised as the best, most powerful or something else. Pick a creatine monohydrate from a good supplements brand and that will do the job. Expensive and modern don't means better. Old-School Bodybuilders had only Creatine Monohydrate in the beggining and that was enough for them and it will be enough for all of us.
A few very important things are:
- Drink a lot of water if you are using creatine every day
- Don't consume more Creatine than it is recommended
- You can, but you don't have to do a LOADING PHASE with Creatine
- Don't believe in bad myths about Creatine, they are false believe me
GAIN MUSCLE MASS WITH HOMEMADE SHAKES
PROTEIN SHAKES FOR MASS GAIN
(Homemade Recipes)
I wrote in my last posts that we may consider consuming supplements for better gains and as one of our meals. Especially good for post-workout meals when we need a lot of protein and fast-digesting carbs to consume to fuel our muscles after hard workout.
It is hard sometimes to get all important nutrients that our body needs. A lot of guys that train have a job or going to school and it is hard to eat 5-6 meals for day. But we all can always prepare a protein shake with some carbs and blend it all and take it with us to drink it when we need a meal.
For guys that struggle to get weight and muscle mass protein shakes combined with carbohydrates and healthy fats are great choice.
But no need for buying weight gainers in supplement stores, they are mostly full of sugars like dextrose and maltodextrin. You can make a weight gain protein shake at comfort of your home. You will only need some groceries.
Consider only buying Protein (Whey is fastest digesting), there is no need for buying mass gainers. You will make one yourself following this recipe:
- 1 Scoop of Whey Protein (Vanilla Flavored)
- 2 Cups of Milk
- 30 grams of Almonds
- 2 Whole Eggs
- 50 grams of Oatmeal
- 50 grams of Ground Biscuits
- 1 Medium-Sized Banana
- Add Some Ice Cubes if You Like it Cold
Drink this mass gainer protein shake after you workout and you can also drink it in the morning to fuel your body with protein and carbs as soon as you wake up. I don't recommend drinking it at night because it is very caloric and full of carbs and fats, it is better to drink one scoop of Caseine Protein with some water or no-fat Milk before sleeping to keep your protein high during long sleep.
You can also add something else if you want to consume more calories or you can add more grams of these from my recipe. But in this weight gain shake you can consume a lot of calories after your workout and you will see gain for a short time if you diet plan is made for mass gain and you are every day in caloric surplus.
I will post more Mass Gain Protein Shakes that you can make at home and I would like to see your comments if you try this one out. FEEL FREE TO COMMENT.
Compound Exercises for Mass
Compound Exercises are Best for Strength and Muscle Size
Many people that are going to the gym focus to hypertrophy, for those that don't know what muscle hypertrophy is, that is increase in size of skeletal muscle through a grow of its component cells. We can say that muscle hypertrophy is muscle gain, that have the same meaning. And I mostly see questions about muscle gain when I am searching the web but a lot of people don't think about a very important fact:
You need to get more stronger to gain more muscle mass. That works together. If you only lift same amount of weight for one year you won't see some results. That is the rule muscles function. Muscles get very easy adapted to one weight and they can not increase in size if you are lifting that weight all the time.
But, what you need if you want to lift heavier? You need to GET STRONGER. Period.
Lifting weight from 10 to 12 won't get you very stronger. That means you are lifting weights that is not very heavy for you and that does not increase your strength. You must follow some programs on the web that are created for strength gain or some powerlifter's programs. Yeah, I also imagined powerlifters as fat big guys that are not aesthetic and they eat too much calories, either healthy and junk food. But they are not, some of them are very fit and incredibly strong.
Imagine yourself very fit with big lean muscle size and super strong, that is just perfect. You can look good, be healthy and when some girl want you to help her with something heavy you will not be afraid to be laughed at. Some bodybuilders are not strong you must know that, they are just big and pumped but where the strength is? I don't want to mention Steroid users, I don't believe those guys are even worth mentioning. They are not athletes, they are just balloons with tons of muscle but with little effort and some testosterone injections that will bring them nothing than heart attack and erection dysfunction. You don't want that, so don't even think about that.
It is better to be skinny athlete with not so much muscle size and definition but looking fit and normal than looking big and heavy but unhealthy, unaesthetic and on steroids.
My point is, try some training programs for strength gain for one to two month then go again to train for hypertrophy, you will feel stronger and you will get more muscle size. To achieve that you must do generally only COMPOUND EXERCISES and do them in all workout days with only one or two isolation exercises if you like.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
How to Gain Muscle Mass Fast
These days everyone are interested to get something fast, how to earn money fast, how to find online job fast, how to gain muscle mass fast and others questions that they would like to know. Well, if you really want to get something fast you must put a lot effort and learn a lot of tips how to do that. You must be sure that you want it so much and you want it now!
There is no pill that can make you muscle for a week. Not exist. Even if you try with steroids, even anabolic steroids effect can't get you pumped and muscled very fast without a lot of effort. Of course, I don't recommend steroids to anyone, just don't try that, don't think about that. The point is, there is no such shortcut or pill to gain more muscle mass without a lot of effort and knowledge about muscle.
But, there are ways to get faster muscle gain results.
I must mention this, what do you think people got muscled without all these technologies to read tips and machines in gyms? They were working very hard and ate a lot of healthy food and they were muscled and fit. Look at all those bodybuilding legends like Steve Reeves and Reg Park for example. They were natural non-steroids bodybuilders and they lived in the time where there was no machines that really works well for steroids users to get muscled but not too much for naturals. Compound moves are the key for that. Arnold Schwarzenegger did a lot of compound exercises:
1. You must use a lot of compound exercises in all your workout days and just add some isolation work out, but not too much.
I wrote a post about that already so you can take a look:
2. Aim to get more strength, follow a strength gain program to get stronger for two or three months so after that you can aim for muscle gains. Strength gains programs usually include low number of exercises and reps but with more sets and very heavy weight. Usually about 1-5 reps per 5-6 sets and only with three or four compound exercises.
3. Don't be afraid of hard exercises and heavy weight, learn to do squats, dead lifts and bench presses with great form and nothing bad can't happen to you. You can't break your spine or shoulder, don't worry.
4. When aiming for muscle size you should do 8-12 reps and for about 4 sets and focus on your muscle and try to get a pump. You must feel in your chest the pump when you are doing bench presses or dumbbell presses or flies. If you focus to stretch your muscle when you are lifting barbell or dumbbell up you will feel that you hit your muscle good.
5. Follow a great muscle mass gain diet. As long as you are consuming important nutrients like protein, carbs and fats and you are in caloric surplus you will gain mass. Being in caloric surplus means that you consume more calories than you need to maintain your currently weight. Web is full of calories calculator and you can find a calculator where you will calculate how many calories you need to gain weight and muscle mass.
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