Workout Routine - Learn To Avoid These 3 Common Workout Routine Mistakes
Stay Away From The Gym Now And Then
It’s good that you’re so dedicated to working out that you are in the gym 5 days a week, but that’s not going to do anything for your muscle growth. It’s actually going to hinder it. Even if you don’t work the same muscle groups on consecutive days, unless you are taking some serious (and probably illegal) supplements, there is little chance that you have the necessary means to repair your muscle tissue fast enough to work out on consecutive days and get any type of real gains.
Why? Because your muscles need time to repair. Give them at least one day’s rest in between workouts. This puts you in the gym 3 times a week at the most. On your off days, do a few pushups, crunches, and other light body weight exercises. This will get the blood flowing to repair your muscles faster.
If you work out on consecutive days, they won’t have adequate time to repair, and you’ll be breaking them down too much to get anything past a couple of pounds a year of muscle gain.
Get Off The Treadmill
If you’re looking to build muscle, the treadmill isn’t a good place to do it. Ok, so you want some cardio, that’s fine. But limit your treadmill activity to 10 minutes or so as a warmup. Any more is just a waste unless you are training for something. To burn real calories, break down your muscle tissue by lifting weights, or play basketball so you are doing explosive type moves.
You’ll burn a lot more calories by lifting weights than you will running on a treadmill. This is because it takes a ridiculous amount of energy to repair muscle tissue. This is why you are always so hungry on days after workouts. Your body is using all of the fuel you give it to repair itself. And once you have that muscle built, it will burn over 30x as many calories as the same amount of fat. You’ll literally burn fat while you are sleeping. How’s that for efficient fat burning?
Fuel Your Muscles For Growth
There is a window that is about 30 minutes long immediately following your workout where your muscles really crave carbs, protein, and water. Most people have no idea this even exists, so they don’t take advantage of it.
Think of your muscles as having tiny pockets that absorb materials that help them repair. Down some protein, carbs, and about 16 ounces of water after your workout. Your muscles will fill full of these muscle building nutrients and will experience much more growth. If you are a creatine user (which you should be if you want to build some good muscle), this is the time to take creatine as well.
Follow these three simple guidelines and your muscles will love it. So will your mirror.
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