You first have to start working out with weights or doing body weight exercises (like
dips & pull-ups) but to begin getting bigger muscles when you lift weights...
You need to lift heavier weights that'll only allow you to do 3-to-10 reps for 5-to-10 sets (go here to see what sets and reps are) and the fastest way to get bigger muscles is to get stronger & stronger every time you work out with weights so...
To get stronger and make your muscles bigger every time you workout...
You need to lift heavier & heavier weights every time you workout and/or...
Do more & more reps every time you workout but don't do no more than 10 reps and/or...
You can do more and more sets every time you workout but don't go over 10 sets and...
Here's an example of how you would get stronger doing a bench press workout to get bigger chest, arms and shoulder muscles...
In your first bench press workout - you may do 5 sets of 5 reps using 100 pounds and then...
To get stronger - in your next bench press workout (which'll probably be 3-to-7 days later) you could...
Do 5 sets of 5 reps with 105 pounds or...
Do 5 sets of 6 reps with 100 pounds or...
Do 6 sets of 5 reps with 100 pounds or you could just lift more weight, do more reps and sets and...
Do 6 sets of 6 reps with 105 pounds and then...
In every other bench press workout after that you would try to lift heavier weights, do more reps and/or more sets to get stronger every time you workout to keep getting bigger and bigger muscles every time you workout because basically...
The stronger your muscles are = the bigger your muscles will get and...
Your muscles get bigger every time they get stronger because...
Every time you work out with weights or do body weight exercises... You are breaking down your muscles so they can grow back bigger and stronger and...
When you break down your muscles - What you're actually doing is... Your damaging your muscles by causing tiny tears (or little microscopic injuries) in your muscles so every time you breakdown your muscles...
Your body is going to repair your damaged muscles by making them grow back bigger and stronger and If you want your muscles to keep getting bigger & bigger...
You're going to have to break down your muscles all over again But since your muscles are now bigger and stronger... You're going to have to work out even harder (by lifting heavier weights, doing more reps and/or sets) to breakdown your muscles again & again to keep them growing bigger & bigger so for example...
To get a bigger chest - You might do 5 sets of 5 reps with 100 pounds on the bench press to start breaking down your chest muscles and once you notice your chest begins to get a little bigger or look a little better after a few days - To make your chest get even bigger...
You're going to work out harder the next time you workout by doing 5 sets of 5 reps with 105 pounds instead of 5 sets of 5 reps with 100 pounds to break down your chest muscles even more to make them get even bigger and stronger and...
If you were to keep on doing the same workout of 5 sets of 5 reps with 100 pounds over & over
- you would get the same results over and over which is very little muscle growth and...
That's why you need to work out harder and harder by lifting heavier weights, doing more reps and/or sets every time you workout to continually break down your muscles to make them get bigger and bigger and also...
2 more things you must do to get bigger & stronger muscles are...
1. You must Rest your muscles
After you've finished working out your muscles - you got to rest your muscles in order for them to grow back bigger and stronger
- YOUR MUSCLES cannot get bigger and stronger if you keep working out your muscles without giving them enough time to rest and grow and...
The amount of rest you need depends on many things like your fitness level, your diet (the way you eat) but the amount of rest you need mainly depends on how intense your workout is so for example...
If you did 5 sets of 5 reps with 100 pounds with the bench press on Monday
- your chest muscles may be well rested and strong enough to do MORE THAN 5 sets, MORE THAN 5 reps and/or lift MORE THAN 100 pounds on Friday to build more muscle while on the other hand...
A guy that does 5 sets of 5 reps with 350 pounds on the bench press may have to rest for 2 weeks before his muscles recover and get big & strong enough to do MORE THAN 5 sets, 5 reps and/or lift more than 350 pounds and...
The best way to tell if you need more or less rest to let your muscles get bigger is...
If you do the same workout 2-to-3 times in a row and if you have a hard time lifting heavier weights and/or doing more reps
- then that's a good sign you need to rest more so for example...
If you did of 5 sets of 5 reps with 100 pounds with the bench press on Monday and then you come back on Friday and you can't bench press more than 100 pounds, do more than 5 reps and/or do more than 5 sets then...
That's a good sign you still need to give your muscles time to rest and get stronger so you can lift heavier weights and/or do more reps to get bigger & stronger
muscles (see how many times a week
you can workout the same muscle) and also...
2. Make sure you eat right to get bigger muscles
While you rest your muscles you need to eat at least 1-to-1½ grams of protein for every pound you weigh because...
Your muscles are made up of mainly protein and...
Your body uses the extra protein to help you repair the muscles you broke down to build them back up bigger & stronger so...
If you weighted 200 pounds - you need eat 200-to-300 grams of protein a day and...
Since your body can only use but so much protein each time you eat...
It's better that you eat 6 smaller meals to make sure that most of the protein you eat is used to build muscle
so if you weighed 200 pounds and ate 300 grams of protein a day - you would eat no more than 50 grams of protein in each of your 6 meals and there's no need to try to eat TOO MUCH protein or go on a high protein diet because...
Any excess protein you eat will just get excreted out of your body as waste or basically... you'll just piss out any excess protein plus...
Your muscles are also made up of water so you should try to drink an ounce of water for every pound you weigh so a 200 pound person needs 200 ounces of water a day to build muscles but regardless of what you weigh
- you should drink at least 1-to-2 liters of water a day and...
To make sure that most of the protein you eat gets used to build
muscle...
You also need to eat some carbs and healthy fats because...
Your body mainly likes to use carbs and fats for energy and if you don't eat enough carbs and fats (or go on a low carb diet)...
Your body will use the protein you eat + burn off some of the muscle you already have for energy
and...
The 3 things you need to do to get bigger & stronger muscles are...
You got to get stronger every time you work out so you can continually keep breaking down your muscles to make them grow back bigger & stronger and then...
You got rest your muscles long enough to allow them to repair, recover, and get bigger & stronger and while you rest...
You got to eat right by feeding your body the building blocks it needs like Protein, water, carbs and fats to get bigger and stronger muscles
and...
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