The Top 7 ways to see how fast you can build muscle…

1. How long have you been working out with weights?

Beginners can expect to build muscle much faster than someone who has been working out for a longer time because…

When you first start lifting weights your body is not used to any muscle building workouts so your body is going to quickly build bigger & stronger muscles so it can adapt to your new muscle building workout and although you may gain 30+ pounds of muscle mass in your first year as a beginner…

Your fast muscle gain will slow down as you become more advanced because your body is now used to your muscle building workouts and in order for you to keep up the same rate of muscle growth you had as a beginner…

You have to continue to do new muscle building workouts that are more intense that your body is not used to in order to force your body to quickly build bigger & stronger muscles so it can adapt to your new but more intense muscle building workout and the more advanced you get…

It's going to be tougher to find new workouts that will challenge your body and as you get bigger and stronger muscles…

You'll probably need more recovery time from your workouts to allow your muscles to grow bigger and stronger and this alone will cause an advanced person (who probably already has bigger muscles) to build muscle at a slower rate than a beginner

2. How You Workout

If you're getting stronger every time you workout (meaning you use heavier weights, do more reps and/or sets each workout) then you'll build muscle faster than someone who is not getting stronger (meaning they use the exact same weights, reps and sets every workout) and…

• You'll build a lot more muscle faster by doing more compound exercises than isolation exercises (see the best way to build bigger muscles) and..
• You'll build muscle faster using proper technique and form on all your muscle building exercises. For example… You'll build bigger biceps faster by doing your bicep curls correctly than someone who swings the weight up and down using momentum (and not their muscles) to move the weight.

3. Your Diet

• The amount of protein you eat is a major diet factor determining how fast you gain muscle so… Eating the right amount of protein (which is 1g per lb or 30% of your diet) will help you build muscle much faster than someone who does not eat enough protein and…
• If you go on an actually muscle building diet where you are eating a lot of calories and at least 4 meals a day then you'll build muscle faster than someone who is on a fat loss diet or a diet to burn fat & build muscle at the same time and also…
• Eating the right amounts of carbs & fats plus Drinking enough water all help you gain muscle faster by helping you recover quicker, giving you energy for your workouts and also helping you produce testosterone to build more muscle.

4. How often you workout + How long you let your muscles rest

If you do the same muscle building workout everyday then your muscles will never have a chance to rest, recover and grow in between workouts so actually…

If you do the same muscle building workout everyday for the same body part then you muscle may actually get smaller and weaker so make sure you take at least 1-to-2 days off or more depending on how strong you are to let your muscles rest, recover and grow because basically…

Your body does not build muscle in the gym, it builds muscle outside of the gym while you're resting.

5. How Young you are

• Younger people recover faster & build muscle faster than older people after a muscle building workout and…
• Younger people have higher levels of hormones (testosterone) which allows them to build muscle faster plus…
• A younger person's body is still growing and developing at a faster rate than a older person which helps them to build muscle faster.

6. Are you male or female?

Men build muscle faster than women simply because they have 10 times more testosterone than women.

7. How long you've been working on certain parts of your body

If you've been working out on your upper body more than your lower body for a long time then you can expect to gain muscle faster in your lower body once you start doing lower body workouts just as if you were a beginner again (see # 1 again) and…

Look at these to help you build muscle faster…

• How much muscle can I gain in month?
• How to make your muscles get bigger & stronger
• How often you need to workout for bigger muscles
• How to break out of a muscle building plateau
• How fast can I lose weight or burn fat?



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