Want To Be Big And Muscular?

[the12thplanet]

get your facts straight. to bulk up you DO NOT need to spend 2 hours a day lifting. you DO NOT need to use every machine in the place. you DO NOT have to lift every day. ever hear of overtraining, my friend? its something that almost every avid weight lifter does.

more is NOT always better. ever heard of HIT training? based on its principles of high intensity(lifting to complete failure), low volume(one set per exercise) and enough rest time(no more than three times a week) many people have added major muscle mass to their bodies without spending hours each day in the gym.

as for eating, yes you should eat alot but you need to increase your calories gradually, not all at once.

 

[t00dumb]

quality of quantity. god i just love that phrase.

i spend 4 days a week atmost 45 minutes in there. but not to mention that muscles are made in the kitchen not in the gym

90% diet vs 10% gym

ur muscles does not build when ur at the gym, actually breaks down, so when you eat and rest, it rebuilds.

 

[coolguy676767]

You might not NEED to life 2 hours a day, but you need more than 45 minutes if you want your full potential, and btw, the first 2 or 3 weeks or more you havet o build up to 2 hours a day, and yeah for a couple of weeks you will be sore as hell, but after that your body adapts and your not even sore the next day, and as long as you get 2 days break before working those muscles again you will be fine as in mon-bench, then tues and wednesday work different muscle groups and come back to bench on thursay and work something else on friday, and then take the whole weekend off.

Everyone is so obcessed with overtraining and so afraid of it, whatever you do you body will adapt with time, your body will begin to recover much much quicker if you eat correctly and build up your workout time. THe only reason some of you put on muscle so quickly is becaus eyou have never worked out seriously and consistently before. You could lift a paper weight and gain 20 pounds on your bench when you first start out. But after you get closer to your max potential, such as benching 300, your better work bench more than once a week and for longer than 45 minutes or you wont see much of a gain at all.

 

[Heizen]

It was a joke! Do you think he was serious? Do you think this is a serious thread?

2 hours a day for chest and arms IS overtraining. Your body may adapt but your CNS will be left in pieces.

Honestly I don't know what the hell you are doing in the weightroom for 2 hours a day for 5 days in a row. Thats the amount of time I spend to run a entire track workout and lift. My bet is you could spend less time *****footing around and more time lifting.

It's not all about raw weight. I am sure I could bench 330 if I had a ****ty workout and enough time; but I like working out efficiently.

 

[Lifeforce]

Actually it's seven days a week heizen, please read up before you utter your opinion. And BTW, using this technique, my bench went from measly 198 to 463 lbs RAW! My kickback went from 22 lbs to 142 lbs.

 

[Double]

LOL@the kickback! but i think thats really overtraining my friend....you should stick with chest and biceps training....any more exericeses is too much for the triceps....noob!

 

[Lifeforce]

haha... if you like that one, check this out :

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=466593

sorry mate... when I do biceps curl my triceps get pumped alot.. but I don't understand why I get sour in my lower back after my biceps day!?

this is my biceps schedule:

Biceps curl 5 set 6-10

Concentration curl 5 set 4-8

Biceps curl in cable machine 5 set 6-10

Preacher curl 5 set 5-10

Chin up with close grip. As much as it takes to reach 200.

 

[Double]

haha you seem to have a little fun overthere!


i get sour sometimes in the lower back,too. seems to happen the most when i'm really exhausted and can't stand straight.....in the last sets of my 20sets biceps curls i lean forward then and "sit" in the air.....feels strange in the back

 

[coolguy676767]

Your lower back hurts cause of the strain that is put on it, when the weights from the curls are held out in front of you, these muscles help to stabilize you and hold the extra weight steady.

 

[Heizen]

Originally posted by Lifeforce
Actually it's seven days a week heizen, please read up before you utter your opinion. And BTW, using this technique, my bench went from measly 198 to 463 lbs RAW! My kickback went from 22 lbs to 142 lbs.

I was quoting coolguy, not you.

All that working out has taken blood away from your brain

 

[thebsharp]

Originally posted by Heizen
It was a joke! Do you think he was serious? Do you think this is a serious thread?

2 hours a day for chest and arms IS overtraining. Your body may adapt but your CNS will be left in pieces.

Honestly I don't know what the hell you are doing in the weightroom for 2 hours a day for 5 days in a row. Thats the amount of time I spend to run a entire track workout and lift. My bet is you could spend less time *****footing around and more time lifting.

It's not all about raw weight. I am sure I could bench 330 if I had a ****ty workout and enough time; but I like working out efficiently.

You'll be supprise how many dumbasses are out there... I know one guy that only works his upperbody, not including his abs! needless to say he looks rediculous

 

[MetalFortress]

Originally posted by Reed247
I don't understand why people make this so complex and confusing. Want to look like a muscle man?

I weigh 195lbs all muscle, 6'1.

If you are skinny, Eat a lot of food and workout for 2 hours every day. What does this mean? Busting your ass at the gym! Get your lazy ass to the gym and bust your friggin ass. That is IT. There are no BS shortcuts to looking great. USE EVERY MACHINE IN THE PLACE.

NEXT

1 hour of biceps, 1 hour of chest same day, every other day. = 2hours of pumping iron
ALWAYS WARM UP LIGHT OR YOU WILL TEAR A MUSCLE warm up = 30 minutes light weights

I used to eat 6 eggs for breakfast, a chicken parm sub for lunch, those carb bars in between, and a huge steak dinner. Then pump weight gradually. It's an easy process but take a hell of a lot of work.

pfft stupid troll

REAL TIPS ON LIFTING WEIGHTS:

Big lifts are your mainstay; things that work multiple muscle groups. Isolation and machines are ONLY to be done after you finish all of your big-lift sets, as the "icing on the cake", rather than the cake itself. Don't do any leg machines until after you've kicked your ass on squats and (a personal favorite of mine) dumbbell walking lunges.

KEEP GOOD FORM. However, you are encouraged to tense other muscles when the main muscles you are working need assistance. If you are struggling with that last chin-up, curl, squat, bench, whatever, start tensing every "unused" muscle you can think of. You'll be surprised how much easier those last reps are.