Skinny Muscle

Whether you’ve been called a ’skinny guy’ in your life or not, one thing is for sure, if you struggle to build muscle, you need to train in a different manner.

While some men have no trouble putting on muscle mass, for the skinny guy, he needs to adopt a whole new approach.

Even those individuals who at first saw great success with their bodybuilding plans but are now struggling to keep that scale increasing will benefit from using these tips.

Building muscle is not a simple process, particularly as you get heavier as time passes, so doing whatever you can to maximize your workouts is going to make a huge difference.

Here are the skinny guy secrets about building muscle that you need to know.

You Must Lift Heavy

By heavy, I mean within the four to six rep range. When you decrease the amount of reps you are trying to perform each workout, you will increase the amount of weight you are able to handle.

If your body has not been responding to your weight training program, chances are, you haven’t been lifting heavy enough. Do not underestimate the power of this. High rep training is just not going to put on the volume of muscle as lower, heavy weight training will.

You Must Do Fewer Sets

That said, it’s also important to realize that you should be doing fewer sets per exercise as well. If you know you have another three sets ahead of yourself, how hard are you really going to push yourself?

Not as hard as you should be.

I want all your sets to be an all out effort. If they aren’t, you’ve just wasted two minutes of your time.

You’ll Need More Rest

Because of this, you’ll also need more rest between your sets. Don’t be afraid of three minute rest breaks. Sure, it may feel like you’re just standing there doing nothing but believe me, the cellular processes that are going on within the muscle cells are many.

Unless you give your body the time it needs to prepare for another all-out set, that next set is not going to be a true representation of what you are able to do.

You’ll Need More Food

You should already have your pre and post-workout nutrition down to a science, right? If not, that’s where you need to start. If you aren’t maximizing this time, you aren’t maximizing your results. Period.

Now, assuming you are currently eating both meals and each one contains a mix of protein and carbohydrates, what I want you to now do is double the carb content in each.

Yes, that’s right – DOUBLE it.

This is the time when your body is most likely to use those carbohydrates to fuel the growth of new muscle tissue so it is of absolute importance that you use this to your advantage.

Unless of course you like putting on fat weight rather than muscle.

Be sure these are not extremely filling carbohydrates before the workout though, as you don’t want to experience discomfort while you’re trying to lift.

You’ll need less cardio

Finally, the last thing to keep in mind is that for those of you who really struggle to gain any weight whatsoever, your cardio should consist of no more than two, twenty minute walks each week.

You want the most reserves you have available to build muscle and cardio will drain these.

So, keep these points in mind if you aren’t making gains. You’re going to need a much different approach and will probably need to find guidance in someone who has achieved muscle mass despite being formerly skinny.

By: Shannon Clark

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