Gaining Strength the Key to Gaining Muscle

I feel gaining muscle is to do with lifting weights. This is because you get stronger and gain more muscle. So as you become stronger, you gain more muscle. This means you really need to focus on increasing your strength when you work out. Over a period of time, you get stronger and increase muscle mass. To gain strength, it is important to train and eat properly. In spite of this, your body could do with some extra supplements, in addition to the training and eating.

I have 5 favorite supplements that can last you a long time and help you work on that strength and muscle mass. Belts are one accessory that really help in weight lifting. They give you back and ab support and safety. They increase muscle stimulation and growth. Then come gloves – save your hands from getting blistered and callused. Good grips too! Wraps help support your knees. If you notice, most lifters wear wraps on the knees for knee support. But don’t overdo it with these wraps…you don’t want to stop your blood circulation! Straps are cool when you use them to let your arms hook up to lift the weight. They stop you from losing the grip and help you gain muscle mass. Straps can be of cotton, nylon and have hooks too. Another thing is chalk. Lets you lift weights better. Can be used fro bench press, dead lift, squat, curls, etc. See how the supplements work?

Building Muscle - Knowledge

Building muscle involves a lot of knowledge about what works and what doesn’t. It is not just about reading up a lot of stuff – its easy to lose your focus when you try a bit of too many things. It always worries me when youngsters get hold of those magazines and devour them – because they are most definitely not for beginners.

They have stuff from professional body builders whose genetics are way beyond the regular guy down the street. These guys have the stamina for more weight training that you or I could handle – and they use performance enhancers that lets them work out more, and recover fast. So my friends, try to draw the line when it comes to ‘too much’ knowledge. In my experience, I’ve found that the more one knows the less one does.

Its better to know what actually makes your muscles grow and burns fat. Hopping from supplement to supplement won’t cut it. When you find it easy to understand, you are likelier to put it to practice. If not, you just get disappointed when you don’t seem to see results from your efforts, little realizing that you have not been consistent with your methods. Ok, so let me get off that armchair, by telling you that it is best to keep your ears open, browse around and learn what works – talk to people - and work out a plan that works for you!