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The Ins and Outs of Adding Muscle From Personal Trainers Houston TX



Many Personal Trainers Houston TX will tell you that adding muscle is fairly easy to do in theory. All that's needed is a progressive overload on the muscle. What this means is that more weight must be added to the bar, more reps performed, or more sets with a given weight. The unfortunate side is that some Personal Trainers and Trainees get caught up in the "functional" gadgets out there that violate this principle in every way.

Let's think about this for a minute. Do you really think you'll get bigger and stronger performing exercises primarily on unstable surfaces? How about on 1 leg? Now, once again, don't get me wrong. I believe that there is plenty of use for single limb movements in a program.

Actually, I think it's an essential ingredient to help eliminate strength discrepancies. Split squats, 1 arm rows, 1 leg RDL's and 1 arm bench presses come to mind when I think of unstable single limb movements. The whole idea just goes totally wrong when we do bicep curls on 1 leg and tricep extensions and on and on.

How can you sufficiently overload the muscle this way? You really can't and I promise you won't add much muscle mass performing exercises of this variety, no matter what the Personal Trainers Houston TX say.

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The other issue is nutrition. While I'm all for the "energy in vs. energy out" principle, it's just not this simple. A lot of what your body does with food is highly dependent upon your genetic makeup. An example would be two men performing the same program. They eat exactly the same and are at the same training age (this means number of years training experience).

While people respond differently to the same program, let's assume these two men respond exactly alike. What could occur is this; one guy adds an appreciable amount of muscle mass and the other guy adds a bit more fat and less muscle. While I'm not going to get into this too much here, let's just say that people respond to the energy equation a bit differently.

Let's get back to programming. Most gym goers and Personal Trainers Houston TX tend to spend a ton of time each day at the gym. It never ceases to amaze me wherever I go. Do these people not have jobs or think a shorter time commitment is possible? Anyway, I firmly believe in spending as little time in the gym as possible while getting the maximum result.

How do I do this? I choose the exercises with "the most bang for the buck". This usually means choosing exercises like squats, deadlifts, pulls and pushes. By training these movement patterns we recruit the most muscle so fewer sets have to be performed and we stimulate additional muscle mass.

Most of each exercise session should be composed of these types of lifts. The only exception is professional bodybuilders who have great genetic profiles and, more likely than not, take "supplements". I'm not saying there's no room for isolation or single joint exercises, just that most should be compound movements. By the way, if you're not getting paid doing bodybuilding shows, you aren't a professional bodybuilder. Just a thought.

Frequency of training must also be addressed. Most Trainees and Personal Trainers Houston TX self prescribe/prescribe an inappropriate program for the goal. Sure, any program will provide some effect, but most people will do best with a 3-day total body approach or a 4-day upper/lower split. It really depends on how much time can be devoted to training. Remember, chest day, back day, legs day, etc. are reserved for the bodybuilding crowd and those with plenty of extra time on their hands.

So, what's the lesson to be learned here? Stick to basic compound exercises and you'll probably make some of the gains you're after. Some Personal Trainers Houston TX may not agree, but I feel this idea is much more practical and effective for the majority. Now get to the gym, hit the weights and start adding muscle!

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