Are You Making These Muscle Building Mistakes?
Developing good habits is crucial to build muscle up on a long term basis. It is very important to be doing the right things regularly in order to build muscle continuously. Unfortunately many bad habits are often picked up by bodybuilders who perhaps do not realise they are restricting their progress or putting their health at risk. Here we have outlined the top 7 worst muscle building habits and included a few build muscles tips too:
1) The worst of all! Using steroids, this is bad for a wide range of reasons including these: different coloured spots on the body, acne, bad smelling breath and yellowing of the skin, dizziness, swelling of the legs and feet, trembling, nausea, vomiting, mood swings, premature balding, aching joints, liver damage, high blood pressure, palpitations, cardiovascular disease and reduction of your final adult height. If you want even more reason not to take steroids how about: testicular shrinkage, impotence, pain on urination, breast development and even sterility. I’m sure no more needs to be said about that.
2) Trying to lift too much weight. Ok, so competing with a training partner is highly motivating but be very careful. Lifting too much weight can cause you to lose form and increase the chances of injury and won’t help you build muscles quickly. If you cannot lift and lower the weight under complete control of if you have to make use of momentum then you ought to be lowering the amount.
3) Eating too much protein. An average persons protein intake level should be 0.8-1 gram of protein/kilo of bodyweight/day and a hard training bodybuilder should not take on board more than 1.7 grams for every kilo of bodyweight. Consuming more protein than this increases your chances of getting osteoporosis and also it could lead to irreversible damage of your kidneys. Also homo-cysteine, a by-product of protein metabolism is a risk factor for heart disease so be careful!
4) Using stimulants like ephedrine has potentially dangerous side effects such as heart attack, heart palpitations, and stroke. Whilst these are not prohibited you wold be wise to exercise extreme caution and in fact would be much better off not using them. you may try a caffeine pill instead as these are far less dangerous. Always also a health care professional if you have any doubts.
5) Working out on an empty stomach is believed by some people to help burn off more fat. However most of your energy comes from carbohydrate therefore if you haven’t eaten you will have a great deal less energy and have virtually zero chance of having a decent training session. You will not be able to lift more than your previous personal best and you will most likely be left jittery, shaking and even dizzy after your training session possibly due to low blood sugar levels. Instead of this it is far better to have a small pre workout meal containing fruits, vegetables and such like.
6) Neglecting to warm up and stretch sufficiently.Getting your body ready for exercise is essentail in order to prevent injuries like muscle tears and ligament strains, it also improves your range of motion, performance, and posture. It takes just 10 minutes to do a decent warm up and it is a great investment of your time.
7) Not keeping a training diary. Without this how are you supposed to know if your training program is working or not? How can you keep a track on your personal best lifts. A training diary is motivational and easy to do. Why aren’t you keeping one.
OK, so the main thing to do to ensure good bodybuilding habits is to use your common sense and take heed of the above guidelines and you ought to be ab;e to enjoy your workouts and get great results.
