An Explosive Way To Build Muscle Up Faster
Spending hours in the gym to build muscle up and not making progress? Good news! There is a very good chance that you are struggling to build muscle up for one very important reason. Once acknowledged and dealth with properly this knowledge can boost your progress a great deal. For a lot of people this little known truth can easily help them build muscle up fast.
So what is the secret? A new amazing routine or something?
No absolutley not. It has been ignored by many a bodybuilder though it has been known about for a long time.
Exactly what is cortisol?
Cortisol is a hormone released by the body steadily throughout the day and is produced in response to stress such as weight lifting. Cortisol levels are greater in the morning and drop slightly through the day.
What is its role exactly?
Well it enhances your short term memory, aids in regulation of blood sugar levels and helps detox the liver. However it can increase blood pressure and reduce bone density if your cortisol levels are excessive, although this is not normal. However it will restrict muscle mass as it increases the use of muscle as energy and not fat stores. This is why your workouts should not be more than one hour in duration. After this they will be doing more harm than good!
Here are a few guidelines to ensure that you are not wasting your time trying to build muscle up:
1) limit your cardio workouts, too much cardio causes the body to release cortisol which as explained is not what we need.
2) Try to not drink too much caffeine as this can also cause corisol levels to rise.
3) Keep your workouts down to one hour in the gym. wear headphones if this helps you to stay focussed.
4) Stress causes the body to release more cortisol too so try to relax, although granted this is easier said than done.
5) Eat small regular meals because infrequent meals make the body think it is starving and will thus try and use uneccesary muscle for energy before using fat reserves by releasing more cortisol.
6) Sleep. This is when your muscle building hormones peak and your cortisol levels are highest so shot for 8 hours sleep.
With those no nonsense muscle building tips in mind you should be able to give your workouts a great boost now you know how to gain weight fast more efficiently.
