Want To Build Muscle Up Faster? Here’s How!

Spending hours in the gym to build muscle up and not making progress? Good news! There is a good chance that you are not making incredible gains for just one simple reason. Once acknowledged and dealth with properly this knowledge can boost your progress a great deal. For many beginning bodybuilders this will be the first time they have heard of it and as such it could beneift them greatly.

So what is the secret? A new miracle pill or something?

No definitly not. It has been ignored by many a weightrainer even 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 critically it does diminish muscle because it aids in the body using muscle for energy rather than fat. 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) Attempt to restrict your caffeine intake as this also makes cortisol levels increase.

3) Keep your workouts down to one hour in the gym. Stay foccussed, consider wearing headphones if this helps.

4) Chill out an take it easy as cortisol is produced in response to stres.

5) Consume small frequent meals as infrequent meals make the body assume it is starving and will thus try and use muscle mass as a form of energy before it makes use of fat reserves by releasing more cortisol.

6) Sleep. This is the time when your muscle mass building hormones are highest and your level of cortisol is lowest therefore attempt to get 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.