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1. You don’t eat enough.
To build muscle optimally you need to be in a slight calorie surplus.
This means you should aim for 250-500 calories over your maintenance calories.
To build muscle optimally you need to be in a slight calorie surplus.
This means you should aim for 250-500 calories over your maintenance calories.
2. You’re not training hard enough.
You need to push yourself in the gym.
Not to the point of feeling faint or sick…
A few of your sets should arrive at or come close to failure.
You need to push yourself in the gym.
Not to the point of feeling faint or sick…
A few of your sets should arrive at or come close to failure.
3. You don’t get enough sleep.
Our bodies repair and grow during sleep cycles.
You should aim for 7-8 hours per night on average.
Without enough sleep, your progress will be affected along with your ability to recover.
Improve your sleep!
Our bodies repair and grow during sleep cycles.
You should aim for 7-8 hours per night on average.
Without enough sleep, your progress will be affected along with your ability to recover.
Improve your sleep!
4. You’re not eating enough protein.
Imagine building a house, but you don’t have enough material to build with…
Protein is the building block of muscle tissue.
Ensure you hit around 0.8g-1g/Ib bodyweight.
Imagine building a house, but you don’t have enough material to build with…
Protein is the building block of muscle tissue.
Ensure you hit around 0.8g-1g/Ib bodyweight.
5. You’re using the same weights.
The body creates muscle tissue, adapting to gradual increments in weight.
Someone with a 300Ib bench press will have significantly more muscle tissue than someone who only does 100Ib.
This is called “progressive overload”
The body creates muscle tissue, adapting to gradual increments in weight.
Someone with a 300Ib bench press will have significantly more muscle tissue than someone who only does 100Ib.
This is called “progressive overload”
http://6.You aren’t managing stress efficiently.
Everyone has their own battles in their daily lives, we all get stressed from time to time.
BUT
If you’re often stressed, I recommend picking up some healthy coping mechanisms such as meditation to help manage it
Everyone has their own battles in their daily lives, we all get stressed from time to time.
BUT
If you’re often stressed, I recommend picking up some healthy coping mechanisms such as meditation to help manage it
7.Your form sucks.
Spend an hour on YouTube and watch some experts demonstrate key lifts such as:
~Bench Press
~Overhead Press
~Squats
~Deadlifts
Perfect these key lifts, start light and slowly increase the weight over time and you’ll grow.
Spend an hour on YouTube and watch some experts demonstrate key lifts such as:
~Bench Press
~Overhead Press
~Squats
~Deadlifts
Perfect these key lifts, start light and slowly increase the weight over time and you’ll grow.
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