Muscle building for women is is the same physiological process that it is for men. However, it is the body image that associated with working out that tends to put off women from heavy weight lifting. You see, women want to look feminine not like Jim Carey's character Vera De Milo from In Living Color!
Most men lift weights to build up muscle in their chest and arms with exercises like curls and bench press. They talk about putting on bulk and want to look like beefy bodybuilders.
The Proper Way To Build Muscle:
First, we must address the issue of the proper way to build muscle, not the way a majority of the gym rats actually workout. Like most people, you probably go into the gym to workout and train the wrong way. It's not your fault, it is just that no one has really explained the correct way to build a fit body and that is mostly because the people you talk to don't know... even you personal trainer is likely to have been misinformed. I am talking about full body fitness and the actual processes involved in gaining real lean muscle mass.
First, we must address the issue of the proper way to build muscle, not the way a majority of the gym rats actually workout. Like most people, you probably go into the gym to workout and train the wrong way. It's not your fault, it is just that no one has really explained the correct way to build a fit body and that is mostly because the people you talk to don't know... even you personal trainer is likely to have been misinformed. I am talking about full body fitness and the actual processes involved in gaining real lean muscle mass.
Feeling Kind Of Bulky?
The next thing we must address is the notion of bulk. When you bulk up and cut, a common thing for bodybuilders to do, you are really just making things difficult on yourself- not to mention lying to yourself. Here is why, it has been proven that when you bulk up, you are only adding fat body weight. And because fat spreads around your whole body, you look bigger. You are bigger! It is just not muscle that grew. Then you cut down to look lean... so you are trying to burn off all that fat you just put on...why would you do this? You are not gaining enough muscle from this bulk up to warrant the pain it is to take off the fat. In fact you are not gaining any muscle from the "bulk" up, but you may be gaining from the exercises.
The next thing we must address is the notion of bulk. When you bulk up and cut, a common thing for bodybuilders to do, you are really just making things difficult on yourself- not to mention lying to yourself. Here is why, it has been proven that when you bulk up, you are only adding fat body weight. And because fat spreads around your whole body, you look bigger. You are bigger! It is just not muscle that grew. Then you cut down to look lean... so you are trying to burn off all that fat you just put on...why would you do this? You are not gaining enough muscle from this bulk up to warrant the pain it is to take off the fat. In fact you are not gaining any muscle from the "bulk" up, but you may be gaining from the exercises.
And this is one the of things that terrifies women when it comes to building muscle. What woman in their right mind wants to look bigger? "Gee I want to bulk up" has never crossed a woman's lips!
Here Is The Key To A Sexy Feminine Body:
You must build lean and strong muscles in order to be sexy slender and be able to see the toned muscle that is currently hiding hiding under a layer of fat.
You must build lean and strong muscles in order to be sexy slender and be able to see the toned muscle that is currently hiding hiding under a layer of fat.
I know what you are saying, "But that is why I do cardio exercise". Women focus on cardio exercise because they have been taught that it will help them lose weight. And it does, though not very efficiently. Cardio is not the proper fitness training to achieve a sexy feminine body in the least amount of time.
Do interval training as part of your cardio exercises.
Interval training is talked about on my blog, to which a link is provided below, so I wont go into it too much here. However to summarize here, it is an exercise protocol that has you workout with high intensity for a set interval and then short breaks in between. You should add it to your training a few times a week. Right before your usual cardio training is the best time for interval training and will help to accelerate the burning of calories.
Interval training is talked about on my blog, to which a link is provided below, so I wont go into it too much here. However to summarize here, it is an exercise protocol that has you workout with high intensity for a set interval and then short breaks in between. You should add it to your training a few times a week. Right before your usual cardio training is the best time for interval training and will help to accelerate the burning of calories.
Focus on your diet.
It is very important to getting lean. When you eat, you consume calories that your body needs to burn, or they turn to fat. If you want to have fat loss then you must burn more calories than you eat. Burning more than you eat will mean that you get more lean. Being lean allows you to display all those tight muscles that you build.
It is very important to getting lean. When you eat, you consume calories that your body needs to burn, or they turn to fat. If you want to have fat loss then you must burn more calories than you eat. Burning more than you eat will mean that you get more lean. Being lean allows you to display all those tight muscles that you build.
Bulk comes from eating too many calories not from gaining too much muscle. Ah, you say "What about all those body builders that look like huge men?" and I reply "Those women chemically enhance the muscle building process" At least the ones that I think you are referring to. You know the ones on the covers of the bodybuilding magazines that have arms bigger than your waist...
Do some Strength training to gain muscle.
Women tend to not even consider muscle building because they are scared that they will bulk up and gain weight. Mostly they only have these bodybuilding figures from which to take their body image information. So it is understandable. But we are not talking about gaining that kind of muscle and trust me without drugs, you are not going to look like that.
Women tend to not even consider muscle building because they are scared that they will bulk up and gain weight. Mostly they only have these bodybuilding figures from which to take their body image information. So it is understandable. But we are not talking about gaining that kind of muscle and trust me without drugs, you are not going to look like that.
You probably want a sexy celebrity body like Halle Berry or Anne Hathaway. This is a very do-able body type. And I don't mean that in a perverse way. I mean you should be able to get a physique like that.
Muscle grows really slowly unless you are new to weight lifting. IF this is the case you might gain 10 pounds of muscle mass in the first year if you are working out the right way and really pushing it. But more likely you are only going to gain a couple pound or so of lean muscle if you are building for it. So if you are gaining more than a pound or so in the first month of weight training then chances are it is fat and your diet needs to be looked at closely.
Muscle burns calories even when it is just sitting there doing nothing, so the more you have, the more fat you will burn. And even though you may gain a few pounds in muscle weight, you should be losing more via your diet so your total weight will likely come down.
If you want to get a lean sexy celebrity like feminine body then follow the three tips of diet, gain muscle, and add interval training to your cardio exercises. Muscle building for women is a piece of cake if you do these three things. For more information on the proper way to build muscle visit my website at http://gainmusclenotfat.com.
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