Body Building Programs for Beginners
3 Aug 2009Are you moving poundages on your squat, deadlift, bench press, row (and every other major compound exercise) that all feel substantially heavy for your body? Are your clothes fitting significantly tighter? Are you generally beginning to gain a reputation as a muscular guy that people aspire to look like?
If the answer is not “yes” to all of the previous questions, then you really don’t need to be concerned about the insignificant details of your body.
Eliminate these types of questions from your mind until after you have a considerable amount of muscle mass and are no longer in your bodybuilding “youth”.
Why is this? It is for the reason that diverting your attention onto such small and insignificant issues will only serve to distract you from the most essential and immediate job at hand. And what is the most vital and urgent job necessary at this time? Let’s develop as much muscle and strength for your body that can feasibly be accomplished!
Don’t worry about matching your biceps to your triceps, and forget about matching your chest to your back. It’s simply not worth worrying about these issues until later on, after you’ve significantly thickened up your entire body.
If you’re still a beginner and have been training consistently for less than a year, then stop obsessing over the details. Instead, place all of your focus on the most basic and obvious issues at hand. Get yourself onto a sensible, rational weight training schedule and stick to it religiously.
Keep a record of all of your workouts that you do and try as hard as you can to consistently add as much weight as possible to the bar. Blast through the discomfort zones and difficult compound exercises with passion and intensity.
Start off to self cook in the kitchen by yourself on each and every day, every week, every month and try to prepare properly at least 5 or 6 balanced muscle building meals.
Drink your water, get your rest and take your supplements whenever necessary. In other words: PAY YOUR DUES FIRST!
If you plan to be in this for a long time (and you should be, as there are no temporary fixes to be had here), this will get you on the most efficient path. The best way in which to proceed is usually to begin with the basics and then get more detailed later.
You must bring this mentality into your bodybuilding program. You don’t want to attempt to fine-tune and balance your physique until you have a considerable muscle foundation to work with. You can’t play that awesome guitar solo before you know basic chords, after all.
Building muscle does not require a degree in rocket-science but it does require consistent willpower and determination. It’s not until you’ve dug deep enough within yourself that you will have the benefits of a drastically improved and impressively-muscular body. Stop obsessing. Go to the gym and start your workout!
