Why is it Hard To Prevent Fat Gain While Gaining Muscle?

People who do bodybuilding often attempt to bulk up to get larger, but sometimes they also gain more than just muscle, they gain a bit of cushioning too. This happens many times to those who are involved in competing. These competitors work like mad before an event to lose their fat. The secret is though not to put the fat on to start with because you risk losing muscle while you are trying to get rid of just the fat. Here is an easy plan to add muscle without gaining unwanted pounds.

First realize that you should be gaining, at most, a pound of muscle every couple of weeks. More than that and it’s most likely some fat that you are adding. If you see that you are gaining weight too rapidly, take a close look at the amount of food that you are eating. Make sure that you are eating the right amounts of the right foods for your particular workout routine. There are exceptions to every rule but just make sure by checking everything out that you are truly an exception, if you are gaining more rapidly.

One thing that will help you achieve your body building goals is to have the right diet. It is easy for a routine to turn into a rut. You alternate your weightlifting program, why shouldn’t you alternate your diet program. A good muscle building program will include days that you take off because your body needs a chance to recuperate and to repair the muscles that you have torn apart in your workouts. You should also give your body a chance to recover from the rigid diet that you have been putting it through for the week. Rest is good for the mind and so is allowing a couple days of freedom from your strict diet. If you take a 5 day on – 2 day off approach to your diet, not only will your weekends be more fun (if you schedule the 2 days off correctly) but you will also be doing something good for your body.

The 5 meals a day plan is what you should be doing. You will be constantly fueling your body and it will not store up like it does when you are not eating enough. Your diet needs to be made up of 1 part monounsaturated fat to 2 parts of protein, which you can’t have muscle without, and have 3 parts of carbohydrates for energy.

Something else that will help you out in gaining muscle without adding fat, is having the right workout plan. Plan on doing 10-15 minutes of aerobic activity before your workout. Not only will this get your body warmed up for the workout but it will burn off fat and it is good for your heart. Doing more than this will be counter-productive to your goal of gaining muscle.

Long periods of aerobic activity may make you a marathon runner but it won’t put muscle on you. More muscle means more calories are being burned. Make sure you stretch for a bit after your aerobic activity and before you get into the main part of your muscle building workout.

You should keep a record of your workouts and everyday you need to gear your workout to a specific group of muscles. You need to step it up a notch each time you workout. When you keep a record of your workouts it makes it easy to do this. Each day Monday – Thursday work on a different muscle group then on Friday workout all body parts.

With your workout, pyramid the sets and make the one in the middle have more weight than the first and last ones. You need push your body. With the first set you prepare the body for the heavier set of #2 and then with the third set you cool your body down. You can also pyramid your reps within the sets too. The first rep do the most, the middle you make them harder but fewer, and then the third one is the cool down where you do the same reps as the first.

If you concentrate on a workout routine where you put all of these tips into practice, tailoring it to your body’s needs, you will have found the best way to gain muscle without adding fat.

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