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How To Build Muscle And Gain Weight Quickly

By Vince DelMonte

Do you truly know how to build muscle and gain weight quickly?

If you knew how to build muscle then the skinny jokes would have ended long ago.
If you knew how to gain weight quickly then the blank stares would stop when you
tell someone you work out with weights. And if you knew how to build muscle and
gain weight quickly you would no longer frustrated that the scale has not budged
upwards since you first started lifting.

I know from first hand experience what it feels like to train for hours in the gym, slug
back protein shake after protein shake, spend your hard earned money on over-
priced and over-hyped supplements, with little or nothing to show for it! If this is you
than you're not alone and are probably missing a few key ingredients that you're
executing effectively.

If you're a naturally skinny person than you must play by a different set of rules. If
you were not gifted with muscle friendly genes than does it make sense to follow a
program by someone who builds muscle even when they sneeze? If you're training
drug free than does it make sense to take advice from a guy who’s spending a few
thousand dollars a month on steroids?

Or maybe you're taking advice from someone with great genetics? That’s like
taking money advice from someone who inherited a fortune! You must accept the
fact if you have muscle 'unfriendly' genes you must be prepared to play by a
different set of rules if you want to build muscle and turn heads!

Here are a few simple tips to show you - the skinny guy - how to build muscle and
gain weight quickly :

Train like a barbarian!

Do people stop and watch you work out? Do you reach the point in a workout
where you question your ability to finish? If you treat working out more like a hobby
than a job than it’s no surprise that you do not stand out in a crowd and are still
spinning your wheels.

The majority of people that work out in a gym barely sweat and spend more time
starring in the mirror and trying to impress the new front desk girl than getting into
the ‘zone’ and crashing through previous training limits.

Here are some tips on how to 'train like a barbarian':

1. Treat every single set like it is your last set.

2. Treat every single rep like your life depends on it.

3. Wear a stop watch and ensure that you keep the rest period honest.

4. Wear a sweater so you can’t stare at yourself in the mirror.

5. Wear a head set on that tells others ‘do not disturb.’

6. No girl friends allowed or wimpy guy friends who are going to compromise the
intensity of your workout.

7. Train with an intensity that scares the gym shorts off of every person in your
path.

Are you starting to get the picture? There is a philosophy that simply states, “You
get what you focus on.” Focus on training like a barbarian and you will soon start
looking like a barbarian!

Give your muscles a reason to grow!

Guess what happens when you train at the same intensity as you did in a previous
workout? Your muscles laugh back at you and say, “Nice try, we did this workout
before and can handle this stress! Is that your attempt on getting us to grow?”

Don’t get caught up in the latest hype of bodybuilding and fitness magazines. Most
of it is rehashed and just packaged sleeker to sell magazines. There are two forms
of training that must be cycled in a successful weight training program:

1. HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY! Put everything into lifting heavier weights and getting as
strong as possible. Use only one compound exercise per major muscle group and
focus on a 5% increase in strength from week to week. This will ensure
neuromuscular development and targeting the fast twitch muscle fibers which have
the greatest opportunity for growth.

2. VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME! Expose your body to as much work possible in
the shortest period of time. Placing your muscles under more tension will result in
more tapped and untrained muscle fiber being recruited therefore more muscle
growth! The key here is to find the correct balance in time and work. Volume
training does not mean 2 hour gym workouts lifting light weights. Instead lift heavy
weights close to your max threshold but with shorter rest periods, slower tempos
and more exercise selection per muscle group.

No more program hopping!

Sure, it’s easier to test drive a program for a few weeks and than say it does not
work and move on to the next latest ‘breakthrough’ program. This is called the
blame game and neglecting responsibility! Do you think you will become rich if you
test out a new job for a few weeks and than call it quits when your first paycheck
does not meet your expectations? No way! But if you stay with the company and
exploit the companies benefits and opportunities to the fullest than you will succeed.

The reality is that virtually every program will work for a certain period of time if it is
done at the right intensity and as the author has written.

Find a program and study the details of it’s full entirety. Ensure that the program
goals of the author are in alignment with yours and study all the fine details. Do not
ask a million questions and try and find holes or flaws or attempt to make it
‘perfect.’ The perfect program does not exist. Trust the program, follow it honestly
and monitor the progress. The experience and results you gain from following one
program for a consistent period of time will be priceless.
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About the Author:

Vince DelMonte is the author of No Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets
To Insane Muscle Gain found at
http://www.VinceDelMonteFitness.com/

He specializes in teaching skinny guys how to build muscle and gain weight
quickly without drugs, supplements and training less than before.

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Vince DelMonte offers eighteen 60-minute interviews with the World's Biggest
Experts on Muscle Building  found at:
www.UltimateMuscleAdvantage.com

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