Everyone wonders how to exercise to build muscle, but eliminate the pain they get after the workout for a day or two after.
In this article, I have gone through a couple methods that can be added to your workout. They will shorten your workout time, give you a well rounded workout, and also help you build muscle stronger.
These concepts are fairly basic; however, they will help prevent those annoying pains so you can still live your life out of the gym, too.
Lactic acid can hurt your muscle building. After an hour of working out, your body will be close to using up all its oxygen in your blood. Your muscles will then start to develop lactic acid, which is not good when you are trying to avoid aching and pains. Keeping your workout time an hour or less will help to lowering the amount of pain.
To exercise to build muscle, lift lots of weight, about 80 to 85% of the max weight you can handle in one rep. Keep it short and to the point, with 3-5 reps and 3-5 sets. Every week, add weight to keep gaining muscle. To help build up muscle, lengthen your rest time, before moving onto other exercises. If you are a women and want to build strength, but not the Hulky muscles, keep your rest time shorter, but use the same amount of reps and sets I mentioned before. Using lots of weight with fewer reps and sets is more beneficial than many reps and sets with low weight, because you are providing more resistance, which will work your muscles harder, building muscle faster.
You need to use fewer reps and sets, about 3-5 each, with this larger amount of weight. This means more weight in less time! You will see many more benefits from this, rather than from the slow workouts with low weight, with high rep and set counts.
To shorten up your time even more, use compound exercises. However, if you don’t go to the gym because you are scared you’re not ready, begin your workout at home. Pushups, pull ups, chin ups, and mountain climbers are examples of a few exercises, which you don’t need much equipment for, and you can still use these to exercise to build muscle.
To prevent pain and aching, reduce your rep and set count, while increasing your weight.
A shorter time while you exercise to build muscle will still be beneficial, as long as you are lifting a good amount of weight and performing exercises that work many muscles at once.
