How to spot the signs of overtraining

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 at 9:55 am  
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tired woman How to spot the signs of overtrainingWhen you are doing your bodybuilding training correctly you will notice increased muscle growth and increases in strength, but above all you will feel fit and healthy and you will be eager to get the gym and do your next workout. However, if you are overtraining then everything will begin to go downhill quickly.

What is overtraining?

Put very simply, overtraining is when you are working your body too hard and not giving it enough time to recover. Very often this can also be made worse by not giving you body the correct bodybuilding nutrition in order to speed up recovery between weight training sessions. Read the rest of this entry

Muscle Mass Gains are Made When You Rest

Monday, July 28th, 2008 at 9:13 am  
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biceps Muscle Mass Gains are Made When You RestBodybuilding is not a sport that gives us immediate results, and this is one of the main reasons that people tend to give up rather easily. It is a common misconception that muscle mass gains are made in the gym, but this isn’t the case. Let me explain why with a real example…

I Want Big Muscular Arms

Do you think that training your biceps five times a week and doing 20 sets each session will give you faster muscle gains, than say training them twice a week doing 12 sets? If you think this then you are completely wrong, you are actually over training your biceps and you could be on the way to a serious injury. Read the rest of this entry