The Secret to Building Muscle at Home
At some point in your Warrior journey, you will need to spend time building muscle.
That's just the way things are.
We're not focusing on building giant, bodybuilder muscles.
However, packing 5-10 lbs of mass will help you burn even more fat, and get you closer to the warrior physique.
Here are 3 basic principles you must use when constructing a muscle building routine: 1 - Must Transfer to Real Life I train to move better in my daily life first, and that means learning to use my whole body.
My whole body is used when I'm lifting heavy bags dropping people up or picking people up from the airport (usually my grandparents).
My whole body is used when I'm opening the shutter door at my fathers store or lifting beer cases.
My whole body is used when I'm sprinting after a bus I need to catch.
My whole body is used when I'm beating my friends at a bowling game.
You get the point.
2 - Optimize Hormones and Burn Calories Growth Hormone and Testosterone are released when you engage a lot of muscle at once.
In addition, your heart rate is increased and metabolism boosted when you're doing hard, multi-joint movements.
So the exercises that you choose for both muscle building and fat loss are pretty much the same.
And, full body workouts have both muscle building and fat loss benefits.
So what's the key to achieving your goals? 3 - They Need to Be Short I don't have time to go through a 2-hour long marathon workout.
I don't even have an hour to devote to exercise.
Most people don't even have 30 minutes! So why do magazines still prescribe workouts that are over 2 hours long? It's unnecessary, and it's boring.
If you choose a few multi joint movements, you can do 2-3 full body workouts per week and be on your way.
That's really all you need! So, to summarize, the program you develop must:
Hence, you must find a way to make your regular pushups, pullups, and squats harder! We will go more into detail with how to build muscle at home with bodyweight movements in the coming weeks.
We will also have some great muscle building routines when the new membership section is launched.
But for now, ponder on how you can make your workouts harder and adapt them to focus on more muscle building.
That's just the way things are.
We're not focusing on building giant, bodybuilder muscles.
However, packing 5-10 lbs of mass will help you burn even more fat, and get you closer to the warrior physique.
Here are 3 basic principles you must use when constructing a muscle building routine: 1 - Must Transfer to Real Life I train to move better in my daily life first, and that means learning to use my whole body.
My whole body is used when I'm lifting heavy bags dropping people up or picking people up from the airport (usually my grandparents).
My whole body is used when I'm opening the shutter door at my fathers store or lifting beer cases.
My whole body is used when I'm sprinting after a bus I need to catch.
My whole body is used when I'm beating my friends at a bowling game.
You get the point.
2 - Optimize Hormones and Burn Calories Growth Hormone and Testosterone are released when you engage a lot of muscle at once.
In addition, your heart rate is increased and metabolism boosted when you're doing hard, multi-joint movements.
So the exercises that you choose for both muscle building and fat loss are pretty much the same.
And, full body workouts have both muscle building and fat loss benefits.
So what's the key to achieving your goals? 3 - They Need to Be Short I don't have time to go through a 2-hour long marathon workout.
I don't even have an hour to devote to exercise.
Most people don't even have 30 minutes! So why do magazines still prescribe workouts that are over 2 hours long? It's unnecessary, and it's boring.
If you choose a few multi joint movements, you can do 2-3 full body workouts per week and be on your way.
That's really all you need! So, to summarize, the program you develop must:
- Involve majority compound movements - you can include isolation movements, however do them at the END of the workout.
- Majority Full Body Workout - Full body is the place to start.
As you get more advanced, you can start to isolate body parts to bring up weaknesses. - Short and sweet - Even if you have time, intensity is the key.
You can't train at a high intensity level if your workout lasts 2 hours
Hence, you must find a way to make your regular pushups, pullups, and squats harder! We will go more into detail with how to build muscle at home with bodyweight movements in the coming weeks.
We will also have some great muscle building routines when the new membership section is launched.
But for now, ponder on how you can make your workouts harder and adapt them to focus on more muscle building.
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