Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The Most Common Mistakes People Do At The Gym

By Jason Storm

There are a lot of people that are using a lot of their time to work out and still are not able to get the body they are desiring. Others have found a way that works alright but still have the feeling that it could be better. If you fit into one of these groups - read on.

There are many things you can do to get the most out of the time spent and in this article I will give you some guidance on how to work out in the best way for maximum results.

There are a lot of mistakes that people do that make them work much harder than they need to. The most common are: -To not use weights that are enough heavy -To do more reps than they should -To spend to long hours at the gym -To not let the muscles rest long enough in between their work outs

When it comes to the weight of your lifts you can have as a guideline that you shouldn't be able to perform one more lift when you've done your last rep. If you feel that you can, the weight is not enough since the muscles need maximum resistance to give the signal to the body to produce more muscle tissue.

Using light weight often lead to people making tons of reps instead, feeling that it is easy and thinking that if they lift 50 times they will see more gain. This is not the best way to work out. To do fewer reps with heavy weights will give you the best results. For most muscle groups 3 sets of 6-8 reps is a good number and make sure that the resting time between your sets are less than 1 minute. Remember fewer reps means that you have made your muscles work out the best.

Don't do the mistake to spend long hours at the gym. This might, in worst case lead to damage to your muscles and will not make them grow. This is due to the fact that the energy you are using while working out should be from carbohydrates to most part and the supply in your body will last to the most 45 minutes while working out. After that, your body will have to use other energy supplies which include the protein in your muscles to be able to keep going. Working out too long might, as you can see, have the opposite effect to what you are wanting.

Finally, you want to make sure that you give your body a proper rest. Make sure that the muscles that you trained get around 48 hours of rest before you work them next time. Don't wait longer than that though since that will delay the building up process.

These few tricks are essential if you want you muscle to grow the most and the fastest. Make sure you keep up the good work and have your focus on your goals and you will be surprised as to how fast you can get the body you're dreaming of. - 16650

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