Why am I not gaining muscle? ✘ Top 3 Muscle Building Mistakes

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First, you have to understand that plateaus are normal. You will go weeks and sometimes months without results

because you’re body has plateaued. Maybe you already put on some muscle and your body is trying to adjust to its new mass before it puts on any more muscle.

However, if you haven’t seen results as far as muscle growth in a long time, you may want to try some of the tips in this video to help you break through that plateau.

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#1 How much are you eating. Your body doesn’t necessarily want to put muscle on because it’s an extra expense calorie wise.

In order to put on more muscle, you need to be consuming a lot of extra calories above what it takes to upkeep your body.

A lot of people will build some muscle at a certain calorie range, and then when they plateau they continue trying to build muscle at that same calorie range.

Just keep in mind that as you grow muscle and plateau your body will be using a lot more of calories that you consume to support that new muscle mass

So that means you need to add even more calories to build even more muscle. Also, stop going crazy with supplements.

Supplements at your local GNC or vitamin shop will not help you grow and build muscle as well as real food.   

#2 How intense are your workouts? When I first started working out I would come into my high school gym

and in the middle of my workout I would look around at what kind of weights the people with more muscle than me were using.

Now even though this is a very beginner mindset, and isn’t always true, the intensity of your workouts is hugely related to the size of your muscles.

As a natural lifter, you’re most likely going to need to use some really heavy weights to stimulate muscle growth.

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If you’re using 25lbs for dumbbell presses every single week then chances are your chest is not going to get that much mass.

Some people give way too much attention and focus to form and way too little to intensity.

Yes, your form is important, but you’re going to have to get off of the tricycle eventually and trade it in for a bike.

That doesn’t mean that you jump from doing 25lb chest presses to 75lb chest press cuz..u’ll probably die.

But it means that when you’re comfortable with pressing the 25’s you do everything you can to move up to ’30s.

So many people complain all the time about coming into the gym, working out, and not seeing any results.

When I ask what they have done to take their workouts to the next level they draw a blank.

Building muscle is not done by treating working out like a clock in clock out scenario. Someone can come into the gym 2 days a week

and get more results than the person coming in 7  days a week just because they are pushing the intensity level of each of their workouts.

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If you can’t move up in dumbbell presses, move up in flies. Try to move up in something every time you are at the gym.

Instead of running for a mile every week, try two, then three, then 4. Point is don’t keep doing the same things and expecting different results.

#3 Hit Failure! Let me ask you a question. If you are trying to grow your chest muscles for example.

And every one of those sets you hit 10 reps. Why do you think your muscles will grow. Every time your muscles think I’m good I just completed my set.

no problem.I’ll be able to do it next time if I just stay where I’m at. On the other hand, if you took 275, only did it for 5 reps, failed completely, and needed someone to help the weight off of you.

Your chest is going to say shoot I need to get stronger and add more muscle fibers to handle the stressors in my environment.

You need to fail to grow your muscles. If you want to build muscle grab weight in every set that causes you to hit failure before you get 10-12 reps in.

You can lighten the load as you get further along your workout because you should be hitting failure faster and faster as you tire out your muscles.

Other than that you just have to make sure you are not overtraining. Remember to build muscle you need to be in a calorie surplus state.

So you can’t be working out so much that you’re burning up all the calories that were supposed to be used for building muscle. Listen to your body and learn where you’re the personal overtraining line is.

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My passion for fitness began when I was 14 years old. I naturally fell in love with training and haven’t stopped since. At 18 years I acquired my first personal training certification from ACE after which I opened my first of 3 transformation studios in 2011. I love to share my knowledge through personal training, my online courses, and youtube channel now with over 3,000,000 subscribers! I can happily say that we've helped over 15,000 people get in great shape over the years. I'm always here for my customers so if you need help don't hesitate to send your questions to support@gravitychallenges.com

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