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If you are starting out either overweight, or just plain too skinny, what’s the best way to build muscle fast and lose fat? How do you get that ripped physique without spending a ton of money on “miracle” supplements or extreme muscle building systems? Let’s take a look at some of the best ways to build muscle, lose weight, and some of the most mis-leading ways we all need to steer clear of.
There are a few different approaches to the best way to building muscle depending on who you talk to.
Some trainers and fitness experts swear by the full body weight lifting routine. This is a routine that has you working out every muscle group, legs, back, biceps, triceps, chest and shoulders, each and every day that you work out. This is by far the least confusing of the workout routines, because you know exactly which muscle groups you are working on every day…all of them!
Other trainers will have you working on just a couple muscle groups per day of lifting. Back and biceps. Or, chest and triceps, then shoulders and legs on the last day of exercise of the week.
A similar method is to work out muscles that are opposing to each other. This means you would work out a large muscle group and then an opposing smaller muscle group next. So back muscles would be worked out with triceps. Chest with biceps.
Slow Vs. Fast Reps- Fast repetitions and slow repetitions will work out your muscles differently. Some trainers swear by counting a slow 4-count during a repetition. In this technique, you count a slow 1-2-3-4 on the way up and 1-2-3-4 on the way down in a repetition.
No matter which way you choose to lift, it is agreed that the final rep should be extremely hard to finish, if not impossible. Doing more weight and less reps will give you bigger muscles with more power, whereas less weight with more reps will give you leaner muscles. Again, either way, the final reps need to be extremely hard to finish to ensure you are using enough weight.
Supplements or not? Gaining muscle and getting stronger doesn’t necessarily mean you need to use supplements. Taking supplements can wreak havoc on the digestive system! Many people, including myself, have reported extremely bad gas with whey protein powders. There’s no more subtle way of putting it. Not to mention these are really not proven to work any better than choosing the right natural foods to build muscle effectively.
In my opinion, using supplements is the worst way to try and build muscle. Others will disagree, but spending hefty sums of money to supplement your diet with something that will make the dog leave the room is just ridiculous when wholesome foods will do the trick.
It’s in the supplement companies’ best interest to tell you muscle gain can’t happen any other way, and we need to be aware of that.
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