If you are interested in building muscle mass, there are many articles, books, videos, magazines, and more out there that are full of information on how to do it. However, many of these information sources are actually full of myths about how to build muscle mass. If you really want to build up your mass, you need to be able to know the truth from the myths. So, lets take a look at the most common myths floating around when it comes to being able to build muscle mass.
Myth #1 - Lifting Heavy Weights is the Best Route - Sadly, many people get caught up in this myth when they want to build muscle mass. Sure, lifting heavy is a great way to build your self up and it is essential from time to time. However, you dont want to only use heavy lifting to build up your muscle mass. So, avoid making heavy lifting your only routine if you want to build yourself up.
Myth #2 - Use the Entire Range of Motion to Build Muscles - Many people also believe the myth that you have to use your entire range of motion in an exercise in order to build up your muscles. This is wrong as well. The truth is that you dont always have to go through the whole range of motion in order to build muscle mass. Using full range can be good some of the time, but you should also do some reps that include partial range of motion as well.
Myth #3 - Eating All Protein Will Help You Build Muscle Mass - Sure, protein is important if you want to build muscle mass. However, eating all protein is not going to help you build up mass faster. It is important that you make sure that you have a well rounded diet and you really only need to make sure that about 10-15% of your diet is protein. So, dont think that you have to go crazy with the protein in order to build muscle mass.
Myth #4 - Working Out Everyday is Best - Working out is definitely important, but the idea that you have to keep pumping iron everyday is just a myth. In fact, youll actually see better results when you start taking some time to rest in between workouts. Some people find that resting for a day works and others take about 2-4 days. Usually you shouldnt work your muscles again until you are about half a pound heavier than before if you really want to build muscle.
So, make sure that you keep the truth about building muscle mass in mind. Its time to forget all these myths and learn how you can really build muscle mass today.
I like to describe limits as completely illusionary. Though there are such things as limits, the majority of people today really have no idea what they really are, so in turn, they create illusionary ones. Let's look at the following paragraph I took from Randall Strossen's book, "IronMind: Stronger Minds, Stronger Bodies", which will open your eyes but more importantly have you think about what limits really are and what role they play on us:
"In the early 1920's Henry "Milo" Steinborn squatted with approximately 550 pounds, which, beyond being a record lift, was viewed as close to man's ultimate limit. Even by the mid-1950's this standard had only been nudged up to around the 600 pound mark. Enter the Canadian superman Doug Hepburn, who squatted 760 pounds in the mid-1950's, a prodigious performance in the history of strength, but one which Paul Anderson completely upstaged by cranking out 1160 in 1957...The fact that no one, even with drugs, squat suits, super wraps and super belts, has yet come within a hundred pounds of Paul's mark is further testimony to his colossal squatting ability. Once Paul Anderson had completely redefined conceptions of leg strength, however, others followed him into previously untouched territory, and by the end of the 1960's, there were a handful of 800 pound squatters."
As you can see, as soon as a record, or limit, is broken, suddenly there is many more people who can match the previous record. So what the heck is going on here? Once every blue moon there comes someone who completely smashes all previous records. He or she is a what we call a leader, a believer.
When others witness this, they follow. The leader is the one who believes in himself and has complete faith that he or she can accomplish anything, and then goes and does it. The followers just stay back and wait for someone to lead them, with no belief or intention of surpassing any limits themselves. The truth is, the limits you create in your own head are the limits you create in your own reality. Focus on what you want to do and the heck with what everyone else is doing and what has or hasn't already been done.
Whether you want to break a personal record or a world record, you have with you 100% of every single thing you need to accomplish it. It doesn't matter if everyone in the world does or doesn't believe in you. You just have to believe. So what are your limits? Are they holding you back from your progress?
Next time you write out your weight lifting goals, which I suggest you do if you aren't already, try not to limit yourself, especially on your long term goals. If it is something you really want bad enough, such as bench pressing 300 pounds or weighing 200 pounds of solid muscle, you will get it if you believe you will. I believe you can. In fact, I know you can.
Keep a close watch on the little voice in the back of your head that may be telling you that you are shooting to high or that you will never accomplish this or that. It's nothing but gibberish. Evict your inner doubts. Make it a formal process if you have to, but whatever you do, don't ever, EVER doubt your abilities.
Because the amazing truth is, you'll only achieve what you believe. If you doubt yourself or you don't think that you can achieve a certain goal or goals, then those thoughts and those thoughts alone are the only thing holding you back. Think about that for a while. It may change your life and how you view everything about it.
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