| If you're serious about making a solid commitment to | | | | your body makes, from running to jumping to |
| a muscle-building program, you need to be very | | | | throwing. The bottom line is that the stronger a |
| careful of who you take advice from. Bodybuilding | | | | muscle is, the more force it can apply. Having |
| and fitness is literally a multi-billion dollar industry with | | | | stronger, more muscular legs means increased foot |
| new websites popping up every single day. Many of | | | | speed, just as having stronger and more muscular |
| the so-called "experts" out there really don't have a | | | | shoulders means the ability to throw farther. |
| clue of what they're talking about and are only | | | | Myth #3: You must always use perfect, textbook |
| motivated by pushing expensive pills, powders and | | | | form on all exercises. |
| "miracle programs" on you that you don't really need. | | | | While using good form in the gym is always |
| If you don't watch your step you may end up falling | | | | important, obsessing over perfect form is an entirely |
| for some fatal muscle-building pitfalls that will literally | | | | different matter. If you are always attempting to |
| destroy your gains. In this article I'm going to expose | | | | perform every exercise using flawless, textbook |
| 4 very common muscle-building myths in order to | | | | form, you will actually increase your chances of injury |
| keep you on the proper path to the mind-blowing | | | | and simultaneously decrease the total amount of |
| muscle and strength gains you deserve. | | | | muscle stimulation you can achieve. |
| Myth #1: In order to build muscle, you must achieve | | | | It's very important that you always move naturally |
| a "pump" during your workout. The greater the pump | | | | when you exercise. This could mean adding a very |
| you achieve, the more muscle you will build. | | | | slight sway in your back when you perform bicep |
| For those of you who are just starting out, a "pump" | | | | curls, or using a tiny bit of body momentum when |
| is the feeling that you get as blood becomes trapped | | | | executing barbell rows. |
| inside the muscle tissue when you train with weights. | | | | Myth #4: If you want your muscles to grow you |
| The muscles will swell up and leave your body feeling | | | | must "feel the burn!" |
| bigger, tighter, stronger and more powerful. While a | | | | This is another huge misconception in the gym. The |
| pump does feel fantastic, it has very little, if anything | | | | "burning" sensation that results from intense weight |
| to do with properly stimulating your muscles to grow. | | | | training is simply the result of lactic acid (a metabolic |
| A pump is simply the result of increased bloodflow to | | | | waste product) that is secreted inside the muscle |
| the muscle tissue and is certainly not indicative of a | | | | tissue as you exercise. |
| successful workout. A successful workout should only | | | | Increased levels of lactic acid have nothing to do with |
| be gauged by the concept of progression. If you | | | | muscle growth and may actually slow down your |
| were able to lift more weight or perform more reps | | | | gains rather than speed them up. You can limit lactic |
| than you did in the previous week, then you did your | | | | acid production by training in a lower rep range of |
| job. | | | | 5-7, rather than the traditional range of 10 and above. |
| Myth #2: Building muscle will cause you to become | | | | If you want to clear up your confusion and learn the |
| slower and less flexible. | | | | truth behind many other popular muscle-building |
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| amount of lean muscle mass will actually speed you | | | | reveal why 95% of people in the gym fail miserably |
| up rather than slow you down. | | | | and will teach you how to get on the proper path |
| Muscles are responsible for every movement that | | | | toward muscle-building success. |