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