If you want to build muscle and *actually* look like you workout, there are some pretty important do’s and don’ts you’ve got to follow.📌SAVE for later📌
✅Do:
Be consistent with training, nutrition, and sleep
Eat enough (at your TDEE or higher)
Consume enough protein
Track progress with strength gains, not the number on the scale
❌Don’t:
Restrict calories/start a diet
Wing it with your workouts
Fly through your reps with light weight
Do excessive cardio
Muscles need food to grow. If you are committed to building muscle, you’ve also got to be committed to eating enough of the right foods, particularly protein and carbs.
You also have to be committed to your workouts. If you’re not showing up on a regular basis using heavy-for-you weights, it will be very difficult to build muscle.
A muscle-building phase is not the time to obsess over the scale or try to counteract your slightly bigger meals with a ton of cardio. Use the fuel for your strength training workouts and understand that the scale may increase as your body composition changes. But, really, if you look and feel good, does the number on the scale really matter?
Have you ever struggled to build muscle? What did you change with your training, nutrition, and/or lifestyle?
P.S. Beta workout #2 goes out on Monday morning. Have you signed up yet? If not, grab the next FREE workout via the link below! 💪🏻
✅Do:
Be consistent with training, nutrition, and sleep
Eat enough (at your TDEE or higher)
Consume enough protein
Track progress with strength gains, not the number on the scale
❌Don’t:
Restrict calories/start a diet
Wing it with your workouts
Fly through your reps with light weight
Do excessive cardio
Muscles need food to grow. If you are committed to building muscle, you’ve also got to be committed to eating enough of the right foods, particularly protein and carbs.
You also have to be committed to your workouts. If you’re not showing up on a regular basis using heavy-for-you weights, it will be very difficult to build muscle.
A muscle-building phase is not the time to obsess over the scale or try to counteract your slightly bigger meals with a ton of cardio. Use the fuel for your strength training workouts and understand that the scale may increase as your body composition changes. But, really, if you look and feel good, does the number on the scale really matter?
Have you ever struggled to build muscle? What did you change with your training, nutrition, and/or lifestyle?
P.S. Beta workout #2 goes out on Monday morning. Have you signed up yet? If not, grab the next FREE workout via the link below! 💪🏻
https://carrotsncake.lpages.co/strongmadesimple-beta-2/
