What are some of steps of building large muscles? Maybe just eating a couple cans of tuna and some skinless chicken breast will make the difference, not to mention buying a spa membership and going a couple times a week for a light workout will do the trick? I really wish it was that easy, but I do have a few simple steps to help getting those big muscles.

Compound Exercises are a must!

Here are a couple of basic bodybuilding questions. What is going to isolate more muscle fibers? A bench press or cable cross over? A military press or lateral raise? A chin up or bicep curl? A dip or tricep kickback? If you ever hope to get large muscles than compound lifts are not optional, they are mandatory. Stick to squats, leg presses, deadlifts, bench presses, barbell rows, pull ups, chin ups, over head presses, and dips.

You do not want to just concentrate on your puny muscles like arms and calves because you will end up with exactly what you focus on - puny muscles!

Doing Squats and Deadlifts

These are two of three exercises that are greatly responsible in helping build large strong muscles. Don't be scared to unleash the genie from the bottle doing these two exercises. Magical things will start to happen. These two exercises alone will workout your traps, shoulders, arms, back. gluts, hams, calves and core muscles. Because of the intensity of the squat and deadlift, it helps to release volumes of the growth hormone which is critical for the hard gainer because of the hormonal spikes affecting the entire body.

Staying honest with your rest periods

Have you ever seen someone in the gym with a stopwatch to keep track of his or her recovery period? Stopwatches are not just for endurance athletes but should be used by every person who is serious about building big muscles.

Generally speaking when you are closer to your maximum lift of one rep the longer the rest period needs to be for recovery. The higher the number of reps, generally the shorter the rest period should be. This is a crucial variable, which for the most part is over looked, yet it will determine whether you create the correct training response.

To give you an example if you are training for maximal strength which requires at least 3-5 minutes rest between sets and you are only taking 2 minutes, you are not giving your nervous system an honest workout. If you are training for muscle size which requires shorter 30-90 second style recoveries and are being side tracked by some pretty girl in the gym, letting your rest periods carry over these ranges, you are not giving your metabolic system an honest workout.

Here is something to think about, how do you know if you are truly stronger if you do not monitor your rest period? For example, let us say last week you bench pressed 155 pounds for three sets of ten. This week you bench pressed 165 pounds for three sets of ten. Assuming the rest period was identical for both workouts, this is a tremendous improvement and a measurable sign of improvement! However, if you took a longer rest period between the sets on this last workout, your body can recover so you can lift the heavier weight. That extra minute or so between sets can make that much of a difference, so be honest with your rest periods.

Conclusion

You now know that building big muscles takes more than just showing up at the gym. Apply these three simple steps in your next program and I promise that you will start building large muscle all over your body!

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