Bodybuilding Workout

Spending hours in the gym to build muscle up and not making progress? Great news! There is a good chance that you are not making incredible gains for just one simple reason. Just this simple knowledge can help increase your power to build muscle up. For most begiiner bodybuilders and some intermediate trainers this is a little known secret that will help them immensly.

So what is this unique secret? A new amazing routine or something?

No definitly not. It has been ignored by many a weightrainer even though it has been known about for a long time.

What actually is cortisol?

Cortisol is a human hormone secreted throughout the day and produced in response to weight training or other types of stress. Levels of cortisol drop slightly from their peak in the morning.

What exactly does it do?

Well it increases short term memory, helps rid the liver of toxins and helps regulate blood sugar levels. However it can increase blood pressure and reduce bone density if your cortisol levels are excessive, although this is not normal. However it will decrease muscle mass as it promotes the use of muscle as energy and not fat. This is the primary reason why training sessions should be less than one hour duration. After this they will actually be inhibiting their progress not speeding it up!

Here are a few guidelines to ensure that you are not wasting your time trying to build muscle up:

1) limit your cardio workouts, too much cardio causes the body to release cortisol which as explained is not what we need.

2) Cortisol levels also increase due to caffeine intake so try to keep this to a minimum.

3) Ensure your sessions are kept below one hour. Stay foccussed, consider wearing headphones if this helps.

4) Try to relax as stress causes the body to release more cortisol.

5) Eat small regular meals because infrequent meals make the body think it is starving and will thus try and use uneccesary muscle for energy before using fat reserves by releasing more cortisol.

6) Sleep. This is the time when your muscle mass building hormones are highest and your level of cortisol is lowest therefore attempt to get 8 hours sleep.

With those building muscle tips in mind you should be able to give your workouts a great boost and help you to build up muscle more efficiently.

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