Building Muscles

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to Build and Train Massive muscles| Taking a Break

Monday night was one of the hardest training nights I have had. I found I could hardly lift the weights. I did not enjoy the training, and that is not a good sign. Training must be enjoyable or it is not worth doing. I came back from my trip and found that, mentally, I was not up for it.

My body was telling me something. It wanted some time off. I could have continued training using “WILL POWER” but all that I would be doing is actually fighting myself to do something.  That is the problem with using “WILL POWER”. Two thirds of you does not want to do the thing, and so you force yourself. It normally leads to failure.

I gave it a lot of thought and decided I would take some time off. I was right because today 2 days later I am up for training, and with a vengeance. I cannot wait to get into my little gym. I am just going to pick up from where I left off. I have missed training legs and shoulders but that is fine. Normally today would be chest so that is what I am going to train. This way I am not messing my normal routine up and trying to play catch up.

I am such a strong believer in how much our minds have to play in everything we want to achieve. If it is not in harmony with what you want to do, you will never get the real results you want. Bodybuilding is certainly a mind sport as well as physical. That is something I picked up from Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was a master at using his mind to achieve his amazing results. I have found when I use my mind correctly, my results are sometimes nothing short of miracles.   

Building Muscles| How to Train and Build Massive Muscles| My New Quest for Perfection

After finishing the initial 120 days to get my body back into shape, I just seem to be going along with no definite aim in mind. I know from working with clients in business - if you do not have a clear direction, you will go in circles and end up nowhere. I thought long and hard about what is it I want, and I have decided that I want to go to the next level in bodybuilding. I want a body that will WOW both youngsters and oldies like me. I do not plan to take a lifetime either...I am on a 90 day quest.

I believe with the right food and training you can achieve miracles. I have another website/blog, http://www.2012-london-olympics.com/, on which I recently posted an article about steroids. I am totally anti- Steroids and any other wonder drugs. I do not believe in building your muscles with drugs. I am a straight-forward person and my approach in all aspects of life is the same - honest and above board. My muscles are well-deserved because I built them through genuine training, and very hard work - not with drugs.

I really hope you will follow my progress on how I plan to train and build muscles on my quest for perfection.

Thank you for all who have followed what I have done so far, and I hope this new challenge will encourage you to really take your body seriously and get some good results.

Check out my videos (they have a great following) on my Youtube - bazblog.

Best regards,

Baz.

Building muscles|Training with Weights and Pain

There is a stupid saying “No pain No gain”. I am really quite against this saying because it is so misleading. I think the term has caused more injuries than its worth. An exercise should be stopped if a sudden pain is felt, to prevent further injury. This can be a problem with a beginner who does not know his body well enough yet, and can't tell the difference between a healthy pain and a harmful one.

A healthy pain doesn't always indicate injury. Discomfort can arise because an individual performs a large numbers of repetitions, sets, and exercises for each muscle group and experiences a burning sensation in their muscles. This burning is because you have “pumped” extra blood into the muscle. It is not, as many might think, a build up of lactic acid. We often hear so much about this. From the burn will then come the next stage - and that is muscle fatigue, which is an uncontrollable loss of strength in a muscle. This pain is not from the muscle fibres, but from the nervous system. This then leads to muscle failure. Some weight training programmes train to get temporary muscle failure. I don't try to get muscle failure every time I train, but occasionally, when training and building legs, I like to experience muscle failure. Remember, with muscle failure you cannot lift the weight another rep no matter how hard you try. Ensure you have someone to assist you, or use equipment that will not injure you if you do fail.

Beginners should take things easy, and build up slowly, to a serious weight training programme. Beginners usually have some muscles that are stronger than other surrounding muscles. This is where it is easy to injure yourself. Because the muscle you are working is stronger than the supporting muscles, the supporting muscles could be badly damaged because they cannot take the weight being used. Building up slowly allows muscles time to adapt to each others strength.  This will also help to reduce the normal muscle soreness you experience if you have not trained for a long time. A sudden start to an intense program can cause unbelievable pain and muscular soreness. I can remember once entering a gym after not training for many months. I was young and was going to show every one in the gym how strong I was. I worked my arms with too much weight and too many sets. The following day I could not move my arms. They were stuck in a bent position for about 4 days. I have never allowed that to happen again.

Building Muscles – How to Train and Build Muscles - Breathing Correctly

I have put many articles on my work website (basil-mienie.com) and videos on my Youtube (resultsguru) about removing and overcoming stress. Breathing correctly plays a big part in this. Bodybuilding and training revolves very much around how you breathe. You take oxygen to the various muscles to make them work properly.

People of all ages should know how to breathe properly because it helps to relax you. The Chinese have been teaching this for 5000 years. Scientific studies have shown that breathing correctly reduces anxiety, lowers blood pressure and even increases longevity.

A great way to find out if you are breathing correctly is to take notice of how you actually are breathing.

• Your shoulders should not lift.
• Your chest should be relaxed and as you exhale your stomach should not push out.
• You should be breathing at around 16 breaths per minute. Any more than that and you are breathing too shallow and rapid.

Try this exercise I got out of the Health for Men Magazine.  Breathe in for the count of six or eight and breathe out for the same. Give a count of one before you breathe in again. After the next exhalation allow the count of two. Continue this exercise until you have the count of ten between the out-breath and the subsequent in-breath. See how much calmer you actually are.

Breathing when lifting weights is very confusing. The "experts" have differing opinions. I have read all sorts of information - from breathing-in on the positive, to breathe-out on the positive. Breathe-in when lifting to breathe-out when lifting. I have read that you shouldn't hold your breath while pushing heavy weights or your eyes will pop out !

I am no expert but this I will tell you, you have to breathe. Think about it - breathing supplies oxygen to the blood. You want blood in the muscles, and the more the better for body shaping and muscle growth. Common sense tells me to breathe a lot throughout my training. Grunt, groan - do whatever - but suck in that air and let it do its job. Does it really matter if you breathe in or out in an exercise? I do not know. But this I do know - lifting the weight is no more important than lowering the weight if you want a fantastic workout.

I must admit, I breathe as I feel comfortable with my training and I have never had a problem. Sometimes I am breathing in when I lift a weight, and sometimes I breathe out when I am lifting a weigh. I do what comes naturally to me and what makes me feel good. I know there are many experts who would argue, but then they argue both ways - so who is right ? The answer is ME - because it is me who has to feel good.

Building Muscles – Weight Training – The Purpose

In almost anything we do, there must always be a purpose. You need to look at your weight training.  Is there a genuine good purpose to train? What is the exact reason you are doing it for. To say, "I want to be big" is not enough. To say "I want to be fit" is not enough. To say you are doing it to please someone else is definitely not enough.

Good results come because you have a good reason, a good purpose for training. I want to be big for ME. I want to be big for ME first, then if others find ME attractive that is great - but it is for ME first and not anyone else.

What am I going to get out of the training? That is a very important question you need to answer before starting weight training. There must be a really good purpose. You must be able to see the result in your minds eye. With this in mind, you can start to build and train your muscles to whatever size you want. You will not stop because the purpose is good and for the right reason -  YOU.

Weights training - The Maintenance Plan

I am over the moon with the current results and want to build on that. Not so much to get a lot bigger but to get a more defined. I really want the 32” waist and that was always the goal. It still is. This is what is so important. To have a goal after the goal. If you only set one target with weight training, once you achieve that, you will most likely go right back to where you started from. I have seen this happen in all areas of peoples lives and have experienced it myself a few times. You have to have something to aim for. If you do not you are certainly going nowhere.

Look at nature – a tree is forever trying to be its best, and when it stops trying, it dies. I think we are the same. Weight training is one of the finest ways to build a body you can be absolutely proud of, one you need never feel ashamed of. We have been given one body it is our duty to look after it and ensure we are doing the best for it every opportunity we can.

My e book is going to be finished very soon and I'll be offering it here on the site. My life has only truly just begun.

Bodybuilding Muscles – How to Train and Build a Good Looking Body in 120 Days

I have reached 120 days, during which I missed about 10 day’s altogether. This includes days where I was sick and unable to train, and times where I was lazy. It has been a fantastic journey - one I am so thankful for.

My life has truly changed in these 120 days. I always considered myself to be a confident person but this has reinforced a confidence that is bigger than I ever dreamt I could have. I feel a different person, one full of energy, vibrant, enthusiastic and excited about the rest of my life. These 120 days are my foundation to a new start in my life.

I am no longer concerned about reducing weight. I am almost exactly where I wanted to be - apart from one area which I did not get, and that was a 32” waist. I have managed a 33” waist. This, in itself, is an amazing achievement if you consider where I started - a 39.5” waist. That is a whopping 6.5” reduction. I will have the 32” waist but now there is no time limit. This is now my way of life. I will always train every day. The reason why this will happen is because it has become a habit. It is like brushing your teeth. I would never stop doing that, so why would I stop the training.

My new goal now is to help as many people as I can, to have a body they are proud of. I want to help them to have a quality of life most other people only dream about. I have done it, and I am proof that it can be done - in as little as 30 to 40 minutes a day, and in only 120 days. My e-book should give anyone the incentive to start.

I will very shortly have a “HOW TO" guide available, complete with training dvd's. These will take you from day 1 all the way through to day 120. If you follow the training programme fairly closely, it will guarantee you the same, if not better, results that I have achieved. (I cheated too many times with food).

I can't wait to get started with you on a journey that will change your life forever. For all of those who have followed my journey so far, thank you and thank you for all the comments on this site, and on the Bazblog You tube site. It was those comments that often kept me going with my goal.

Take the plunge - you will never regret it. Remember, there is never a good time, there is only now, this very day.

This is not the end of my journey - nor is it the end of this blog. I have a lot more to share - very exciting times are ahead. Stay tuned !

Bodybuilding Muscles – General and Nutrition. Day 117

I have been doing a lot of networking lately and I attend this fantastic group called 4 Networking. Each time I go I get a chance to tell others about my business. I have been talking about how I have reduced my waist by 6 inches in such a short time. It is causing quite a stir, especially with the ladies. They are all checking out how I am doing it. I am so pleased because, again, I think ladies believe weight training is for men and not for them. This is so wrong. Weight training is for anyone over the age of around 16, both male and female. It is there to help you to shape your body to whatever you want. It is for this reason that its not restricted to men only.

Because of womens physical make up, ladies tend not to build muscle the same as men. Ladies can easily tone up, reduce areas they are not happy with, and increase in areas where they want an increase.
COME ON LADIES GET INVOLVED - you will love it.

Food on the money again. 1 x Scrambled eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms and lean bacon. 3 x protein drinks. 2 x chicken vegetables and baked potato.  Water 2Lts 

Bodybuilding Muscles – General and Nutrition - Day 116

The reason I have mentioned (in previous posts) that our bodies tend to be smaller and weaker on one side is because it has been mentioned on my youtube videos. I could see from the question that the young man has a concern. You have to be careful that you do not focus totally on your weak points. Be aware of them but resolve to make them a strong point and never spend time putting yourself down about it. I had a friend who was a great runner but one of his legs was slightly thinner than the other. It certainly did not affect his running ability - he was quite a champion - but it did affect his confidence and self-esteem. Always focus on the good in your life and you will bring more of that about.

I had good meals today 3 x protein drinks, 2 x chicken and potatoes with vegetables, 1 x tuna salad. Lots of water.

Bodybuilding Muscles - General and Nutrition - Day 115

When you have a body that is packed with muscle, it needs more energy to run efficiently - even when it is resting. A well-muscled body burns more calories than a body that is coated with fat. Because you have been working out, your metabolism starts to work a little more efficiently. Fat sits there, doing nothing, and seems to be like a magnet inviting a load of it friends to join it.

The more you train the more you can do. It is an amazing experience. It's a bit like reaching a critical mass. You often hear this in business. When you reach a critical mass of clients, your business becomes self-perpetuating. Clients get more clients for you. When you get to an ideal fat level, the body seems to burn up the excess fat without really trying. I found, with my journey, I lost a fair amount right in the beginning then it almost came to a stop. I was getting quite concerned but I persisted. When the fat eventually started to disappear, it just continued. The most amazing thing was, one day I saw a huge difference - yet a few days before I felt I was fighting a losing battle.

As long as you are honest with your intake of food and your training, you will win. You know when you have cheated. I certainly did, even though I would try to justify it. Accept it - resolve to better the next day, and move on.

Today’s food was fairly simple. I attended a breakfast meeting again, but this place gave me a limited choice, so I was rather starved even after the breakfast. Scrambled egg, one small bit of tomato and I had to leave a good deal of the bacon because of fat. There were sausages but they are so full of fat it is not worth eating them. You would have to do 2 solid days of aerobics to work that off. I couldn’t eat the other fried junk on the plate.

4 x protein drinks. 1 x chicken, baked potato and vegetables.

Loads of water.