People generally have a lot of misinformation when they come to the gym.

Building muscle isn’t hard if you do it right, but there are many wrong ways as well.

In this article, I’m going to give you the principles that will allow you to build muscle properly and consistently.

1. Progressive Overload

Your body is an amazing piece of work and so are your muscles. They will adapt to just about whatever condition you put them in.

So you must overload your muscles to build them. They will adapt by getting stronger and bigger.

So in your weight training regimen, if you plan to build muscle and get stronger, week after week, you should be increasing the load you put on your muscles. And no, this doesn’t just mean adding more and more weight. There are plenty of ways to increase the load on your muscles.

You can do this by adding more reps, decreasing rest, increasing weights, etc.

2. Progressive Variation

This doesn’t mean “muscle confusion”. You build neural pathways to your muscles that allow you to perform a movement more efficiently. The more you do it, the better you get at it.

Doing the same exercise every week on the same muscle will increase the weight but not increase growth.

Your body found an efficient way of doing the same motion so it didn’t need to get bigger anymore.

3. Rest

Most people don’t sleep enough, or get enough rest and thus they overtrain. When it comes to building muscle, less work is better.

Contrary to popular belief, muscle isn’t built in the gym. It’s built when you sleep and on your days off. It’s built when your body repairs itself by releasing hormones.

Building muscle properly requires that you get 8 to 9 hours of sleep each night for proper repair. Give your nervous system, hormonal system, and muscles time to recover.

4. Nutrition

You need the right amount of carbs, proteins, and right kinds of fats.

Your calorie requirements depend on your age, weight, body fat, and level of activity.

First, find out the calorie surplus you need to build muscle, then make sure you get that amount each day in the right proportions of foods.

If you get these down and implement them correctly and consistently, you’ll see steady growth.

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