Gaining Muscle Mass Without A Gym

Gyms and health clubs can be a good solution for some people; but the added time needed to go there, take an extra shower, and return can make it quite challenging to fit into a busy schedule. This can be especially true for using strength training for gaining muscle mass.

Three thirty-minute training sessions per week are enough to help you gain significant size and muscle naturally. The main goal of the training should be high intensity. In other words, you want to do short bursts of heavy lifting.

If you’re like me you find it more convenient working out at home. Using only some basic dumbbells and a barbell with a bench press instead of the expensive machines used at your local gym does not mean that you have to sacrifice gaining muscle mass, but you need to keep two factors in mind.

First of all, every strength training and fitness program should involve stretching as an integral component. In other words, whenever you train with weights take some time to stretch all the major muscle groups. Usually the best time to do that is immediately following the training of a specific muscle. For example, when you train the chest; stretch the chest, when training the shoulders; stretch the shoulders and so forth.

Secondly, always train with weights through a full range of motion. Nothing will make you tighter faster than incomplete repetitions. By carefully and slowly training through the full range of motion when lifting you can increase your strength and muscle mass and increase your flexibility at the same time. So lifting technique is important. You would be better advised to use less weight through a greater range of motion when lifting weights than to attempt to lift heavier through a more limited range of motion. Even though you are lifting heavier, you are not getting the most out of it.