Muscle Confusion... Myth or Muscle Building Miracle?
 Does muscle confusion work? Can you REALLY trick your muscles into greater gains? These are just SOME of the questions confronted by the typical trainee hoping to build mass... Myth or muscle building miracle? Read on for your answer! True or False... Myth or FactSo you want to find a shortcut to greater gains, and you think this style of training might be your answer. Does it work? Before we can answer that, let's first examine this style of training. What is Muscle Confusion?In simple terms, this type of training proposes the frequent changing of routines in the belief that such a protocol will encourage muscle gains. This belief is borne from the perspective that muscle development will 'stagnate' if the trainee continues with the same program unchanged for any protracted period of time. So DOES this style of training work? If your goal is to build muscle, and to build muscle FAST, then the answer is no. Moreover, muscle 'confusion' will succeed in confusing YOU and not your muscles :-( Some science: muscle growth happens in response to lifting progressively HEAVIER weights; indeed, growth is an adaptive RESPONSE to your workout with nutrition and RECOVERY providing the platform to grow. This is scientific fact. The muscle confusion myth, if it succeeds at all, is in providing VARIETY to your routine or workout. For example, you might consider swapping squats with hex bar deadlifts (two excellent exercises which target the legs, hips and back); however, if you FAIL to lift progressively heavier weights - regardless of your exercise choice - you WILL NOT GROW... Progressive muscular overload coupled with adequate nutrition and recovery builds muscles. Muscle confusion myth? I'm afraid so. If your time is important to you - and it is - don't waste it by chasing this particular rainbow... Instead, focus on what REALLY works! Muscle Building Tips... say 'goodbye' to confusionSo are you ready to say goodbye to the muscle confusion myth? The following building muscle tips will put you on the road to bigger muscles. 1. Select a workout which makes compound exercises the cornerstone of your muscle building routine, paying SPECIAL attention to the squat exercise and the deadlift - two PROVEN muscle builders. 2. Choose to eat healthily, making muscle building foods the core of your muscle building diet. The best diet is one which focusses on natural, whole foods and meets your calorific requirements in addition to the EXTRA calories needed to fuel the muscle building process. The rigors of bodybuilding DEMANDS good health. There is much truth in the saying, 'you are what you eat'. Eat WELL, and you will be rewarded with bigger muscles. 3. Rest, or to be more accurate, RECOVERY, is an often neglected part of the muscle building process. And why is this 3rd tip so vital to your goals? Simply, you will FAIL to gain if you fail to REST. Your muscle building routine, and your muscle building diet, are only PARTS of the muscle building equation - without the necessary rest you will fail to grow. Important: the best tips on building muscle mean NOTHING if you fail to get adequate rest :-( In SummarySo does muscle confusion work? Can you REALLY trick your muscles into greater gains? If there is a trick, it lies in avoiding this confusion myth... Forget the 'confusion' and focus on what REALLY works! Go to, Muscle Building Routine
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