If you can't gain any muscle even if you're already lifting weights…
1. You need to make sure you are getting stronger so…
You need to make sure you are lifting heavier weights, doing more reps and/or more sets every time you work out with weights or do bodyweight exercises because…
If you do the same workout using the same amount of weight, reps and sets over & over… You'll basically get the same results over & over which is very little or NO muscle growth at all so…
- Go here first to see how you get bigger & stronger muscles and then…
- Go here to see why you need to keep a training log to gain muscle and always remember this here…
The quickest way to gain muscle is to keep beating your last workout by pushing yourself more & more each time even if it's only by an inch!
2. Make sure you are getting enough rest between workouts because…
Your muscles can't get bigger unless you give them time to rest and get bigger in between your muscle building workouts so…If you ever end up using the same amount of weights, reps and sets for 2-to-3 muscle building workouts in a row then you need to take some time off to allow your muscles to rest long enough to get bigger & stronger for you to use more weight, do more reps and/or sets and…
If you're not getting stronger every time you workout then you're just wasting your time because you won't be able to workout without intensity to build muscle and usually…
You'll need to take 1-to-2 weeks off from your muscle building workouts after doing them 2-to-10 weeks in a row but see how many times a week you can work out the same muscle to make it bigger and…
3. Make sure you're getting 6-to-8 hours of sleep everyday to…
Keep your testosterone levels high to help your muscles recover, grow and get bigger and if still can't gain muscle…
4. Make sure you are eating right by…
Eating enough muscle building protein along with the right amounts of carbs & fats along with drinking at least 1-to-2 liters of water every day and…
- Look at how many carbs, proteins & fats you need and then…
- Use this calculator here to see exactly how many grams of carbs, proteins, and fats you need to eat to build muscle but overall…
5. Make sure you're eating enough calories by…
- Seeing how many calories you need to eat to gain muscle and…
- You also want to use this food journal to keep track of how many calories, carbs, proteins and fats you eat each day but…
If you're on a diet plan where you're trying to lose weight or get ripped then you may have a harder time trying to build muscle since you won't be eating enough calories -See why you may not be able to burn fat & build muscle at same time and…
6. Use these tips to break out of your muscle building plateau or…
7. Use one of these workouts to get bigger muscles because…
Those workouts will show you the proper way to workout using the right form so you can actually work on the muscle(s) you want to look better and you can go here for total body muscle building plans and…
8. Make sure you're doing compound exercises because…
Although isolation exercises like bicep curls are good for your biceps… Doing heavier compound exercises like chin-ups will make you get much bigger Back & Biceps muscles faster at the same time plus…
- With isolation exercises you usually have to use light weights (to avoid injury) and a high number of reps that's only good for building fake muscle but…
- Compound exercises allow you to use heavier weights so you can use much more intensity to help you build lots of Real & Fake muscle at the same time and…
9. Don't use weights that are TOO light or TOO heavy
- If you use weights that are too heavy then you'll just end up using bad technique and you'll end up working the weight instead of actually working your muscles and…
- If you use weights that are too light then you will not be using enough intensity to build any muscle so…
- You only want to use weights that are heavy enough to allow you to do the recommend number of reps and…
10. Be patient & don't expect to gain 50 pounds of solid muscle in 5 months &…
- Only expect to gain 1-to-5 pounds of real muscle each month and…
- Go here to see how fast you can gain muscle and If you're a beginner…
- You may gain up to 40 pounds in a year and up to half of that 40 pounds you gain may be fake muscle or your muscles being able to hold more water and other muscular fluids and…
11. Look at these FAQ to help you build muscle