Gain Muscle Mass - One Tiny Mistake That Can “zap” Your Muscle Gains Away Instantly.
Copyright 2006 Richard Knight
If you’re trying to gain muscle mass and quickly at that, there’s one teeny tiny mistake you can be doing right now that can literally “zap” your hard earned muscle gains into thin air.
What’s this teeny tiny yet commonly seen mistake called – one word “Cardio”, but to be more specific “Excessive Cardiovascular Activity”. Now don’t get me wrong “cardio” has its place and should definitely be in your workout routine whether you’re trying to gain muscle mass or not.
Before I tell you why you should limit your cardiovascular activity, let me tell you why you “need” cardio.
One of the major benefits of Cardio (Cardiovascular activity) is that it helps build a stronger heart, which is extremely important when you’re putting your body through strenuous activity like weight training to gain muscle mass for example. Cardio also helps prevent heart disease and several other serious and potentially fatal heart related issues.
Now with that said, here’s why you want to stay as far away from “excessive cardiovascular activity” as possible.
By “excessive cardiovascular activity”, I’m referring to activities like long distance running, swimming, cycling - basically anything that’ll raise your heart rate for long periods of time.
And it’s simply because “cardio” especially “excessive cardio” like running, cycling and swimming for long periods of time (anywhere from an hour and up) you’re going to burn way too many “valuable” calories. And when you’re trying to gain muscle mass, calories are extremely important.
Why? – Because calories is basically “fuel” for the body.
Now take a guess at what happens when your body starts to run out of calories to burn (low on fuel) because you burned it all up doing “excessive cardio”. It starts to break down the protein in your body for energy. And do you know where most of the protein in your body is found – the same muscles you’re trying to gain muscle mass with.
So basically if you’re constantly performing “excessive cardio” and you don’t consistently replenish the calories you’ve just burned, your body will eventually break down the protein found in your muscles (basically eat away at your muscles) as its source of energy. And thereby “zapping” your hard earned muscle gains into thin air.
So if you’re trying to gain muscle mass try to stay away from excessive cardiovascular activity like running, swimming, basically anything that’ll push your heart rate up for extended periods of time. But if for some reason you have to (maybe you’re on a sports team of some sort for example) make sure you intake the amount of calories you burn and then some. Simply to make sure your body doesn’t try to eat away at your muscle mass that you worked hard for as its new source of energy.
So remember when you’re trying to gain muscle mass, “excessive cardiovascular activity” is not your friend.
This article has been written by Richard Knight, a “former skinny guy” and weight gain consultant. Richard teaches other “Average Joes” step by step how to build lean muscle mass in 28 days FLAT with his own weight gain system. Get his FREE tips today. . . www.skinny2massive.com
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