Developing good habits is crucial to build muscle up on a long term basis. It is very important to be doing the right things regularly in order to build muscle continuously. Unfortunately there are bad habits that many people pick up on the way that are limiting their muscle building progress. Here we have outlined the top 7 worst muscle building habits and included a few build muscles tips too:
1) The worst of all! Taking steroids, this is harmful for a great number of reasons take your pick from any of these:different coloured spots on the body, acne, swelling of the legs and feet, bad smelling breath and yellowing of the skin, dizziness, trembling, nausea, vomiting, mood swings, premature balding, aching joints, liver damage, palpitations, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, and reduction of your final adult height. If you want even more reason not to take steroids how about: testicular shrinkage, impotence, pain on urination, breast development and even sterility. I’m sure that is all that needs to be said.
2) Trying to lift too much weight. Ok, so competing with a training partner is highly motivating but be very careful. Lifting too much weight can cause you to lose form and increase the chances of injury and won’t help you build muscles quickly. If you have o use momentum to lift the weight or you cannot control it 100% whilst lift in or lowering you should reduce the weight you are lifting.
3) Protein intake levels too high. An average persons protein intake level should be 0.8-1 gram of protein/kilo of bodyweight/day and a hard training bodybuilder should not take on board more than 1.7 grams per bodyweight kilo. Consuming more protein than this increases your chances of getting osteoporosis and also it could lead to irreversible damage of your kidneys. Also your risk of heart disease is increased because a by product of protein metabolism homo-cysteine can cause damage to your heart over time!
4) Using stimulants like ephedrine has potentially dangerous side effects such as heart attack, heart palpitations, and stroke. Although these are not prohibited you would be wise to be extremely cautious and in fact would be a good deal better off not using them at all. you may give caffeine pills a go as they are much less dangerous. If any doubts exist make sure you get the opinion of a health care professional.
5) Some people seem to think that training on an empty stomach will make them burn off more fat. However energy comes from carbohydrate so if you haven’t eaten recently you will in all likelihood have minimal energy and your training session will not be particularly effective. You will be unable to lift more than your previous best and you will probably be left shaking, jittery and even dizzy after your workout possibly due to low blood sugar levels. Instead have a pre-workout meal including thing like rice, vegetables and fruit.
6) Neglecting to warm up and stretch sufficiently.Getting your body ready for exercise is essentail in order to prevent injuries like muscle tears and ligament strains, it also improves your range of motion, performance, and posture. It takes only around 10 minutes to do a decent warm up and it is time very well spent.
7) Not keeping a training diary. Without this how are you supposed to know if your training program is working or not? How can you track your personal best scores and so on. Keeping a training log is easy to do and very motivating. Why do you not make use of one.
OK, bear in mind the above points and make changes if you have to but mainly use your common sense and think about the long term.
