Hey, 

I hope you are doing great! 

Hurricane Sandy is now officially gone and it's back to work time. 

This week we will be focusing on items that keep you from making muscle gains.

Regardless of what your goals are, whether it is losing weight and toning up,

figure, bodybuilding or even bikini compeition gaining muscle mass is important.

Even for those who are only interested in losing weight, gaining some muscle is

what not only will give you the toned physique you are looking for, but also, an

increased metabolism which is what will make permanent fat loss possible.

The only thing that changes in all of the groups of people I mentioned above is

the amount of muscle mass that each of you will need in order to accomplish your

individual goals.

In order to gain muscle, you need to know how to go about it and here is where

alot of people go wrong. Because of that, I will focus this weeks on myths

that will prevent you from making muscle gains and for that I have enlisted the

help of my friend Hugo Rivera who is an International best selling fitness author

and natural competitive bodybuilder who has helped thousands of people achieve

the shape that they are looking for.

Today, I am sharing with you his article below on:

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5 Training Myths That Are Preventing You From Making Muscle Gains

by Hugo Rivera, BSCE, CFT, SPN

There are a lot of training myths that are being passed around at gyms all over the world and these myths unfortunately are the cause for lost muscle gains.

In this article, I will cover these myths so that you can start making the type of muscle gains that you deserve.

Training Myth #1: You Need to Train Your Muscles Once a Week

Reality: It is my experience, and that of over a million people who have followed my training programs that you get better results from twice a week training.Unless you are a highly advanced bodybuilder who has been training for around 20 years, who has an exceptional amount of muscle mass, and who is pushing himself/herself extremely hard at every single workout and moving exceptional amounts of weight, once a week training will simply slow down your muscle gains (note: for weight loss, a once a week training frequency for each body part is acceptable but for the fastest muscle gains, twice a week is best). If you follow the right training program, increasing the frequency in which you stimulate your body parts will yield faster muscle building gains!

Training Myth #2: You Need Low Reps for Muscle Gain and High Reps to Get Cut

Reality: This is what I call the caveman philosophy to training. Initially when you start a program you start making great gains. Your body will adapt and grow in response to the training. As you try to increase the gains by trying to increase the weight, initially this works, but eventually you will hit the dreaded plateau and the only way to get past it is....to decrease the weight, increase the repetitions, and decrease the rest in between sets in order to shock the body.

In addition, let me talk about the subject of high reps and getting cut. High reps DO NOT get you cut. It is the right diet the one responsible for putting the body into a fat burning state!

Training Myth #3: You Need to Keep Training Volume Low In Order To Avoid Overtraining

Reality: There are many who claim that even training to failure (the point where another repetition is not possible) will overtrain you. My friends: to grow muscle you have to PUSH YOUR BODY HARD! Otherwise, there will be no stimulus to grow. The key is to follow a workout program that pushes the body but allows it to recover. That is what my Body Re-Engineering program is all about as in this program you will take your body to the brink of overtraining for 3 weeks (via higher volume, higher repetition, low rest training), and then you will overcompensate by switching to 3 weeks of lower repetition work, heavier weights and more rest in between sets. This periodization strategy is the KEY to continuous gains in muscle size and strength.

Training Myth #4: Muscle Growth Takes Years To Happen

Reality: A championship physique takes years but muscle growth itself can happen at a greatly accelerated rate via the use of the right periodized training program combined with the right nutrition. If you do everything by the book you will be amazed at how quickly you can build muscle and lose fat at the same time. Just ask any of my clients J

Training Myth #5: You Need A Highly Equipped Gym In Order To Get Results

Reality: Nonsense. A good set of adjustable dumbbells is all you need at the bare minimum. Add to that a nice adjustable bench and you can do a variety of exercises at home that will build you up. Believe it or not, most of my training career I have trained at home. At the end of the day, dumbbell and body weight exercises (like pull-ups for example) are the most effective exercises due to the amount of muscle fibers that need to be activated in order to perform these movements. Machine exercises on the other hand do not require anywhere near the amount of muscle fibers that are recruited by free weights. Thus, do not let anybody fool you. You can get the physique that you want at home.

I hope that these tips help to steer you in the right direction

Take care and train hard!

Hugo

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Stay Fit, 

Brian