So you want to grow big muscle? Muscle certainly does not come easy, you really have to commit to your training, you diet, and most of all your sleep! Gaining weight is certainly not easy, especially when your trying to pack on new muscle.
In order to gain muscle you must consume more calories than you would normally consume.
Think of gaining weight as an equation, it takes both good nutrition and weight lifting.
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Lift Big! Muscle won't be built from lifting light weights or weights your body can easily lift.
In order for the muscle to grow it must be stressed at high load to force it to grow bigger to allow for the heavy weight.
Each week you should try lift a little bit heavier than you did last week so it keeps growing each week.
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Eat Big! You must eat more calories than you burn so there is excess for the new muscle growth.
Eat 6 meals of day of good food like steak, chicken or fish for you protein, potato, rice and broccoli for your carbohydrates, and olive oil, nuts and seed for your fats.
If you begin to see that your not gaining weight just simply add more calories to your diet, try to add 250 or more calories a day.
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Sleep Big! Make sure you get at least 8 hours of good quality sleep.
Your muscles grow while you are sleeping, not while your in the gym so resting well means good quality growth.
I hope this helps in your muscle building quest!