5 Reasons You Aren't Building Muscle

By Shannon Clark

Working out but not building muscle? This may be why.

If you’ve just recently decided to put yourself on a muscle building program but are not yet seeing the results that you had thought you would be, you may be scratching your head and wondering what’s going on.
Many people commit to the goal of building muscle and start ‘doing their time’ in the gym, however not everyone sees the results that they had expected.
You may think that you’re doing everything right, but really, you’re a long way from using a successful approach.
Let’s take a look at five good reasons that you may not be building muscle successfully and show you what you can do about these

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Muscle Building Exercisese

By hgh.org

A useful guide on "Muscle Building Exercises".

The key to building muscle is to start with a plan. There are literally thousands of muscle building exercises when counting all the basics and variations that take an athlete from beginner to advanced levels. It is important to choose at least three different exercises for each group being worked and to make certain that all main muscle groups are worked at least one day per week. Set a schedule and allow for rest in between. That is a common mistake that many new athletes make. Resting those muscles is just as important as working them. If well planned, a weekly regimen will include muscle building exercises that target every major muscle group in the entire body.

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The Diet for Optimal Muscle Gain

By Nathan Szymanski

A lot of people think that the hardest part about gaining muscle is what happens in the weight room. I would personally disagree with these people. Eating right is where it really gets tricky. Knowing when and what to eat is a big challenge. In this article I will tell you the basic guidelines to the right diet.

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Enhance Your Health In These 9 Great Ways By Eating Dark Chocolate

By Justin French

1. Recent studies have shown a reduction in the risk of getting cardiovascular disease in those who regularly ate dark chocolate. In those susceptible to Alzheimer's, diabetes and stroke a 50% reduction in risk was reported.

2. Stroke happens when blood thickens and causes a clot to lodge in the brain. Eating dark chocolate causes bacteria in your gut to manufacture anti-inflammatories which thin the blood, lessening the chance of you getting a stroke.

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10 best foods for muscle growth - Fox News

There’s new information that may make you think twice before dumping those bright yellow orbs.

By now, most men understand the importance of protein in building muscle. When working out, the stress of weight lifting damages muscle fibers. This damage activates a special repair process that eventually forces individual muscle cells to grow. All of this growth requires loads of amino acids, the basic building blocks of life.

But the process of muscle growth requires more than just protein. Weight lifting burns fat and energy in the form of muscle glycogen, so your diet also needs to include a healthy serving of carbs to both replenish muscle glycogen stores and to boost insulin, a hormone that helps shuttle amino acids into the muscles. This means you should not only focus on incorporating protein into your diet, but also pay just as much attention to avoiding unhealthy foods – this combination of attention to your diet will be a winning combo.
So, which foods help you build muscle?
Well, AskMen has already explored foods make the best post-workout meal as well as the best pre-workout food, so in this piece, we’ve decided to focus on which specific foods pack the biggest protein punch.
Here are the top 10 foods for muscle growth.

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