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The Seven Capital Sins of Muscle Building
If you want to build up muscle over time, it's crucial for you to develop good habits. Building muscle continuously requires you to be regularly doing the right thing and taking the right steps. Unfortunately, people sometimes get into bad habits without being aware that they're risking their health and adversely affecting their progress. To help you make the right decisions, here is a list of the 7 worst muscle building habits and how to avoid them:
1.) The worst sin in body building: Taking steroids. For so many, many reasons this is a horrible thing to do to yourself, from acne, swelling, bad breath, discoloration of the skin, dizziness and trembling, nausea, vomiting, mood swings, balding, liver damage, high blood pressure, heart palpitations, cardiovascular disease, aching joints, and even a slight loss of height! Not to mention testicular shrinkage, importance, pain while urinating, sterility, and the development of breasts. Simply put, don't take steroids.
2) Attempting to lift weights that are too heavy. Being competitive and trying to beat your training partner might be good motivation, but it's important to be careful. If you lift too much weight, then you're increasing your chances of injury, which can cause you to lose form and slow your muscle building progress. If you need to use momentum to lift or lower the weight, or can't do so under complete control, then the weight is too heavy.
3.) Eating too much protein. A normal person should take between 0.8 to 1 gram of protein per kilogram of body weight a day, and if you're trying to build muscle, you shouldn't go further than 1.7 grams per body weight kilogram. Eating too much protein can lead to osteoporosis and kidney damage. Not to mention a greater risk of heart disease as severe protein gain can lead to an increase in homo-cysteine which will cause heart damage.
4.) Taking stimulants, like ephedrine, which - among its other side effects - can cause heart palpitations, heart attack, and strokes. While they're not illegal, it's still not a good idea to use them, though if you do, use them with great care. You could try, instead, caffeine pills which are less dangerous to your health. If you don't know what to use, or have questions about what you are using, consult your doctor.
5.) Working out on an empty stomach to burn fat. Energy comes from your body burning carbohydrates, which means that if you haven't given your body any carbs, there's nothing to burn, and no chance at having a good workout. Instead, you'll be unable to lift easily or well, you'll get the shakes, maybe even a dizzy spell when you stop due to a crash in blood sugar. Try a pre-workout snack like rice, fruit, or fresh vegetables.
6) Not warming up or stretching properly.Getting your body ready for exercise is essential in order to prevent injuries like muscle tears and ligament strains, it also improves your range of motion, performance, and posture. Only 10 minutes needs to be allocated for the warm up and this is a very wise usage of your time.
7.) Not keeping track of your training. Without a training diary, how do you keep track of your progress? How do you record your personal bests? A training diary, or log, is not only easy to do, it's also very motivating. It's a good idea for everyone to have one.
So, keep an eye on those seven deadly sins of muscle building, and with a good dash of common sense, you should be able to avoid all of the bad and dangerous habits and have a healthy, safe workout.
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