Bodybuilding Tips To Gain Muscle And Lose Weight

Are you looking for bodybuilding tips that can help take your workouts to the next level? If you are, you are in luck because there are a few tips that can help with your workouts. Below are some of the different things you can do to gain muscle, get ripped and improve your overall fitness.

1. Use Giant Sets And Lift Using Moderate Weight
giant set trainingIf you want to build muscle quickly, as well as experience a lot of weight loss, then you should consider training with giant sets. Giant sets are very intense, as you will pick 4-6 exercises to do for one body-part. Once you have chosen the exercises, you will do them all in a row, and take a 1-2 minutes rest after you complete the last rep of the last exercise.

Since giant sets are intense and you are doing 4-6 exercises all in a row, giant sets can consist of your entire workout for the body-part you are targeting. For example, if you use giant sets for your chest, you can complete 3-4 giant sets in total and that will be your entire chest workout.

When working out with giant sets, you want to stick with moderate weight. In other words, use weight that you can do at least 10-12 reps with, and don’t be afraid to reduce the weight throughout your giant sets session. Even though the weight will be reduced, it will feel heavy.

2. Include Compound Movements In Your Workouts
Regardless of whether you are training to get ripped, get big or both, you should include compound movement in your workouts. These movements work mainly one body-part, but incorporates secondary muscles. For example, the bench press works mainly your chest, but your shoulders and triceps are also trained during the exercise, as the bench press incorporates these two muscles.

bodybuilding compound exerciseIdeally, you should start each workout for any given body-part with a compound exercise. For example, if you plan on training your back and shoulders, then you should start your back workout with either barbell rows or dead-lifts, and do standing shoulder presses with a barbell when you train begin your shoulder workout.

If you are trying to gain a lot of muscle, you might want to focus on lifting heavy weight on your compound exercises. Getting ripped and losing weight might be your main goal, and if it is, then you are best sticking with light weight and doing high reps (15-20) on the compound exercises you do.

As for how many compound lifts you should do per workout, that answer depends on a few factors. Generally speaking, it is a good idea to do 2-3 compound exercises per body-part you train, and you should do them first before you do any isolation exercises, if you decide to include isolation movements in your routine.

3. Do Short Bursts Of Cardio In Between Your Sets Sets
If your goal is to lose a lot of weight and do it within a short period of time, then you need to do cardio and take your fitness to a new level. This can be achieved by doing cardio during what would be your rest period in between sets of exercises that you do throughout your routine.

bodybuilder doing cardioA good example of this is if you do 12-16 sets in total for your chest, then do 1-2 minutes of cardio in between those 12-16 sets. Most people take 1-2 minutes of rest before they start another set of an exercise. Instead of resting, you will be doing cardio.

The cardio exercise you do is completely up to you, but if you want to get ripped quickly, then you should either jog, run or walk on an incline on the treadmill. You should also get yourself a good workout plan for fat loss. Doing quick bursts of cardio exercises in between sets may not seem like much at first, but after you have done it, you will feel exactly why this is effective.

If you are serious about gaining muscle or losing weight, make sure you get to the gym or workout at least five days per week. Remember to use giant sets, compound movements and do cardio in between sets because these are some of the best techniques you can use when you want to get into shape as quickly as possible.