For some of the bodybuilders in this demanding profession, impatience leads to a hunt for a plan that will bring out the strongest person in you, if only for short-term gains. This will require a combination of a meal plan, a gym training program and plenty of rest. The shortcut is not really a shortcut as such. You can never look like a real weightlifter if you don’t do the things that define weightlifting. The safety of the procedures which you follow depends on the advice which you get.
Hard gainers can benefit from an enhanced progress if they try to do their thing more intelligently and with a certain measure of professionalism. Do not dare to perform more reps than your body can hold. 10 is the preset maximum by professional standards. The hard gainer will always find the temptation to do the eleventh and twelfth rep harder to fight than the reps themselves. It is better to choose heavier weights and enlist the help of a gym instructor who will take you through the limits which the weight needs to lift. Furthermore, safety is a major concern and help is more than a mere necessity.
Do more exercises within a shorter time and increase the intensity of your routine work. Doing more work means being able to achieve more in terms of increased muscle mass. Bear in mind that you are doing the same things as before only that you are in a race against time. The time which you previously used to spend resting will have to be spent under weights. This is going to demand that you make an upward quantitative and qualitative adjustment to your diet. Do away with comfort that you are used to.
Work systematically with every muscle group such that only one exercise is handled at a time targeting a specific muscle group. For example, if you want to start with the bench press, the today must be a day for bench presses only. Set your goal at a challenging level and try to advance to new level after each set of exercise.
Always try to outperform yesterday’s achievement. Remember that your goal is to stimulate your muscles to growth. And not to create a comfort zone in the hope that regular, stagnant workouts will lead to natural progress. This unfortunately does not happen in bodybuilding, especially if you want the best results within the shortest time frame. Take your exhaustion to the highest possible level. If you do this to the muscles, they will take adaptive measures in readiness for future challenges. So, as you prepare for another workout, your body will have increased the metabolic processes in your muscles making them have more mass.
Lastly, you have to revisit your muscle building rules. You then maintain that delicate balance which borders the acquisition of a vast level of achievement and straining yourself so much that recovery takes longer than usual. If this happens you may find yourself having to stay away from the gym the following day.