Here Are Seven Work Out Tips To Boost Your Bodybuilding Progress

Work out tip no 1 - train using major compound movements when ever possible - the reason being is that you need to do less exercises in order to work your major muscle groups.

Take the dead lift as an example - done intensively it will target most of the muscles in your legs and back - which happens to be where over two thirds of your muscle mass is located. The squat exercise for example, will work your entire body. The muscles that aren't involved in the lift get plenty of work stabilising the body and holding it in the correct position. So try and design all your bodybuilding routines around the squat and dead lift for maximum results.

For upper body look at the bench press, overhead press, dip and chin up - these are the absolute best upper body exercises ever invented. Also, don't forget the shrug exercise - it really targets your trapezius muscle which gives you that freaky look at the back.

Here's your second work out tip - hard sessions in the gym, then plenty of rest. If you work out four or more times a week you're not giving your muscles adequate recovery time. Muscle grows at rest. If you're struggling to build muscle it could well be that you train too often and not hard enough. Most folks do not like to be told that they're not working hard enough, but I'll bet that if you do work hard enough you won't be able to work out four times a week. If you're used to four sessions a week and no results, try cutting back to just two sessions - but make sure you work hard.

Train hard! This is the next workout tip - ask yourself if you really do work hard enough to cause your muscles to grow. A vital part of this is adding weight to the bar each and every time you train whilst keeping perfect technique. If you add small amounts of weight your body will be better able to adapt to the extra stress placed on the muscles.

It's really important to eat well - a much overlooked tip - most amateur muscle builders do not eat nearly enough food. It would be a shame to do all the hard work in the gym and then make no gains due to poor diet - and yet this happens in gyms all over the world every day! Keep focussed on high protein foods like chicken breast, turkey and tuna - these are all low in fat too. Make sure that you eat plenty of fruit and vegetables too. Because labelling on food is so much better nowadays, you can also keep an eye on saturated fat levels.

Keep your workouts under one hour in length - train hard but briefly. After around an hours training the body starts to produce cortisol. the fight or flight hormone that inhibits muscle growth. So two hard sessions a week, under the hour in length - you get some of your life back too!

Next work out tip - don't get injured! I know that sounds trite, but nothing like an injury to ruin any chance of muscle gains. It's all very well me telling you not to get injured, but how do you avoid injury? Two suggestions - first, don't do dangerous exercises, and second, learn perfect technique for the exercises that are safe.

Avoid the bent over and upright row movements, and any pressing exercise behind the neck.

Here's another terrific work out tip - cycle your workouts. This means starting off with weights below your best, and then building up to and past the previous best and on to a new personal best. Get this right and you can consistently beat your previous best lifts with little apparent effort!