The best way to gain muscle fast for the average person is a question that underlines uncertainty and possibly confusion. That is hardly a surprise with the constant barrage of training techniques and diets the trainee is faced with when looking for the magic holy grail, the secret tip that will end months or years of frustrations, stagnation and lack of growth. This is a common scenario the world over. Trainees from all walks of life try to figure out the "secret" or the life changing discovery in their quest to build up their physiques by devouring tons of muscle magazines, following the top body builders' training plans and gorging themselves in proteins and supplements without any substantial improvement at all, while paying a lot of money in doing so.
It's not anyone's fault, except for the glossy fitness magazines and supplement industry, if countless people including myself have been fooled and still are fooled into believing that to achieve an athletic physique you have to follow the top body builders' training routines in the mistaken belief that if it is good enough for them it must be good enough for us . That is a fallacy! All these guys spend a fortune in drugs.Their training routines can only work for them because the chemicals they are taking enhance their bodies natural recovery abilities, hence they can do whatever they like, like a huge amount of sets per body part repeated frequently, and still grow. This over training approach won't work for you and me at all but it will make your progress stall at best, reverse at worst.
However the so called fitness magazines deliberately fail to tell you so, to induce frustration in their readers and make them vulnerable to the seductive temptation to feed on vast amount of supplements endorsed, guess what, by the very same magazines that feed you their ineffective training guides. I've been there and done that. Muscle Magazines and Supplement Industry go hand in hand, they belong to each other and they are in business together. They have all interest in keeping you in the darkness so they can keep making money while you waste your time, effort, money and life. They don't care. It is only wasting years in trials and errors that I found myself a more realistic and manageable way to train. There is no secret for the average Joe or the hardgainer with a job and a family and normal recovery abilities.
The best way to gain muscle fast is intense, short and infrequent workouts based on big compound (or multi- joint) exercises. Forget about 10 sets or more per body part trained 2 or even 3 times a week . Less is more! More Intensity, more recovery, more gain. You don't need to beat gym attendance records to achieve results: 3 hours a week it's all you need, however hard it is to believe it. Also there is no need to stuff yourself with protein powders and supplements, since a normal balanced diet followed by plenty of rest will perfectly complement your brief and intense workouts. It took me ages to come to these conclusions and I wish I had the right information available when I needed it most.
Today this information is very much available and I made a personal resolution to inform like minded people and fitness enthusiasts, especially young ones, on the right route to take and prevent them from wasting years and money, so they can get their sanity and life back. This approach has worked, works and will always work for thousands of natural trainees the world over.
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