| Urban legends and myths seem to abound on different | | | | 3. You need to do a lot of reps in order to make |
| topics, ideas, sports and other lifestyle details. | | | | muscles bigger |
| Bodybuilding is one of those sports that have lots of | | | | A high number of reps will only cause injury. |
| myths and urban legends. Let us take a look at some | | | | Bodybuilders usually do not do more than 10 reps per |
| of them: | | | | set. Workouts should also be within 60 minutes so as |
| 1. Supplements are a must | | | | not to overstress the muscles. Muscle building |
| Most bodybuilders usually turn to whey protein | | | | hormones in the body also stop being secreted around |
| supplements in order to help speed up the muscle | | | | 60 minutes after stimulation. So there is really no point |
| making process. Most of these supplements provide | | | | in going on after an hour of training. |
| extra nutrients in order to help the body accumulate | | | | 4. Muscles need to be "shocked" for them to develop |
| lean muscle mass faster. This is simply not the case. If | | | | In order for muscles to grow, they need to be |
| you are eating a balanced diet, have a healthy lifestyle | | | | stimulated and stressed. Some people seem to think |
| and follow your training religiously, then supplements | | | | that workouts need to vary in intensity or duration. |
| are not needed. Supplements will only make a small | | | | While it is true that you need to increase stress to |
| difference on muscle growth and production. | | | | make bigger muscles, it is still very bad to overwork |
| 2. High intensity workouts and low intensity workouts | | | | muscles. Routines may be varied in order to decrease |
| need to be alternated in order to build muscles | | | | boredom. |
| Muscles will only get bigger when the stress applied to | | | | There are still a lot of misconceptions and guesses |
| the muscle also increases. Low intensity workouts | | | | when it comes to bodybuilding and weight training. |
| won't have an effect on the muscles already built up | | | | Some people simply assume and go on thinking and |
| because it won't stress the tissue. When there is no | | | | practicing wrong concepts. To be really sure that |
| stress, the muscles will not grow. Increasing weight | | | | correct procedures and processes are executed to a |
| increments regularly is a very good way of stressing | | | | T, a consultation with a professional bodybuilder will |
| the muscle and speeding up development. | | | | clear up most bodybuilding urban legends and myths. |