build muscle

I went out with some friends the other day and they all commented that I was looking bigger in my chest and arms. So I’m really happy about that, at this rate I’ll tick this goal off in two or three more months.

I’m a hard gainer, but have managed to increase my muscle mass by 6lbs over 6 months by increasing my calorie intake. I eat loads more chicken and tuna now, and have protein shakes after going to the gym. It’s great but now I have to buy new shirts as I can’t roll the sleeves up now! ;-P

I put a photo of me on www.bodybuilding.com today, and got some good repsonses back. they said I had a good body frame to build big muscles on, so my confidence is now really high.

I wrote a post about “The colorado experiment” (Google it)

I’ve been trying this out for the last ten days, and I’ve had to say it is actually working. I’ve done 4 short workouts with weights. Doing one set of ten reps on 7 different excercises. And I’m starting to see differences, my forearms are definitly getting larger, also my triceps have increased a bit too.

I’m taking photo evidence after every work out, so once I’ve finished this I’ll post a before and after blog, which hopefully will show even more improvement.

As well as the weights, I’m trying to stick to 3000 calories a day food intake, mainly pasta, rice, tuna and chicken. I’m also taking 5g of creatine and 10g of L Glutamine every day.

It’s too early to tell if the training to failure every three days is making a difference yet. But I’ve started supplementing L Gluatmine as well as Creatine. It’s very powdery so it disolves into fruit juice very quickly, and doesn’t taste anything, which is great.
My goal is to build myself up to weighing an extra 14 pounds by May 1st, and I’m on track.

http://www.musclenet.com/coloradoexperiment.htm

This guy put on masses of muscle weight in only four to five week by only working out for an hour per week. Check it out,and take the time to read the whole article. I’m trying this out, as well as taking creatine, I’ve had a half a stone increase in weight in the last two weeks and hoping this will continue. I’m eating a high-carb high protein diet, and keeping fat and sugar at less than 10% per meal.

I tried going on creatine a while back to help with this. But kept forgetting to take it and eventually came off it as I didn’t get into the habit.

I’m trying this again now, it’s very easy to mix into an evening snack like a low fat yogurt or home made milkshake or smoothie. Just a level teaspoon a day is all you need.

I did notice changes the first time I took it so I’m hoping for better longer lasting effects this time as I’m also increasing my protein and carb intake by a large amount.

I’ve always been thin and my ribs always show through when I take my top off. I want to replace that with some muscle coverage, I do taekwondo martial arts regularly, but it’s only a couple of times a week and doesn’t focus on building yourself up, so this is something I’ll have to do in my own time. Will mainly be focusing on using free weights at home like dumbbells. There’s all these workout courses promising results in just six weeks, that’s the goal I’m going for, noticable difference in six weeks. It’ll be my 28th birthday then too!