bad959fl

Your diet is of the utmost importance when you're main goal is a 6-pack of shredded abs. You need to consume nutrient dense foods and eliminate all empty calories from your diet. Try thinking of your body as an supercharged race car. You would never put low octane fuel into a race car so make sure to focus on putting high octane, nutrient dense food (fuel) into your machine (body) to run optimally. Abs are like any other muscle group. They need to recover to grow. Give them at least 24-48 hours to rest, repair and grow from your ab workouts. Also, always make sure to mix up your ab training workouts and hit the area from different angles to maximize the intensity. Here are some great abs routines and workouts to keep your training new and exciting: Abs Muscle Workouts - Strength Exercise Routines Best of luck!

Some of the main tips to focus on when trying to add lean muscle mass are training past failure for every set, eating enough calories from nutrient dense "clean" foods and always make sure to get enough rest since your muscles recover and grow when you're away from the gym. Here are several more very helpful bodybuilding tips for adding muscle mass: Bodybuilding Tips - Top 50 Tips For Building Muscle Mass Best of luck!

I'm replying regarding the outline I recommended in terms of diet, training and cardio which did not include 20 rep exercises (other than abs). Yes, to gain mass you really wan to focus on strict overload with the highest weight possible. I would recommend a rep range of 8-12, starting out. Then, once your comfortable switch it up to lower reps like 6-8 range. There is also an "total volume" intensity aspect which takes the overall volume of weight lifted into muscle mass gains. Such as: 10 reps with 225 lbs = 2,250 total training volume vs. 6 reps with 275 = 1,650 total training volume There are many training methods which point out that the overall training volume is the key factor in gaining overall muscle mass and strength. The key is to always train to positive failure on every set (after warmup). This way, you will always be taxing your muscles and applying highest level of intensity possible. Best of luck!

Its actually a great way to build lean muscle mass. When I say "lean", I mean with no added body fat which many of the "bulk up" and mass training regimens have you do. The way you make sure to keep adding mass and strength is to adjust your caloric level up by a few hundred calories a day until you can gauge where your "set point" is in terms of a negative addition of adipose tissue. The best way is to cap it off at a 500 calorie increase per week for the first 2-3 weeks and see how your doing. Then slowly increase it up from there. Just make sure to eat very clean, nutrient dense food and keep your protein intake high and you will add plenty of quality muscle mass to your physique. Best of luck!

JLee- To get that "V-Taper" look, you should really focus on hitting it from all angles. Keep your diet clean, train with core weight training exercises to build mass and strengh, and burn the fat with cardio work. By burning the candle at both ends, your results should be amazing. In terms of workout routines, here is a database I found online that has lots of different workouts and exercises guides to show you how to perform each movement: Workout Routines Database Best of luck!