If you are trying to build muscle, there is a lot of stuff you need to know, and a lot of books out there to tell you. But how do you find a good muscle building book? After all, not all muscle building workouts are created equally, and neither are all muscle building books.
Well, if you want to find a good muscle building book, you first have to learn to recognize the bad ones. There are lots of things that can make a not so efficient muscle building book. Here are some examples.
For the workout, by the workout, and just the workout: Any muscle building book that doesn’t give any information other than what workout you should be doing can be happily left on the shelves. Unless you have a wobbly table that needs propping up.
Protein, protein and more protein: If the muscle building book you’re looking at has avoided that trap, then it probably needs to be given a serious look. Just remember there is a reason people go on all protein diets to lose weight. There is nothing more important to building muscles then protein, but while you’re building muscle, your body still needs to do everything that it always does. And that means you still need to eat everything that makes a healthy diet, just maybe not in the same amounts.
No theory, just action: A muscle building book that gives advice on what to do is alright. But muscle building guide that tells you more is better. If you are going to be able to workout at your best you need to know how the workout affects your muscles, how to measure your progress, and just what it is that makes a good workout.
Rest, who needs rest? : Well, your muscles do actually. If your muscle building book is not giving you enough down time, it may actually be destroying your muscles. Your muscle actually bulks up in the down time between workouts, so if your book is not giving your muscles a day off between heavy duty workouts, it is better off in the trash.
