Developing good habits is crucial to build muscle up on a long term basis. It is necessary to habituate the correct muscle building essential to continually build muscle. Unfortunately often people get into bad habits without thinking about the danger they are risking or about how much they are adversely affecting their progress. Here we have outlined the top 7 worst muscle building habits and included a few build muscles tips too:

1) The worst of all! Using steroids, this is bad for a wide range of reasons including these: different coloured spots on the body, acne, bad smelling breath and yellowing of the skin, dizziness, swelling of the legs and feet, trembling, nausea, vomiting, mood swings, premature balding, aching joints, liver damage, high blood pressure, palpitations, cardiovascular disease and reduction of your final adult height.should you need more reason not to use steroids then take a look at these: pain on urination, testicular shrinkage, impotence, breast development and even sterility. I’m sure that is all that needs to be said.

2) Trying to lift weight that is too heavy. Ok, so competing with a training partner is highly motivating but be very careful. Lifting too much weight can cause you to lose form and increase the chances of injury and won’t help you build muscles quickly. If you are unable to lift or lower the weight under complete control or if you have to use momentum to do so then you need to lower the weight.

3) Taking on board too much protein. The amount of protein the average person should be consuming is 0.8-1 gram of protein/kilo of bodyweight/day and a hard training bodybuilder should not take on board more than 1.7 grams/kilo of bodyweight. Taking on board more than this may cause irreversible kidney problems and increased chances of osteoporosis. Also homo-cysteine, a by-product of protein metabolism is a risk factor for heart disease so be careful!

4) Taking stimulants such as ephedrine has dangerous side effects including heart palpitations, heart attack and stroke. Whilst these are not banned you should exercise extreme caution and even better don’t use them. you may prefer to try something far less dangerous such as caffeine pills. If you have any doubts at all make sure you ask a health care specialist.

5) Some people think that they will be able to burn off more fat if they work out on an empty stomach. However your energy comes from carbohydrate therefore if you haven’t eaten you will have far less energy and have virtually no chance of having a good workout. You will not be able to lift more than your previous personal best and you will most likely be left jittery, shaking and even dizzy after your training session possibly due to low blood sugar levels. Instead 30-60 minutes before your workout have a small meal with food such as vegetable rice and pasta.

6) Neglecting to warm up and stretch sufficiently.Getting your body ready for exercise is essentail in order to prevent injuries like muscle tears and strains, what’s more it enhances your range of motion, flexibility, performance, and posture. It takes only around 10 minutes to do a decent warm up and it is time very well spent. 

7) Not keeping a training diary. If you don’t have this how can you tell if you are making progress or not? How can you keep a track on your personal best lifts. Recording your progress in a training diary is simple, easy and highly motivating. Why do you not keep one.

OK, so the main thing to do to ensure good bodybuilding habits is to use your common sense and take heed of the above guidelines and you ought to be ab;e to enjoy your workouts and get great results.

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