what if your working out and you feel soreness but your muscle's are not growing or getting bigger. Should I also be taking weight gaining powder after workouts or try something else to make the muscle's get bigger.
Soreness means that you built up lactic acid in the muscle. You can do 100 reps of light weight and still feel sore but you won't grow. We need to know your routine
right now only working on biceps/triceps and shoulders.
30 min workout
biceps - 2 sets of 40 reps
triceps - seated triceps extensions - 2 sets of 30 reps
shoulder- Side and front lateral raises - 2 sets of 40 reps
weight is 140lbs
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Originally Posted by robbclark1
Soreness means that you built up lactic acid in the muscle. You can do 100 reps of light weight and still feel sore but you won't grow. We need to know your routine
You also need to do legs, back and chest. The muscles you are doing are small muscles. You also are doing isolation exercises when you need to be doing compound exercises.
well I can only lift according to my weight so until I can get a little more muscle I will be able to lift above my weight. I will do the legs, back and chest once I start growing muscle on my biceps,tripceps and shoulders. I do eat foods with protein like pasta but I guess I need make my workout routine a little longer and harder.
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Originally Posted by robbclark1
You expect to grow with high reps of low weight?
Lift heavy, eat and you will grow.
You also need to do legs, back and chest. The muscles you are doing are small muscles. You also are doing isolation exercises when you need to be doing compound exercises.
well I can only lift according to my weight so until I can get a little more muscle I will be able to lift above my weight. I will do the legs, back and chest once I start growing muscle on my biceps,tripceps and shoulders. I do eat foods with protein like pasta but I guess I need make my workout routine a little longer and harder.
You really need some education on muscle growth. There is no lifting according to weight. Also, you don't do bis/tris/shoulders then do legs/back/chest. If anything, the larger muscle groups, especially legs, will get you mass faster.
BTW pasta is a carb, not a protein. If you need nutritional info, please let us know. You won't grow without a good diet...trust me, as an ectomorph, it is hard for me to grow without a good diet.
There is no need to make it much longer, just restructured.
good advice here from rob and jay. with diet, take in at least your weight in grams of protein, so if your 200lbs, you should injest at least 200g protein daily. get a good protein like On-Whey, not weight gainers, your not that big enough to use those (more for builders who are already built and need to use as meal replacement to sustain). your reps and sets should be heavy so that you do 6-8 reps and make sure you hit 4 sets, 3 is never enough especially if you have a slim build.
thanx for the info guys I guess I'll start working on the bigger muscles of my body first like legs,back and chest then do the arms, and shoulders. I guess I might not be getting enough whey protein daily. If I weigh 140lbs I probably only get like less than 50 grams of protein in a week of eating because I do have a fast metabolism. I'll try to get some Nature's best whey protein and start taking in more daily with eating alot and stick to the same workout 5 days a week. Then hopefully I'll see from improvement in muscle and weight gain.
thanx for the info guys I guess I'll start working on the bigger muscles of my body first like legs,back and chest then do the arms, and shoulders. I guess I might not be getting enough whey protein daily. If I weigh 140lbs I probably only get like less than 50 grams of protein in a week of eating because I do have a fast metabolism. I'll try to get some Nature's best whey protein and start taking in more daily with eating alot and stick to the same workout 5 days a week. Then hopefully I'll see from improvement in muscle and weight gain.
You want whey immediately in the morning and post workout with carbs (oats, dextrose, bread). Take 1 scoop in the morning and two post work out. The rest should be real food. Real food > whey, but whey is cheaper.
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what if your working out and you feel soreness but your muscle's are not growing or getting bigger. Should I also be taking weight gaining powder after workouts or try something else to make the muscle's get bigger.
