Getting Muscular Without Geting Body Fat And Bulky

The best way to get an attractive muscular body is by adding the right amount of muscle to your body without fat and without looking overly muscular. Though you may want to build muscle to get a bigger chest and arms you do not need to look huge and bulky like professional bodybuilders.

These bodybuilders that you see in magazines have a reason for looking the way they do. Most of them compete in bodybuilding as their sport and building muscle is their game. For the average person, however, who only want to build muscle to get fitter and improve your appearance you may want to avoid the bodybuilder look and take a different approach.

You'll need to train to build up some muscle mass but make sure that you stay lean by avoiding excess fat gain, and also at a later stage train to increase muscle density.

Building The Ideal Amount Of Muscle Mass

When you're just beginning to train it should be easy to gain a significant amount of muscle mass easily once you're using the right program. In order to gain muscle mass you have to workout with intensity and resistance so that existing muscle tissues can be broken down.

During rest these damaged muscles respond by repairing themselves but they grow bigger in size as well. With this happening consistently, over a period of time the worked muscle groups will grow noticeable bigger.

However, in order to achieve this well you must be progressive with the resistance that you place on the muscle. This is called progressive overload. It involves lifting heavier weights each time the muscle repairs and grow so that the resistance is enough to damage the muscle again. Your workouts should include lifting weights in the 6-12 reps range aimed at inducing muscle fatigue.

Training For Muscle Density 

After you've built up a good amount of muscle mass to the point where it becomes very difficult to put on additional muscle you should then start training for muscle density which should harden up the muscle you gained but with less increase in mass.

Eating To Build Muscle Without Getting Body Fat

You'll need a proper diet with sufficient calories and nutrients to promote anabolism and grow muscle. However, in order to get the lean and muscular body you have to try to avoid gaining fat when eating to gain muscle.

Required amount of calories will vary from person to person determined by factors such as body type, age, fitness history etc. 18 calories per pound of your body weight is a recommended intake to gain muscle without gaining fat, but some people may need more than that to gain muscle weight properly.

Skinny guys especially will need a high volume of food to gain muscle properly. However, you can always reduce your intake when you're gaining too much fat.

Don't Limit Cardio Unless You Have A Problem Gaining Weight 

Unless you're someone that find it hard to gain weight you should not do anything less than 30 minutes of cardio daily. You should include HITT the best type of cardio to burn fat effectively