If you want to build huge muscles, you’re not alone. In fact, the vast majority of males in the world would probably like their arm, chest, and back muscles to be a bit larger from time to time. But the dedication and determination required to do it… well, let’s just say that most people tend to fall down long before they reach that finish line. But it doesn’t have to be that way! You CAN build huge muscles – and it won’t require much more energy than you’re expending now. You just have to eat, train, and rest more intelligently. Here are some tips for doing so!

Set aside training time
If you just plan on “training whenever you have a chance”, there’s a pretty good chance you are going to be neglecting some workouts! However, if you have nothing planned for those time slots each week except lifting, then there is a much greater likelihood that you are going to make it to the gym. So plan your days, and stick to them – every time!

Set plenty of goals
Each week, you should have 2 or 3 goals that you want to achieve this week. You don’t make the goal “build huge muscles”. Rather, your weekly goals are comprised of all the little things that combine, over a period of months or years, to allow you to build huge muscles. Maybe your goal is to consume 300 grams of protein per day for 7 straight days. Maybe your goal is to complete 5 days of cardio, 20 minutes each, without fail. Whatever your objective, write it down and see if you meet it each week!

Reward yourself
When you do fulfill a goal, give yourself some reward. Download a new CD from iTunes or buy a new extra-medium T-shirt to show off the new 1.025 pounds of muscle you gained last week! (Half kidding, of course!)

Document your progress
Most of the time, people in the gym have no idea what they looked like a year ago. They don’t know if they’ve made some, great, or little to no progress. They go in the gym and they train like they always do. The professionals, however, take photographs to document their progress. As time passes, they either get bigger and better, or they get worse – but they have the photographs available so they know. You should do the same! You don’t have to post the pictures on the internet. Take the images of you in the seven major bodybuilding poses, and save them, Check them once per month to see if you are indeed making progress

Ignore the scale
So many lifters will live and die by the measurement on the scale, which varies every day depending on what time it is, how many meals or bottles the lifter has consumed, etc. It’s better to weigh yourself once or twice per month, and recording the results, than freaking out every time the scale moves up or down one pound.

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