Sleep Your Way To Bigger Muscles?

Ok, so some people sleep their way to the top but what about to build bigger muscles?

Well guess what? You actually build muscle when you are OUT of the gym. Your body needs to repair the damage you do in the gym, so you need to rest. Eat, Sleep, workout is the key to bigger muscles. Check out this article from Mike Arone Fitness.
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If you are like most “gym rats” on the planet and think that hitting the gym 8-days a week is the best possible way to gain the huge pecs you desire, the lean midsection chicks drool over and be able to squat a Fiat without breaking a sweat…

Well, like most you’d be going in the absolute wrong direction to accomplishing any of the above.

And because I want you to become as jacked and ripped as humanly possible, there are a few tips I found necessary to point out below. So, in case you haven’t noticed this trend or you are new to the site, it may be time for you to check the back logs of posts geared toward getting you in peak shape.

Today, though…today my friends I will teach you the overlooked element of recovery and how to accomplish this. Check it out…

Proper Rest and Sleep

You think staying up until 4AM playing ‘Halo 17‘ is a great way to build muscle–you better check yo’ self…check yourself right into bed Snoopy. That’s right–get at least 6-8 hours of sleep a night.

Why you ask?

While you’re in your nighttime slumber having wet dreams about your high school lunch lady (gross by the way)…your body is an anabolic breeding round. This is when growth hormones are at their peak and recovery can really put into fast forward and help you properly recover and grow from your workouts.

Sleep big, look big.

Overtraining, Undermuscluar

I don’t know if ‘undermuscular‘ is even a word—if it isn’t feel free to use it.

I insist.

You may think that being in the gym every day and pounding the hell out of your muscles is the way to build lean mass…dead wrong. This is actually the equation for muscle destruction. If you do not give your muscles a “breather,” so to speak, they will not have a chance to repair and rebuild. Overtraining is like tying a giant stone to someone’s ankle that is trying to swim ashore. Sure-they eventually get to where they need to be, but it will take a lot longer and there will be many injuries and setbacks along the way—of course, with the the possibility of getting eaten by sharks or stung by a giant jellyfish…

I digress.

Symptoms of overtraining include:

-Constantly in a pissy mood

-No desire to train

-Always sore

-Minimal or no gains in performance

Proper Nutrition

You eat like crap—face it.

Get prepared, get educated and start eating.

Your mid-day granola bar isn’t healthy and definitely isn’t going to help you achieve the muscle you desire. There are plenty of resources out that that can teach you how to eat properly in order to gain muscle and lose fat.

(Hint: RIGHT HERE!!!)

Let me break it down nice and simple:

-Lots of lean protein

-A low/moderate amount of complex carbs (depending on goals, metabolic rate and weight)

-A moderate amount of healthy fats

-A shit-ton of vegetables (you can never have too many)

-Proper ‘peri-workout’ nutrition (pre, para, and post)

Source: Mike Arone Fitness
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Stan back here. This is an excellent article on what you need to do. As a skinny guy, starting out I followed a lot of workouts from the magazines. Guess what? they don’t work for beginners and skinny dudes! I was overtraining and my arms would just tone up and get smaller. No good. Once I cut back on # of workouts and rested more, I started making good gains.

I would like to hear your thoughts on this. Hit me up on my Facebook page.

Now go hit the gym (or go take a nap),

Stan

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