More weight-gain suggestions

More weight-gain suggestions:

1)Take a multi-vitamin and mineral supplement. Although the Size Surge Diet is balanced, a multi-vitaminand -mineral supplement will provide insurance-just in case you're not getting enough of one or more critical nutrients. Be cautious with products that give you excessive amounts of nutrients, however. Look for a supplement that has at least 100 percent of the Recommended Daily Allowance for each nutrient, but if you're using one that provides more than 1,000 percent of the RDA's, you may want to take it every other day or every third day to prevent toxic build up of fat soluble vitamins.

2)Supplement your diet with extra vitamins C and E and beta-carotene. These nutrients are known as free radical scavengers. When you train hard, your body produces free radicals, which are cell damaging substances that can wreak havoc on your health. While exercise also makes your body better to fight free radicals, this is another area you can give yourself some real insurance. For optimal health and to enhance recovery from your workouts, take 500 milligrams of C, 500 international units of E and 20,000 international units of beta carotene. Before you start taking theses extra supplements, check the labels of the multi-vitamin/mineral supplement you're already taking, as you may getting close to theses amounts.

3)Drink plenty of water. Six to seven glasses a day will keep your system running efficiently and actually promote muscle growth. Also, drink water during your workouts, especially during the summer months, to prevent dehydration.

4)Avoid excessive activity. If you want to gain muscular bodyweight, try to keep energy-burning activities to a minimum. A game of basketball every now and then won't hurt, but if you do it on a regular basis, your body will have a hard time coping with the repeated stress on top of the stress on top of the stress fron your weight training. This could really put a cap on your muscle gains.

5)Don't let your exhaustion get the best of you. If you start adding exercises and/or sets to the listed workouts, you'll no doubt end up overtrained, which is the primary reason that so many bodybuilding can't gain more than a few pounds of muscle every year. If you want the fastest gains possible, focus on intensity, not the amount of work you do in any given session. In other words, train harder, not longer.

6)Don't weigh yourself more than once every two weeks. If you continue to get on the scale day after day, you'll only discourage yourself. These gains will come: however, they won't show up on a weekly basis. One reason for this is that you may be losing fat as you're gaining muscle. If you lose a pound of fat and gain a pound of muscle you will not register a weight gain on the scale. Go by how you look in the mirror, and remember to avoid getting-always keep your abdominals fairly sharp.

7)Get plenty of sleep. Some people can get by with seven hours or less of sleep a night. If you're interested in gaining muscular bodyweight, then you're not one of these people. Try to get at least eight of restful sleep each and every night-even on weekends.

It's best to keep your body on the same sleep cycle throughout the 10-week Size Surge program-and that includes Saturday and Sunday. By going to bed and waking up at the same time every day of the week, you avoid unnecessary stress and fatigue. If you stay up late on the weekends, even when you don't train on these two days, you'll shock your body's built in clock and you'll have a hard time getting back into the groove on Monday. You may even feel as if you have a hangover, which will be detrimental to your training. You must be sharp at every workout to make the fastest gains possible.

Regular sleep cycles will enhance the recovery process and help you pack on mass faster. Also, a nap during the day can help boost recovery and growth. If you can manage a 30-minute nap after lunch, you'll undoubtedly feel the difference during your workouts and see a marked improvement in our muscle gains.

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