Sir, it is a physical impossibility to acquire
more muscles, you can only enlarge the ones you have!
There's a lot of ways to exercise, but a lot of it has to do with diet:
1) Be sure to drink plenty of water to keep hydrated before, after, and during a workout. It's not just about over-exerting yourself, it also promotes muscle growth.
2) Never exercise a specific part of your body for over 40 minutes. After 40 minutes the effects reverse and you actually do more harm to your muscles than good.
3) Directly
after every workout be sure to eat something with protein. Be it a protein bar or shake, or perhaps some fish, eggs, or a hamburger. Don't overdue it on the greasy foods, but in my personal experience you still get the results as long as there's a heavy protein intake.
There are really all sorts of things one should know about working out, but I've found those to be the most important in addition to the exercise itself.
And just for the hell of it try playing Wii Sports for 30 - 40 minutes a day (rotating the games between baseball, boxing, sometimes tennis, and all of the training mini-games related to those three). I did that for a week once, really putting my all into my jabs, swings, dodges, etc, and I lost 8 pounds and saw a significant muscle increase.
Really? Would Wii Sports really help a lot? I know Boxing is pretty intense, but would it really help?
Ace Gunman said:
QUOTE(Satangel @ Jan 21 2009, 01:49 PM) Thanks for all the replies, I'm gonna do some of these
Keep 'em coming!
Ah yes, I forgot one. Take rest days. Muscles that are overworked will not grow. They need rest in between workouts. So that means if you work out your arms and legs one Monday, take Tuesday off to rest at home. Then exercise again on Wednesday, then take Thursday off, etc. You get the idea.
Alternatively, if you don't want to waste any time, exercise just your arms on Monday, then just your legs on Tuesday, arms Wednesday, legs Thursday, and so on.