As a strength training newbie, if you do everything right you can gain twenty to thirty pounds of muscle in your first year of proper training. Thirty would be high and require some decent genetics but I’ve seen it happen. Gaining much more than that is going to be damn near impossible. That’s not a defeatist statement but rather a reality check so that you don’t frustrate yourself and get disappointed.

I’ve also seen plenty of guys who half assed their training and nutrition for five years make “newbie gains” when [...]

The post How Much Muscle Can You Gain Naturally? appeared first on How to Build Muscle | Strength Training Workouts | Mass Gain Diet.

Guest Post by Natural Bodybuilding Champion, Tyler English

The “Renegade Way” as I’ve come to understand it, has given me more then ever imagined.

Since stumbling upon this blog after graduating college, it’s been a combination of the way in which I approach my life, training and business, in which one could deem, the Renegade Way.

To say this happened overnight would be a fallacy, much like my approach to training, life, bodybuilding and business, it’s been a natural progression of growth.

And it’s taken me a few years.

My progression continues today and this [...]

The post How the Renegade Way Saved My Bodybuilding Career appeared first on How to Build Muscle | Strength Training Workouts | Mass Gain Diet.

Everyone’s over-thinking and over-complicating this whole training and nutrition thing.

You should see some of the questions I get on a daily basis. It’s mind boggling.

It doesn’t have to be this hard, my friends.

Lift heavy, do some pump work.

Sprint hard, do some lower intensity conditioning.

Eat more carbs on training days, less on off days. Unless you’re skinny and ripped. In that case eat a shitload of carbs every day.

Sleep eight hours a night, take a nap if you can, do your best to eliminate stress.

Use a foam roller and a lacrosse [...]

The post Keep It Simple, Get Jacked appeared first on How to Build Muscle | Strength Training Workouts | Mass Gain Diet.