How to Get Lean Muscle - 3 Things to Look Out For in a Muscle Exercise Program

The number of muscle programs that are appearing online is increasing. If you've ever surfed the Internet looking for one, always will you see huge promises and lofty claims of, "your dream body is only a step away!" and rubbish like that. We all know that the best way to build lean muscle is by exercise, but it's easy to buckle to the trends and follow the most glamorous exercise program, when you know that the plain, straight-forward one will get you the results you want. Here are some things you should look for in a good muscle exercise program.
1. Rest, Reps, Sets

Going back to the very basics, a workout is only a workout because of the repetitions and sets of repetitions of exercise. However, not many workouts talk about the most important aspect of exercise: rest. It's a common-held belief that building muscle is 1% exercise and 99% rest and recovery. So when you're looking for a set of muscle exercises online, make sure that it doesn't only talk about reps and sets. That's just the minimum requirement for a set of exercises. Make sure it talks about rest as well. If it does, you're onto something good.

2. Visual demonstrations of the exercises

One of the most common causes of injury and frustration is having an muscle building guide that people keep telling is awesome, but when you get a hold of it, the descriptions of the exercises are just downright dismal and pathetic. Some people have trouble visualizing things, so the best thing is a muscle exercise guide that either has videos of someone demonstrating the exercises (quite rare), or at least some sort of animation where the exercise is depicted accurately as well. This is also quite hard to find, but they do exist on the Internet.

3. Explanation of how the workout works

What's the point working out and following the program if you don't know how on earth the exercise will help you build muscle? You're just being a sheep and you'll be just as stupid as the other people who would have fallen for the program. It's easy to fall for the sales gimmicks and before and after photos, I know, but you have to make sure that the exercises sound legitimate. You have to make sure you know what's required as well. Some men buy muscle programs, being deluded by all the hope that's risen out from their minds only to remember they don't have gym membership or a decent set of weights. It's simple logic, but salespeople can be very persuasive.

So. Just remember that there are exercise programs online that do explain what you're going to do with their program (without revealing their what makes their whole program so different from the others), they will have demonstrations of exercises and they will have the actual exercises with rest, reps and sets included inside. Any less is not worth even looking at.

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