Muscle building workout is governed by several things
Number one is the specific exercise that targets a certain muscle or muscle group. Second is the intensity and duration for each exercise. Third are the approaches that will dictate how often you work out and how you schedule your routines. These three considerations must also be taken to a certain level where muscles are stressed just right but not abused to a point where it fails to regenerate and grow.
Overtraining has always been a problem for beginners and even trainers. Sometimes it’s easy to work out in reckless abandon and think that this will hasten good results. Unfortunately this belief could not be farther from the truth. Overtraining is as bad as having no workout at all. When the muscles are just stressed but do not get enough rest to heal and strengthen then hours of your week’s workout is an awful waste. On the same line of thought, progressive overload must be considered all the time. When you do 30 squats everyday for the whole year then you really cannot expect growth with that. The heat must be constantly turned on. If not, the body will just respond to it as maintenance of your muscles, so it will not grow it.
Muscle building workouts is done better with compound exercises. By doing so several muscle groups are served all at the same time. If you are losing weight this might be considered as a choice, not a must. But if you are reaching for a fast bulk, then this is the way to go. This includes military or bench press, squats (you can’t get wrong with this), and deadweights.
Muscle building workout can be high intensity all the time or you can use periodization where routines are grouped and scheduled in a way where there is a gradual increase of intensity and duration, working among muscle groups in exact cycles.
