5 Tips to Get Jacked

Building muscle and getting jacked is the goal for many young males today. But how do you do it? For some it's simply a matter of walking in the gym and picking up some dumbbells. For others, it requires years (or decades) of hard work and diligent dieting.

In this article I'll reveal 5 tips to help you squeeze out more muscle gains and maximize your genetic potential.

1. Eat more calories

2. Smart supplementation

3. Big compound lifts

4. Switch it up

5. Avoid over-training

Eat More Calories

"Eat more food" is a bit simplistic and there's more science to it than that. However, one of the biggest reasons why people can't grow/build muscle is because they're not eating enough. Research has shown that eating in a surplus of calories builds more muscle than consuming maintenance calories. Studies have also shown that a 500 calorie surplus is optimal for building muscle without additional fat gain. Thus you may want to keep your calories only slightly above maintenance if you want to keep your midsection from becoming bloated.

Smart Supplementation

Supplements aren't essential in gaining muscle, however they can help shift your body into a more anabolic state. Some bodybuilders resort to taking anabolic steroids - which are illegal in the US. Others use steroid alternatives, which are natural supplements aimed to mimic anabolic steroids. For example, anvarol is a supplement that claims to mimic the effects of anavar. You can read more about a bodybuilder's experience with it here - https://buyanavar.today. Although testosterone boosters and steroid alternatives have mixed reviews, there are some staple supplements proven to increase levels of protein synthesis. These are whey protein and BCAAs. Almost every bodybuilder in the world takes these supplements religiously to reduce catabolism. Creatine, an amino acid, has also been proven to be effective when it comes to increasing strength.

Big Compound Lifts

Performing exercises that work several muscle groups at the same time (compound) are thought to be of the best muscle-building exercises, due to research showing them to boost muscle-building hormones. These primarily are testosterone and HGH.

Thus performing exercises like squats, deadlifts, leg press, lunges, dips, bench press etc may help to maximize your muscle-building potential. Isolation exercises also have their place in a workout split, however they shouldn't be the staple in a workout tailored for bulking.

Switch It Up

Changing the exercises you do regularly may help to "shock" your muscles into growth. Repeating the same workouts may help to maintain what you have, but by adding new elements into your workouts - this provides a new stimulus or form of overload.

Examples can be: using a thicker bar (FatGripz), taking shorter rests, doing more reps or increasing the length of your workouts.

If you're constantly challenging your muscles, they'll adapt by growing stronger and bigger.

Avoid Overtraining

Overtraining isn't particularly common among weight lifters due to the lack of time spent in the gym (in modern workout splits). They'll often spend 1 hour max for each workout, 5-6 times per week. However, if someone doesn't get enough calories or rest; overtraining can become a reality.

This can lead to illness and keep you out of the gym (making you lose out on gains). Thus it's important to make sure you get a good nights sleep, enough calories and reduce stress in your life - to increase muscle gains. All of these factors will affect your cortisol levels. The higher this stress hormone rises, the less muscle you'll have to show. It's the most dreaded hormone in bodybuilding when elevated for sustained periods of time. It works in an opposite way to testosterone - burning muscle and storing fat (in places where it's hard to lose).

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