Design Muscle Building Workouts

When you begin to design muscle building workouts for someone looking to build muscle you must first clear your mind. You can't just write bodybuilding workouts or give them a bodybuilding program. That isn't for everyone who wants to gain muscle mass. There's certain factors like reps and sets that go into designing good muscle building workouts.

The first that you have to do is ask yourself three questions.

Who is the client?

What are their goals?

How much time do you have to work with them?

Let's look at each of the questions. First, you obviously have to assess your client. Is it a forty year old executive who is just looking to build muscle and get in shape? Well then you certainly wouldn't give them the same workout that you would give a bodybuilder trying various muscle building workouts to improve their chest and back. You have to tailor the workout to their needs.

You have to assess the clients goals. Does your client want to gain fifteen pounds of muscle or do they just want to add some lean muscle. You certainly design different muscle building workouts for both goals. How about the third question? What is their time frame for getting results. If I'm working with a figure client that needs to be in shape in 16 weeks then I'm going to do things differently then if my client just wants to get into better shape.

So what sets and reps work best for muscle building workouts. Obviously, you want to start with higher repetition work. So look to have the majority of your sets around three to four and use eight to twelve reps. Now exercises can be pretty tricky. Sure, you should use compound exercise but don't ignore isolation exercises as well. The problem with the typical anti-isolation approach that has taken over the fitness industry is that while smaller muscles like the biceps will get worked hard in a row, they won't get hit optimal. So you need to do some isolation work for your biceps. You can make that case for every from the triceps to the chest to the rear delts. It is just endless.

Another important factor that is often ignored is how you should factor in recovery. Now, I go in depth on this topic is ultimate program design but here's some quick points that you need to think of.

-How many sets and reps are they doing every workout?

-What is the frequency of their workouts?

-What daily stress (family, work etc) do they have to deal with?

Rest is an important factor. Take stress from home as an example. The client will be more likely to miss meals or ignore proper eating habits. Proper dieting is essential to have success with muscle building workouts. So these are a few of the factors that you need to consider when you are designing a muscle building workout for your clients.

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