Your muscles ( lets take biceps for example ) should feel stiff and should be warm ( like when you get out of your car which you have just driven, the hood will be very warm, same sort of example ). They should feel stiff in a good way though, as if you feel them worked out but not weak. You shouldn't strain your muscles to the point of pain, but you should never be "breezing" through excercises. If you are, then put up the difficulty of it. Say you do 18KG bicep curls and you can do 10 easily. Put it up to 20KG and then try to do 8 - please note that this is just an example, and you shouldn't even be considering such weights. You should feel good after the workout and puffed out, put not in pain.ebug9 wrote:
I'm gonna steal the thread for a second.Zimmer wrote:
(you must be tired and fuck up afterwards, not a soft workout)..teddy..jimmy wrote:
To build muscle you also need to eat
Don't starve yourself otherwise your workout will have proven to be pointless...protein and fat is needed so that muscles can be developed!
Having said all that I'd advise you to eat a lot of the right foods. Don't skip breakfast, lunch or dinner.
High protein foods or shakes are useful.
Should the muscle be sore or tired at the end of the workout? You mentioned something above about the muscle "repairing" itself to become bigger. Does it have to feel sore before it'll repair itself?
@ teddy : I would still advise completely natural food with intakes of "everyday" stuff. Once he "buffs up" then maybe he can start, but he doesn't need them yet.