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Muscle-Building Mistakes

It is very easy to put together an otherwise solid muscle-building program and then screw it up by allowing some common mistakes to sabotage your plans.

In the following article, Jeff Anderson goes through 3 such mistakes: failing to set realistic goals, failing to track and not using proper form. Turning these mistakes from negatives to positives won't take much if any extra time. The rewards for doing so, however, can be enormous.

No one spends more time studying muscle building processes than Jeff and his program, Optimum Anabolics, is a reflection of his dedication. It will carefully steer you away from all the common mistakes made by inexperienced (and experienced) bodybuilders and steer you towards maximum muscle and weight gain.

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Muscle-Building "Landmines":
3 Mistakes
You Should NEVER Make!

By Jeff Anderson

With all the hard work and sweat you put into your exercise regimen at your local iron jungle, the last thing you want to do is short change your gains by making these 3 common mistakes...

1. Not setting short term, realistic goals

It's easy to get sucked into the supplement company ads promising gains of "20 lbs in the next 3 days!" while posing a steroid-using pro behind a bottle of "magic pills".

Unrealistic expectations only lead to frustration...which leads to NEVER making the gains you're after.

Although there are programs that will allow you to make above average gains, average bodybuilders should shoot for about 2 lbs of lean muscle mass per month.

This may not seem like much, but at the end of a year...you have an extra 24 lbs. of LEAN MUSCLE on your body! Picture THAT in your bathroom mirror!

2. Not tracking your progress

Are those extra pounds on the scale coming from the muscle you've been working so hard at developing...or are they added FAT from your increased calories?!

Sure you need to eat more in order to grow, but unless you know precisely the right balance of what to take in versus the sweat you're putting in at the gym, the "mass" you put on may be closer to your stomach than your chest. (For a step-by-step formula to determine how to separate the muscle gains from the fat, go to: Are You Making Muscle Gains?)

3. Sacrificing form for ego

A quick question for you...

Which is more important...impressing the "no-necks" at the gym for 45 minutes a day with the amount of weight you can load up on the bar...or impressing your friends and coworkers the other 15 hours of the day with a body you can really show off?

If you chose the latter then make sure you're using a weight that's only enough to allow you to reach muscular failure at your target reps with the strictest of form.

Loading too much weight on the bar forces you to "cheat" by depending on other muscles to do the work your "target" muscles can't.

By using the exercise's full range of motion and focusing on the muscles designed for the movement, you're guaranteed to stimulate deep growth that will pay off well after you've left the gym floor.

About The Author:

Jeff Anderson (better known in the bodybuilding community as the "Muscle Nerd") is the creator of, Optimum Anabolics, the ground-breaking new bodybuilding program that has taken the entire industry by storm!

This no-nonsense program breaks the mold on building massive muscle without expensive supplements or misleading gimmicks.

Jeff's other 5-star rated program, Homemade Supplement Secrets, is a complete guide to brewing up your own bodybuilding supplements at a savings of hundreds and hundreds of dollars.

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