Have ever wondered why your muscles stopped growing after only a few months of training even though you're training very hard and often? Here are seven reasons why your muscles stopped growing and how to get your muscle to grow again.
1. You're training too hard
Every time when you train your muscles intensely, you're actually breaking down your muscles. So your muscles need to recover from the pressure you inflicted on them. So train each muscle group once or at most twice per week.
2. You're training too long
Keep your workout intense but don't workout more than an hour each time. After forty five to fifty minutes of intensive training, your cortisol level will have increased a lot. This hormone is common and will destroy your muscle cells.
3. You're not getting enough sleep
You need to sleep more for good muscle growth and resting will help to recover quicker. Your muscles grow and repair when you sleep. So, you have to sleep more than eight hours a day and watch those muscles growing fast.
4. You're consuming an excessive amount of alcohol
Alcohol in heavy amounts can damage the body for long term and short term, because it has empty calories and can cause bloating. One bad effect is that it can break down muscle mass and cause your skeletal to have thinner bones, resulting in a lot of fractures if falling over.
5. You do not change your workout routine
You must change your workout routine every six to eight weeks. Your muscles adapt to your routine and stops growing. To get more ideas for routines is to search on the internet or ask friends or family members of other things you can do.
6. You do not progressively overload your muscles
You must attempt to increase your reps or weight every time you next train a specific muscle group. Otherwise, there's no reason for your muscles to grow.
7. You're not eating enough protein to recover
If you want to build bigger muscles, you need to consume more protein, like chicken breast or fish for example. Protein is the building block for your muscles. It's recommended that you need 1 gram of protein per pound of your body weight equivalent. If not enough protein is consumed along with your normal diet, do supplement with protein shakes.
Conclusion
There you're, the seven reasons why your muscles stopped growing even though you are training hard. There are many more methods on how to grow your muscles bigger but these seven reasons and how to overcome them will be sufficient for an average bodybuilding beginner.
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