The fastest way to gain muscle is by doing the right kind of workout. You might be surprised, but lifting more weight is not the best way to go about it. At least it doesn’t mean lifting heavier weights anyway.

Your muscle cells do not increase in number when your muscles grow. The increase in size is caused by an increase in size of those individual muscle cells. Your muscle muscle cells are made up for 80% liquid. The fluid inside these muscle cells is called ‘sarcoplasm’.

You can increase your muscle mass simply by increasing the amount of sarcoplasm that is within your muscle cells. This is accomplished through doing higher repetitions with a lighter weight.

Lifting heavier weights will increase strength, while lifting lighter weights at higher repetitions will increase size. However, you have to let go of your pride and use less weight if you want more muscle. The different between powerlifters and bodybuilders lie in this. Bodybuilders generally have more muscle mass, while powerlifters have more strength. Their method of training are different and therefore produces different results.

There are far bigger guys who will lift smaller weights than smaller guys will, due to this discrepancy. This is because the fastest way to gain muscle is not only about lifting more weights.

When you lift really heavy weights, you can become fatigued as a whole. You can also build more specific muscle fatigue when you use lighter weights but at a higher repetition. This muscle fatigue is what will help increase the size of your muscles.

Like I said before, the level of muscle fatigue will increase greatly with lighter weights but more reps. It is important to note that getting enough rest and recovery between each set is essential to building up the proper volume of fatigue in the muscles. It is suggested that you do a total of 4 sets of each exercise with a 30-45 second rest between each set.

You have to do a lot more than a single exercise for a muscle group.  3 exercises targeting the same muscle group is the sweet spot for me.

8-12 reps per set is the best range to work with for this type of lower weight workout to build up proper muscle fatigue without over-training. This training method is the fastest way to gain muscle.

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Muscle Building and Toning