For many people when trying to gain weight and build muscle the first thing that they do is to join a gym with the intention to work out so much they will soon become a mass of muscle. Unless you understand the importance of recovery between work out sessions then you will most likely fail in your attempt to add muscle and gain weight.
When working out to add muscle mass it is important that you stress your muscles. This means that you need to exercise in such a way that you muscles become fatigued, even sore as this will stimulate them to grow and this will mean you will gain weight. It is just as important to make sure that you give your muscles time to recover after exercise as it is during this recovery time that they will grow. If you exercise a muscle everyday then you will not gain weight or build muscle as the stressed muscle will have no time to recover and add mass.
If you consider how serious body builders workout, they will exercise a certain muscle group one day and then give the that muscle group one or two days recovery time before exercising it again. It is during this one or two day recovery period that the muscle actually adds mass and this is how you will gain weight.
So does this mean that you can only workout a couple of days a week? Not at all, you can work out as often as you like but you need to ensure that you don't exercise the same muscle group on consecutive days. An easy way to make sure you give your muscle time to recover is to listen to your body, if a muscle group is still sore do not exercise it until the soreness go away.
So get in the gym and get started with your program to build muscle and gain weight. If you are unsure how to start you can visit our page on exercising to gain weight or talk to a friend who goes to the gym or hire a personal trainer. Remember that if you exercise correctly and give your body the right fuel anyone can build muscle and gain weight.
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