Oh, there are plenty of training articles. If you have been living under a rock for 20 years, then yes, maybe hearing “bench press will build up your chest muscles” is highly effective advice. Maybe you need to ready “Crunches: 3 sets of 20 reps” each month, from a different bodybuilder wearing a doo-rag for his contractually required post-shot workout in the gym, where he’s ripped to shreds and using fake weights. I mean, you didn’t really think a guy would win the Arnold Classic and be in the gym the next day benching 5 wheels, did you? And where are all these orange rubber weights in my gym, anyway? They show up in every photo shoot!
Okay, so we know that every monthly muscle magazine will be filled with training articles. We also know they’ll touch upon nutrition. Often, this will overlap into the supplementation department, as guys attempt to tell us that the 4500 calories they needed each day to maintain 320 pounds of off-season muscle mass was acquired through boiled chicken breast, rice, and of course, the current supplement being marketed by the current supplement company paying for that bodybuilders’ monthly car lease payment.
The magazines are filled with rehashed training articles - because what works in the gym doesn’t change. They’re filled with lame, boring diets that focus mainly upon selling supplements. They all ignore steroids because 1) that’s a taboo topic and 2) people who use steroids buy far fewer supplements.
The magazines ignore sleep. They ignore rest. Perhaps it is because nobody can endorse sleep or sell sleep. Perhaps it is because it isn’t glamorous, and no matter how hard you try, you can’t write that many articles about the need for 7.5 to 8.5 hours of sleep each night, along with a 45 minute rest period each day, either napping or just relaxing. See? We just did it. That one sentence encompasses everything you need to know about sleep, the X-factor in building muscle. We grow while we sleep - so sleep more and you will grow more!
Via pmXfit.com
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