Many beginner athletes and bodybuilders, first of all, are interested in one question: how much can you pump up? But to answer it is not so simple even for professional coaches and athletes. It all depends not only on your efforts, but also on many other factors, which will be discussed in this article.
First of all, you need to understand that training for a particular program does not always give the desired result. For example, training on the program of the famous actor Jason Statham, you should not hope to get exactly the same figure as that of this Hollywood star. And the whole point here is not in your desire and aspiration, but in genetics. The body of each person is arranged in a unique way and that program that is ideal for gaining muscle mass in one athlete may not produce absolutely any result in ten others.
In this case, you will have a reasonable question: how to pump up quickly if in the world there are a huge number of programs for gaining muscle mass? First, let's decide what type of training is best for you. And for this it is necessary to determine your somatotype.
The type of addition is most easily determined by two signs - the volume of the wrist and the proportions of the body. How much you can pump up will primarily depend on your somatotype.
1. Ectomorph. This type of addition is characterized by rather narrow wrists (the wrist can easily be wrapped around the other hand) and approximately the same volume of the hips, waist and chest (this option is often denoted by the letter “H”). Ectomorphs usually gain only two to three kilograms of muscle mass per year, but each muscle will immediately be very prominent, which will greatly affect the beauty of the figure.
2. Endomorph. This type of addition combines people who are prone to gaining excess weight in the form of body fat. Endomorph is unlikely to be able to wrap his arm around his wrist, and his waist circumference is likely to exceed his chest and hip circumference (indicated by the letter “O”). How much can endomorph be pumped up? The increase in muscle mass in this type of addition is the largest - up to ten kilograms of muscle mass per year. But the huge minus is that endomorphs will need to “draw” the muscles after they are pumped up. And in order to add relief to your figure, people with this type of addition should think about burning excess weight and maintaining their shape in shape with proper nutrition.
3. Mesomorph. The real middle ground. Mesomorphs should not even think about how long they can pump up, because their muscle mass grows quite quickly, and it takes much less time to “draw” it than endomorphs. Usually people with this type of build-up are quite problematic around their wrists, and their chest circumference is approximately the same as that of the hips, but significantly exceeds the waist circumference (indicated by the letter “V”).
But do not rejoice or be upset about your type of addition ahead of time. He does not always determine with absolute accuracy how much you can pump up and start to be proud of an ideal figure. In many ways, the rate of muscle mass gain will depend on which tissue is primarily prone to take calories - muscle or fat. In addition, the level of testosterone (the higher it is, the faster it will work out) affects the increase in muscle mass and metabolism in the body.
After you determine your type of addition, try experimenting with programs for this type, and only then you can choose the optimal training system for yourself that will help you gain muscle mass as quickly as possible and look much more beautiful than before.