I will tell you right now that gaining muscles is a slow process that involves much
work. Dont expect to gain 10 pounds a week on a certain muscle group.  Sorry wont
happen.  You may gain about 5 at the very most! But thats for people who are starting
there workout after they have quit for a long period of time, but have had previous
experience..  For normal people they will gain muscle slowly.  That means you will gain
about 2  1/2+ pounds on your bench press a week.  You may gain more poundage per
week for leg pressing then you would with bench pressing.  You will gain more poundage
per week for bench pressing then you will with your biceps.  And you will gain more
poundage with your biceps then you will with your forearm, etc.  It all adds up but is also
a slow process. 
    You can also expect to see results.  Your whole body can look differently in as short as
a month of work.  Your chest, biceps, triceps, and shoulders will be the muscles you will
notice a change in first.  All your muscles will harden, and they will start to appear more
cut.  If you have excess skin on your body, it will eventually go away because your
muscles will take up that excess space. 
    You can also lose some fat because your metabolism will go up and you will burn
more calories.  Dont expect to drop 50 lb. of it!  Sorry wont happen with just working
out.  When you lose fat and gain muscle you bodyfat percentage will go down, which is a
good thing!
    You will eventually get used to the motions and your muscles will get immune to the
exercise.  After a couple of months you will need to change your workout program.  This
is discussed in on my workout pages 
    Some people dont gain muscle, some work and work and work the same muscle and
they dont get any results.  This is due to the fact that they possibly overstrained the
muscle and it doesn't grow, or they dont use enough weight.  If your muscles dont feel
tired toward the end of your workout, or you feel that you could do alot more reps then
you just did, excluding warmups, then you are not using enough weight.  Some people
dont gain because they do the process totally wrong and need to read about the proper
forms.  These could all be reasons why some dont gain strength.  Another is that some
people dont have the motivation to workout.  They have not sets goals.  They have
nobody to try to compete with in lifting weights.  When they have no motivation they are
most likely to quit. 
    Always have a goal when working out.  Dont set too high of goals because when you
dont reach it you will feel worse.  Set a moderate goal and workout hard to achieve it.
Dont quit!


                                                     
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