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Beginner Bodybuilding Routines

Are you following some of outdated and crazy bodybuilding routines recommended in the muscle mags? If so, chances are you're not only opening yourself up to unnecessary muscle injury, but you're probably not building muscle mass as efficiently as you could be by training with a more 'bare bones" bodybuilding approach.

While some of the magazines have decent information sprinkled throughout the pages, most of the workouts are not designed for the everyday average guy. Let's face it, unless you look like one of the pro bodybuilders (you know the look...300lbs - 2% body fat - distended and gross looking belly...etc) then you have no business using their personal muscle blasting workouts - period!

If you're looking for a few solid bodybuilding routines that you can safely implement on your way to building more muscle mass, you have a few options. You can either investigate a few of the bodybuilding routines floating around on the net and shell out $50 - $100 for a complete program, or you can check out the rest of this page for free!

 

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Listed below are a few different bodybuilding routines that are basic and extremely effective. As long as you're paying attention to your bodybuilding nutrition plan, actively working on rest and recovery and making sure to drink a lot of water, there is no reason that you can't build 10 - 20 lbs by committing to working your way through each workout with intensity and purpose.

Bodybuilding Routines For Beginners - 101

Bodybuilding RoutinesIf you're a raw beginner and really aren't sure what type of workout you should be performing to stimulate muscle growth, these basic workouts are for you! I designed each of these workouts to be simple (requiring minimal access to fancy equipment) yet stunningly effective and helping you build up a solid foundation of muscular strength and muscle mass gain.

Keep in mind that in order to build muscle mass on a continuous basis, you'll need to progressively train with heavier weights for more repetitions. While this can seem intimidating in the beginning, once you learn how to make it work, you'll be amazed at it's simplicity and effectiveness.

Make sure to get a few weeks of weight training workouts under your belt before you try to bump your training weights up too high. The purpose of these initial bodybuilding routines are to allow your body to get ready for the growth stimulating workouts ahead. During this phase, keep it light and focus on learning how to perform each of the exercises with proper form and technique. If you want to watch exercise demonstration videos and read exactly how to perform each of these exercises check out the muscle building exercises section here at Gain-Muscle-Workout-Less.com.

Beginner Bodybuilding Routines Workout #1 - Chest And Biceps

Execution

Assesment

Exercise

Sets

Reps

Tempo

Rest

Weight Used

Completed Reps

Chest Warm Up

Bench Press

1

15

Fast 

1 Min

 

 

-

2

12

Medium

1.5 Min

 

 

-

3

10

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

Workout Sets

Bench Press

1

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

-

2

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

-

3

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

Biceps Warm Up

Straight Bar Curl

1

15

Fast

1 Min

 

 

-

2

12

Medium

1.5 Min

 

 

-

3

10

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

Workout Sets

Straight Bar Curl

1

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

-

2

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min

Learn how to perform bench press and straight bar curls by clicking on the links below...

Bench Press
Straight Bar Curls

Beginner Bodybuilding Routines Workout #2 - Legs

Execution

Assesment

Exercise

Sets

Reps

Tempo

Rest

Weight Used

Completed Reps

Quads Warm Up

Squat

1

15

Fast 

1 Min

 

 

-

2

12

Medium

1.5 Min

 

 

-

3

10

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

Workout Sets

Squat

1

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

-

2

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

-

3

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

Glutes Warm Up

St. Leg Deadlift

1

15

Fast

1 Min

 

 

-

2

12

Medium

1.5 Min

 

 

-

3

10

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

Workout Sets

St. Leg Deadlift

1

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

-

2

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min


Learn how to perform squats and straight leg deadlifts by clicking on the links below...

Squat
Straight Leg Deadlift

Beginner Bodybuilding Routines Workout #3 - Back & Triceps

Execution

Assesment

Exercise

Sets

Reps

Tempo

Rest

Weight Used

Completed Reps

Back Warm Up

Barbell Rows

1

15

Fast 

1 Min

 

 

-

2

12

Medium

1.5 Min

 

 

-

3

10

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

Workout Sets

Barbell Rows

1

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

-

2

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

-

3

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

Triceps Warm Up

Skull Crushers

1

15

Fast

1 Min

 

 

-

2

12

Medium

1.5 Min

 

 

-

3

10

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

Workout Sets

Skull Crushers

1

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min

 

 

-

2

10 - 15

Controlled

2 Min


Learn how to perform barbell rows and skull crushers by clicking on the links below...

Barbell Rows
Skull Crushers

When you're a beginner, you don't need to be training 6 days a week in order to build muscle and gain strength. Focus on performing each of these bodybuilding routines and workouts only 1 time each week. Space your training sessions out every other day, and plan to take weekends off, allowing your body to rest and recover from the weeks workouts.

After you have a good base of muscular strength and you understand how to perform each of these exercises with impeccable form (I recommend using these beginner bodybuilding routines for at least 2 weeks or until your muscles are no longer getting really sore from the workouts), then it's time to crank up the volume a bit and start working towards some serious muscle growth!

Take some time during this initial training phase to learn about bodybuilding nutrition and start implementing the basics one at a time. This will help you get the momentum going and allow you to make some mistakes with your diet before it has any real effect on the amount of muscle mass you gain.

After you've got it all down...you've used these beginner bodybuilding routines for a few weeks, you understand how to perform each of the exercises and you're implementing some form of bodybuilding nutrition plan, then you're ready for some of the more advanced intermediate bodybuilding routines on this page!

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