5 Reasons You're Not Building Muscle

So many people head to the gym day after day, week after week, spending countless hours on the weight floor and cardio equipment, doing everything right from a commitment perspective, but still find they just cannot put on the amount of muscle they would be satisfied with. One problem, is that they read muscle magazines and blogs and see images of bodybuilders and believe thats achievable. Unfortunately, unless you're doing this professionally like that are, and can spend half your day in the gym, you're just not going to get there. Another issue is steroid use. A lot of professional bodybuilders use them to build muscle, without disclosing it, making the everyday guy like you and me question why we can't get as big as they are. Well, with those two things aside, here are 5 reasons, or mistakes you might be making, thats stopping you from building more muscle:

Obesity Statistics

Here are some statistics on obesity that are are sure to shock you. Its crazy to think that one in three people in the United States is over weight, which accounts for approximately 74% of the country. 

Muscle Building Motivation: Commitment

When you decide you want to build muscle, burn fat, or just generally get healthier and fitter, the biggest decision you will need to make is to commit. These goals do not happen over night, and can take months and with some people even years to achieve. Its also not something you can do one week, but not the next, and think you can get back to it the week after. It takes a lot of commitment; commitment to going to the gym each and every day even when you don't want to or if you would

Before And After: Lose Fat

Here's another truly motivational before and after fitness photo. Here you can see that the guy started from a fairly decent place, he wasn't really overweight, but he definitely lacked muscle size and definition. In the after photo he has packed on quite a decent about of muscle onto his frame while leaning out and burning some of that fat that was around his mid section. His six pack abs are clearly visible and ripped and his shoulders and biceps look full and hard... the new haircut is clearly much better too :)

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Daily Workout Motivation: Limitless

Daily workout motivation: Your personal ability is to achieve anything you want to achieve is limitless. No matter what your health and fitness goals are, you can not only achieve them, but you can surpass them! Lift a little heavier today, run a little longer, go a little further. You can achieve anything you want on your road to being fit and healthy.

Before And After: Build More Muscle

Another inspirational before and after fitness photo. While this guy may not have been starting from a place where he was out of shape, you can see that he took his physique to another level by building

Daily Fitness Inspiration: Something New

Daily Fitness Inspiration: If you're wanting to achieve something you never have before, and keep wondering why you can't, it's probably because of what you're doing. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Try something new. Do something you have never done. You will achieve something you've never had.