A lot of people underestimate the value of a good work out routine when it comes to body building. The only way for you to succeed in body building is by first establishing a good work out routine. I know a lot of body builders believe that the only key to success in body building is training hard. However there are several major aspects you need to consider in body building apart from just training hard.

This article will offer a description of proven work out routine which has been used by many successful body builders. They are meant to act as guidelines to improving your current work out routine.

1. Begin by warming up

It is always good to warm up each time before you start your training session. The reason behind warming up is to increase the heart rate, body temperature, and metabolism. Example of warming up activities includes; stationary bikes, elliptical training, stair climbing, and other forms of aerobics exercises.

2. Don’t forget to cool down

It is good for your body system to cool down especially after workout. This helps it to return to its original normal state after the stress inflicted through training.

3. Stretch the muscles

It is highly recommended that you include stretching as part of your work out routine. This is because it helps increase your muscle contraction by improving flexibility of the muscles, hence improves the flow of blood.

4. Don’t forget to apply progressive resistance

For a proper weight training session you have to apply the principle of overload. This simply means you have to increment the workload on a certain muscle for you to stimulate growth of that specific muscle.

If you increase the weight you are lifting progressively, your muscles will naturally adapt and begin to get bigger.

5. Group your muscles

If you have been unable to gain even though you workout then the problem could be lack of split training. Split training is where you try and divide your body muscles into groups.

The easiest and most common split training routine is where you exercise the upper body in one session and then in the other session you exercise the lower body.  You can also use the pull push split training routine. This is where you apply pulling movements (such as rows and curls) in one session and then in the next session you apply pushing motions like the bench press.

Split training allows you to train for two consecutive days or even more because you are not overloading the same type of muscles.

6. Define your goals.

The powerful effect of setting your goals can not be overemphasized. This is because defining your goals will help in boosting your motivation and confidence. Only by knowing what you want can you be able to channel your actions so as to achieve it.

7. Train intensely

For you to succeed during work outs you need to train intensely because you need to follow the number one rule” no pain, no gain”.