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If you’re a hardgainer or natural bodybuilder, you already know how hard it’s to get sleeve-busting muscles. Learn how to avoid these common unforgivable bodybuilding sins that not even the Pope will excuse!

Unforgivable Bodybuilding Sin #1: Training through the motions instead of training for results

How many times have you gone to the gym & casually lift the same weights; same exercises; same workout order; & same lack of progress? This is called insanity; doing the same thing but expecting a different result. It’s also known as training through the motions. Your body is present but your mind is absent. Training through the motions is fine if you’re simply interested in stress release & improving your energy levels, but if you’re trying to build a body you can be proud of, this will not cut it.

Only results matter, if you expect to see progress.

Consider the analogy of starting your own business. Starting your own business may earn you praise for being a hard worker, disciplined, skillfulness & many other nice compliments but if your business doesn’t make money, the latter perks do not really matter. Whether you agree or not, money is a measurement of whether your hard work, discipline & skillfulness are paying off or not. Lifting more weight, squeezing out more reps in a workout, & completing more work in less time are all signs of measurement.

How to make this sin forgivable?

Stop training through the motions and you’ll no longer have the illusion that you’re improving. Focus on measuring your results and out doing yourself from workout to workout & there will be no doubt that you’re moving forward.

Unforgivable Bodybuilding Sin #2: Not keeping a training journal

Not keeping a training journal piggy backs on the last sin. Imagine trying to run your brand new business without keeping records. You have no idea what’s coming in or what’s going out. You have no idea why you had a bad month. You have no idea why you had a good month. Training is no different.

History has a tendency to repeat itself

If something worked in the past, why would it not work for the future? If something did not work in the past, than most likely it will not work in the future! If you’re not tracking what works & what fails, than your training progress is doomed.

Instead of just recording what you did at each workout, start recording the details. If you had a great workout, let us determine why?

Is it from the amount of sleep you got the night before?

Was it a new workout drink you used?

Was it a different time of the day?

Did you warm up or stretch longer?

Did you take an extra day off?

Were you in a better mood?

How to make this sin forgivable?

The more you know, the more control you have of experiencing the same feeling the next workout. On the flip side, if you had a terrible workout, consider all the same factors to stop it from happening in the future.

Human nature always want to out do itself.

Your natural instincts will strive for improvement. If you know what the numbers were last workout, you’ll want to out do yourself. You’ll want to complete your workout in 47 minutes instead of 50 minutes. You’ll complete all ten reps instead of eight. You’ll increase your weights 2.5 lbs instead of stay the same.

The numbers do not lie.

A training journal will keep your progress honest & not deceive you… You might feel incredible after a workout & consider that a sign of improvement but than be disappointed when you realize that you were actually weaker meaning no sign of improvement. Treat your training like a business & it will catapult your muscle progress forward.

Unforgivable Bodybuilding Sin #3: Broken focus

Here is how I see many people live life. First you want to open up a restaurant. Next week you want to become a police officer. The week after that you want to go straight to Vegas to become a professional poker player! You’ll most likely fail at everything you do because of your broken focus and lack of discipline to finish what you start.

How to make this sin forgivable?

A lack of focus equals a lack of results. Start treating your training the same way you would treat your career. If you change your career, every few weeks, you’ll inevitably become a jack of all trades, master of none. It will not become a question of if, but a question of when. Your training, to build a jaw dropping physique, is no different.

Pick one training program & stick with it

There are a lot of options & it can be hard to select just one. However, look at this has a positive, & make your life simple by choosing just one & stick completely to it for it is entire program length. Don’t start a 12 week strength program and than go back to a bodybuilding style program after three weeks because it was not working.

You must trust the author of the program & take responsibility for your decision. Do not consult others about a program some one else has written, they’re not the author of the program & will only confuse you… Go straight to the source & consult the author of the program if you require clarification, otherwise execute every single detail as prescribed. Stay completely focused & committed to the program you have chosen & squeezing out every ounce of muscle that it promises.

How to pick the right program

Don’t start a high-volume training program if you’re not prepared to get extra sleep, spend some extra money on supplements & find extra time in the day to eat more food. Don’t start a fat loss program if you do not have the time to do double day workouts as sometimes necessary. Don’t pick a bulking program if summer is coming up & you want to be ripped for summer. Bottom line, make certain you know exactly what your program entails & that you’ll be prepared to invest whatever is involved with the desired outcome.

Vince DelMonte is the author of No Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets To Insane Muscle Gain found http://www.VinceDelMonteFitness.com

He specializes in teaching skinny guys how to build muscle & gain weight quickly without drugs, supplements & training less than before.

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