The Top 5 Proven Ways to Build Muscle Faster (2018)

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“You have to change up your workouts more.”

“You have to eat more protein.”

“You have to increase your time under tension.”

“You have to use more/less weight in your training.”

If you’re looking for advice on building muscle, you’ve probably heard plenty of one-liners like those.

If you keep looking, you’ll hear a lot more. And, after it all, you’ll probably wind up like most people–confused, frustrated, and overwhelmed by a sea of contradictory tips, “hacks,” strategies, and shortcuts, with no idea who to believe and what to do next.

Well, I have good new for you:

Out of all the possible things you could know about diet and training, 20% are going to give you 80%+ of your results.

In fact, I’d go as far as saying that the average person looking to build a lean, muscular, strong physique can learn everything they need to know in 7 to 8 hours of reading. (And that’s what I try to provide in my books.)

Don’t get me wrong–I’m all for continuing to learn and improve, but if you don’t manage your “information flow” properly, you can easily fall into the trap of “analysis by paralysis.”

So, this episode isn’t going to teach you everything you need to know, but it’s going to give you a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of muscle building. Put these five principles into use and you will see results.

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References

[arnoldovalverde]

You are like the Warren Buffet of muscle building/fitness advice. Simple and clear advice that can be applied effectively on a day to day basis.

[cyh]

Thank you for rebroadcasting this episode and for referencing your articles for more information.

[andrecathern]

Excellently explained, clear easy to understand and informative!

[margritulrich]

Excelent the length and info is always right to the point!!!! You do are awesome

[AussieAngeS]

I. Love how you explain everything in detail and everything you say is true. I have been tranny now for 10 years this year and at the start it was easy to gain muscle and or lose fat, , now it’s getting harder for sure. Adjusting calories and protein intake as you gain muscle is important also because eating too less of calories to support the muscles you’ve built is something people don’t do, myself included in the past. I’m still learning new things everyday. Thank you so much Mike.

[gautam]

hi mike
plz make videos of each exercises you have mentioned in weekly workout schedule.

[cherilynn]

"drop a comment down below and let me know how amazing I am". hahaha Awesome Mike. You are amazing. Thanks for doing all the hard work so we can just follow what you say to do. It's WORKING for me and several of my friends.

[KOKingdom]

Just found out your channel, bro. Great content. I've been lifting for some years now, but I've been on and off lifting because of depression and some personal things. It's really helpful to get up to speed again with the basics. Oh, and one more thing, I like to train a muscle group twice a week(I'm a natural). I find it that my muscles aren't that sore after a workout if I train a muscle group twice a week. Keep up the good work, brother, papa bless.

[delta]

All good, but the best advices according to the late Piano:
TREn hard
eat CLEN
ANABAr give up

[Leo-ynfx]

All I want is bigger biceps and not even in proportion to the rest of my body.

LMAO NON NEGOTIABLEEEE

[isol]

Mike, I'm on a bulk right now and I am progressively overloading the weight in my workouts. (I'm doing your glute routine and loving it). If I don't want more muscle in the upper body should I stay in the same weight there instead of increasing the weight? I'm more focused on my legs and butt and will like the upper body to get firmer but not bulkier.

[StevieBuckleyPT]

Hi mike. Do you not think that as long as your training in around the 6 rep range and always training to within 1 rep of failure then there’s no need to physically write everything down as your already pushing as hard as possible? I wrote everything down for 2 years and to be honest just got fed up of writing out every single set in the gym. I train now more intuitively but always lift heavy and train to within 1 rep of failure and feel I am still making progress! Progressive overload is definitely important but do you really need to write it all down if you follow this approach?

[dbyutube]

so btw what did you think of the new star wars movie?

[Pelhambaysixexpress]

I have a question about the seated triceps press. When I searched seated triceps press I either got back the overhead triceps extension as the result or the seated dip machine. Is the seated dip machine and the triceps press the same ? I couldn’t find not one work out video on seated triceps press, and I looked in the training analogy book part 3 that I have but I Couldn’t find that workout.

[ygglensable]

I am cutting fat percentage, and am currently taking creatine and beta alanine. Would it be more beneficial for me to get l carnitine tartrate instead of beta alanine? (It'll get too expencive to do both) I eat very litle meat and animal products, so I might not be getting a lot of carnitine.

[okironin]

Your links to the research are not opening

[johnfrank]

Plez giv me teh shortcut to stakkt and jakkt.

[Leonsanti]

Ok so I’ve been in a calorie deficit for a good 5 months is that not good?

[bedanewu]

Figertip close to ordering your book. I'm 40 years old looking to lose fat and build muscle like everyone else but I have no target weight. What book do you recommend?

[cyxpzus]

I heard that even if you are lean bulking and you are a lean person then its best to stay little over 1 gram per pound of body weight...?