"Do I need to go to join a gym in order to workout and build muscle" is a common question often asked?. Without a doubt the response is a 'no'. There are pros and cons to working out at home and in a gym. You can easily build muscle home.
Exercising in a regular gym allows you access to all sorts of new and more sorts of equipment, you can gain professional advice more easily too, plus it is probably going to be much less dangerous. However working out in a gym can be quite annoying at times if you have to que up for a piece of equipment or the other people working out there are not really as motivated as you are and are sat chatting about the latest television series or whatever.
As regards working-out at home, there are many benefits to this: no fee (my favourite), no hassle travelling there and parking, workout with your shirt off, you can play your own music, no queing for equipment and you don't have to worry about what other people are thinking about you when you are shouting at the bar for motivation.
The negatives are the intial outlay of money at that is required to purchase the equipment although this will likely last a for ages and can be sold again second hand, you may also incur the wrath of your housemates/partner if you use up too much room.
Working-out at home allows you to build muscle mass at your convenience and if you go by the following how to build muscles fast at home guidelines you should not have a problem working-out at home:
1)Find a suitably large space, such as a garage, basement or spare room. The floor needs to be solid so a ground floor is preferable for sure. Good vetilation is going to be useful too. Water proof your garage if that is where you workout as this will stop water making your weights rust.
2) Anything easily damaged should be removed. Ample warning is provided byt youtube where a guy doing barbell curls unfortunately lets his barbell nudge his large fish tank with a barbell just a little too hard! humourous to view unless it is your tank. A permanent location will avoid problems like this, imagine putting a barbell through a plasma tv screen or dropping a weight disc on a laptop computer, not fun.
3)Get the following pieces of equipment as a minimum: a set of cast iron dumbells and barbells, a weight bench, squat stand, a mat and a pull-up bar. The choice of home gym equipment is very good so shop around a bit but place high importance the durability and strength of the equipment because it will take a lot of hammer over the next few years!
4) Set out a decent workout. All the classic mass building exercises can be done with that equipment. Bench-presses, squats, pull-ups, dead lifts are all must have compound exercises which should be made use of followed by movements such as: barbell curls, upright rows, shrugs, shoulder presses, lunges, lateral raises and bent over rows are also good to use.
5) Be conscious of your own safety. You are likely to be working out out on your own, so avoid one rep maximum exercises unsupervised and get a friend to come over and assist if you wan to do some. Always ensure weights are securely locked on to the barbell. most weight benches let you insert a pin at the bottom of your lift when the barbell is at the height slightly above your chest, ensure you insert this as if you cannot make the lift it can take the pressure for you, do the same in the squat stand too.
So, by following the above 'how to build muscle home guidelines' you can have a great workout, build heaps of muscle mass and all in the convenience of your own home.
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