Monday, March 26, 2018

A Guide to Muscle Gain for Hockey Players


Many hockey players, including young ones, want desperately to build muscle. They know that more muscle equals more power and skill on the ice.

Unfortunately, gaining muscle is not as easy as you might think. Many young hockey players often find this out the hard way, spending hours in the gym but still not seeing the results that they want.
While the gym is an important part of building muscle, it’s not the only part- far from it. Building muscle requires a lot of effort and dedication. Fortunately, though, following a few simple tips can help immensely.

Eat More
First things first, muscle building requires calories and plenty of them.  


If you don’t eat enough calories, you’re constantly going to be losing weight, making it impossible to put on muscle.

If you eat just enough calories, you will stay at the same weight and will still find it difficult to put on muscle.

If you eat more than the calories your body needs and more than you burn off each day, however, you can start gaining weight, which you can then convert to muscle.

You can get a decent idea of how much you’ll need to eat to gain weight and muscle by multiplying your bodyweight by 18 and using the figure as your daily calorie intake. If that doesn’t work, try upping your multiplier to 20. There are also good calorie calculators online that can take your age, weight, height, and activity level and then figure out how much you’ll need to eat to lose, maintain, or gain weight.

However you figure it all out, the bottom line is that eating more calories than you need is necessary for muscle gain.

Train the Right Way
In addition to ensuring that you are eating enough to stimulate muscle gain, you’ll also need to make sure that you are working out frequently enough and in the right ways.

Practices and games are all well and good, but true muscle gain requires concentrated effort at the gym and, typically, a lot of weight lifting. Any good trainer can help set you up on a program to match your goals. Of course, you then have to stick to that program to see results.

As you can see, building muscle isn’t impossible. Sure, it’s challenging, but if you follow these tips, get plenty of rest, and take care of yourself, you should start seeing results before you know it.

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