| Most exercisers confuse bodybuilding with athletic | | | | need to work more on one area more than the |
| training. They want the body of an athlete, but they | | | | others to start seeing results. For example, some |
| train like a bodybuilder. Unfortunately, they are | | | | people have a low level of fitness and need to work |
| wasting their time and will never reach their goal of | | | | on that before they can be concerned about building |
| building a lean, athletically muscular body. | | | | muscle or losing fat. The just don't have the physical |
| You Are Still Training Like A Bodybuilder | | | | capabilities to get through those type of workouts. |
| Whether you know it or not, most workout | | | | On the other hand, some people are fit and lean, but |
| programs are based on bodybuilding type training. If | | | | need to put on muscle. Or, they put on muscle easily, |
| you can rattle off muscles, talk about split workout | | | | but need to shed a few pounds of fat to look more |
| routines and think your training should only be about | | | | like an athlete. But no matter what angle you look at |
| building muscle... you have a bodybuilder mentality. If | | | | it from... you need to address fitness, fat loss and |
| you base your workout program on a bodybuilding | | | | muscle building at some point to ultimately achieve |
| program, you probably will fail to reach your athletic | | | | the athletic look you desire. |
| body goals. | | | | You need to rotate between three different kinds of |
| First, a lot of bodybuilding workouts are very time | | | | workout with different major goals... Fitness, Fat Loss |
| consuming. And unless you have 2-3 hours to spend | | | | and Strength & Size. Each of these workouts should |
| in the gym every day, you are not going to get the | | | | be slanted to the specific goal of the workout, but |
| muscle building results like the pro bodybuilders do. | | | | not work against the other goals. For example, when |
| And some of you might be think that since you are | | | | you are doing the fitness workout you could put on |
| going to do a "similar" workout, but shorter, then | | | | muscle and burn fat. Or when you are doing the fat |
| you'll get the "athletic" muscle you want and not the | | | | loss workout you are also increasing fitness and |
| puffed up bodybuilder look. How has that thinking | | | | building or maintaining muscle. Same for the strength |
| been working out for you so far? | | | | and size workouts. |
| Second, to build an athletic body you need to train | | | | So, the key to getting the athletic body you want is |
| more like an athlete, and less like a bodybuilder. | | | | to change the way you think about working out. |
| Athletes are fit, and that's why they look the way | | | | Stop training like a bodybuilder if you don't want to |
| they do. So, you need to train to increase your | | | | be one, and start training like an athlete if you want |
| overall fitness level. Plus, you need a nice balance | | | | to look like one. Use a variety of workouts designed |
| between strong, athletic muscle and low fat. So, you | | | | to build the athletic body you seek, without |
| need to build strength and size and lose those | | | | sabotaging the other performance and appearance |
| performance robbing pounds of fat. | | | | goals. I think you find that by approaching your |
| You Need Multiple Workouts To Get The Athletic | | | | workouts this way... you'll build the strong, lean, |
| Body | | | | athletically muscular body that not only performs |
| I wish I could tell you there was one workout that | | | | great, but turns heads as well. |
| could satisfy every goal. But honestly, some people | | | | |