Here's where I stand on Gaining Muscle Mass Quickly... Over the past 6 or so years I've been gaining lean muscle mass I've only ever taken -at most- 3 weeks off weight training. 


On top of this, I change my weightlifting programs to build muscle every 6-10 weeks to suit whatever phase I'm going through whether it be build for pure strength, increase muscle, enhance anaerobic fitness and so on.

You can probably see that over the years with all these different phases through the years that I have admittedly gone through my fair share of programs. Some good and some not so good but at this stage I know what works for me.

If I want to gain 10lbs in 6 weeks I know exactly what workout routine I will use and what diet and supplements I'm going to consume.

Muscle Mass Workout

Personally, whenever gaining muscle mass was on the agenda, High Intensity was always the case in my gym workouts. The most significant gains in terms of muscle came when I would follow a short but extremely intense workout that would have me finding it hard to turn the steering wheel in the car on the drive home from the gym.

It should become apparent now that the rest period between sets is vital.

You should realistically be taking no more than 30 seconds between set and make sure you count those 30 seconds in your head so that the intensity doesn't drop.

As for conversations during your workout, forget it! Conversations in the gym are there to sabotage you workout and the gains you wish to make. So the next time you in the gym plug in some headphones and focus completely on your workout.

The great thing about these workouts is that they would last no longer than 40minutes so that you can get vital nutrients into the muscle of the body before they start breaking down.

The weight

In the past I used to always push the heaviest weight I could manage and would even sacrifice the reps I was doing just to lift a heavier weight. Of course, this had little benefit and actually causes a fairly nasty tricep injury.


The weight you should be lifting shouldn't be all that heavy. The sole purpose after all of this workout isn't so much to increase strength but rather to gain muscle mass quickly.

So, with this in mind, you should be struggling at the last reps of the exercises you are doing.