Learn How to Build Muscle without Weights

Build muscle without weights? I can hear you now saying "Yuh, sure!" Doubt it if you will, it can be done. You can actually build muscle without lifting weights, but it won't necessarily be the type of muscle that you are thinking of. You're right to be skeptical if you're thinking that you can get a bodybuilder's body without lifting weights. That's never going to happen, but you can build muscle by simply eating a proper diet and doing exercises other than weight lifting.

Many people do not realize that building muscles without weights is easy when you do the simple routine exercises like walking, running, biking aerobics, Pilates, or yoga. Every exercise builds muscle. If you exercise regularly, using any of the methods described above, and follow a high protein diet; you will build muscle and reduce body fat without lifting weights.

Women, like men, can build up muscle mass by doing the same weight bearing exercises as men, but most women seem to prefer muscle building without weights because their goal is to build up muscle in a way that tones and enhances the female body while avoiding the display of increased muscle mass.

Eating a high protein diet is an important component to building muscle without performing weight bearing exercises. Women seem to have an easier time building muscle using this method because they tend to weigh less than men, on average. Eating about one gram of protein per pound of body weight will give you all of the protein that you need to successfully build muscle.

If you follow such a program of exercise and a proper diet, you should see an obvious change in your look by losing fat and gaining muscle in only a few weeks. Don't be surprised or discouraged if you do not actually lose pounds. You may lose inches as the fat is replaced by muscle. You weight may remain the same or slightly increase, but this is due to the increased muscle and reduced body fat. It's a good thing, so don't fret if the pounds don't melt away. You'll look better and be healthier, and you'll have accomplished it without lifting weights.

It's incredible the positive changes that an excellent high protein diet and regular exercise by biking, running, walking, or practicing Pilates or yoga can accomplish. You can build muscle without weights. Many others have done it - so can you.