Setting Goals

After you decide that you want to take the challenge of trying to find some muscle mass gains, now it’s time to set some goals. When I say set goals, this is something that I really recommend spending time on. Muscle mass is something that takes time, and can be very frustrating. You really need something that you can go to for inspiration if you don’t see immediate muscle. A good place to learn how to write goals is a book called “Think and Grow Rich”. While this book is intended for business owners, it is still a great book for those who want to learn how to set goals and accomplish them.

Building muscle is very hard work. Especially for those of you who want to gain muscle mass, it is very hard to do. When you do set goals, you need to write them down. There are 3 types of goals:

1. Short Term – 1 to 4 weeks

2. Mid range – 1 to 6 months

3. Long Term – 6 months to a year

You need to set goals in all three categories. Usually start by setting a few short term goals, and make new ones at least every 3 weeks. Examples of short term goals are increasing weight on an exercise, increasing reps or even gaining a few pounds. You should also set maybe three or four mid range goals, making new ones every few months. These mid range goals should be more for things like body fat percentage, muscle size or weight. Make at least 2 long term goals. These goals should be very similar to the mid range goals, mainly because you should see the mid range goals as small checkpoints to these long term goals. When you write the mid range and long term goals, write out the goal, then write exactly how you are going to accomplish them. The short term goals will generally be fulfilled when you actually workout. Read the goals every single day in the morning and before you workout. This generally takes only a minute or two, but is very important. So go write out your goals right now!