Bodybuilding definitely is a serious business that requires regularity and attention. Bodybuilding can be started either to become a professional or just to keep yourself fit and active. In either case, you need to take it seriously and work hard if you really want to achieve good results. Professional bodybuilding requires extra efforts and full attention but this article ‘Building muscles- basics’ gives you some basic tips that are useful both for professional side and general fitness. These tips are as under:

1- Always warm up your body before starting the exercise to make sure that body is ready for extensive workouts.

2- Regularity is the key to success. Make sure that you do exercise on regular basis to get proper benefits.

3- Take pre and post supplements before and after the exercises. You can take pre-supplements before the workouts to make sure that body gets energy to perform and post workouts to make sure that body gets nutrients and calories which are burnt during the exercise.

4- Take lots of water during exercise especially in summer to avoid dehydration of your body.

5- Take lots of proteins since proteins contain amino acids which are the building blocks of our body. Protein rich foods, shakes and powdered protein can be used as good source.

6- Do not start heavy exercises too early. Start with small and slowly and gradually grow large. Make sure that you lift that much of weight which you can control properly because you must be doing exercise at right angles otherwise your body may lose shape.

7- Always remember that there is no shortcut for bodybuilding. It requires attention, time and efforts. So do not take any medicines or steroids thinking to get quick results because steroids are very dangerous for our body in the long run. They might give you temporary benefits but are very dangerous eventually.

8- Take at least 7-8 hours of daily sleep because our muscles grow and repair during rest and sleep. So proper rest is required to get good results.

9- Take healthy supplements and ensure that there are no steroids in them. You must ensure that supplements are from good companies and are there in the market for quite some time. This ensures to some extent that those supplements are credible to be taken.

These are some basic and general tips which need to be followed for having good results.