How to start building muscle for beginners

Now psychologically as a beginner your first bet is to find out what the pro's are doing to gain all that muscle so you will jump on their training info, youtube channels, websites etc because they have the answers right?

WRONG!

The truth is, they are going to give you all the advice that works FOR THEM NOW
and not what WORKED for them to get to this stage to be able to look buff and bombard you with all the complicated training tips and then slipping in the word its "not that hard"

TRUTH is, building muscle is extremely hard and takes a very long time to gain the results that YOU want to have.

I myself believe that if you want to get the right advice, you need to find it from someone who is going through exactly what you are going through RIGHT NOW!

I have been weight training for 4 months, (11/17/13) i currently weigh 160lb (pounds) thats 12 stone and have gained 20lbs of muscle mass in 3 months. YES this is
all TRUE, HOWEVER before you get excited, as a beginner you are going to gain these crazy results anyway, because your body has never been through such intense training that you pile on the hidden potential muscle in no time and not to mention FAT.

So as a beginner GO FOR IT, gain that mass, but like me, you will reach your threshold and thats when we start going crazy and looking up to the "buff" guys on youtube for advise to get over that threshold and that's where we go wrong! and you know it!!!

So if you are at home and you've bought all these weights and now think you need to go the gym to gain that next level muscle mass..STOP and hold on to your cash for a little while.

THE ADVISE

ROUTINE
First of all have a routine, i go for the every other day method, so my training days will be monday, wednesday, friday, sunday, tuesday etc
i do this because it gives a chance for my entire body to rest rather than having to go through another intense session the next day.

Makes sense right? but when it comes to routine always go for what works for you, i have tried different routines and found this the best because i am less sore on training days, which is ideal so you can maximize your best effort not only mentally but also you will be using up all the stored glycogen from the previous day.

WHAT BODY PARTS AND WHEN?
Now that you have your routine, as a beginner your goal is to look buff so its only natural you are going to be pumping your biceps, triceps and chest that's great but i cannot stress for you enough to work on your LEGS

Incorporate a day JUST for legs, this is important because when you work out your legs, your body releases a different kind of hormone as opposed when you work out your top body, and it is beneficial to get that hormone not only in your legs but all around your body which will even enhance your top body, whilst its repairing.

So right now since we are at home, we are limited, but what we can do are
SQUATS with weights,
LUNGES with weights
CORKSCREWS with weights

(similar to squats but holding weight plate in front of you, squat with weight resting on right foot then when rising lift weight all the way up above your head to your left, do this perhaps 8 reps and  and then switch sides, so squat and rest weight on left foot then when rising lift weight all the way up above your head to your right side for another 8 reps)

Leg exercises especially the 3 mentioned really bring in the rest of your body and this is going to help to overall build up of body mass on your whole body giving you that huge body physique which is what is most important.

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