If you’re serious about gaining muscle mass and you’re looking for a way to build muscle mass fast without having to take unhealthy shortcuts, then you need to begin applying the progressive overload principle to your muscle building workouts.

The muscle building process is certainly not one of the most efficient process in the human body.  It’s difficult for your body to make this happen.  If you want to build muscle mass fast, you can’t sit around waiting for your body to become more efficient and grow… you must give you body  a reason to grow.  This is where progressive overload comes in to play.

The progressive overload principle states that in order for your body to build muscle mass, it must be progressively stimulated over time.  An example of progressive overload in action is increasing the weight that you train with for each of your weight training workouts. By training with progressively heavier weights, you are telling your muscles that they must adapt to the new stress (heavier weights).  Your body will adapt by increasing the strength of your muscles and adding muscle mass.  Once your body has adapted, you then need to continue to overload your muscles progressively over time.

If you take the time to apply the progressive overload principle to each of your muscle building workouts, and you’ve worked out the rest of your plan you’ll be well on your way to building more muscle mass as quickly as possible!

Read this article for more information on using progressive overload to build muscle mass fast.