The Muscle Building Workouts in this article are for people who are just beginning weight training. These workouts are mass builders and will help you put on muscle size.

The following exercises primarily target the large muscle groups and secondarily hit other smaller muscle groups when performed. The larger the muscle is, the more muscle mass you will be able to put on.

Best Chest Exercise Is The Bench Press

The first of the muscle building workouts is the bench press. The flat bench press will target mainly the entire chest. You will also hit the shoulders and triceps when performing the flat bench press.

If you want to target the triceps more, move the elbows closer to your body. If you want to target the shoulders more, move the elbows away from the body.

Make sure you bring the bar all the way down to your chest to use the full range of motion of the muscle. If you want to target more of the upper chest, raise the bench up to an incline. If you want to target more of the lower chest, lower the bench down to a decline.

Back Exercise – Pull Ups

One of the top muscle building workouts for widening the back is the basic pull up. Performed with your hands shoulder width apart and palms facing away from you will hit the upper lat.

Performed with your hands close together and your palms facing toward you will target your lower lats and hit more of the biceps. Both exercises will put a lot of stress on your forearms.

T-Bar Row

Another great exercise to build up a strong back is the T-bar row. You will be able to put a lot of weight on the bar because of the angle to your body.

Abdominal Exercises

There are many different muscle building workouts for the abs. But one of the best and my favorite is the hanging leg raises or hanging knee raises.

This exercises stretches the abs with every rep which makes it very effective. It also puts more stress on the lower abs which is a trouble spot for many people. Try to perform this exercise slowly and under controlled.

When performing the hanging leg raises, keep your legs straight and raise your feet up to eye level. Try not to swing your body when raising your legs up.

When performing the hanging knee raises, bring the knees up to your chest. You can also twist your knees up when you raise them to incorporate your intercostals and obliques muscles.

Leg Exercises And Squats

The king of all muscle building workouts for the legs is the squat. This exercise targets the entire lower body. It hits the…

• quads
• hamstrings
• gluts
• abs and
• lower back.

One great tip for this exercise is to squat down as far as you can to get a good stretch in the legs. Even if you have to lower the weight to perform this full stretch, it will be worth it. This stretching of the muscles on the full range of motion of the squat will have more benefits for muscle building in your legs then if you only went a quarter of the way down.

The above is what I consider to be the top basic Muscle Building Workouts.

Henry Chervenka