The Basics for Building Muscle Naturally

The ultimate guide to building muscles fast.

Dennis Kiplimo
6 min readDec 10, 2022
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· Track Your Macros
· Are You Taking Adequate Protein?
· Form is Key in Muscle Building
· Progressive Overload
· Train To Failure
· Get Bigger and Stronger With Compound Workouts
· Get Enough Rest
· Be Consistent

It takes time to build muscle but you can speed up the process by working smarter and not harder. This boils down to mastering the basics of muscle hypertrophy. In this piece, I will share with you the important basics that will help you build and consistently gain muscle from week to week.

Track Your Macros

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First, ‘Macros’ stands for Macronutrients. These are the 3 major nutrients; Carbohydrates, Proteins and Fat.

Macros are essential for energy, structure and function and therefore are needed in large amounts.

To meet your fitness goals and pay attention to the quality of carbs you intake, then you must track…

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Dennis Kiplimo

Dennis Kiplimo is a graduate of Kabarak University, Nakuru, Kenya, with a BSc in Nursing. He is a fitness enthusiast and founder of denstarfitness.com