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The number one reason that people quit their weightlifting exercise programs is because they are unable to see visible results that they are satisfied with. There are two issues with this, however:

1) It can take six weeks to two months before any results are going to be seen at all regardless of how well you kept up with your workout regimen or where you began.

2) Even if you did see results, weightlifting is not a one-and-done program. Once you have the muscles you are expected to continue your workouts in order to keep them, so quitting just because you do not see results right away should be a sign that you may not have the commitment to continue it once you see visible results.

Weightlifting is about patience. When you are weightlifting in order to improve the size of your muscles, you are committing yourself to the idea that muscle size comes from constant, daily work on your muscles. But for those that have seen the results of these efforts, you know that all of that time you spent is worth it, because both your physical and psychological health improve as a result.

Basics of Weightlifting for Size

- Resistance

Weighlifting for size, rather than strength, requires resistance rather than repetition. In order words, if you hope to achieve the maximum amount of size from your workout, you want to make sure you are really challenging your muscles with a great deal of strength. Repetitions are still important, but you want your muscles to be tired because they have been challenged, not because they are simply tired from their endurance running out.

- Deliberate Movements

The next basic aspect of weightlifting is deliberativeness. No movement with the weights should be something you do without a purpose. That means that it is not enough that you simply lift a weight and let it drop; the movement downward should also be slow, so that you are continuing to work your muscles as you drop the weights back down.

- Nutrition

The final basic aspect of weightlifting to improve the size of your muscles has to do with eating the right foods in order to keep the muscles large. When you are discussing size only (because size and strength are related, but not synonymous), muscles start to shrink because they run out of proteins and the cells begin to slowly die away. Ergo, if you want to keep the size that you have just earned with the workout, you want to make sure you have enough proteins and carbohydrates in your body to keep all of your new cells that were created.

Those three points: Resistance in your weightlifting efforts, deliberate movements, and property weightlifting nutrition, are all the main keys to success when you start weightlifting in order to improve the visible appearance in your muscles. By keeping to all of the most basic aspects of weightlifting, and ensuring that you are patient enough to continue working out regardless of whether or not you see results, you are nearly guaranteed to experience the visible increase in size that you are hoping for.

Resources: Richard Black helps people learn about thecompound weightlifting exercises at his website on weightlifting exercises.