Body building techniques can be made very complicated if you are not careful. The plethora of lifting techniques, the micro nutrition technology, and the fact that one thing seems to contradict another all adds up to confusion. What's a guy or gal to do? The answer lies in filtering out all the micro-garbage and focusing on the macro techniques. So let's break it down to 3 keys (nutrition, training, and recovery) within bodybuilding techniques, get these right and success is inevitable.

Let's take nutrition for example I know there is a lot of buzz about creatine, branch chain amino acids, carbs, etc. the good new is you can ignore just about all of it and focus on eating good quality lean protien sources like chicken, lean beef, and fish and your body will handle the micro nutrients like it has your whole life. Round off your meal with a hearty serving of vegatables, fresh or frozen, and you're in like Flint.  Oh yeah, please avoid drinking too many sugary drinks they are meant to be a treat not a dietary staple.

Now, nutrition is the first key body building technique but there are two more, training and recovery. When training forget about all the new and old fangled Bulgarian methods to blast you biceps. Just do steady somewhat slow reps, always controlling the weight, ending in momentary muscle failure. That is the most important thing you can do. Any of the sophisticated burn out bodybuilding techniques are secondary. Focus on simple controlled multi-joint exercises first (they build more muscle and burn more calories) and do isolation exercises for refinement last.

Last but not least you need a proper period of recovery so that your muscles can grow. Getting a good nights sleep is most important. Most recovery takes place in the hours of deep sleep. As far as training frequency is concerned evidence suggests that the nominal recovery time between workouts is about 48 hours. So rest your trained body parts at least 48 hours before another workout. Hint: If you are too sore to move after 48 hours decrease your scale back your workout you may be on course for over-training.

Observe and practice bodybuilding techniques in concert with these three keys and you can't fail. Summarized, eat good quality foods high in protein, train to overload your muscles, and allow yourself to recover at least 48 hours between workouts and we'll see you at the top!