Today it seems like every new weight trainer and bodybuilder is looking for the perfect muscle mass building routines and best supplement to solve their problem for lack or growth. They believe that if they can just find the right program or revolutionary new supplement that all of their muscle mass building problems will be gone.

The first mistake that's being made is that they are looking for "something out there" that can achieve the results that they want so bad. The truth is, the answer isn't "out there." You'll only get the results you want through applying the right information and working hard consistently and persistently. It is vitally important to have a properly designed workout program and a diet plan for building muscle mass, though one of the key factors that most weight trainers leave out is a very basic one: hard work.

Plain and simply most trainees today just don't work hard enough on their exercises. Working hard on a half-way decent exercise will bring more results then a haphazard attempt on the best exercise in the world. If you a are a hardgainer - someone who is naturally skinny and has a hard time gaining weight and building muscle mass quickly - then the proper workout routine and diet will do you no good if you don't put 110 % effort into it.

Most weight trainers and bodybuilders today pass up many muscle mass building routines and waste much of their time jumping back and forth between routines when all they have to do is stick with their program the whole time through and consistently work hard.

If you are not sure whether or not you are working hard enough on your exercises, then you are not working hard enough. If you think you are working hard enough on your exercises then you probably still aren't working hard enough on your exercises.

If you say yes to any of the following questions, you are not working hard enough:

- Are you sometimes thinking of something other then your workout while at the gym?

-Do you ever find yourself constantly talking and having conversations with others while working out?

-Do you ever go to the gym tired, hungry, and/or unprepared?

-Assuming you are taking all safety precautions, do you usually find yourself mentally quitting before you are finished physically on a set or rep?

- Are you not constantly keeping track and progressing each week, whether it's more weight or more reps?

Keep in mind that when I say hard work, I am talking about the effort you put into your exercises, not how much or how long you work out for. Getting results in the gym, much like any worthwhile success is about the quality of work you put in the gym, not the quantity.

If you really want to gain weight and build muscle fast then hard work is not an option. You can fiddle around with a bunch of exercises and great routines all you want, but if you want results, you have to earn it through your own sweat and tears.

This shouldn't be a disappointing reminder for most of you. There is great joy and a sense of power that we can get from hard work, and weight training is one of the purest and rawest of forms. There is really nothing else out there that can relate to the ruthless and barbaric ways of weight training.

It is, in essence, man's closest expression for good old fashion hard work. And the results are always well, well worth the work. As long as we have a solid routine and a proper and consistent diet, you can really learn to enjoy the hard work and the process of growth and development, both physically and mentally.

As much as the industry can try, technology can never replace hard work in weight training for results. Sure, there are supplements and machines and equipment coming out everyday that claim to make our journey to greater muscle seem "easier," but none of these alone will replace the key ingredient for results in bodybuilding.

So if you have been looking for some magic formula to fix all your weight gaining and muscle mass building problems, perhaps you need not look further then inside. We can all always ask ourselves honestly whether or not we are really working as hard as we should be. And remember, don't kid yourself, you'll only be cheating yourself, no one else. Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Keep that in mind next time you are trying to spot the cause for any lack of progress you may be having.