An important part of working out to gain muscle is learning how to take it easy. When you push yourself too far, your body stops to receive any benefit from the extra reps, and you're actually doing more damage to your body than good.
The basic idea is that you shouldn't be a workout. And when I talk about breaks, I mean don't work out every single day. A lot of newbies get started under the false idea that the more they hit the iron, the faster they're going to get some noticeable muscle growth. Beginner strength training is the place where you're going to be the most susceptible to injury, especially if you're trying to push yourself too far too fast.
Beginner Strength Training is About Moderating Your Activity
The hardest part about moderating yourself when you're working out is that you might very well see some results very soon. However, continuing to push through the pain to get a workout in every day will damage your muscle tissue and make it grow slower. When you work out, you should aim for enough recovery time so that your muscle tissue can actually grow back at a pretty good rate, because that's where the ripped muscle comes from.
You see, at the beginning your muscles aren't used to the extra strain that comes from beginner strength training. When you wake up the next morning after a workout, you should feel a little muscle soreness, but you shouldn't have to huddle under your bed sheets because it's too painful to move.
Once you start to get used to your workout routines, then you can take it a little further and push harder, but you should always ramp up your difficulty level slowly.
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