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Supplements
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Wednesday, 05 November 2008 19:36 |
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The Top 10 Priority Supplements you should be taking for the Best Gains.
Given that muscle building has turned into a marketing game by companies hoping to make a buck, supplements have evolved over the years. And when we say evolved, we actually mean de-evolved. A vast majority of the supplement products on the market today are over-hyped, over-advertised and made out to be the next big thing, but as you probably already know, just because you see a pro taking a supplement, doesn’t mean he actually uses it, or that it works well.
Below we’ve mapped out the top 10 most effective supplements, ranked in order of priority. If you’re strapped on cash, make sure to start at the beginning, and work in from there. |
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Nutrition
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 06:45 |
 Top 20 Nutrition Tips and Insight on How to Diet/Supplement to Converse and Build Muscle Mass.
Gaining muscle past a certain point in your training regimen can get tough. Most people that start out at the gym tend to see results for a month or two, but the progress halts, usually fairly abruptly. (Mostly due to the way they train, their body becomes used to it at a certain point) This is where nutrition, supplementation, and research become vital. Mixing it up in the gym is a very important part of continuing to lose weight and gain muscle.
Below we’re going to run through twenty top nutrition tips that will help push your muscle gaining results as far as possible.
- Cycle Your Carbs
Limit your carbohydrate intake for 4-5 days, and then boost carbs for the following two days. When you cut calories you lose fat, but when you cut calories and limit your carbs to 100 grams or less for 4-5 days, the body goes into a fat-burning mode that's influenced both by fewer calories and a favorable hormonal shift. When you reverse the process and increase your carb intake to 250-300 grams for two days, you drive your metabolism even higher. Just remember to keep protein intake high to conserve the muscle tissue you’ve worked so hard for.
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Nutrition
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Friday, 24 October 2008 06:02 |
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 Top 5 Pre Workout Nutrition and Supplement Tips.
Your pre-workout meal is quite an important aspect of your muscle-building routine. It'll supply you with your energy for your lift, which ultimately determines how the actual lift will go. Without adequate energy, your lifting intensity will suffer, which will result in less than desirable results. Read on to learn the best aspects and what is most important:
1.) It's crucial to consume a carbohydrate-rich protein meal about two hours before training, if you can work it in. Carbohydrates are critical for promoting muscle contraction and delaying muscle fatigue, especially during stressful exercise, as well supplying enough energy for you to get through your lift.
2.) Protein and essential amino acid (EAA) availability is vital before a workout as well—this can help lower muscle breakdown that's secondary to weight training. It'd be a good idea to take a whey protein shake, approximately an hour before you hit the gym. Throw in some almonds for an extra boost of carbohydrates to keep your energy up.
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Gain Muscle
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 22:44 |
The Science Behind Muscle and Muscle Fibers.
 Muscle is quite an amazing aspect of our bodies. Without it, it would be impossible to make any type of action, walk, talk, run or even make a simple gesture. Since muscle are so crucial, they are quite complex. Their self-healing, long-lasting, and are able to be improved by hitting up the gym and lifting weights.
Skeletal muscle, or striated muscle, is the type of muscle fiber you work out when you lift weights. Like the name suggestions, skeletal muscle actually attaches to the skeleton. The basic movement of any muscle is contraction. For example, when you're hitting bicep curls, you're using your brain sends a signal down a nerve cell to tell your bicep muscles to contract, and pull up the weight.
Muscles are made up of a bundle of fibers, and compared to other cells in your body, muscles are fairly large. Each muscle fiber contains many cylinders of muscle proteins, or myofibrils. These proteins allow the cell of a muscle to contract. Myofbrils contain two types of filaments that run along the long axis of the fiber.
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Fitness Articles -
Losing Weight
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Sunday, 26 October 2008 23:20 |
 5 Myths That Can Keep You from Fat Loss.
Continuously trying different methods of losing weight that simply do not work will not help you achieve your goal of losing the excess fat that you want to lose. It all boils down to eating better and keeping these 5 myths in mind.
1. Food labels tell the truth – The content (lies) that are included on food labels is not designed to tell the truth about the food that is inside, what it is designed to do, is sell that particular item. A good example would be in PAM cooking spray. We are led to believe that this item is fat free, after all that is what it says right? What would you think if you knew it was actually 100% pure fat? On the ingredients list you will very clearly see corn oil, and all oils are nothing more than fat.
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