Incredible how everyone takes a particular study done on some type of diet (usually some form of a low carb / ketogenic diet) and will completely miss the boat on how to interpret it. Check out the latest article to see what I mean:
As this month’s M&F reports, MRSA (the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak) is a staph bacteria that has been infecting athletes and muscle-builders alike. Because of the sharing of gym equipment, spreading and contracting of this outbreak can actually be pretty easy to get….unless you take the obvious precautions. No, don’t avoid going to the local gym or recreational center if it’s going to mean you miss out on your all-important muscle building workouts. Do what you should be doing anyway to avoid germs and bacteria, constantly keep your hands clean, avoid touching anything you don’t need to touch, and keep a hand sanitizer near by at all times.
When it comes to trying to burn fat so that you can reveal all of the muscle you’ve built, one of the many things that so called experts recommend is to stick to the “browns” and to avoid the “whites” when it comes to nutrition. “Brown” referring to brown sugar, brown rice, etc. And, of course, “white” referring to white sugar, white rice, etc.
Well, Becky Holman reports in IronMan that brown sugar is not more healthful that white sugar. Your body processes both the same way. Molasses makes brown sugar brown, but the calories and carbs are the same.
I love this observation by Becky because it just goes to show even further just how ridiculous diet experts have gotten in what they suggest to eat and what to avoid. Like I’ve said a million times, whether you are trying to build muscle or to burn body fat it will always, at the end of the day, come down to straight up calories, regardless of the color of the food!!!!
Muscular Development cites a study down in the Journal Applied Physiology that explains why a lot of us lose a lot of performance in the gym when engaging in muscle building workouts when we begin to get real “hot under the collar”.
Lars Nybo from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark concluded that excessive increases in body temperature from working out intensely in the heat causes fatigue. Metabolism during exercise works by taking energy from food and converting it to energy the cells use to contract muscles, send signals, control fluids, and build muscle tissue, amongst others. However, the metabolism becomes inefficient as temperature increases, so the body attempts to cool itself by diverting blood to the skin and sweating. Unfortunately, the magazine goes on to report, this blood is no longer available to deliver oxygen to the exercising muscles, which results in fatigue.
High temperatures over longer periods in the brain disturb the capacity to contract muscles…..al which affect muscle building.
A ton of money is spent annually on the dietary supplement DHEA by individuals, especially older ones, looking to up their natural testosterone levels. But there’s a recent study that may prove different:
That’s right, even though everyone seems to make isolation exercises the “red-headed stepchild” in the muscle building / weight gain process, they build just as much muscle mass as any compound bodybuilding movement.
Don’t take my word for it: Here’s a quote from Markus Ruhl, one of the biggest IFBB professional bodybuilders ever, from a Flex interview: “The biggest mistake I see people make in chest training is assuming that flyes and cable crossovers are for definition and not mass building. Definition comes from diet and cardio; weight training is to gain mass. I never do an exercise that does not build mass, and that includes flyes and crossovers. I do them with full power….”
Markus, you have just made one of the most intelligent observations I’ve read a bodybuilder make. How refreshing!
Fiber is one of those substances that, although it doesn’t provide weight gaining or muscle building calories, does have an impact on your digestive, which, as I’m sure you know, has to process any food you eat to build your body. Well, two cups of beans 26 grams of fiber, which is exactly what most people recommend everyone should be consuming daily.
Knee wraps are one of the things that many weight lifters include in their gym when off to a weight gaining / muscle building workout. However, wraps can actually increase the chances of you causing some problems, as you can find out in the latest article:
Especially in freezing environments, hot cocoa is a very popular drink. Well, not only does it tastes great (if you don’t burn off your taste buds, tongue, or roof of your mouth from the lava-like temperatures), but it also is good for gaining weight and building lean muscle. Hot cocoa is full of anti-oxidants, over 500 mgs worth.
Just so you can appreciate how many mgs that actually is, green tea, which now-a-days everyone seems to be praising the skies out of, only has about 50 mgs. Red wine only has about 160 mgs (unless, of course, you’re one of those that can’t seem to stop drinking after the first glass…..lol).
CLA is one the more popular supplements out on the scene that claims to keep body fat levels low while you gain weight and build muscle. Well, read my latest article, Gain Weight Supplement - CLA May Not Be Worth It to read about a study conducted in Norway that shows other wise.
According to PAUL ELIAS and the Associated Press;
homas, the first figure connected to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative case to go to trial, shouted at the jury after being found guilty of three counts of perjury and a count of obstruction of justice. She was acquitted of two counts of perjury.
“I already had one career taken away from me,” she yelled, referencing her lifetime ban from cycling. “Look me in the eye. You can’t do it.”
Her father, who has sat in the front row of court during the two week trial, also raised his voice and said, “They can’t do it.”
Thomas then shouted and gestured at prosecutors: “Look me in the eye …. You like to destroy people’s lives.”
Thomas, prosecutors and jurors all had no comment.
Outside the courthouse, Thomas’ lawyer Ethan Balogh said he was disappointed.
“It is difficult for all of us who went through this trial,” Balogh said.
Legal experts said Thomas faces a prison sentence of between six months and several years. She is scheduled to be sentenced July 18.
The federal government steroids probe has ensnared a number of elite athletes, including home run king Barry Bonds, track star Marion Jones and former San Francisco 49ers player Dana Stubblefield. Investigators are also looking into whether pitcher Roger Clemens lied when he told Congress he never used performance-enhancing drugs.
Bonds is charged with perjury for allegedly lying to the same grand jury about never knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs.
Legal experts said Thomas’ trial offered Bonds’ lawyers a preview of what kind of evidence the slugger will face if his case goes to trial as expected. Two of Bonds’ attorneys, for instance, watched the government’s lead steroids investigator testify.
The investigator, IRS agent Jeff Novitzky, is expected to play a starring role for the government during Bonds’ trial, which isn’t expected to begin until next year.
Novitzky testified that Thomas’ lies hindered the federal investigation of drug maker Patrick Arnold, who prosecutors wanted to indict in 2003 but had to wait another three years to amass more evidence because of the cyclist’s perjured testimony.
The jury found Thomas guilty of falsely telling the grand jury that she had never taken steroids and had never received any performance-enhancing drugs from Arnold, who pleaded guilty in 2006 to making two undetectable steroids.
Thomas made her denials even though she was banned from cycling for life in August 2002 after the performance-enhancing drug Norbolethone was detected in her urine.
The drug, once an obscure steroid used in human tests in the 1960s, was rediscovered by Arnold, who supplied the Burlingame-based BALCO with undetectable performance-enhancing drugs.
Prosecutors also showed jurors Thomas medical records that showed she grew a full beard and underwent dramatic voice changes that a doctor diagnosed as side effects of heavy steroid use. Arnold also testified that he sent Thomas the steroids THG he invented at least once.
Thomas is the ninth BALCO figure to suffer convictions. Eight others, including Jones and BALCO founder Victor Conte, have pleaded guilty to various charges of perjury, drug and money laundering charges.
In addition, track coach Trevor Graham has pleaded not guilty to lying to federal agents about giving steroids to athletes. Graham’s trial in San Francisco federal court is scheduled to begin May 19. Graham helped spur the original BALCO investigation when he mailed a vial of Arnold’s designer drug also called “the clear” to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
MY TAKE: Once again we have another big time athlete being accused of taking steroids that are usually taken for muscle building / endurance purposes. As always, innocent until proven guilty.
That’s right, don’t listen to all of these new age health nuts who are recommending fasts, detoxes, and colon cleanses. Read my latest article to find out why:
Isometric training, where you hold your muscle in the fully contracted, “flexed”, position, was found in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research to be just as effective on muscle performance as plyometric training, yet without the risk of injury from impact that’s often associated with plyometrics.
In my opinion, isometric holds are very effective at not only muscular performance, but also at stimulating muscle building and gains in body weight (with the addition of proper caloric intake).
The speed at which to perform and complete your repetitions during an intense weight lifting set is an area of much confusion….the big fast vs slow reps debate. Well, take a look at my latest article and find out what two very important studies have revealed:
NBC is reporting that the second season of the hard hitting, muscle-bashing extraveganza known as American Gladiators is not only increasing in muscle-vibe, but also in venue as well. Taping are going to be at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, has about 13,000 seats around the arena.
The official list as to who the Gladiators will be has not been released, but as soon as it is made public you’ll be able to check it out here.
You’ve heard it a million times, you shouldn’t eat salt because it will raise your blood pressure. Well, large scale scientific reviews have shown that there’s no reason for people with normal blood pressure to restrict their sodium (salt) usage.
It’s been known for 20 years now that people with high blood pressure who don’t want to lower their salt intake can simply more potassium-containing foods, since they keep each other balanced out. Dutch researchers determined that a low potassium intake has the same impact on your blood pressure as high salt consumption.
Good sources of potassium are fruits, vegetables, and legumes….such as bananas, white potatoes, spinach, and broccoli.
According to a column in Men’s Health, both high fructose corn syrup and table sugar contain similar amounts of fructose. For instance, the two most commonly used types of HFCS are HFCS-42 and HFCS-55, which are 42% and 55% fructose, respectively. Table sugar is almost chemically identical, containing 50% fructose.
This is why the University of California at Davis, continues to report the column, scientists determined fructose intakes from both HFCS and table sugar. The truth is, there’s no evidence to show any differences in these two types of sugar. Both will cause you to blur your muscular definition and will result in weight gain when consumed in excess, but of the bad kind.
Just watch what you drink, such as soft drinks, sweetened fruit juices, and prepackaged desserts (unless, of course, it’s your higher calorie days….yum).
Read the latest article I’ve written on how water can possibly give you a small help in keeping your body fat low while you go after muscle building and weight gaining:
Yes, NBC’s highest rated new show is coming back for a second season, starting on May 12th. There will be some replacements of the professional Gladiators and some of the actual physical events (which I’m happy about getting rid some of those obstacles). As to which pro Gladiators will be cut is yet to be made public. I do know for sure that Militia will remain, since I was able to personally meet and speak to him at this year’s Arnold Classic Fitness Expo, in which he mentioned that to me. I also had the pleasure of meeting Wolf, Justice, Titan, Sirene, and the women’s runner up Shanay.
…use the stairs to get rid of fat. The stair stepper causes minimal injury risk. One way to burn fat or keep fat at a minimum while you focus on gaining muscle weight is to stay out of the elevator and off the escalator. Walking up stairs burns more calories than playing tennis or jogging. Just adding two flights of stairs to your normal physical activity each day could lead to a fat burning effect and weight loss of 12 pounds in one year.
Again, even though muscle building is your main goal, you still have to keep body fat in check…..this is one way how you can accomplish this.
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According to MuscleMag, a new study published in the Journal of Food Science revealed that boiling or steaming broccoli could deplete its Vitamin C stores by 34% and 22%, respectively. When boiling or steaming, the nutrients end up in water ,which people usually pour down the drain. To boost broccoli’s benefits, switch to microwave instead.
Microwaving preserves more than 90% of the vegetable’s Vitamin C, an important cancer fighting nutrient, continues to report MuscleMag. Microwave your veggies without adding water so that they cook in their own juices. To ensure they cook evenly, stir halfway through.
The more vitamins you’re body can utilize, the more muscle building and weight gain you’ll grab a hold of.
According to the American Council on Exercise, stretching is an important aspect of your weight lifting routine aimed at building muscle and gaining weight. Instead of heading straight to the showers after your intense workout routine, take a few minutes to work on your flexibility. Stretching moves are very important in increasing your range of motion, releasing muscle tension and soreness, reducing your risk of injury and increasing physical and mental relaxation. Stretch slowly with no bouncing whatsoever. Remember to breath throughout the movements.
The more agile your muscles are the easier it will be to create a good pump and burn needed to build muscle mass naturally and gain weight fast.
According to The Tan Sheet, some supplements contain prescription drugs that could be dangerous or get you busted during a drug test. In the past few years a significant number of weight lifters were caught for taking the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone, also known as Deca or Deca Durabolin. Those who are informed know that this particular anabolic steroid can stay in blood system for more than 6 months after stopping usage, mainly done for muscle building and weight gain purposes.
However, what was found in some of these cases was that these trainers took bodybuilding supplements contaminated (known as “spiking”) with small amounts of nandrolone. The Food and Drug Administration, also known as the FDA, announced that it plans to step up efforts to eliminate illegal ingredients in food supplements and enforce regulations against supplement makers who make unsubstantiated health claims for their products.
I know, I know. You’ve heard it over a billion times that you must drink water and to all of its benefits. Well, hey, here’s one more for you.
According to a column in Mens Health, water is a powerful lifting aid. University of Connecticut researchers discovered that men who hydrated with water before lifting completed 17% more reps per set during a lower body workout than thirsty exercisers.
Turns out, your nervous system slows your muscle activation when you’re not adequately hydrated, continues to report the column.
My take: I completely agree with the fact that the majority of us do not drink enough water. The advantages that water provides are way too many not to drink it. I mean, c’mon, it’s free (unless you’re foolish enough to shell out $2.00 for tap water just because it comes in some fancy looking water with a beautiful water fall on the label). Water is one of the few substances that can actually make a difference in your muscle building / weight gain goals.
In my latest article I discuss some of the reasons that muscle building workouts can have the side effect of getting rid of chronic pain without the use of NSAIDs or other painkillers.
Read the new article here:
Get Rid of Chronic Pain By Weight Lifting
According to a column in MuscleMag International, researchers have discovered that eating garlic appears to boost our natural supply of hydrogen sulfide, which acts as an antioxidant and transmits cellular signals that relax blood vessels and increase blood flow. Boosting hydrogen sulfide production may help to protect against various cancers, including breast, prostate and colon cancer. Higher concentrations of hydrogen sulfide may also protect your heart.
The downside of a garlic-rich diet, continues to report MuscleMag, is that to take advantage of all of its benefits, you’d have to consume 8-12 cloves every day. You could simply add garlic to every meal you eat throughout the day, but you’d have to deal with the bad breath that comes with eating it. Maximize garlic’s health benefits when cooking with it by crushing the cloves at room temperature and letting them sit for about 15 minutes to allow the trigger of an enzyme reaction that boosts garlic’s healthy compounds.
Hey, even though your primary objective may be muscle building or gaining weight naturally, you must have healthy heart that will pump nutrient-rich blood to the working muscles.
On Saturday the 23rd of February, Biggest Loser Trainer, Kim Lyons and IFBB Pro Bodybuilder, Gunter Schlierkamp will be at the grand opening of the Max Muscle store in Denver, Colorado. There’s even a possibility that Phil Heath perhaps may make an appearance, being that he is the newly crowned IronMan Pro champion and is from the Denver Area.
It’s unbelievable how everyone has made carbs public enemy #1……….then wonder why they can’t gain any muscle weight.
Read my latest article to have more light shed on this matter:
Latest muscle building article
According to a column in MuscleMag, olive oil is touted as being healthy for your heart, but it is also beneficial for your stomach. Researchers at Valme University Hospital in Seville, Spain, combined virgin olive oil with H. pylori, which causes most peptic ulcers and come types of stomach cancer, in a test tube containing acid similar to that found in your stomach. The oil killed eight different strains of the powerful bacteria, 3 of which even antibiotics couldn’t defeat.
Olive oil’s high level of polyphenols is credited for the results.
My take: hey, anything that keeps your digestive system and internals organs running smoothly is always going to bode well for your muscle building / weight gaining goals.
This weekend, professional bodybuilder Phil Heath won in decisive manner. Adding at least 15 pounds of new muscle in the last year, definitely bringing up body parts that he considered needed some working on, such has his shoulders, is now laying to rest any doubts to whether if he is the next big thing in bodybuilding or not. Amazing how someone who has only competed in 3 or 4 professional bodybuilding competitions, yet has won 3 of them.
There are some pros that compete for years and years on end and never rich the top…….much less as quickly as Phil Heath. Stay tuned for more to come with this individual, namely, the fast approaching 2008 Arnold Classic.
Here are the results of this competition:
15.Ray Arde
14.JoJo Ntiforo
13.Khalid Almohsinawi
12.David Henry
11.Will Harris
10. King Kamali
9. Troy Alves
8. Toney Freeman
7. Eddie Abbew
6. Desmond Miller
5. Johnnie Jackson
4. Silvio Samuel
3. Mo Elmoussawi
2. Gustavo Badell
1. Phil Heath
According to a story at FoxNews.com, Aditya “Romeo” Dev of Phagwara, India, is a little person who is only 2 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs not even 20 pounds, yet he causes a lot of stir on a daily basis when he works out at the local gym.
In 2006, after months of intense exercise, the Guinness Book of World Records named Dev the smallest bodybuilder on the planet.
It’s individuals like Aditya that are true inspiration, because he doesn’t let anything stand in his way of reaching his muscle building goals. If someone that only weighs 20 pounds and is less than 3 feet tall can engage in a healthy weight gaining (of muscle, of course) lifestyle, why not all of us.
Two quick news bits for today’s Muscle Weight Gain & Muscle Building Blog:
First, there’s been two very tragic deaths recently. According to reports by GetBig, Dr. Bruce Nadler, who has assisted several competitive bodybuilders, is said to have shot and killed his wife Terri, and then turned around and committed suicide. This is said to have occured in the Park La Brea area of Los Angeles on Saturday. Both individuals were 61 years old.
And in lighter news, the muscle building radio show Professional Bodybuilding Weekly has announced that on tonight’s episode they will be talking legend Bob Paris, and will be discussing the upcoming IronMan competition.
If you’re like me, sleeping can be a task onto itself. Many of us have a degree of difficulty in getting good night’s sleep. Sleep, without a shadow of a doubt, is very important because it is an essential piece of the muscle building - recuperation puzzle.
Magnesium MAY help some individuals sleep better. This mineral helps the body produce melatonin, which is a substance found in the brain that tells the body to “chill out”. Some recommend to take 200 mgs in the late evening.
According to GetBig.com, Erik “The Viking” Fromm was found dead at his Wisconsin home last night. It has not been found out or made public what was the exact cause of his untimely and sudden death. Erik was a consistent top 10 NPC Super-Heavyweight Bodybuilder.
Erik has appeared on many advertisements and photos in leading bodybuilding muscle magazines. He was only 36 years old! Incredibly sad and tragic, to say the least. More will be posted on this Muscle Weight Gain & Muscle Building Blog as it’s released.
According to GetBig, IFBB professional bodybuilder Desmond Miller has been released from his duties as a contributing writer for the magazine Muscular Development, in which he wrote a monthly column, where he detailed what was going on with his training and competition preparations, as well as some question and answer sections.
Although he may no longer be writing for the magazine, he’s still competing in the upcoming winter / spring shows.
According to a column in MuscleMag, as long as you don’t damage your joints with excessive weights, increasing your quad strength can help protect the cartilage behind your knee caps. Knee cartilage deteriorates over time and leads to osteoarthritis.
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic, continues to report the same column, found that people who had stronger quads had less cartilage loss in the patellofemoral joint. So remember, hit those lunges for not only building muscles in the hams and quads, but for long-term knee health!
Competitive bodybuilder Eddie Moyzan was recently arrested for steroids to an undercover Pennsylvania State trooper, according to the sites pennlive.com and Nj.com
Apparently he tried to sell the trooper the anabolic / weight gaining / muscle building steroids dianabol and Anavar.
This investigation was started to uncover the alledged selling of steroids at Gold’s Gym in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
This week we see the return to the air after a several weeks long break of Professional Bodybuilding Weekly, hosted by Dan Solomon and Bob Cicherillo. On this week’s show they interview Phil Heath to discuss the upcoming Arnold Classic, a contest in which he is one of the favorites to win it. Also, they speak to Nasser El Sonbaty, speaking about many controversial topics. And last but not least, they also have bodybuilding legend Boyer Coe.
Over at MD Radio, they speak to the lively Jimmy “The Angry Bull” Pellechia, Dr. Victor Prisk, who discusses with the gentlemen the status of the reattachment surgery Mr. Olympia runner-up Victor Martinez had, and also IFBB Pro Mike Quinn, who speaks to them about many happenings that went on back in the day when he was still actively competing.
IFBB Professional bodybuilder and runner up in this year’s Mr. Olympia, Victor Martinez, is officially out of the upcoming Arnold Classic, a contest most had him winning.
Flex online, Dave Palumbo, and other credible sources are reporting that Victor Martinez he had to take himself to the hospital to undergo an MRI because of tremendous pain in his left knee from warm up lunges during a workout training session. Apparently he suffered some major tears to his ligaments and has undergone surgery.
We all hope he heals up soon!
Here’s another installment of the series of articles I’ve been sharing on this blog concerning the deception perpetrated by many bodybuilding supplement manufacturers. This one quotes individuals on the “inside” of this industry or that have tested the label claims.
Check out the article:
Muscle Building / Weight Gain Supplements: A Tale Of Two Industries
According to the January / February issue of Mens Health, coffee can keep your arteries from clogging. While analyzing the cholesterol levels of 10 coffee drinkers, Swiss scientists found that LDL (which is the “bad” cholesterol) particles soak up coffee’s antioxidants. As a result, the LDL is 20% less likely to become an oxidized form of the bad cholesterol that develops into artery-clogging plaque, according to Cristina Scaccini, one of the study’s author.
The benefits are up to the consumption of 3 daily cups of coffee. Hey, even decaf gives the same benefits!!
Yet another reason why coffee has got to be one of the most effective, cheapest, and most available muscle building / weight gaining / health promoting substances on earth.
According to MuscleMag International, massages help overworked muscles bounce back faster by alleviating soreness and reducing swelling. According to Australian researchers, if a strained muscle is massaged within 3 hours of the onset of pain, it will be approximately a third less sore and swollen 3 days later than it would be without the massage therapy.
Massotherapy has many, many benefits and advantages to help repair, recover, and eventually build muscle mass…..plus it can really help with stress relief and relaxation.
Wilhelm Schanzer, who is the head of the International Olympic Committee drug testing program, investigated 100 of the most widely used nutritional supplements. Well, he found that 16 of them actually contained the anabolic steroid known as Deca Durabolin, aka Nandrolone.
Also, researchers out of Denmark discovered that supplements such as BCAA’s CLA, creatine, and glutamine, among many others, were some of the most popular supplements to be laced with illegal ingredients.
As explain in one of the articles I posted up on this muscle building blog, this is done to make unsuspecting users think that the supplement works, in fact what’s working is not the advertised supplements, but in fact, the illegal ingredient, usually some form of anabolic steroid or prescription medication that can be used for fat burning, like Clenbuterol. Once people catch wind that this supplement supposedly works, and that reputation gets around, then the stop putting the ingredient that actually works in the batches, and purchasers are left with a pile of garbage for a supplement.
In the latest Muscular Development, a very interesting comment is made about how prohormones are toxic and many have side effects similar to anabolic steroids. The thing is that prohormones, being ingested by mouth, must pass through the liver before it can hit the blood. This can negatively affect the liver. This is in contrast steroids that are injected, which bypass completely the liver, thus, not having much of an effect on it all.
As the column states, prohormones are actually more toxic and possess more side effects than real injectable anabolic steroids. Amazing, huh!!?
As reported by GetBig, the bodybuilding supplement manufacturer BSN is being sued by Michael Rivera and Dan Abell. They are alleging that BSN claims that some of their supplements contain CEM3 (Creatine Ethyl Ester Malate), when in actuality, according to Rivera and Abell, they don’t. The two gentlemen also are claiming that BSN does not have a patent on this substance, even though the company says they do.
On the flip side of things, BSN has released an official response to these allegations, claiming that the accusations being brought against them are completely false. In the statement, they also go on and mention some awards they have recently won, that you can’t believe what’s said on the message boards, and that they have in fact filed a patent for CEM3 (Creatine Ethyl Ester Malate).
I’m sure we’ll soon see how this all develops, especially being that BSN has quickly become one of the main players in the dietary supplement industry, endorsing such excellent athletes like Ronnie Coleman, Monica Brant, Anthony Presciano, Trey Brewer, Brandon Curry, Anthony Galvan, and Julian Greaux.
Many, if not most, that try to burn body fat fast, or keep body fat levels in check while going through a muscle building / weight gain phase, make drastic adjustments to their food intake in order to get or stay “cut / defined”.
This could be one of the worst things you could do.
Huge drops in calorie levels can cause your body to do exactly what you don’t want it to do, which is to slow the metabolism down in order to keep up with the drastic cut. The body does not adjust well to mega calorie cuts in a diet, especially if done for more than a couple of days.
When the body senses that there is a much less amount of calories being supplied to it, the metabolism slows down to be able to continue to function at the new, lower level….all of which make it even harder to burn fat and results in losing that hard gained muscle mass.
Beware Of Those “Before” & “After” Supplement Ads!-pt 5
That’s the title of the latest installment to this series of articles on the topic of the dietary supplement industry and the practices they don’t want the public to be aware of. In this edition, you’ll see some specific products / companies and the major lawsuit brought upon them and eforced by none other than the Federal Trade Commission!
If you were wondering why you aren’t getting the kind of muscle building effect from those supplements that their ads claim, you’ll want to read this article!
I’m sure you’ve experienced the difference between weight training in complete silence and working out with your favorite, heart pumping music. It can literally make a difference in whether your training session would have been a waste of time or if will stimulate building muscle mass on your body.
Well, IDEA Fitness Journal details a study done by the University of New Mexico in which British researchers found that listening to music raised the intensity of exercised exerted by those being tested. The athletes felt that the training session was less stressful while jamming away than when in complete silence.
Hey, now I have a legitimate excuse to explode my sound speakers with loud music and annoy the neighbors………”It’s backed by science!!!!”
Did you realize that the “proprietary protein blend” you spent so much money on is probably one of the biggest, most unscrupulous tactics that some nutritional supplement manufacturers use to “get one over on you” and make a much larger profit off of unsuspecting individuals?
There’s even a name for this, it’s called “fairy dusting”. You’ve got to check this latest article I’ve just posted….you might not look at your ingredient label the same again:
Fairy Dusting Of Ingredients In Muscle Building Supplements - pt 4
When upping your muscle building efforts, it’s very important to not fall into the big at all costs trap, making yourself eventually look like the Pillsbury Dough boy.
Recently, a study conducted in the Netherlands didn’t not find a relationship between consuming dairy products and weight loss, even though this is what has been getting hyped up lately. In their experimentation, that observed more than 2000 males and females. Blood sugar, blood fats, and abdominal fat wasn’t positively affected by higher consumptions of dairy products.
As a matter of fact, dairy products has the effect in many to “blur” their muscular definition, basically covering up any muscle building progress they may have been making from their workout routines and nutritional intake.