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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 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.

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!!!!”