Archive for April, 2009

is there any natural alternate to the critain and whey protein powder for the body building ?

Monday, April 27th, 2009

my coach guide me protein powder and critain. but i want to avoid such supplements. is there any natural way to make our body? any natural diet. i live in india, chandigarh.
plz help.

Dude, quit whatever your doing if your not going to take whey protein powder. Stop wasting your time, seriously.. I dont know anyone serious that doesnt take it.

Creatine you dont have to take if you dont want, but get some whey protein powder for sure. You can eat tons of protein after your workout like chicken, steak and all that, but it wont digest as fast as a whey protein shake and you need a protein to digest fast after you workout.

After your workout, you need to have a shake, and then have a good meal with a lot of protein.

How Helpful Are Body Building Supplements Anyway?

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Today there are quite a lot of people who are into body building or working out. Considering the appearance-conscious society that we live in today, many people are now going to the gym in order to have a great looking and healthy body. So, if you searching for a way to get that just right body that you can proudly show off at the beach, you should consider enrolling in fitness programs that is usually found in the gym.

The hard part about getting a great well toned muscular body like you might have seen some of the professional bodybuilder have in the gym is it takes a lot of work and discipline. You will have to stick to a very structured set of guidlines probably developed by your trainer. This can be difficult and trying at times. However one way to maximize your results and see the results of your efforts in the gym much more quickly is through the use of supplements. You have probably seen the big professional body builders in the gym right? Most of them are taking a wide variety of supplements to help them gain rock hard muscle quickly. There is no magic pill you will still have to workout regularly and stick to your diet but a supplement can improve your results.

These supplements can be used even by beginner body builders. If you want to see fast results, you should consider taking body building supplements that can help you see results at the quickest time possible.

Important Supplement Facts
Unfortunately there is no body building supplement currently on the market or in stores anywhere that will build muscle for you while you sit back on the couch and enjoy eating ice cream. Supplements are natural nutritional supplements that will help you in working out harder and recovering faster. However no supplement will do the work for you.

Be Careful About
There are many different types of supplements on the market and a wide range of possible effects that they might have. You therefore have to be careful and think about what you are putting in your body instead of just popping them in your mouth. You will want to stay away from any illegal body building drugs like anabolic steroids. These can have serious side effects and even do long term permanent damage to your body. It is best to stay with all natural legal supplements like you can purchase at GNC.

Most Effective Supplements
One of the effective supplements to start off with is Creatine. This is a natural supplement that you body already creates. Creatine is naturally created in your liver, pancreas, and kidney area and then it is transported to your muscles through your blood. Creaine is used by the body to restore any damaged muscles. Therefore following a really hard session at the gym you have broken down your muscles and basically torn or damaged them. There is some creatine in your muscles already and that is how the body naturally heals itself. However, by taking extra creatine in supplement form your body has more available and therefore the muscles can rebuild more quickly. Many people also report that they are able to workout harder then without the supplement. It is great at giving short boosts of energy and power while lifting.

Additionally you might want to consider taking a whey protein supplement. Obviously you naturally get some protein by just eating regular food on a daily basis. However, the body is only able to absorb so much of the protein when you are eating. By taking a supplement you can add to and enhance the amount of protein available in your body. As we all know protein is one of the major building blocks of the body. So after a strenuous workout when your muscles have been broken down by taking whey protein you provide everything your body needs to repair itself quickly.

There are many different effective body building supplements and as you spend more time working out talk with others in the gym and see what they use. Also if you have a personal trainer then talk to them about a supplementation program. As long as you are taking all natural supplements there is very little bad or harm your body. Just make sure you keep your supplements to a reasonable amount a little each day will do wonders but don’t over do it.

Sam Smith
http://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/how-helpful-are-body-building-supplements-anyway-107424.html

MuscleTech Cell Tech Packs Fruit Punch 14 Pack

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

MuscleTech Cell Tech Packs Fruit Punch 14 Pack
AKIC is the biggest bodybuilding breakthrough ever! It’s not like creatine, it’s not a stimulant, and it’s definitely not your generic pre-workout supplement. GAKIC is a patented pre-workout musclebuilding supplement that is unlike anything you’ve ever seen or tried before. After eight years of serious research, testing, and clinical studies, GAKIC has already created a buzz in an industry starved for musclebuilding supplements that are backed by real science. The good news is that there’s a whole heap of science to support GAKIC. This includes studies that have actually been published in well-respected publications such as Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. And guess what? These studies show the one thing that separates GAKIC from the countless sports supplements released every year: GAKIC really works.

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body building and shark theft

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

rosa vlogs about an article on the best body building moments and a thief who stole a shark from an aquarium for money. she is flipping hilarious. she is writing this right now. but you should still go watch. definitely.

Duration : 3 min 47 sec

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Bodybuilding Workouts!

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

One of the biggest frustrations of bodybuilding and personal trainers is witnessing gym members who work out for two hours or more, 6 or 7 times a week, performing the same using the exact same weight, sets, and repetitions. Instead of challenging their body to do more than it’s capable of, they simply go through the motions. While they do maintain their current strength levels, they never progress beyond this to become even stronger.

What Is Progressive Overload?

The term progressive overload involves gradually increasing the demand upon the muscular system in order to continually make gains in muscle size, strength, and endurance. In other words, in order to become bigger and stronger, you must continually lift more, forcing your muscles to work harder than they are used to. If you don’t, your muscles will not become any stronger or bigger than they currently are. Progressive overload is one of the foundation cornerstones upon which effective bodybuilding workouts are based.

You need progressive Overload!

Let’s say you perform 1 set of the barbell bench press at 150 pounds for 8 reps. As your training progresses, 1 set of 150 pounds for 8 reps becomes easier and easier. Although your chest muscles have become stronger since you first started training, they eventually stop getting bigger and stronger. This is because they have adapted to the weight you are using.

Continuously using the same weight, for the same number of reps, has diminished the need for the muscles to “try” and become bigger and stronger. The demands are simply no longer sufficient. Even if you continued performing 1 set of 150 pounds for 8 reps for the rest of your life, your strength and muscle size would never improve beyond a certain point. In order for your chest muscles to become bigger and stronger, you need to place more demands on them.

Ways To Create Progressive Overload

Unless you are content with your present strength and size, you’ll have to start applying various techniques to force your muscles out of the plateau stage during your bodybuilding workouts. The following are some of the easiest to apply. However, don’t introduce them into your workouts all at once.

Increase the resistance

This is probably the simplest way to employ the progressive overload principle. A good indication that you need to start increasing resistance is when you are able to perform more than your target repetitions. For example, if 10 reps is your goal, but you can easily perform 12 or 15, then you know it’s time to add more weight to the bar (or machine). Do not, however, make the mistake of sacrificing technique just so you will be able to lift more weight. Technique always ranks above weight when it comes to progress and safety.

Increase the number of sets

It won’t be long before 1 or 2 sets of an exercise becomes insufficient at increasing muscle growth. You should increase the number of sets to 3 or 4 around the third or forth week of your training. You’ll notice that you’ll experience the same degree of muscle soreness that you did when you first started working out.

Increase the number of repetitions

Don’t just stop at some random number. Always try to perform 1 or 2 additional reps on each exercise. Initially, you won’t be able to do extra reps without the help of a spotter. However, when the point comes that you can, you’ll know it’s time to increase the resistance during your bodybuilding workouts.

Split the body and increase the number of exercises

One of the primary disadvantages of the full-body routine is that it provides you with only enough time (and energy) to do one or two exercises for each muscle group. Eventually the muscles adapt to those same exercises and plateau. Training different muscles on different days will give you the time and energy to perform more exercises for each muscle.

Increase your training intensity

Increasing the intensity during every set means you can lift more weight and/or add more repetitions. This creates a more productive workout because your muscles have been forced to work beyond what they are normally accustomed to. If you have difficulty motivating yourself, a training partner can be a good external motivator. In addition, a workout partner can help prevent injury and alleviate any subconscious worry about dropping the weight.

Making Progressive Overload Work For You Take a good look at your current bodybuilding workouts and fitness goals. Which of these techniques will work most effectively in creating progressive overload for you? The techniques you chose should be congruent with your current bodybuilding goals. For example, if you are a pre-contest bodybuilder, muscular endurance or losing body fat is probably your primary goal. Therefore, you will probably want to increase the repetitions, rather than the resistance. Conversely if you’re an off-season bodybuilder your primary goal should be increasing muscle strength and size. The bulk of your training should be using as much weight for lower reps (i.e. 6-8). Determine what is important to you and what will improve your overall fitness standing

Bob Howard
http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/bodybuilding-workouts-19478.html

Body Building Supplement Guide

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Body building industry is a tremendously large industry. There are thousands of companies offering hundreds types of supplements to cope with this increasing demands of muscle building supplements. But what is the most effective bodybuilding supplement? Which one to take and which supplement are necessary?

This guide is to help assist you in choosing the best supplement you need, giving you the top ten bodybuilding nutrition supplement, body building supplement fact, cheapest and most effective bodybuilding supplement that you can find in the internet to assist you in the quest for your dream body. It does not matter whether you want to have a model body or want to join a body building competition, you have to start somewhere and build muscle first.

How to build muscle?

Basically in order to build muscle, calories in must be more than calories out. This is because muscles are living tissues and in order to build a living tissue, it must be built out of calories. I have heard a thousand times people saying build muscle and burn fat at the same time and I find that it is totally impossible because it just goes against Mother Nature. Having said that and clarified, lets talk about how to build muscle. A muscle can only be build if it is subjected to overload stress, which in layman terms we call it weight training, any form of it, in or out of the gym.

When we weight train, for example we want to build a huge big gun biceps, we need to stress the biceps with weights and over load it. When that happens, the bicep muscle actually has minuscule tears. Then with proper rest and nutrition, the muscle fibers will recover and then added size because the bicep muscle wants to protect its self against the stress load that it have been subjected before. So the process goes like this weight train, rest, nutrition and the growth! Without proper nutrition, the body does not have the raw materials to build on. Its like craving a sculpture with very little clay, there is nothing much to carve with!

The body must be in an anabolic environment to grow, and to provide that constant anabolic environment, proper nutrition is needed. But in these modern days full of pollution and chemicals, the quality of nutrition is not guaranteed in natural foods. Body building supplement can fuel the body with high quality nutrition!

Proper nutrition is one of the part where people find it the most difficult to take charge. Firstly, they do not know the facts and how regarding nutrition for muscle growth. They have been given wrong information and wasted a lot of time trying the wrong food and supplements and then secondly, it is the nature of their lifestyle and working environment that do not allow them to have access in these wonderful nutrition.

For example, if they have a hectic schedule or works in a factory that have no proper food served, their muscle gains will be interrupted. Hence, this guide is to tell you exactly what food groups and amount you need in order to achieve optimum growth and also the recommended and cheapest possible supplements that will help to achieve the best gains possible for you.

Why choosing the right body building supplement that is suitable for your body type, goals and lifestyle is crucial?

Well for example, even though 100 Percent Whey Protein Concentrate Gold is known to be one of the best brands around but it wont work for you if you have ectomorphs body type (the skinny body type and have small frame) but instead, getting a mass gainer with creatine in it would be the best choice. In additional, if you have an ectomorphs body type but have a tight schedule at work and eating regular quality meals is a problem for you, then it would be advisable to buy a weight gainer supplement or meal replacement that comes in convenient packs and bars.

You see, buying and choosing a body building supplement is an art itself. That is the whole purpose of this guide; to assist you in the nutritional aspect as well as the practical aspects as well because I am a user my self and I have been there and experienced the difficulty that you are going though.

Bodybuilding is an art and you need the right tools that can give you the edge to crave your masterpiece. The body that you have always wanted!

Chung Leong Yu
http://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/body-building-supplement-guide-106492.html

6-Week Female Bodybuilding Workout

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Try out this 6-week female bodybuilding workout to tone up your arms, legs and get a flat stomach. For more info on getting a sexy, strong and fit body – http://bodybuildingsecretsrevealed.com/vincedelmonte

Duration : 8 min 23 sec

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Relaxed Stance (Part Two) Posing for Natural Bodybuilders

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Watch Phil Sottile, Natural Bodybuilding Judge, Coach and Competitor explain the Relaxed Stance Pose.

Duration : 4 min 24 sec

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REMI GAILLARD AS A BODYBUILDER IMPOSTOR IN MISTER UNIVERSE

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Dangerously funny videos from France.
Rémi Gaillard www.nimportequi.com

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I am interested in body bulding and I am searching for a hormone to take to speed things up. should I take any

Monday, April 13th, 2009


I reckon most of the above are partially correct but they don't really address your question.

We are all aware of the side effects from steroid abuse (note abuse) Steroids or testosterone can be taken depending on type and dosage while being monitored by a doctor quite successfully. It's the monster bodybuilders and 'self medicaters' that 'stack' steroids daily who are likely to have complications and even die.

There is no one hormone aside from testosterone that will help you. HGH supplementation does work but only with a few products on the market- Most claim miracles – not really true. You do not take this until you pass 30. It stimulates the pitutary (sp) gland as it secretes less as we get older. It works and side effects are minimal – you must be under medical supervision once again.

Testosterone does work but using the same caution as above

Use – Creatine / Glutamine / L-Arginine / Whey protein

End of the day mate – eat good – workout hard – You'll look great