Archive for the 'Bodybuilding' Category

Jay Cutler video

Jay Cutler showing off his monster body back in 2007. Very nicely made video.

The effects of fast food on your bodybuilding goals

I’m sure you’ve heard the expression: ‘you are what you eat’ and that is true to a certain extent. If you overeat, you’ll become fat. If you under eat, you’ll become skinny. But, if you eat a burger once in a while - you will not become a burger (not even once in a while.)

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Anabolic effects of estrogen for muscle gain

Estrogen is considered a dirty word among bodybuilders, especially those looking for chemical enhancement with steroids. Estrogen is considered a “female hormone” and therefore is thought that it should be reduced dramatically. Bodybuilders will often take aromotose inhibitors or SERMs in order to reduce the effect of estrogen in the body while taking testosterone.While reducing [...]

High cholesterol may have muscle-building benefits

For years, doctors have routinely reminded their patients to lower high cholesterol levels. Now, a new study suggests that having cholesterol levels that are too low might actually lead to a reduction in muscle gain during exercise.High cholesterol is linked to coronary heart disease and an increased risk of heart attack.
But the study, conducted by [...]

Progesterone gyno

Bodybuilders have used Trenbolone and have found themselves developing gyno even though it doesn’t convert to estrogen. Gyno, also known as gynecomastia ( male breast growth), is often considered to be the result of estrogen. However, Tren has the unique ability to cause gyno without actually producing estrogen.
Role of Progesterone in causing gyno:

Utilizing bodybuilding basics to achieve succes

Bodybuilding is the sport of developing muscle fibers through the combination of weight training, increased caloric intake, and rest. Competitive bodybuilders display their physiques to a panel of judges, who assign points.
The sport is not to be confused with strongman competition or powerlifting, where emphasis is on actual physical strength, or with Olympic weightlifting, where [...]

9 tips for building muscle

Here are nine tips, for building muscle. These could help you!

Workout at least 3 times a week.
Stick to compound lifts such as barbell squats, bench press, power cleans, deadlifts.
Workout for only 45-60 minutes.
Make sure you get atleast 7-8 hours of sleep every night.
No alcohol. Or at least keep it [...]

Dumbbell rows for a bigger back

One of the most popular exercises in serious gyms is the dumbbell row. It’s an easy lift and works the large muscles of the upper body, producing far less lower-back discomfort than a barbell row.
The dumbbell row works the large latissimus dorsi muscles of the midback; the teres major, or upper lats; the middle and [...]

Nutritional Travel Strategies

More and more the biggest challenge my clients face is sticking to their nutritional plan while on the road. Therefore in this article, I’ve compiled a list of my top 10 favorite strategies for maintaining your nutritional discipline when traveling.
Strategy #1 — Location, Location, Location
If you’re planning to take to the road for sport or [...]

5 Food Rules to Break

It goes like this: A client looking to lead a healthier life hires me, a nutritionist, to help him improve his diet. I analyze what he’s been eating, factor in his food preferences, and together we create an eating plan that fits his lifestyle and goals. Soon after, he’s noticeably leaner and more energetic–a happy customer.
That’s when [...]

Two-egg diet cracks cholesterol issue

Research published in The European Journal of Nutrition this week has finally cracked the myths surrounding eggs and cholesterol. The new study showed that people who ate two eggs per day, while on a calorie-restricted diet, not only lost weight but also reduced their blood cholesterol levels.
A research team from the University of Surrey headed [...]

Not enough sleep? Creatine keeps you alert

Creatine does about the same for your brains as it does for your muscles, according to a study from the British University College Chichester, which appeared last year in Psychopharmacology. Just as creatine enables your muscles at the end of your sets to make a few extra reps, it also helps tired brains to think [...]

For stronger biceps, train your legs

The best way to develop more strength in your arms is to train them together with a large muscle groups such as the legs. This theory was put forward by sports scientists at Odense University, Denmark, in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. Training large muscle groups results in anabolic hormone peaks [...]

The anabolic effect of dirty films

Watching pornographic film clips increases the concentration of the anabolic hormone testosterone in the body and lowers the level of the catabolic hormone cortisol. Post-adolescent workers at Ergo-log.com read about this in an eighteen-year-old study, in which Scottish endocrinologists got eight male students to watch pornographic videos for twenty minutes. The researchers [...]

Working Out In The Heat

We’ve all been there: a hot gym on a hot day, when the air conditioning has broken down and all we have to cool us is a bottle of water and a towel. Whether you’re on the treadmill or in the powerlifting pit, the heat is tough. Researchers want to help fix that.
German researchers conducted [...]