Fitness Tips Guide

All Proteins Powders are Not Created Equal

Protein is an essential nutrient required by everyone on a daily basis. Proteins are made up of two types of amino acids, essential and non-essential. Non-essential amino acids can be synthesized by the body from other amino acids, but essential amino-acids like phenylalanine cannot. Out of the 20 amino acids, 8 are considered essential and the only way to obtain the essential amino acids is directly from the foods/supplements we consume.

Big Bad Chest here's how !!!

The reality is that there is nothing complicated about building an impressive chest. The bottom line for huge chest gains is consistency, effort and steady progression in weight and repetitions. There are no shortcuts to any place worth going, and a huge chest is no exception. Some are genetically blessed with well-developed pectorals, and for others their chest lags behind. Either way, hard work and dedication is the most important factor.

Branch Chained Amino Acid BCAA - Maintain Muscle Mass

Branch chain amino acids (BCAAs) leucine , isoleucine and  valine  are the most important proteins required by the body for building and maintaining muscle tissue. But does everybody need them and in what quantity?

Thanks to increased energy demand, muscle break-down and subsequent repair, the protein turnover of strength and endurance athletes is much higher than in the average Joe. BCAAs stimulate the growth of muscle through protein synthesis, which basically builds muscle protein leading to muscle growth. During intense exercise, levels of these amino acids fall, a decline that contributes to fatigue during long training sessions or competition. Luckily BCAA's increase energy for workouts while reducing catabolism of muscle mass–especially if taken during exercise.......

Creatine Saftey !

Within the past five years creatine has emerged as the top selling nutritional supplement in the world. Creatine sales totaled over 400 million dollars last year alone! There is good reason for the increase in creatine sales: it is safe and it works! There are a great number of studies touting its effectiveness. However, over the past few years some have questioned creatine saftey. This has led to a large-scale spread of misinformation among the public about creatine....

Good Eating !!

 Before we get into how to most efficiently go about your bulk cooking, let’s discuss the benefits of organizing your food prep into once or twice weekly “food prep marathons.” Each of us needs to decide how to best utilize our resources — primary among these is time, money and determination.

To begin, let’s look at a few different scenarios. Imagine that you are a person of exceptional wealth. You have inherited a considerable fortune that allows you a life of leisure. If you are in this rare group you would have adequate time to pursue your bodybuilding dreams. You could afford to hire the top personal trainers and nutritionists to design your programs.

Hamstrings

Strong, Sexy Legs!!

Okay in the previous article we dealt with predominantly the quads so now we need to work the back of the legs “hamstrings”. Quite often we don’t pay much attention to the hamstrings and just through in leg curls and possibly stiff legged dead lifts to our leg workout. I like to split the hamstrings / glutes into a workout of their own as lets face it this is the area which can as we get older or out of shape start to resemble hail damage.

 

Having strong and shapely hamstrings compliments and balances out the quads, helps tone the butt and makes the difference between good legs and fantastic legs. On a bit more technical level, rather than just concentrating on the cosmetic appeal of strong hamstrings, having strong hamstrings can help with lower back problems.......

HUGE Triceps in a nutshell !!

Every bodybuilder wants huge guns. Let's face it – what good is a bodybuilder with small arms? Fielding jokes about "spaghetti arms" and "pea shooters" isn't fun. Fortunately, not many guys are opposed to training their arms, and as a result, there are a lot of pretty good sets of biceps out there.

On the flip side, though, many of these future Mr. Olympias don't have much in the way of triceps mass. Here's a little secret, though: The true path to giant cannons is by building your triceps. Well-developed biceps look great, but you can't walk around hitting front double bi's all day long. Triceps are what fills up shirtsleeves. Flexed or not, triceps are the ticket to looking huge, no matter what you're doing.

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Massive GUNS!! Everybody wants them !

This program is designed to get you on the road to bigger, stronger arms that will get the attention they deserve. Warming up before starting this or any other training program can reduce your risk of injury and also help you make the most of your workout. You'll work your arms only once each week for eight weeks.

Every two weeks, you'll vary your exercises to keep your muscles stimulated. For each training week in the schedule (except weeks 5 and 6), you'll do an exercise for biceps followed immediately by an exercise for triceps.

Performing a series of two exercises with no rest between sets, also known as a superset, is a great way to increase workout intensity. After each biceps/triceps superset you can take a two-minute rest before beginning another superset. You'll do a total of 5 supersets (1 warm-up and 4 working) consisting of 6 to 10 reps for each exercise.

Weeks 5 and 6 of the program are a bit different because you won't be supersetting your exercises. You'll do 5 regular sets (1 warm-up and 4 working) of 6 to 10 reps for each exercise before moving on to the next exercise. You can rest for about a minute between each set. Once you've completed the eighth week of training, take a week off of training arms. After your week off, you'll be ready to begin another eight-week arm cycle, starting at week 1.