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The Easy Way to Get in Shape; Pop a Pill…Take a supplement

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

Sick of torturing yourself from dieting and spending hours at the gym? Do you sometimes wish you could warp a 100 years into the future to get a scientific miracle drug (or operation) that give you the exact body type you desire? How fun and easy it would be if you could buy a magic supplement bottle and pop a pill?
Well guess what, we have a WONDER supplement that will solve all your problems. For only $79.95 you can have a model hot body overnight and never even have to break a sweat! Just call 1-800….
Okay enough of that bologna…. Sorry for the harsh reality but there currently exists no supplement, drug or pill that will get you in shape without a proper exercise program and diet (unless you own a time machine).

However if you are an a Olympic athlete and other average joe/jane looking to get in better shape using the proper sports supplements can help you maximize your potential. You don’t necessary have to juice up or take some sort prescription power stimulate. The basic supplements of Creatine (especially Creatine ethyl ester), nitric oxide (or the more powerful nitric ethyl oxide), caffeine and BCAAs can do wonders if you time them right
1. Creatine Ethyl Ester
You would have to be living under a rock if you haven’t heard about Creatine. But what you should know there are many different forms of Creatine, some better than others. The traditional Creatine monohydrate was effective at building muscle. However it came with a lot unwanted side effects including cramps, water retention and bloating. To be completely effective it also had to be ingested with a large large amount of carbohydrates Not exactly a great idea if you are trying to lose bodyfat. However the new Creatine ethyl ester does not require excess carbs to maximize efficiency. Creatine ethyl ester uses “ester orb” technology to make the supplement more lipophilic. This modification of the original creatine has a much better absorption rate and longer half-life than the original.
2. Caffeine
The most widely used drug of the 20th and 21st century. So why waste time with supplements when you got a Starbucks right around the corners? Coffee is just as effective as the traditional caffeine right? Wrong. There are different forms of caffeine, especially caffeine anhydrous in pill form. Caffeine can sharpen your mental acuity, increase your endurance and there has even been recent evidence that it will immediately increase max bench (by 1.5%). Opt for caffeine anhydrous which is purest form of creatine for maximum absorption and effect. There are many excellent pre-workout supplements that have contain caffeine anhydrous.
3. Protein
Protein is a gift from God when it comes to calorie consumption for athletes and bodybuilders. Protein only contains 4 calories per gram compared to alcohol (7 calories) and fat (9 calories). Since it’s slow digesting it usually wards off hunger in dieters and is essential for muscle recovery.

To get your protein you could be like Sylvester Stallone in Rocky I and down your egg whites at 5 AM. You could also gulp gallons of milk (which contains the slow digesting casein….great before bedtime). However wouldn’t it be easier to mix some powder in water? Pure 100% whey protein is very extremely important before and after strenuous workouts. Try opting for a whey protein that contains whey isolate, micro ultra filtered whey concentrate, whey peptides and all the essential amino acids.

4 NE2 – Nitric Ethyl Ester

A few years ago l-arginine boosters emerged as a viable bodybuilding aid. It was discovered that the dilation of blood vessels could help aid with muscle recovery, endurance, muscle “pump” and increases in the strength and endurance. So far l-arginine supplements have been best thing since creatine. There are even further modifications such as arginine ethyl ester that uses ester orb technology to only further enhance the potency of this supplement.

5. BCAAE2 –Branched Chained Amino Acid Ethyl Ester
If you are working hard in the gym or training hard in your sport you will likely encounter the problem of muscle catabolism. Overtraining, lack of rest and proper nutrition can be counterproductive and actually strip you of your hard earned muscle gains. To combat this you need all of the supplements above plus BCAA (branched chain amino acids). BCAAs aid in muscle recovery and also help activate the growth hormones, IGF-1 and can reduce cortisol secretion preventing muscle breakdown. There now an even more powerful form of branched chain amino acid supplements called BCAA Ethyl Ester . This product contains Ester-Sorb technology to help improve the absorption. The supplement also contains a potent matrix of L-Leucine, L-Isoleucine and L-Valine.

Okay are you ready to empty your wallet on these 5 supplements? Doing so well ensure that you will that have beach model body in 24 hours….done deal.
Don’t fool yourself. The word supplement means just that; to “enhance” or “add to”. It cannot and will not help you obtain your goal unless you are doing everything else correctly. That means resistance training, cardio, dieting and rest. Easier said than done. However if you are serious about losing that flab and getting stronger/bigger you must first set a solid foundation of a consistent training program. After you found your base (and most serious bodybuilders and athletes already have) don’t forget the details i.e. bodybuilding supplements.

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BIO:
The author Chad Klingensmith is a professional athlete and a certified personal trainer. Do you have questions for Chad? Email him at fitnesschad@gmail.com. You can also learn more about Bodybuilding Supplements at www.axislabs.net.

Portable Fitness Equipment

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Since I first began personal training in 1985 people have stated basically the same goals: To lose fat and gain muscle, improve athleticism, heal the body, increase movement skills, spend little money and train whenever and wherever they wanted.  I am pretty sure you want the same, but there’s a problem. Maybe you travel, it’s hard to get to the gym, or maybe you don’t like the gym and/or you can’t afford to build your own machine laden gym at home? So what do you do? Well the answer has been here for over 30 years. It’s portable fitness equipment, yes, you heard me right? Portable fitness equipment has evolved, it’s not what you may think anymore, like the light resistance bands or ankle weights they use in aerobic classes. No, today portable fitness equipment is literally all you need to get into the greatest shape of your life. Whether your goal is basic overall fitness, strength, conditioning OR high level sports performance you can get it all with portable fitness equipment.

How do I know this?  It is all I have ever done and all that my dad Bobby Hinds has ever done. My Dad started the beginnings of portable fitness equipment with the beaded jump rope and training program in 1973, which sparked the Jump Rope for Heart program. He followed it up in 1976 with the first ever Portable Gym. Back in the day people thought my dad was crazy…still do? , but he was way ahead of his time. He saw a huge need for people to stay in shape while on the road, traveling, working out at home or outside. He knew that not everyone wanted to workout on machines, or had the money, time or drive to workout in a gym or inside for that matter. So, he took it upon himself to change it and the fitness world has never been the same.

Today, portable fitness equipment can do everything you desire in your fitness training: YOU CAN get stronger, leaner, improve athletic performance, heal & prevent injuries, increase movement skills, spend little money and train anywhere you want, anytime you want!!! Portable fitness equipment can also allow you to follow an online training program, almost like having your own personal trainer!  Because of all of these tremendous benefits, portable fitness equipment is a common term in the fitness industry.  I feel my Dad and his company, Lifeline USA, are a huge reason for portable fitness equipment being such an integral part of the fitness industry today. I have always believed in portable fitness equipment, so much that I opened up my Monkey Bar Gymnasium in 2001. It is the first hard core strength and conditioning training facility in the country that uses ONLY portable fitness equipment!

“Full body anywhere, anytime training is all we do and all we’ve ever done” says Monkey Bar Gymnasium, Certified Natural Trainer, Jessica Rucker. “We teach movement mastery first and then add resistance via portable fitness equipment. Using Resistance cables, Kettlebells, Jungle Gyms, Med & D-balls, Jump Ropes, Power Push ups, Power Jumpers, Vertical Jumpers and Power Wheels all add more challenge to basic bodyweight movements, thus taking them to the next level. It’s clearly the main reason everyone who trains with us either online or at the Monkey Bar Gymnasium is incredibly fit”.

So what exactly is portable fitness equipment? Any piece of exercise equipment that you can easily pack and take anywhere in the world and get a tremendous workout. That is why my dad’s first Portable Gym’s tag line was “a gym in a bag”.  Portable fitness equipment gives you a great workout, not just an okay one.
IT WORKS!! A workout with really good portable fitness equipment improves your strength (functional muscle), conditioning (leaner body), sports performance, agility, mobility, stability, strength and power.  Want proof, At the Monkey Bar Gymnasium we AVERAGE 17 lbs of fat loss and 5.4 lbs of muscle gain over the first 60 days of training…did I mention, only using portable fitness equipment!

More Proof. On a recent road trip, Jessica and I brought along all of our favorite Portable Fitness Equipment, a Power Push Up, Jungle Gym, TNT Cable, Power Wheel, Power Jump Rope and even the new Lifeline Kettlebell. Yes, the Lifeline Kettlebell.  This may not be a true piece of portable fitness equipment, but it is a heavier version,  it still is portable and definitely is fitness equipment.  On our road trip we really put all of the portable fitness equipment to the test.
   
Could we drive more than 3,000 miles & get great workouts at the same time? The answer was definitely YES!!  Every hour we drove, we  stopped and did a killer set with each piece of equipment. One hour we did a set of squat & presses with the TNT Cable, the next hour a killer set of chins and rows with the Jungle Gym, the next hour 100 doubles jumping rope as fast as possible, the next hour 40 snatches each arm with the Lifeline Kettlebell. Honestly, it was amazing!  Each set only took us 3 minutes!  When we would get back in the car we felt incredible! We were totally energized and ready to go and looked forward to the next hour and what we would do. By the end of the day, we had without question, gotten a heck of a workout and we were both tired but very satisfied in knowing that we not only can do these workouts anywhere at anytime, but that working out with Portable Fitness Equipment is the best way to attain ultimate fitness.
 

    “The World is your Playground” workout anywhere / anytime (AA), indoors or outside!!!


Lets lay out a Backpack of Portable Fitness Equipment for you to workout AA!!

1) Jungle Gym: Pure bodyweight training: chin ups (assisted to kip ups), push ups, dips, rows, flys, assisting pistols /1 leg squats, leg curls, runners, core rollouts and lots more. One piece of equipment that can do full body training for strength & conditioning! Weight about 1.5 lbs, fits in pocket.

2) TNT Cable: Pure resistance training: squats, full extensions, cable cleans, presses, Russian twists, diagonal chops & lifts, resisted running & backpedaling, 1 arm punches, rows and lots more. Weight about 1 lb., fits in large pocket.

3) Power Jump Rope: Pure conditioning training: probably the single best tool for overall full body conditioning. Weight 1.5 lbs, fits in pocket.

We put them all together in the Portable Monkey Bar Gym.  It even includes a comprehensive training DVD.

Add more fun to your BackPack with the following:

The Power Push up: Voted Best piece of exercise equipment by Mens Fitness. Can adjust from 20 to 270 lbs of resistance for your push ups. Weight 2.5 lbs., fits in backpack easily.

The Power Jumper: The Best Jump Training device on the market…and it’s portable? Get the Jump Training DVD, it’s great. You can do all lower body exercises with it too. Athletes average 6-8” improvements over 12 weeks of training. Weight 2.5 lbs, fits in backpack too?

A Note on the Resistance Cables – 3 big points:

1) Non-Fixed ranges of motion - meaning you must react and balance the resistance, this improves motor function and performance greatly.

2) Progressive variable resistance – as cables lengthen they increase in resistance, creating an excellent balance as your leverage becomes greater, it becomes greater!

3) Adjustable resistance – in seconds you can lighten or increase the resistance. This means you can match bodyweight movements with precision resistance, can load or resist up to max loads thus giving covering all levels of strength training from endurance to power.

In general portable fitness equipment is in a league of its own.  It’s accessible, light weight and convenient but yet can generate max resistance loads if needed or maximum challenge of exercise if needed, it literally can do it all!!  With portable fitness equipment you never need to stop your workouts because of business trips or vacations and working out at home with $1,000.00’s of dollars of bulky equipment has become a thing of the past. Compare that with a mere $100 or so for all of the above listed portable fitness equipment.  You can use portable fitness equipment to perform online training with any of the great sites out there, and achieve incredible results! 

If you are interested or have any questions in our portable fitness equipment go to Monkey Bar Gym and have fun!  You can also join our online training, which includes daily workouts, nutrition, goal setting charts, videos of all exercises, all previous workouts, and workout & nutrition journals as well. So now you can train with us, anywhere, anytime, using our same Monkey Bar Gymnasium portable fitness equipment.  Look forward to our Road Warriors Training DVD coming soon!

Train hard my friends,
Jon Hinds

Bodybuilding Supplements and Creatine Fact Guide

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Bodybuilding supplements are the substances that help in the growth of the muscle and especially used by athletes and weight trainers. Creatine is also used as body building supplements. Creatine is the organic acid which occurs naturally in the body and supplies energy to the muscles. In case of short burst of energy like lifting weights creatine is very effective in providing energy. Researches have proved that creatine helps in proper functioning of brain and reduces mental tiredness. Creatine helps in drawing water into the muscle cells and thus makes them larger, which is also called cell volumization. It is thought that creatine causes bloating or water retention inside the cell. Thus creatine is the key factor in intracellular water retention.

The natural sources for creatine are kidney meat, red meat, offal etc. Creatine are commercially sold in various forms like creatine ethyl ester, creatine monohydrate, creatine malate etc. each forms varies from other in prices as well as in required doses. Over use of creatine can have stressful effects on kidneys and can have really harmful consequences.

Various types of Creatine Facts

Fact 1 is the most popular body building supplement to maintain fitness and for building the body muscles. This supplement enhances anaerobic performances.

Fact 2 is the monohydrate form of creatine, which acts as a precursor to phosphocreatine. This is an organic compound present in muscle tissue. The creatine monohydrate aids in storing energy and providing the energy whenever muscular contraction is needed. This supplement enhances phosphocreatine levels in muscles, which helps the muscle to work more as they act as energy reservoir.

Fact 3 is also creatine monohydrate , which acts as a energy reservoir of the muscle cells. This is an odorless white-colored crystalline powder, which appears colorless and clear in solution.

Fact 4 supplies energy to the skeletal muscles. Approximately ninety five percent energy of body is supplied from skeletal muscles. The remaining five percent of body energy is scattered to the muscles of other part. The greater part of this energy is concentrated in the brain, heart and testes. A skeletal muscle can not produce creatine but can utilize the creatine generated in kidneys and liver.

Whenever dietary consumption of creatine is less in that of your body, a limited supply of creatine is possible by the intake of body building supplements.

The Science Of American Sports Nutrition

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Athletes living in america often end up winning many international competitions. They seem to be more physically gifted, more powerful and have top class resistance. According to themselves their main ingredient is hours of training. A little bit less knownis their choice of diet that makes them so lean and powerful.

So what is in this american version of sports nutrition? I will elaborate some on their diet and nutritional balance in order for you have further strength and energy when you exercise.

What if you could heighten your performance and power up your muscles? A good place to start is the creatine that is an ingredient on most in American sports nutrition.

This substance will grant you better energy to work out longer and with greater intensity and help you produce great results. Creatine can also assist in recovering quickly. This supplement is helpful for any athlete who does weight lifting or any other activity requiring quick bursts of energy, like sprinting for example. You may be able to do more before you become fatigued.

Your body converts this extraordinary nitrogenous organic acid into adenosine triphosphate (or atp), which is the energy of our cells, and stores it into the mitichondria of each muscle cell providing it reserved energy. Every muscle contraction is powered by atp, so we are able to do more because of the unspent atp. This can boost your power for sports and lean muscle gain.

The substance you are looking for for is 100% pure pharmaceutical grade creatinh monohydrate. The recommended dosage is 1000 grams. Creatine do not have any additive and filters, and this chemical is found naturally in many foods so it is practically safe. it will also not affect hormonal levels.

Whether your final cause is for championship athletic performance, pure lean muscle or prolonged endurance, creatine is the suplement you need. As an added bonus it has cardio protective qualities. Creatine from American sports nutrition is the best way to fortify a sound diet and sporty lifestyle.

The importance of protein

Another important component the American sports nutrition whey protein. It is a high quality, lactose free and predigested protein. This nutritional supplement is an abundantnatural source of high potency essential amino acids.

If your goal is a boost of muscle strength, look no further than american whey. The ion-exchanged whey protein in this supplement is what is most readily absorbed by your body.

American whey protein also has few calories, have a favourable taste, and is easy to mix with rice, milk and water. It also comes in a multitude of enjoyable flavors.

There are many contemporary diets available similar to American sports nutrition that utilizes protein as the mainstay of their nutritional diet. Examples of these are the American whey wild berry, American whey creamy vanilla extreme and the American whey double dutch chocolate .

The only difference is in the dosage as you take them but the results are practically the same. Certain types of thes require a high degree ofquantities for the supplement to work. And it also requires to be taken in at regular intervals, when feasible you would follow the diet each and every day.

Like you probably see by now, in the American sports nutrition doctrine, the main nutrient given consideration are proteins.

So what is in proteins that make them so crucial in the nutrition of Americans? Proteins are the main body builder nutrient. Protein works on the assembly of muscle cells. Protein also participates in muscle contraction or in setting in motion muscles.

As a frame of reference on protein content, the average American consumed 20 grams of protein every day from eating grain products. This is the equivalent of 22.2 percent of the days total protein intake.

If you aspire to have bulkier, leaner and more functional muscles, you should really bunker up on proteins before and after your training. That is why protein is so influential not exclusively to athletes but also to normal people as well.

As a curiosity, protein also contributes to the height of a person. If you desire to be as tall as some americans are, you must include a lot of protein in your diet or at least use the supplements that American sports nutrition offer.

At the end, we must prompt the mind that it is not only a question about the nutrition we receive but it is how we get it and when we get it. There are certain ocations when the nutrients we get will build up our performance and boost our metabolism. American sports nutrition goes for these optimum times so that our body can make the most of it and help us stay in great shape and build up our muscles.

How female body builders can build more muscle mass naturally.

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

If you are a female body builder aspiring to develop your body and eventually enter your first female body building contest, you are certainly aware that you’ll need to do your homework in order to reach the desire amount of muscle mass and definition required. Building muscle is like building a house, you need to have a plan and work on that plan and finally one day you see the finished product of all your hard work. A female body builder can train much the same way as a male body builder. The only thing is that a man is generally stronger therefore can handle more weight than a woman body builder.

The female body builder needs to develop a good training routine. It would be a good idea to get a trainer for the first few training sessions so that she learns the correct way to do the exercises and the correct way to use the gym equipment.

How do the hormones work to build the muscle of the female body builder?
Men and women produce exactly the same hormones, only in different amounts. It may come as a surprise to know that women’s ovaries primarily produce testosterone, from which estrogen is then made. This ovarian production accounts for one-quarter of the total circulating testosterone in a woman’s body. Testosterone is one of a family of hormones called androgens

To raise her muscle building hormone level, a woman body builder must always train with 100 % effort and intensity. If the female body builder wants to see real muscle gains, she must be willing to push herself to the limit in the gym everytime.

Diet to boost testosterone level in female body building:
Oysters is loaded with zinc mineral and should be a food in your top food group. Zinc does many important things in the body, but one of them is to help create more muscle and thereby boost testosterone levels for the muscular development of the woman body builder. Chicken will also give the woman body builder a goodly amount of protein.

The egg yolks contain cholesterol and testosterone is produced from cholesterol, therefore consuming egg yolks would be a good way to get the important building blocks for testosterone for the female body builder.

Now, don’t be too concerned about clogging up your arteries, most people don’t realize that actually 85% to 95% of your cholesterol is made by your liver, and not from the foods you eat. Eggs yolks also contained other essential nutrients and vitamins.

A compound in garlic called allicin is one of the the best natural ways to raise the levels of muscle building hormone in a woman body builder. Allicin breaks down easily, so do get real garlic, not the supplements which often don’t have any active allicin left to raise any testosterone level. Broccoli and Cabbage can also be a great natural testosterone boosters because they contain Indole-3-carbinol.

I don’t have to remind any woman body builder to limit her consumption of alcohol and cigarette. Alcohol has been shown to have quite a dramatic effect on testosterone levels. Also make sure to get adequate sleep every night. A lack of sleep contributes to cortisol production, and this will lower your testosterone levels.

Among the best natural ways to raise testosterone levels is exercise which should be of short duration and high intensity in order to boost human growth hormone production and keeps testosterone levels peaked for the female building her body. Obviously not everyone can exercise this vigorously, so make sure you talk to your doctor before you do.

The woman body builder will focus on high intensity exercises which require large muscles of the body such as leg squats and bench presses. In conclusion, if you follow the tips above which will raise your natural testosterone level. You will therefore be well on your way to build the mass and the definition required to win the next female body building contest.

The Muscle Asylum Project

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Launched in October 2007, The Muscle Asylum Project’s groundbreaking range of body building supplements has caused a stir within the industry for all the right reasons. Stating their aim as turning men into beasts, with a view to eventually become freaks of nature, The Muscle Asylum Project has encouraged potential consumers to use the products if their muscle building obsession borders on psychotic.

It’s not all macho talk. A significant amount of scientific research was conducted in order to create the final product. By utilising nutramolecular theory, The Muscle Asylum Project’s Rapid Wave Pulse Technology – developed specifically to heighten micronutrient transport – was born. This breakthrough product has been released in the form of six different muscle building supplements – Altered State, Anabolic O.D., Arson, Freak Fix Muscle Whey, Creadex and N.O. PlasmaCore. These products are recommended only to body builders.

Product Missions

Altered State – Taken in the form of a nitric oxide (N.O.) pill, this supplement was designed to bulk up the muscles and boost strength. Altered State differs from other N.O. products as it is not time-released and is instantly absorbed by the body post-consumption. Claiming to be “the most powerful nitric oxide pill allowed,” Altered State transports anabolic factors directly to the muscles and contains no drugs or banned substances.

Anabolic O.D. – Made up of hyper-anabolic compounds, Anabolic Optimal Dose is a post-workout creatine system designed to repair, strengthen and expand muscles. Taken in the form of powder, The Muscle Asylum Project recommends pairing this supplement with N.O. PlasmaCore, followed by a dose of Freak Fix Muscle Whey about half an hour later. Anabolic O.D. is simple enough to use; just add water to one scoop of powder.

Arson – This product is a fat burner that works by increasing levels of noradrenaline (the body’s major fat burning hormone) by up to 40 per cent. Claiming to shed away excess fat to reveal the ripped body underneath, Arson is easily consumed as a heat injected serum capsule. The recommended dosage is one serve (three capsules) twice a day. One of the two serves should be taken immediately before a workout.

Freak Fix Muscle Whey – Not your average whey-based supplement, Freak Fix is made up of 100 per cent pure whey protein. Most effective when consumed post-workout, Freak Fix contains over 30 grams of protein and a 6450 mg anabolic hit in just one serve. The Muscle Asylum Project also states that their scientists went a step further to ensure that Freak Fix Muscle Whey is one of the best tasting protein supplements out there.

Creadex – This muscle synthesising creatine pill has been developed to support the body’s natural supply of creatine, with a view to strengthen and expand muscles. Containing only the purest ingredients such as Creatinol-o-phosphate and Beta-alanine, The Muscle Asylum Project recommends teaming up Creadex with Arson and Freak Fix for optimum results. Recommended dosage is four tablets twice daily.

N.O. PlasmaCore – Designed as a pre-workout energy boost, N.O. PlasmaCore is a nitric oxide formula that delivers intense anabolic hits to the body and assists in muscle building. Containing 64 pure indredients, The Muscle Asylum Project assures consumers that N.O. PlasmaCore will enable them to get the most out of their training sessions. This supplement is available in seven different blends; VasoRush, Alpha-Gain, Aminocyl, THERMOMAX, NeuroShock, Beta Max and Growth Force.

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Build Muscle Fast – Bodybuilding Supplements Can Help!

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

If building your muscles fast is what you desire, apart from your training schedules, you can also take in body building supplements. Supplements serve the main purpose of giving the body any nutrients that it may be missing thus correcting any weak link in the biochemical chain. However, no supplement or combination of supplements is going to fix a bad diet and/or bad training routine. With that word of caution let us see which supplements are best for you and how they work.

Creatine is by far the most popular supplement as to date. It is a carrier molecule for phosphate. The creatine monohydrate supplement that one takes is converted to creatine phosphate in the muscles. Again, when the muscles store creatine, more water is also stored in the muscles in order to maintain homeostasis. This causes the muscles to appear fuller and can allow for the gain of up to 10 lbs of lean mass in a matter of about a week! Initially, this mass gain is almost entirely water but if creatine supplementation is continued the body begins to respond to the equilibrium shift by building more muscle.

Glutamine is the primary amino acid found in muscle tissue. If you are under heavy training, then the availability of glutamine gets depleted because of the constant state of muscle repair. For this reason, supplemental glutamine can drastically decrease recuperation time leading to better results. Glutamine also works well with creatine by increasing the volumizing effect.

Tribulus can also be named as one of the effective body building supplement. The best products are those that combine Tribulus with other products like ZMA, vitamin B-6, and Avena Sativa. The added products seem to increase its effectiveness and the duration of its action.

For those who don’t really have trouble putting on weight but may need a little extra protein for gaining muscle mass there are the protein powders. Take for example the Whey protein. It is comprised of reasonably short chains of amino acids making it very quick to digest and get absorbed. It also seems to have a close to ideal ratio of amino acids to support muscle growth.

A general multivitamin or multi mineral supplement can also be added to your list. Because of some bodybuilder’s very restricted diets and repetitive consumption of the same foods they are at particular risk of developing deficiencies. These supplements can make up for this risk.

Last but not the least is enough intake of water. Water is the most important component of muscle mass. It comprises up to 73% of the mass of muscle tissue! It is what muscle is primarily made of. This is one of the reasons why liquid supplements (i.e. protein drinks) are so useful. They flood your muscles with the two prime components: protein and water. So, when you prepare your list of supplements, do not forget to place this one on the top of your chart.

Market today is flooded with products which advertise dramatic results, but before relying on any of them, it is always best to get complete information and previous users’ feedback on the product.

LENRAY S.A. and MUSCLE Group LLC announce MUSCLE product placement to GNC Costa Rica.

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

July 27th, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Steve McCoy, President
Muscle Group LLC
E-mail: info@iwantmuscle.com
Phone: 877 8 MUSCLE
Office Number: 888 99 MUSCLE

LENRAY S.A. and MUSCLE Group LLC announce MUSCLE product placement to GNC Costa Rica.

“We are pleased to bring what we believe is a great product to Costa Rica. In particular to GNC Costa Rica. We believe that MUSCLE is a perfect fit for GNC shelves, as it provides GNC’s well recognized and respected enterprise another great offering to its customer base.” Oscar Ortiz Cuadra “Business Development” LENRAY S.A.

MUSCLE was created to assist the athlete with muscle gain and weight loss. This product has application from the aerobics room to the weight room all the way to the field of play. MUSCLE has been used by the likes of US based UFC fighters Tito Ortiz, and Chuck Lidell, and by Costa Rica’s Boxing Champion Carl Davis, Soccer star Kurt Bernard, Miss Fitness Ingrid Roldan, and local Basketball sensation Henry Martinez.
Fitness is a very important aspect to all of our lives. This product assists with the enhancement of our bodies daily performance. Look for MUSCLE on your local GNC shelves today.

If you would like to learn more about the organization, our website is located at www.IWantMuscle.com To contact us directly with questions, please call (506) -866 5739 or email OscarOrtiz@IWantMuscle.com

Burn the Fat and Feed the Muscle program from Tom venuto

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

burn the fat and feed the muscle In what way to lose weight in a permanent way, with the following program “burn the fat and feed the muscle.

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Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle turned out to be the most detailed book on nutrition and muscle building I have ever read. Burn the Fat, Feed The Muscle covers every aspect of nutrition you can think of. Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle, created by Tom Venuto, is the #1 best selling diet and fitness ebook. Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle is a 340 page book, and to buy the eBook you have to endure a long sales letter, and the hype is a tad overdone. Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle reveals a lot of common sense approach and facts. Burn the fat feed the muscle continues below 1. Burn the fat feed the muscle 1. Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle and cover great training programs on both aerobic and resistance training, and is highly intensive aimed for optimal result. Burn the Fat 0 points Add to this listGrab this list. Burn Body Fat without wrecking your metabolism. Burn the Fat Feed The Muscle consists of 17 chapters, and each of the chapters is divided into many smaller sections for easier reference. Burn The Fat shows you exactly why it’s fat you must lose, not “weight” (which includes muscle, water and other lean tissue) and then goes on to show you exactly how to do it. Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle does a very good job of training a person to think, eat and exercise towards a healthier lifestyle. Burn the fat feed the muscle continues below. Burn the fat feed the muscle Article continues below 1.

Weight Loss Industry is simply a very big money grabbing industry. Weight Loss Diets have a feeling of Hunger, craving for fatty foods and high discipline attached to them. Weight Loss Tips Never diet yourself as you are only eating the right foods.

Body fat is the result of many influences. Bodybuilders as we know ill endorse anything if paid. Body Building DietAdvice.

Lose weight with a regular diet or lose weight with pills or what ever is not a permanent solution.

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Why Is This Natural Compound The World’s no.1 Best-Selling Muscle Growth Supplement?

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

If you’ve been working long and hard in the gym but find
that it’s weeks or months since you saw any appreciable
gains in strength or muscularity, you may well get used to
hearing that these sticking points are entirely normal and
that there’s no alternative to working ever harder until your
body somehow miraculously trains its way through the problem.

But unfortunately when it comes to activities such as lifting
weights, body-building, field athletics, sprinting or contact sports,
the idea that “more is better” simply doesn’t work. The problem
is that the stronger you get, the more intensively you need to train
to maintain your progress, placing huge demands on the energy
reserves in your muscles and your body’s powers of recovery.

So this can be an intensely frustrating time. Your progress has
inevitably slowed, yet if you try to force the pace beyond your
body’s recovery ability you risk ceasing to progress altogether,
and may even find yourself getting weaker.

Not surprisingly then, strength and power event athletes have
searched desperately for anything that might help them get past
this barrier – even turning in large numbers to the illegal and
highly dangerous, but often extremely effective anabolic steroids.
But those sensible enough on grounds of ethics or self-preservation
not to go down this route needed something else.

The isolation of creatine, a 100% natural substance that seemed to
mimic the effects of steroids therefore produced enormous
excitement. While even now the science behind creatine remains
to some extent in its infancy, the key to its importance seems to lie
in its relationship with another compound in your body called
adenosine-tri-phosphate (ATP), which is the vital source of energy
your muscles need when engaged in an intensive, quick burst activity
such as lifting weights or sprinting.

The problem is that in most people supplies of ATP are exhausted as
quickly as within 10-15 seconds, to be replaced by the useless by-product, adenosine-bi-phosphate (ADP). Amazingly enough, it seems that the creatine stored within your muscles can then convert the ADP produced by this process back into ATP, producing more energy for your muscles, rather in the way that a car turbocharger works.

More energy in your muscles means the ability to perform longer, harder workouts, which can’t help but dramatically accelerate your gains in strength and power – always provided of course that you allow adequate time for recovery. And although less well understood, there is evidence that creatine can enhance the process of protein synthesis by which your body repairs and strengthens muscle tissue, potentially reducing the necessary recovery time between workouts.

Creatine is produced in the liver by the synthesis of three essential amino acids – arginine, methionine and glycine and around 95-98% of your body’s supply is stored in the muscles – typically in a concentration of around 3.5-4 grams per kilogram of bodyweight.

So the crucial question was: would supplementing these natural levels enhance creatine’s effects? When research indicated that the answer to this question was yes, it was no surprise that creatine quickly became the biggest selling sports supplement of all time. In fact as long ago as 1988 more than $200 million worth of creatine products were sold.

But a couple of cautionary words are necessary. Some of the marketing behind this astonishing figure has been ethically dubious to put it politely. It has to be stated that creatine is definitely not some miracle formula for superhuman strength. You’re not going to be able to pop a pill and sit back on the couch with a pizza while your body quickly and painlessly transforms itself into that of an elite strength athlete.

Creatine may dramatically enhance the results of your workouts, but in no way can it be a substitute for them. If you want the results, you still have to put in the work, a point by the way, which is often forgotten, but equally true of anabolic steroids.

Secondly, creatine seems only to be really effective for certain kinds of physical activity; those which demand muscle strength, bulk and explosive power. The benefits have proved much harder to assess in the case of endurance events such as long distance running, swimming cycling or triathlon, although there is some evidence that creatine may help in slowing down or reducing the build up of lactic acid, the substance that causes that characteristic and painful burning sensation as your muscles fatigue during exercise.

Remember, too, that creatine occurs naturally within the body, and as with other such substances the amounts vary from individual to individual. So understand that if you’re one of those who naturally produce high levels, further supplementation may produce little or no benefit. Conversely, if your body produces only moderate to low amounts, a good quality supplement may well produce very rapid developments in your physique.

The only real way to tell which category your body falls into is to give it a test drive with this new muscle fuel supplement. A month of supplementation, combined of course with regular tough workouts, should be enough to find out whether creatine’s going to help you.

Steve Smith


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