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[05/28/2008]	The Egg Way or the Whey Way? Confused? Well if you're not a bodybuilder or fitness enthusiast than you probably are.
[05/28/2008]	Three Biggest Mistakes Beginner Bodybuilders Make Bodybuilding or weight lifting offer the potential of having an Adonis type physique and being the envy of all ones friends. Walking through crowds of people and being admired is a huge motivating factor for people drawn to the sport.
[06/03/2008]	The Secrets to Building the Body you Want Bodybuilding can get confusing and down right frustrating. Everyone is an expert, one guy tells you to do high reps the other guy says low reps and heavy weights. This article helps simplyfy the art of Bodybuilding.
[06/23/2008]	Magic Pill For Weight Loss Is there a magic pill out there that can help us lose unwanted bodyweight?
[06/03/2008]	Keep Hard Earned Gains During Off Cycle! After busting your butt and putting your body through the rigors of being on an "ON" cycle, the last thing you want to do is lose all those hard earned gains. This articles tells you how to keep them.
[07/21/2008]	Training Got you Feeling Tire, Flat and Brokendown? Neglecting The Proper Use of Recovery Supplements Can Be The Cause Of Your Doldrums __________________________________________ Pre-workout supplements like Super Pump 250 by Gaspari Nutrition, or Methyl EFX by Nutricor Labs are excellent performance enhancing products that will have you raging through your work-out like a caged wild animal. These types of pre-work out supplements are literally ALL THE RAGE among most guys going to work-out because the results they produce are pretty much immediate - you can “take” them, and wham - 15 minutes later YOU’RE HYPED, PUMPED and ready to TEAR DOWN THE WALLS! But what about Afterwards when all the glitz of the gym is over and your at home chillin at the house.
[07/24/2008]	Are you Getting the Most out of your Cycle? If you’re currently taking, or plan to take, steroids or prohormones then I have some important news for you. If I told you that you may be able to get more quality lasting gains than you ever thought possible by incorporating an amazing new product into your cycle, would you be intrigued? If so, you might want to read on.
[08/06/2008]	THIS “OLD SCHOOL” PROHORMONE DOES MORE THAN YOU REALIZE! DHEA ( Dehydroepiandrosterone ) THIS “OLD SCHOOL” PROHORMONE DOES MORE THAN YOU REALIZE! * Studies suggest that DHEA: - Slows or reverses the aging process - Assists in fat loss while increasing lean body composition - Increases neuronal ( brain ) function - Strengthens the immune system and protects against diseases
[11/07/2008]	Post Workout Nutrition POST-WORKOUT DONE RIGHT It’s not like you walk in the gym, find nearest equipment and start working out. You systematically select which equipment you want and on which days. The numbers of reps and the number of sets are heavily thought about. A lot of time goes into planning your training. So, the last thing you want to do is leave the gym and not accomplish anything. The most important thing to realize is that your training doesn’t end once you leave the gym. One very important phase is still there: post-workout recovery. The two hours immediately following a workout, the hormones and enzymes that contribute to repair and muscle growth are at their highest levels making your body extremely receptive to nutrients. Take advantage of this opportunity! Put together a supplementation and post-workout plan and make serious gains in your journey to a top-notch physique. POST-WORKOUT FOOD AND SUPPLEMENT PLAN 1. Right after you train, consume a post-workout supplement that has simple carbohydrates and quick digesting protein. You should already know that you need those 2 ingredients after your workout, but how should you do it? The most recent studies show that these 2 ingredients with quick digesting protein (whey protein isolates and/or hydrolysates) and simple carbohydrates are absorbed faster than whole foods. Bring it up a notch and use the convenience of a pre-made drink. Since the drink is in liquid form, it can be fully absorbed with 30 to 60 minutes providing the nutrients you need at the highest speed possible. Whole foods may take up to 3 hours to reach your muscles. 2. Get your creatine craze 30 minutes after your workout. Creatine can help boost your strength and muscle size, but studies have shown that creatine can speed recovery time after training. Creatine can inhibit muscle breakdown if you increase intracellular water retention and “hyperhydrate” your cells. If a fast recovery time is what you are after, it’s most important that you take your creatine within 30 minutes after your workout. 3. Eat a high-protein wholesome meal within two hours after your workout. You already have your carbohydrates and your quick-digesting protein. You already have your creatine. Now is time for your meal! Choose fresh fruits, vegetables, whole-grain cereals and breads, lean meats, egg whites, etc. Before you run out of your two hour post-workout time, you need a healthy and hearty meal to make sure you have enough energy for your next trip to the gym. Don’t lose everything you just trained for! Make this post-workout plan a part of your daily routine after you hit the gym. You will have a fast recovery and your muscles will be ready to go whenever you are.
[11/20/2008]	Glutamine? Not So Boring after all! L-Glutamine is definitely well regarded by most everyone in the bodybuilding and fitness enthusiast community because of it’s well documented scientific research. But personally, I always thought of it as only a kind of “boring” recovery supplement and an immune booster. Although improving recovery and boosting the immune system are important, they don’t really excite me as subject matters as much as do topics like Anabolic Growth and Performance Enhancement etc. The Bodybuilding Benefits of the Conditionally Essential Amino Acid L-Glutamine may be more exciting than you think! Think GROWTH HORMONE & POSITIVE NITROGEN BALANCE! _____________________________________________________________ L-Glutamine is definitely well regarded by most everyone in the bodybuilding and fitness enthusiast community because of it’s well documented scientific research. But personally, I always thought of it as only a kind of “boring” recovery supplement and an immune booster. Although improving recovery and boosting the immune system are important, they don’t really excite me as subject matters as much as do topics like Anabolic Growth and Performance Enhancement etc. L-Glutamine deserves a much deeper look by all of us who train regularly with moderate to heavy weights, since the above mentioned aspects of glutamine ( recovery and immune boosting) are only a part of an overall, much larger “BENEFITS PACKAGE”. Discovering these other parts to L-Glutamine’s “Benefit Package” is akin to you discovering that you have an extra week of paid vacation at work that you didn’t know you had coming to you! In short, L-Glutamine’s Body Building benefits are in my opinion - very underappreciated.( The reason for this may be due to the fact that L-Glutamine by is not “proprietary” - thereby making it a substance that anyone can buy or sell as a single ingredient from a raw materials manufacturer. This takes the “uniqueness” factor out of the equation, more or less taking the profit/pricing power out of promoting the product). Now to the exciting part about L-Glutamine ( the things/parts I never realized were part of the “Benefits Package” ) L-Glutamine used as an additional supplement to the training regimens of Bodybuilders and resistance training fitness enthusiasts has been PROVEN to: * ELEVATE GROWTH HORMONE circulating in the blood stream by over 400%! ( Wow! Makes Glutamine Much Less Boring to me Now! ) * Increases GLYCOGEN storage within muscle fiber ( Wow! Now I get more Growth Hormone & More Glycogen Stores - More glycogen stores means more energy and stamina during workouts! ) * Increases Nitrogen Balance in Muscles ( I definitely didn’t know that before! You know as well as me that a better positive Nitrogen Balance means more ANABOLIC MUSCLE GROWTH! How boring is Glutamine Now ? Ha! ) Realize, that those are 3 parts to the L-Glutamine “Benefits Package” which hardly ever get mentioned anywhere. All I ever really hear from BSN, EAS, ABB, MUSCLETECH, MUSCLE ASYLUM, LABRADA, GASPARI, CYTOSPORT, UNIVERSAL and all the other supplement companies about the virtues of Glutamine is boring old “Better Recovery” and “Boost Immune System”. These important unsung virtues of what Glutamine offers the bodybuilder make all the difference in the world to me! Using this supplement in “my world” has gone from an OPTIONAL BODYBUILDING SUPPLEMENT to a MUST HAVE EVERYDAY SUPPLEMENT! Think about it - Growth Hormone increases to the tune of 400%+ without drugs using an affordable over-the-counter nutritional supplement... On top of that, phase in the Glycogen store & Nitrogen Balance improvement created by supplementing with L-Glutamine; and you have what almost seems like a miracle supplement. Not to mention the fact that L-Glutamine is safe ( when used as directed, about 5-10 grams per day -seek professional medical advise first ) and naturally occurring ( it’s an amino acid in case you forgot ). Just a small note, it is important to not get lazy with how you take L-Glutamine if you want the all the benefits it has to offer. This means that you almost have to go out of your way to take it. It’s best if you take it by itself in water, in between meals on an empty stomach ( this technique will especially lead to the improvement in available Growth Hormone levels in your system). So don’t get lazy and try to just slam Glutamine in with all your other supplements, like Whey protein etc. You should take it by itself in water, in between meals. If you’re an avid workout everyday type of person, you should carefully take glutamine 5 grams per day, and every so often take 10 grams ( once mid morning, once mid afternoon )when you have extremely demanding workouts. For instance, I take 5 grams per day most all the time, but after my brutal Chest, Shoulder, Tri days - I take 10 grams then to really catapult my “Benefits Package”. An interesting new L-Glutamine product to the market which really makes taking L-Glutamine actually tasteful and fun is GLUTALEAN Plus by Labrada. What makes this product really nifty is that it is deliciously flavored ( choose grape or fruit punch ) - so you don’t have to choke it down! You can actually look forward to taking it - especially since the Benefit Package has been torqued up for you. What’s more, Labrada has sourced the L-Glutamine found in GLUTALEAN from probably the best source possible. The source is found in Japan ( Japanese make great products like Toyotas, Honda’s. Lexus etc. ) from a company called Ajinomoto - probably a step up from the everyday run of the mill glutamine coming mostly from China. Take L-Glutamine, and improve Nitrogen Balance, Improve Growth Hormone levels, Improve Glycogen levels, improve immune system, improve recovery! L-Glutamine is not the boring supplement I used to think it was. I hope that you will agree!