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    Napsgear Napsgear: Insulin Sensitivity: A Major Factor in Muscle Growth and Fat Loss

    Whether you’re in peak physical form, aiming to lose weight, or struggle controlling your blood sugar levels, you’ll want to increase insulin sensitivity and reverse insulin resistance. This can help you manage your weight, protect your organs from disease or complications down the line, boost...
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    BCAA Supps: Are They Bunk?

    The workout supplement and protein supplement is a multibillion dollar industry right now. Chances are, if you’ve been on the fitness side of the internet, you’ve probably heard of BCAAs and all the magic that they give. Amino Acids BCAAs, or branched chain amino acids, are part of the 20...
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    Gummy Bears Post-Workout: A Justifiable Ritual?

    Carbs. You love them but the dieting industry tells you to hate them. Especially simple, fast absorbing sugars like candy. But what if I told you that there is a movement now to promote having candy? Especially after a workout. Right now, there is a fad encouraging people to have candy such as...
  4. drtbear1967

    HAS EVERYONE FORGOTTEN ABOUT ROCKSTAR ENERGY? WHAT HAPPENED?

    HAS EVERYONE FORGOTTEN ABOUT ROCKSTAR ENERGY? WHAT HAPPENED? by Matt Weik Energy drinks are one of the fastest-growing categories and with so many brands out there, it’s getting difficult to keep up with them all – which can be exciting when you enjoy trying new things. That said, you have...
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    NEW CYCLE ADVICE!

    Hey guys, I'm creating a thread here to have some advice on a new cycle i'm planning and would like to have your opinions so that hopefully i come up with a nicely designed protocol to reach my goals. First things first, i'm 28 years old, 227lbs (103kg) for 6.14ft (187cm), my bodyfat would be...
  6. Presser

    Bodybuilder Versus Beach Body Training

    Beach Body or Bodybuilder? How Men Should Train and Eat for Each Not all training is the same. Bodybuilders train with heavy weights to create a large, balanced physique. If you're after a beach body, you're looking for a leaner look, so you need to eat and lift a little less. But there's...
  7. drtbear1967

    Maximize Protein

    NPB = MPS – MPBSo what does this equation mean? Net Protein Balance (skeletal muscle mass, for our purposes here) = Muscle Protein Synthesis – Muscle Protein Breakdown. Net protein balance (NPB) is defined as muscle protein synthesis (MPS) minus muscle protein breakdown (MPB), or NPB = MPS –...
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    First Time IGF - Side Effect Help

    I am taking 2x250mg test E and 2x200mg tren E jabs a week. I am taking IGF1-lr3 (SOMEDIN-LR3) 200mcg 1 jab in the stomach every day, 1/4 of the vile (2ml water added to the vile, 1 vile = 4 days). I plan on doing this for 4 weeks, stop for 4 weeks, then again for 4 weeks. I've never used IGF...
  9. drtbear1967

    Make Food not Supplements a Priority

    Fat Burners, CLA, L-Carnitine, Detox Products, Testosterone Boosters & BCAAs are a complete waste of money. Anyone selling them is either honestly unaware they are selling junk (which is just as shameful), or just looking to make a profit off you. . Sure, you can make an argument for using...
  10. drtbear1967

    BCAA Timing

    Protein synthesis rate appears to drop about 3-hours after a meal, even though there’s still plenty of amino acids available for growth. This is probably due to the lower energy status of the muscle cell during this period. When a muscle cell is running low on energy, it will reduce protein...
  11. drtbear1967

    More Info on Feeding of BCAA/EAA/Creatine and Carbs.

    theguerillachemist As you know, I'm an advocate of the intra workout "feeding" of BCAA/EAA/ creatine/carbs to create an extreme anabolic environment. That being said, the one amino acid I haven't spoken about that is crucial to take during training to combat fatigue is ORNITHINE. ORNITHINE is a...
  12. drtbear1967

    Lemon Verbena Extract - Cut out the soreness.

    by Matt Weik If you train legs and can wake up the next couple of days feeling like a million bucks, then you didn’t train legs. We all know what follows any brutal leg day – the inability to sit down to take a dump, the look of fear when you see multiple flights of stairs, and the all too...
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    Bodybuilding Supplements For Pre workout and Post Workout

    <h1>Best Bodybuilding Supplements post workout and pore workout</h1> Just about every guy who works out has an ambitious goal in mind when they start pumping iron – get swole, get jacked, get ripped, get shredded. But to even get close to achieving those physique goals, a few things need to be...
  14. drtbear1967

    Brand Loyalty - Yes or No?

    by Matt Weik I was outside getting some work done a little bit ago and I saw a FedEx truck making a delivery to my neighbor’s house. I wondered what all they got so I went and opened the boxes. Just kidding. But, seeing the FedEx truck made me think about brand loyalty. Personally, for me, I’m...
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    Bodybuilding Supplements Guide For Bodyuilders Just Getting Started

    Pop open the protein section of a 20-year-old diet book. It looks nothing like today's nutrition literature! It was thought that the human body needed 10-to-15 percent of its daily caloric intake from protein, a number still propagated by official government guidelines. Now, after extensive...
  16. drtbear1967

    Custom Supplements? Are they really worth it the $$$$

    by Matt Weik MTO’s are the craze it seems. People drive to their local Sheetz (if you have them where you live) and put together their made-to-order sandwich, burger, wrap, breakfast burrito, frozen beverage, hot beverage, whatever. Now you can do that very same thing with your supplements...
  17. drtbear1967

    Burn Fat - Keep Muscle

    Q: Right now my main goal is to burn bodyfat while keeping as much of the muscle I built over the winter intact. I do my cardio on an empty stomach first thing in the morning. A trainer at my gym told me not to eat for about two hours after I’m done to keep burning more bodyfat. After one week...
  18. drtbear1967

    Basic Supplement Primer

    Basic Supplement Primer - By @joe_pietaro Even for those “in the know,” walking into a supplement shop and trying to take in everything can be quite the daunting task, indeed. Shelves from floor to ceiling filled with bottles and cans of compounds that all promise to make you the next Arnold...
  19. drtbear1967

    Are you getting enough Leucine?

    themusclephd&#55357;&#56633; A serving of BCAAs should have at least 2-3 grams of leucine to maximize protein synthesis for a 180 lb athlete. But scale up for those of you who have more mass. For example a 250 lb bodybuilder may need 3-4 grams!
  20. drtbear1967

    EAA's over BCAA's

    theguerillachemist One more reason to go with EAA(or while food complete protein) over BCAA. Exercise performance can be reduced from elevated serotonin levels. This study, in rats both exercising and sedentary, aimed to see why BCAA, which lower brain serotonin levels do not cause increases in...
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