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Insulin-like growth factor-1 builds muscle (hypertrophy) and utilizes carbohydrates as fuel for energy. We characterized the metabolic profile of transgenic mice exhibiting enhanced muscle mass driven by increased mIGF-1 expression (MLC/mIGF-1). As expected, 6-month-old MLC/mIGF-1 mice were...

Glycogen resynthesis after exercise: effect of carbohydrate intake.Ivy JL1. Author information Abstract<abstracttext>To maximize glycogen resynthesis after exercise, a carbohydrate supplement in excess of 1.0 g x kg(-1) body wt should be consumed immediately after competition or a training...

Determinants of post-exercise glycogen synthesis during short-term recovery. Abstract <abstracttext>The pattern of muscle glycogen synthesis following glycogen-depleting exercise occurs in two phases. Initially, there is a period of rapid synthesis of muscle glycogen that does not require...

Muscle glycogen synthesis before and after exercise. ABSTRACT <abstracttext>The importance of carbohydrates as a fuel source during endurance exercise has been known for 60 years. With the advent of the muscle biopsy needle in the 1960s, it was determined that the major source of...

By Anthony Ricciuto B.Phed. C.F.T. S.P.N. F.T. At the present time the most written about macronutrient is the carbohydrate. This macronutrient has gone through some major changes over the years. Well, the carbohydrate hasn’t actually gone through physical changes, but the way dieticians and...

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CHICKEN IS HIGH IN protein AND LOW IN FAT, BUT LEAN RED MEAT PACKS THE MOST PUNCH 1) EGG WHITES Show us a bodybuilder without egg whites in his diet, and we’ll show you someone who’s missing out on the best protein money can buy. Paired with oatmeal, an egg-white omelette can turn your breakfast...

What makes a ketogenic diet Scientists are still trying to establish exactly why and how keto diets lead to beneficial therapeutic outcomes, but the “what” of the matter is well understood. Simply put theres 2 possible sources of fuel for most all cellular functions which are fat and glucose...

MACRONUTRIENT COMPOSITION FOR OPTIMAL MUSCLE GROWTH 0 Rosie Chee Talks About Gaining Muscle Mass and The Macronutrients That Are Needed For Optimal Muscle Growth.INTRODUCTIONTo gain muscle mass one must be in a POSITIVE energy balance, with a recommendation of ~15% energy increase from...

THE SECRET TO SIX PACK ABS 0 Learn the secret to six pack abs! Everyone desires 6 pack abs and vince tells the sole secret on how to archieve them.Everywhere you turn, someone's promising the next secret to getting 6 pack abs. Some of these so called 'secrets' have some degree of accuracy...

POST-WORKOUT NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTATION <tbody style="margin: 0px;"> 2 </tbody> 0 Gaining muscle and losing fat is hard enough without the confusion of trying to get the right post-training foods and supplements.You work hard every trip you take to the gym. You would never want your...

Introduction What I am about to present is not a new paradigm, or revolutionary approach to diet. Nor is it the end-all, be-all to dieting; there are many viable approaches. This diet is, on the other hand, an easy (relatively speaking) approach to diet that is physiologically and...

What is bulking? It is usual to define the bulking phase of a bodybuilder's diet by what it is not; however it is simply 'a systematic attempt to gain muscle'. If you want to add 'and strength' to that sentence then that's fine, just remember you can get stronger without adding muscle, but you...

The Diet In order to come up with macronutrient totals for a diet, it is necessary to assess how many lbs per week one will need to lose to be in contest shape. This is not an exact science, however we can still get a reasonable experience-based estimate. Here are some example calculations so...

<tbody> <tbody> Gycogen and Resistance Training Todd Astorino, M.S. and Len Kravitz, Ph.D.Studies Reviewed: Haff, G. G., et al. 1999. The effect of carbohydrate supplementation on multiple sessions and bouts of resistance exercise. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 13, (2), 111-7...

The Truth About Carbohydrates <TBODY> <!-- logo -->What I mean by this is that low sugar bars are ONLY appropriate for short-term low carbohydrate diets, while BELIEVE IT OR NOT, bars with 15-30 grams of sugar are actually BETTER for putting on size and strength for ALL bodybuilders. <!--...