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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...

by Mike Arnold It seems like just yesterday that every aspiring bodybuilder was following the example of men like Dorian Yates and Ronnie Coleman, who were known for lifting ungodly amounts of weights on a near daily basis. But over the last 10 or so years bodybuilders seem to have moved away...

How To Get Bigger Arms With Unique “Shock” ExercisesTom Venuto Would you like bigger, more muscular arms? Silly question I guess. Of course you would. Well then, when was the last time you did any “shock training” for arms by using an exercise stimulus that your biceps have never experienced...

Many people falsely believe that weight gain (and loss) is all about calories and willpower. However, modern obesity research disagrees… and scientists are increasingly pointing their fingers at a hormone called leptin (1). Being resistant to this hormone’s effects (called leptin resistance) is...

Challenge Youself with Bodyweight Excercises. One thing I’ve never gotten away from are bodyweight exercises. No matter how big I’ve gotten or how many lbs I’ve added to my frame, bodyweight exercises have always been a staple. If you weigh 250 lbs and cannot perform a set of pullups then your...

Which is better for fat loss? Resistance training or Aerobic's? For years, aerobic training has been synonymous with fat loss. Once your waistline has gone over the limit and your trousers become too tight, the first thing that will come to your mind is aerobic training. How many times have...

by Monica Mollica For most people, the mere word “muscles” brings to mind huge muscular bodybuilders… The importance of muscle mass, strength, and power for physical performance in exercise and sports is obvious. However, muscles aren’t just for show. Here I will explain why…. Role of Muscle...

Recent epidemiology (13,644 participating subjects) reveals that skeletal muscle mass strongly correlates with improved insulin sensitivity. With each 10% increase in skeletal muscle index (a measure of how much muscle is on one’s body), HOMA-IR (a measure of insulin resistance) saw a relative...

by Mike Arnold Conflicting Opinions Beginning in the mid-1990’s, the issue of stomach distension became an area of criticism among traditionalists, with many in the bodybuilding community voicing disapproval over its presence within the upper echelons of the sport. Ever since then various...

A common belief in today’s beginner bodybuilder is the delusion that only working the upper body will be enough to satisfy the summer’s beach body that the individual desires. You often hear people saying ” I only want to have big arms and a big chest, my legs are fine, I don’t need to waste...

Don’t let insulin resistance turn a bulking cycle into a fat storing cycle! Bulking diets, where a surplus of calories is consumed for size and strength have existed for about as long the barbell. With the way most of these diets are followed, the bodybuilder often stores excess body fat along...

<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...

1-DHEA – POWERFUL ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS by Tuned Sports 1-DHEA is a prohormone to 1-Testosterone (dihydroboldenone). It is commonly sold under the brand name of “1-Andro” (1-Androsterone). 1-Andro is a non 17-aa prohormone requiring two steps in its conversion to 1-Test. Reduction of the...