Category: Diets



Better Muscle Pump Tips
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Better Muscle Pump Tips

We all go through periods when pumps elude us. Frankly, these periods really suck. And worse, they seem beyond explanation. It’s a bloody shame, considering how motivating enlarged, vascular muscles can be. As Arnold once said, a huge pump in a body part is almost as good as having sex… and you know how you [...]


Growth Hormone And Testosterone Levels
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Growth Hormone And Testosterone Levels

Growth hormone and testosterone are the two most important hormones in relation to muscle building. One of the most important distinguishing characters between the two is that growth hormone actually causes the body to build new muscle cells, while testosterone does not. There is no question that testosterone is the king of muscle building, however [...]


Supplements For Maximum Workout Performance
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Supplements For Maximum Workout Performance

It’s hard to find someone who hasn’t heard of the CrossFit® phenomenon. Any conversation about fitness, competition or general training isn’t without a mention of this highly popular, nationally recognized mode of exercise. And it is of no surprise – CrossFit® is comprised of numerous styles, calling upon several energy systems that are pushed to [...]


Using Caffeine Risks And Benefits
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Using Caffeine Risks And Benefits

Remember when it was cool to get really sore after a workout? You know… the “I can barely walk up a flight of stairs without writhing in pain” feeling. Ok, maybe you don’t. But a long while ago, when I was in my powerlifting prime, and baggy “crazy” pants and fanny packs were the norm, [...]


With Your Pre-Workout Nutrition Why Muscle Building Recovery Starts
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With Your Pre-Workout Nutrition Why Muscle Building Recovery Starts

Remember when it was cool to get really sore after a workout? You know… the “I can barely walk up a flight of stairs without writhing in pain” feeling. Ok, maybe you don’t. But a long while ago, when I was in my powerlifting prime, and baggy “crazy” pants and fanny packs were the norm, [...]


Rating The Ingredients-Fat Burners And Diet Pills
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Rating The Ingredients-Fat Burners And Diet Pills

Today I’ll be taking on the most poplar supplement ever: the fat burner. Drum roll please. The diet pill or fat burner market in the US has reached the size of the GDP of a small country, 4 billion and climbing. So there must be something to these fat burning supplements, right? I am afraid [...]


For MMA Best Supplements
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For MMA Best Supplements

Supplements for Mixed Martial Arts Casein Protein As the brother to whey protein, casein is a slower digested protein enabling a steady release of amino acids into the bloodstream for a prolonged rebuilding-benefit not only directly after training but during extended periods without a solid meal. This slow release will help keep the reconstruction process [...]


Dieting Deprivation Sadness
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Dieting Deprivation Sadness

Well the dieting season is upon us again. Now is the time that people who go onto diets automatically think; starvation, cut-down, eat lettuce, bored taste buds, joyless eating, eat more lettuce. Boring diets, deprivation diets, “faddy” diets, food group eliminating diets, most commercial diets send out the wrong message. Your body is not an [...]


When Fat Is Burned What Happens
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When Fat Is Burned What Happens

When you “lose” body fat, the fat cell (also called an adipocyte) does not go anywhere or “move into the muscle cell to be burned. The fat cell itself, (unfortunately) stays right where it was – under the skin in your thighs, stomach, hips, arms, etc., and on top of the muscles – which is [...]


Drinking Alcohol Make You Fat
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Drinking Alcohol Make You Fat

Alcohol has been implicated as a factor that may hurt your efforts to lose body fat. Whether alcohol is “fattening” has been a very controversial subject because technically speaking, alcohol is NOT stored as fat; it is oxidized ahead of other fuels. Whether moderate drinking is healthy has also been a subject of controversy. Many [...]


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