‘Building muscle’

Myths about Protein and Protein Supplements

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

In the world of bodybuilding, the hottest topic in the gym is always protein and protein supplements. No wonder, since the protein is important for building muscle, but there are also three common myths that you’re likely to hear about proteins and protein supplements too.

The first myth is that athletes do not actually need more protein. This myth is totally false. Much research has been conducted in this area, and the persons involved simply need more protein. The more active you are the more protein you need.

Recent research suggests that active people need 1.2 to 1.4 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight. This is 150% to 175% more than the recommended daily allowance of protein. The strength trainers need even more protein, and 1.7 to 1.8 grams of protein recommended for each kilogram of body weight for this group of people.

The research also found that athletes who only in the recommended daily amount of protein actually lose muscle instead of winning. This is due to a decrease in whole body protein synthesis, which is common in athletes. The increase of protein recommended for athletes helps the body maintain a good balance of nitrogen, which is essential for bodybuilding. (more…)

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Secrets of Muscle Building

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Muscle Building If you are building muscle and planning to incorporate into their body building program, then it’s time for you to reveal their deepest secrets. Yes, certain secrets in building muscle are real. They are not really secrets as its literal meaning, but have been called one, because it has lost all half-truths presented in the mass muscle building. A good number of body builders and muscle were never able to learn them or learned, but ultimately just forget them at the end. Bearing this in mind may also want you to teach each of the parts of your body with the highest degree of resistance, fundamental exercises, and with the highest levels of intensity.

When it comes to bodybuilding muscle, the secrets of his successful reality program are in its foundations: the more time is spent training, more muscle mass you will be able to build and will become stronger and the need more time for rest and recovery time.

Spend more time for training is most often a smart move for an effective muscle building. Since you are the owner, his bodily strength is not as strong compared to advanced bodybuilders. Therefore your body does need time to recover from each workout. When working to build muscle fast, all things are equal. A pair of muscular legs that had been in an intense workout squatting with 450 pounds has more time to recover compared to a pair of muscular legs that has been squatting with 135 pounds. This is actually the reason advanced bodybuilding trainee train each body parts only once after six or seven days. But it still depends on your training volume, intensity levels and the training division. (more…)

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Rest Important to body building

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Rest

Bodybuilding is not just a great pass time, but is very healthy for you too. Bodybuilding in general is a pretty straight forward process of eating, lifting and proper rest in order to arouse the development of new muscle fibers. Bodybuilding is very difficult at times but always very rewarding when you put a few extra pounds of muscle. This article discusses some tips and information on how you can start turning your body into a muscle machine.

Rest

Rest is one of the most important factors in building muscle. This is the factor that much of the person not to pursue. People have the impression that the more the lift and you are better. So you can work for someone to steroids, but not for those of us who go on safe and natural way. Our muscles repair themselves when we are at rest, especially when sleeping. Therefore, it is only right that the development of each muscle 7 days a week, in fact, as damage to continue receiving your muscles break down without proper amount of rest to heal them and build. I would recommend that if you are working in 4 times a week by dividing body exercise regimen that you workout every other day, and arrive at a given muscle group no more than 1 or 2 times a week. That if I do not allow enough rest for you to really starts to lose muscle instead of winning. (more…)

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