Getting Shut Of Those Bodybuilding Myths Once And For All

Every single culture on the planet has it's myths and, whether it be "Big Foot", or "The Lochness Monster", bodybuilding has it's fair share of myths too. Like a lot of myths most of them have some truth to them and some are have no truth to them whatsoever. Bodybuilders and fitness experts the world over have been trying to get rid of these myths but have failed. I may fail too, but I am going to give it one hell of a go. It's time to stop these myths once and for all!

A lot of myths about bodybuilding start within the bodybuilding community, but there are the odd few that start outside by the general public or medical industry. The myths I am going to touch on here are in no particular order. Let's start with a well known classic first of all:

Bogus Myth #1. "When you stop working out your muscles will turn to fat"

This myth is mainly used as an excuse as to why people don't start a weight training program and are resenting those that have. My Auntie used to say this to me a lot when I started going to the gym at 16. There is no proven physiological mechanism by which muscles amazingly turn to fat when a person stops working out! What happens, however, when a person stops training, their muscle mass will decrease due to the lack of stimulation. People who do not exercise and eat too many calories get fat, it's not ground breaking stuff. So what you have here is often a lack of muscle mass coupled with an increase in fat due to an intake of excess calories and complete lack of exercise. The next time you look at someone who used to be nice and ripped but are now fat, it's not because there muscles converted to fat. They are fat because of the reason so many others are fat; too many calories and not enough exercise.

What if it was true? Is the fear of this crazy idea that your muscles convert to fat a reason not to start a bodybuilding program? If you stop washing you get dirty, but that's not a legitimate reason to never start washing in the first place is it! I have gained and lost a lot of muscle in the past, and I have known and worked with a lot of people who have gained and lost weight, and I have yet to see and truth behind the myth of muscles converting to fat. Let this be the end of this myth and let's here nothing else about it.

Bogus Myth#2. "Bodybuilders are not strong"

This myth comes from people who haven't even stepped foot in a gym. Strength in people varies greatly, some bodybuilders can lift upto 800lb squats and 500lb bench presses. Some weights I have seen being lifted have to be seen to be believed. Not all bodybuilders are this strong, but any bodybuilder who is serious about lifting is considerably stronger than the average person, it's not earth shattering news that the more muscle mass you have the heavier you can lift. Some bodybuilders who I know enter both in weight lifting competitions and bodybuilding competitions and do really well in both of them. Don't get me wrong some bodybuilders are not as strong as they look, but some are much stronger than they look, some are unbelievably strong.

Bogus Myth #3. "Pro's eat strict diets all year round"

This myth comes from the bodybuilding magazines and publications who want readers to think that these guys eat low fat healthy clean food all year round. This leads to many beginners trying to get all the calories they need from chicken, rice, veggies, etc. In fact getting the idealic 4000 calories from just clean foods alone is virtually impossible. This can be sometimes off putting and depressing for the newbies as they try and stuff themselves with healthy foods to make gains and they just can't seem to eat enough. For the truth of things: I have seen a lot of bodybuilders while off season who binge on fast foods and pizzas, no joke! This however should not be done for the average joe who is trying to build muscle and gain weight healthily. These pro guys are really strict when on season so they need a blowout when they're off season, who can blame them!

Obviously I can't speak for every bodybuilders off season diet because I don't know them all, some could have an absolutely spotless diet, but the majority I know don't. It is mainly an advertising myth mostly, as many bodybuilders say they carry much more body fat than they claim in these magazines. If you told these publications that they pulled into Burger King every other day they would not sell many issues. So you can see the advantage of how saying that these guys are clean all year round is to these big magazine companies.

Bogus Myth #4. "All Bodybuilders have small penises"

I bet you've heard this one before havn't you? Now, I havn't seen any bodybuilders' manly assets, but it's been my thought that they tend to be like every other man in that department. Some are small, some are normal, and some are big. One fact, however, is that a big guy with a normal sized member would look smaller than a skinny guys normal sized member. It's all in the proportions.

Bogus Myth# 5 "Bodybuilders are all full of themselves"

This one does have a bit of truth to it. Some bodybuilders can be full of themselves and can be the most narcissistic people you will ever meet. Some however can be very down to earth and humble people. Some cockiness and narcissism is sometimes par and parcel with the course of bodybuilding.

Bogus Myth #6. "Bodybuilders are all gay"

This one is another stupid myth and is often started by those people who are envious of the bodybuilders physique and the attention they get from the ladies. It is my experience that bodybuilders are as often gay as the general public is, I know more gay people who aren't bodybuilders than I know gay bodybuilders. This is a really stupid myth and it should be put to rest right here right now.

These are just some of the really crazy myths going round now that put people off trying to gain muscle, there are many more that are circulating around the general public and they will be covered by me in the future I'm sure.

See you down the gym then!

Wesley McDermott is a bodybuilding and fitness expert and has over 5 years experience in the industry. If you would like to know more on how to gain weight and build muscle then check his site out at http://www.weightgain4you.com

Natural Bodybuilding Get Big or Die Trying III

Muscles, Marketing, And Most Of All MONEY

You see Most Magazines and Internet media make their money on Advertisements. Advertisers use the latest drug infused "Mass-Monster" to promote their supplements, products, or program. The formula is pretty simple and used by almost every one of the big Companies. Allow me to share with you exactly how the formula works.

You simply combine pictures of the latest Mass-Monster with one, two or even better a whole group of very attractive women with cartoon like proportions posing in sexually suggestive positions to imply that by taking their supplement not only will you get as big as a house in a few weeks but you will also have 'playboy playmates" drooling all over you.

Now slide in a few scientific sounding theories, an unpronounceable name complete with dashes, numbers, and some lightening bolts, flames and bright colors and bingo- you got a mad dash to the local GNC to get the latest Gimmick. Usually a few radical graphs, statistics and outright lies also accompany the ad to further drive home the sales pitch. "Does this sound familiar?"

The "Results" are then backed up by convincing before and after poses of chemically enhanced and genetically gifted individuals subjected to massive drug dosages, rigorous training schedules and Spartan diets. While the format, marketing, and claims have evolved over the years the bold faced deceit has sunk to a new all time low.

I have yet to see an ad that listed the drugs used by the athlete in question or a complete health profile accompanied by a drug test performed by a qualified medical institution of the individual before, during, and after the pictures were taken. I also don't expect to see any of these companies step up to the plate and request a drug test from the before and after participants.

Consider the fact that there are literally thousands of bodybuilding supplements pitched by companies featuring an endless array of "breakthroughs" which promise to deliver instant muscle almost overnight how many of them do you really believe deliver the promised results?

How The Muscle Marketing Merry-Go-Round Fuels

The Supplement Scamme-R-Amma

I call this program the supplement Scamme-R-amma and there seems to be a never ending line of bodybuilders willing to sacrifice life and limb to get there picture in a advertisement and a supplement contract so that they can pay for the next shipment of health destroying drugs.

When any one of these bodybuilders gets arrested, gets sick, or dies they simply replace them with the next freak of nature, release a new product, and start the process all over again. The Muscle Marketing Merry-Go-Round has worked for a long time simply because companies keep releasing "new and improved products" with ever increasing marketing sophistication that keeps a few steps ahead of the game.

Everybody's in on the gag because the average Joe who wants to get a little big bigger like Dustin simply doesn't have enough real training knowledge to make an educated decision on drugs, supplements, training or diet.

Unfortunately the magazines and the big companies know that most individuals rely on hype, hearsay, and the convincing ads written by clever copywriters who are out to make a quick buck. In the end, every body loses, but it doesn't have to be this way.

You the consumer have the power to demand change but that requires you to reset your "Reality-meter" and get educated on what's really going on the bodybuilding industry.

The bottom line is all of this marketing madness drives guys like Dustin to continually search for the next potion, pill, or protein in their quest to get a little bit bigger. The unfortunate part is whether it's the supplement companies, the magazines, or the Biggest Dude in the gym; all of them are playing on the lack of real training and nutrition know-how.

Temptations, Rationalizations, And

The "Get Big Or Die Trying" Mentality

I know the temptations, the rationalizations, and most of all the costs of the "Get Big Or Die Trying Mentality". I went down that path a long time ago and thankfully I managed to escape with my life and health intact but I cannot say the same for many of my friends, colleagues and competitors who I have met over the years. (See may article titled the "Myth-ster Universe, One Bodybuilder's Journey".

Many of my friends and acquaintances from the bodybuilding world are not here to share how easy it is to get caught in the Muscle Marketing Machine and the Underground Bodybuilding Drug Culture. The Get Big Or Die Trying Mentality probably isn't going to go away for a while, but you deserve to know the truth behind the "slippery slope of steroids" and how to avoid going there if you can.

But let me elaborate for those of you who are considering this path like our friend Dustin and present to you some real honest facts about the potential game you plan when you allow yourself to succumb to the "Get Big Or Die Trying Mentality".

Top 10 Facts - The Truth Behind Steroids, GH, Insulin

And Other Bodybuilding Drugs

FACT 1 - Steroids, GH, Insulin, Clenbuterol, and the endless array of drugs used be bodybuilders do in fact make you bigger, leaner, and stronger. People use them because they work, at least temporarily as long as you continue to use them. The problem is few people use the drugs for what they were intended for and even fewer have proper medical supervision to ensure safety and reduced side effects.

FACT 2 - All of these drugs have side effects and must be taken in increasing dosages to be effective over time. Eventually the side effects catch up to the size gains and your health becomes compromised. Early side effects are: gynocomastia (bitch tits), water-retention, hyper-tension, liver and kidney problems, skin problems (acne), rapid pulse, mood disorders, male pattern baldness, enlarged prostates in men and enlarged clitoris in women, as well as changes in body structure.

FACT 3 - As the dosages increase or the longer the person uses drugs more serious side effects start to occur, such as enlarged hearts, diabetes, sleep apnea, depression, thyroid irregularities, cysts on major organs such as livers, kidneys, and skin, impotence, paranoia, seizures, blood clots, strokes, heart attacks, kidney failure, heart failure, renal failure, and even death.

FACT 4 - The muscle building and fat burning results from drugs are temporary and the user goes back to the original size, and strength after the drug cycle. This tendency tends to spur the user to use more frequent and bigger dosages as well as multiple drugs called "Stacking" to increase effectiveness of drug cycles. Eventually most users simply go from one drug cocktail to another further compounding the side effects and health costs.

FACT 5 - No matter how big, strong, or ripped an athlete looks it never seems to be big enough or good enough because there is always someone bigger, better, more cut, more attractive etc. The insecurity that fed the drug abuse cycle was never addressed and it only becomes more amplified with drug use.

FACT 6 - Most of the drugs circulating in gyms are counterfeits, animal drugs, or toxic home brews made in severely unsanitary, and unsafe conditions, by ignorant amateurs using "internet cookbooks". Not only do these drugs not work but also they present serious and life threatening consequences to anyone who uses them.

FACT 7 - The vast majority of bodybuilders who use, promote, and sell bodybuilding drugs are involved in criminal activity, avoid proper medical supervision, and have no idea about the dangers of the drugs they use and promote. Nor do they know the source of drugs, the half-life's of the drugs, the complications of their use, or the serious side effects that can occur when various "drug cocktails" are mixed together.

FACT 8 - Few if any Bodybuilding Drug sites and overseas pharmacies are controlled or regulated by trained pharmaceutical staff or medical professionals and virtually no licensed medical professional would advocate the dosages, combinations, frequency or duration of use that the majority of bodybuilders practice.

FACT 9 - It is a criminal offense to import, traffic, and/or possess most of the drugs used by bodybuilders. Stiff penalties are enforced by lawmakers to convict individuals who chose to break the law by using bodybuilding drugs. The rash of arrests, drug busts and charges against many of the top professional and amateur bodybuilders clearly demonstrate that involvement in the bodybuilding drug culture may result in you spending time behind bars.

FACT 10 - When a person comes off a cycle of drugs most if not all the gains are lost and often times the individuals metabolism has been seriously affected. Metabolic damage from drug use is now commonplace among former drug users both male and females. Depression, fat-gain, and lack of motivation are virtually unavoidable consequences of drug use.

The Bottom Line On Using Bodybuilding Drugs To Get Big

Whether you choose to use drugs or not it's important to recognize and realize that very few individuals use just one cycle and quit. Every time you choose to go on a cycle you are playing a game of "Russian Roulette" with your health and well-being. Each cycle increases your odds of losing your gains, your health, and your freedom.

The reality is you don't have use drugs to build a great physique. While you probably won't win the Mr. Olympia by staying natural you most certainly can build a well-muscled athletic physique that commands respect and admiration.

The best part about building muscle naturally is you get to keep all of your gains in strength, muscle mass, and athleticism. It's also easier to stay lean all year round, and your physique will have a much greater appeal to the opposite sex.

What's better is that you can continually improve your body well into you senior years while simultaneously benefiting from excellent health, well-being, and athletic mobility.

7 Keys To Building a Great Physique Without Drugs

Let's get back to Dustin our friend who was desperate to build more muscle and what my advice to him as well as anyone else in his shoes might want to consider. While the list below is a summary of my email to Dustin it is by no means a complete list. It does however give you a few basic guidelines to get started and to review when evaluating your training.

Carefully examine the training program you are on. In my 20 years experience very rarely have I come across a person who's training program made sense. Most individuals randomly throw together exercises, rep ranges, and body parts coupled with half hazard exercise form to produce less than ideal stimulus to work their muscles effectively. Bottom line is invest in a proven scientific training system or qualified professional coach with a proven track record to help you get the right training program for your body and your goals.
Learn and Master Proper Exercise Performance. Virtually every gym I have ever trained in has literally most of the members performing exercises with too much weight, poor form, limited ranges and planes of motion, and sometimes downright dangerous practices which put the individuals at significant risk. Take the time to master exercise performance as this will help you build muscle at a much faster rate and reduce the risk of injuries.


Build a solid base of real food from natural sources as the foundation of your dietary practices. Most athletes don't understand even the basics of good nutrition, and are deficient in enzymes, live proteins, probiotics, minerals, vitamins, essential fatty acids and chlorophyll rich foods.


Avoid Mega-dosing on Protein. The last 30 years of media bombardment has succeeded in convincing that more protein is better despite the overwhelming scientific evidence illustrating that the body requires only 50-100 grams per day maximum of protein. All of the largest and strongest animals in the animal kingdom eat "live plant based proteins" as opposed to meat, whey products, or egg proteins, which are pitched mercilessly at society. The mega-dose advocates theories go against over 4 billion years of evolution.


If you are going to use supplements get a genetic screening, or computerized report to determine what supplements your body can benefit from. Computer technology is evolving rapidly enough to help individuals determine precisely what supplements can benefit your health and your training.


Commit to reading and learning qualified nutrition and training information from reputable sources. Don't put your health and dollars in the hands of slick salesman who are willing to tell you anything to make a buck. Read proven journals and books on nutrition and training. Dr. Howell's book on Enzyme Nutrition is a great place to start your reading.


Regularly study and use mind training technology developed by sport psychologists. The mind is perhaps one of he most powerful and untapped aspects of a complete training program. Technology has made hypnosis, visualization, and other mind training technologies relatively inexpensive and readily available to everyone.




Never Give Up On Your Dreams

Finally my advice is never give up on your dreams but be prepared to invest a significant amount of time, effort and money in your physique. Building a great body takes a strong desire, consistent and intense effort, coupled with a patient positive attitude.

Today's fast paced world has many of us running to catch up with yesterdays' goals and the world's "instant everything expectations" can make it challenging to be patient in allowing our bodies to develop at there own natural pace. Develop an attitude of gratitude in you're training and celebrate each workout with joy and verve.

Recognize and acknowledge your own successes each and every day and surround yourself with positive energizing people who support your goals. Read positive books, eat good food, train intensely and consistently and you might be surprised at how enjoyable the journey can be.

The biggest key in building a great success is to fall in love with the process of learning, training and growing as opposed to making your training some masochistic do or die life and death battle with yourself. The NO PAIN NO GAIN mantra has developed into a mindset that has done more harm to bodybuilders and bodybuilding then any other single factor.

Bill Pearl who perhaps is the greatest natural bodybuilder of all time has the best attitude towards training. He states that you must coax not force your body to grow and that you should always leave the gym feeling like you could do a little bit more.

Bill has trained and coached more bodybuilders then perhaps anyone in the history of the sport and he has risen and succeeded at the absolute highest echelons of the bodybuilding world. Even today in his 70's he still sports a terrific healthy physique that oozes power, strength, and vitality.

Considering most of today's bodybuilders will not even make it to there 50's I feel that we could all learn a thing or two from men like Bill.

Dustin's Decision

It was a few months later when I heard back from Dustin. He decided not to use steroids and went back and evaluated his training using the 7 keys to building a great physique. It turns out his training program needed revamping and his diet needed some serious improvement.

He sought out the advice of Strength and Conditioning Specialist from a local university that really helped him learn exercise performance and training intensity as well as putting together a proper training program.

He also signed up for a nutrition course at the university which he attends once a week and found out a wealth of information about his body and it's relation to nutrition.

Dustin also reported that he was up 5 lbs in lean body mass in less than two months and he found learning about the body so much fun he now was enrolling in a degree program at the university in the fall.

He thanked me for opening up a new world to him and helping him discover what he was truly passionate about in life. He told me that he was enjoying his workouts more than ever and was more excited about training and nutrition than he could remember.

I was really glad to hear how he dodged a bullet and took the time to explore his options before making a decision he might regret later. Thankfully, Dustin now has a bright future as he found a way to channel the drive to be big into a more productive and long-term vision that has far greater benefits than anything sold in a syringe or a bottle.

I can only hope they're more bodybuilders like Dustin out there with the courage and patience to train naturally. I can honestly say their journey will be far more enjoyable and productive over the long-term than any short-term solutions that drugs promise but seldom deliver.

Wade McNutt is a Natural National Bodybuilding Champion and an IFBB Mr. Universe World Champion. He combined the secrets of Eastern Yoga Masters with, scientific, muscle building to produce a revolutionary new health system, called Freaky Big Naturally, find out more at http://www.freakybignatural.com

Natural Bodybuilding Tracking Quickly Builds Muscle

Natural bodybuilding precision is a technique that is sure to maximize muscle gain in the shortest possible time. Some natural bodybuilders even see the results of steroid users by paying very close attention to their training precision. If you are a natural bodybuilder, and want huge results, now is the time to start paying attention to the word precision.

In natural bodybuilding, there leaves very little room for training error. Natural training with precision is crucial for significant muscle achievement. Let's face it, a steroid induced bodybuilder is granted a greater margin of error in training, and nutrition. Steroids aid bodybuilders in recovering faster, and can support longer, more intense bodybuilding training sessions. This enables bodybuilders the liberty to train and eat with less precision, and still reap fantastic muscle development. However, natural bodybuilding athletes must pay very close attention to detail in order to benefit from great muscle building results. Witnessing excellent bodybuilding results can be the difference between performing too many training sets, and not enough intensity.

You most likely ask how you can determine if your natural bodybuilding routine is precisely what it should be in order to achieve massive, steroid-free results. Are you working out with the precise amount of training sets per body part? How about the reps, or rest days between workouts? Is your training intensity significant enough to illicit a natural bodybuilding response?

There is an easy way to find out! If you learn only one thing from this natural bodybuilding article, please let this next tip be it. To determine if your training program is the most effective natural bodybuilding routine, pay close attention to detail by recording, and tracking your bodybuilding workouts.

Being a drug free bodybuilder, and knowing what your numbers are at all times, is being an intelligent bodybuilder. Can you imagine not tracking your checking account balance? What a silly question! Not closely tracking your bodybuilding progress is considered just as silly. Besides overtraining, lack of tracking your progress is the biggest mistake fellow bodybuilders are making.

How can you train with maximum effort and efficiency to improve your musculature if you don't know really where your numbers are? Remember, developing natural muscle is much more challenging, but a sense of precision is gained when you track your progress. Without bodybuilding workout precision, it is like driving a car in a strange place blindfolded.

The results of tracking can assist your natural bodybuilding efforts by making the whole story visible. Tracking will help determine if the amount of rest days between workouts are optimal or not. If your strength is improving with each and every workout, you are getting the precise amount of rest needed for optimal growth. If it is not, your rest days are not optimal. Therefore, tracking can direct your muscle building workouts into a precise science.

As soon as your natural bodybuilding log reveals a few training sessions that show no gains or decreasing strength, you are most certainly overtraining. Training more than is necessary is the worst enemy for any natural bodybuilder. Just remember, your body won't be able to recover from the training stress as rapidly as a steroid induced bodybuilder can. Therefore, if you try to duplicate a steroid aided training program, you will be dead in the water. Your natural muscle building results will definitely suffer. Once again, focusing on a specific program for you, and you only, is a key point to remember. Consider your training log the key to all the information necessary for significant natural bodybuilding gains.

Take a closer look at your training log. If you find you have achieved 10 reps on a particular exercise for two consecutive workouts, you should focus your mind on pumping out the eleventh reps during the next training session. This specific data, if followed, will direct and focus your natural bodybuilding routine into precisely what is necessary for growth.

This valuable data can also serve as a great motivator for achieving your specific goals. I call it training smart. If you know precisely what numbers are needed to accomplish your goal during the next workout, you are more likely to achieve it, thus, overloading your system in order to develop rock hard muscle. Take, for instance, a retail store. If they don't track how much money they made yesterday, how will they stay focused on what they need to beat today?

Prior to entering the gym, successful natural bodybuilders make point of drawing up a mental image of what needs to be accomplished in order to achieve their goal. By keeping a natural bodybuilding training log, you too will have a license to quickly build muscle.

Another excellent tip to achieving natural bodybuilding results is paying attention to the timing of your nutrients. Once again, it is critical for a natural bodybuilder to pay close attention to what is happening on the nutrition side of the natural bodybuilding puzzle. Research suggests it is important to eat carbs, and protein within one hour following a hi-intensity, natural bodybuilding workout. This particular bodybuilding nutrition regimen will help stimulate the muscle building recovery process. Natural bodybuilding buffs also need to pay close attention to the amount of calories they are taking in. Just as training, I also recommend tracking your nutrition regimen.

As you now know, natural bodybuilding results are easily seen if you focus on precise training. By training smart you will reap all the benefits of bodybuilding without steroid side effects. Simply follow my recommendations stated above, and your training will be guaranteed to be the most effective, efficient natural bodybuilding system possible.

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Smart Bodybuilding Nutrition Tips That Work

It never ceases to amaze me how eager bodybuilders are to get meaningful results quickly. They are so eager that they end up listening to whoever they can. This usually leads to what I call "bodybuilding confusion." I am convinced there is a most effective, researched way to train, and a non-productive way to train. Bodybuilders, seek the productive, proven methods.

Every bodybuilder is looking for that secret bodybuilding nutrition tip that catapults muscle building results. Yes, no matter what, it will take consistent, determined effort. However, there is one researched weightlifting nutrition tip that will surely make a difference in adding more muscle to your physique. Bodybuilding nutrition is not just a matter of what you ingest, but more importantly, the time fame of when you ingest these precious nutrients.

By taking in specific nutrients at a highly optimal time in the anabolic muscle building process, you can gain an inside advantage in the bodybuilding growth process.

Most bodybuilding enthusiasts don't even think about this. Some eat to get big. This theory is incorrect. Train to get big, and supplement food, the correct way, to provide a positive muscle growth environment.

However, such things are taking in the proper nutrients within one hour of training can give a bodybuilder just enough of an inside advantage that they begin growing like crazy.

Over the past ten years, there has been ample research on the effects of carbohydrates, and protein on the anabolic, or muscle building, response to muscle building. One researcher, Dr. Paul Cribb has drawn some rather beneficial conclusions resulting from his current research studies regarding this hot bodybuilding nutrition topic.

The big question is what should be consumed either prior to, or after a weightlifting workout. Other questions are what kind of timing; and is there an advantage paying attention to bodybuilding nutrition? These big questions have changed the way we think of anabolic nutrition today. Dr. Cribb and others have aggressively answered these questions, and more from diligent research studies.

In a recent study, Dr. Cribb looked at different combinations of nutrients along with their ingestion timing, and compared them to the effects on bodybuilding. This particular study was very important in identifying the what's, when's, and how's of anabolic nutrition. His conclusions will not only yield valuable fat burning muscle, but also add functional strength.

As a result of the research studies, his main bodybuilding nutrition tip is to combine whey protein, carbs, and creatine all together into a drink which aids in muscle and strength development. According to the research, there was a very positive correlation between these three bodybuilding nutrition nutrients, and muscle building.

Now the next crucial point that needed clarification is the best time to take this muscle building cocktail. His study confirmed that ingesting this weightlifting nutrition cocktail prior to and immediately following each intense bodybuilding workout showed a positive connection between the timing of taking this drink and significant muscle development. His study had other sample groups take the drink at different time periods throughout the day. Interesting enough, the group taking the anabolic nutrition cocktail immediately before, and after an intense workout showed the greatest strength and muscle mass gain. Thus, is it safe to conclude it doesn't matter what you take, but when you take it. The timing of taking the nutrients are crucial to bodybuilding success.

In bodybuilding nutrition there is a period of time immediately following training known as the "window" to ingest these three nutrients. If you miss this limited time, generally within one hour after a hard workout, the muscle building results will not be as good.. During this "window of opportunity" your body will take the good hi-glycemic index carbohydrates and protein, and transport them into the liver, and muscles to begin the lean tissue building, or bodybuilding process. Thus, these nutrients will be used for the purpose of recovery, and getting ready for the next exercise bout, and not intended to be stored as adipose tissue.

There have been several studies concluded throughout the years on pre and post workout nutrition, and the effects of protein synthesis. Another study suggested a spike in protein synthesis when a carbohydrate, and protein bodybuilding nutrition supplement drink is ingested immediately before a high intensity bodybuilding workout. In this particular study, there was an increase in protein synthesis when the bodybuilding nutrition supplement drink was ingested prior to working out as opposed to after.

In summary, experts recommend using 30-50 g of whey protein, with 75-100 g of hi-glycemic index carbohydrates, and 3-5 g of creatine monohydrate, combined in drink form, immediately before, and after each bodybuilding workout. A good bodybuilding nutrition strategy is to drink one half of the drink before, and one half after each bodybuilding training session.

These two bodybuilding tips will make a tremendous difference in your bodybuilding training program. As you now know, timing is everything. Make sure you are drinking the exact cocktail of nutrients prior to, and following hi-intensity workouts in order to maximize the nutrient uptake, and aid in the protein synthesis process.

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Stop Wasting Your Time and Money - Get a Bodybuilding Routine That Actually Works

If you've decided to get into bodybuilding, it's important to remember that the right bodybuilding routine is crucial for the best results. Just like the bodybuilders who design them, bodybuilding routines are also equally different in many ways. The best bodybuilding routine is ideally the one that achieves the maximum result in the minimum amount of time.

It's a common mistake for rookie bodybuilders to think that they can attain a physique like that of a certain Mr. Schwarzenegger by simply renting a copy of "Pumping Iron" and imitating Arnold move for move. Now, borrowing bodybuilding techniques from a world-class bodybuilder is fine, however, expecting those same techniques to give you a sculpted body within ten months is really just building castles in the air.

Here are three fundamentals of bodybuilding routines that work which you should keep in mind when choosing a workout routine for yourself.

Fundamental #1 of Bodybuilding Routines That Work: No such thing as One Routine Fits All

When it comes to bodybuilding, what works for one individual doesn't ever work for the other. You can see this by spending sometime observing builders at your local gym and you will realize that each one of them is performing separate exercises for different rep counts and with different weights in order to tone, sculpt or build different body parts. Experienced bodybuilders have all found their routines through a basic trial and error process and so shall you if you proceed diligently.

Fundamental #2 of Bodybuilding Routines That Work: Different Strokes for Different Muscle Folks

In order to choose a bodybuilding routine that actually works for you, make sure to pick one that suits your body type. There are three basic body types as far as gaining muscle mass is concerned. These are Endomorphs, Ectomorphs and Mesomorphs:

Those with the Endomorph body type are able to easily build muscle mass but are also prone to putting on weight. This type has to watch their diet carefully and need some amount of cardio in their workout routine as well.

Ectomorphs on the other hand are of the tall, thin and lean body type with long, slim limbs. Ectomorphs don't put on weight or muscle mass easily and need to eat the right kind of food to increase their calorie and protein intake. They must also weight train to a great extent instead of cardio in order to sculpt a good body.

The final body type is Mesomorphs and those with this kind of body type are extremely lucky since they don't put on weight easily and are also able to gain muscle mass fast. If you fall in this category, do not change the amount of food you eat, only eat healthier and start bodybuilding immediately.

Fundamental #3 of Bodybuilding Routines That Work: Change is the Name of The Bodybuilding Game

Finally, if you do find a bodybuilding routine that works amazingly well for more than three months, then chances are that you will probably have to add some variations as you go along, doing what's necessary to get the desired results as well as adding or removing exercises to build different muscle groups and parts of your body.

To conclude, no bodybuilding routine that works is complete without the right kind of nutrition. And also no bodybuilding routine includes workout sessions longer than 75 minutes or more than 5 sessions per week. If you push your body beyond its limit, you must be ready to face the consequences such as injury and long recuperation periods. This is why it's especially important to choose and follow a bodybuilding routine under the watchful eye of a professional natural body builder or trainer.

Apart from that, keep the above-mentioned bodybuilding fundamentals in mind to find the perfect bodybuilding routine that works for you and before long you will be well on your way to attaining that dream body you've always wanted.

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