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Never lose sight of your goal to grow. That is my singular purpose for bodybuilding, whether offseason or precontest. When I’m counting down the days before a show, I want to continue getting bigger and putting on more muscle while still trying to eliminate bodyfat.
The way I see it, the more muscle you add, the deeper will be your cuts and striations. The differentials in those separations are a matter of maximizing muscle tissue as contrasted with minimizing interstitial fat, and the only way to ensure this is to keep protein and calorie consumption high. A protein surplus is the only way to grow muscle, and an adequate calorie supply is essential for maintaining enough training intensity and energy to lift the heavy weights that build muscle. (more…)
Nutrition | 09.11.09 | No Comments
A low-carb diet might seem like the greatest dream you’ve ever had, until the thought of another pork chop, omelet, or slab of cheese makes you sick to your stomach. So, if you’re ready to skip the steak, you can substitute your meat entrees with vegetarian options. The easiest way to take your low carb diet on a vegetarian trip is by using meat substitutes.
Benefits of vegetarianism include the fact that this lifestyle is kinder to animals and friendlier to the environment, it increases the possibility of giving food to hungry populations, it helps preserve what is left of the rain forest and it decreases the national medical care cost.
It is frequently said that you cannot be a successful bodybuilder and vegetarian. Vegetable proteins are usually of inferior quality to animal proteins. A satisfactory bodybuilding diet is in fact tricky for vegans, who keep away from all products of animal origin. Protein sources that both vegetarians and vegans can enjoy are mixed and baked beans, hummus, tofu, quorn, textured vegetable protein, soya, coconut, oat and rice milk, and much more. (more…)
Nutrition | 09.10.09 | No Comments
Our objective is to feed you the information needed to realize your full potential as a bodybuilder. There’s no way to build a championship physique without a nutritional regimen that’s every bit as intense as your training regimen. This article will help you construct meal plans to complement your hardcore workouts. Use this handy seven-step nutrition primer to build the ideal personalized bodybuilding diet to suit your goals and aspirations. (more…)
Nutrition | 05.26.09 | No Comments
Sugars, starches, and fibers are all carbohydrates. Your body uses carbohydrates as a fuel source for energy. If you imagine that your body is car engine, carbohydrates are the fuel that makes the engine run. However, this does not mean that the more carbs you consume the harder and faster you will go. If you take in more carbs than are needed for your body to run smoothly, then you will eventually store the extra carbs as fat. (more…)
Nutrition | 05.26.09 | No Comments
Maintaining optimum nutrition is essential to building a strong, massive physique, yet it is the most neglected element in the average lifter’s program. Without super nutrition, all training efforts are a waste of time. Nutrition also has an impact on the efficiency of steroid cycles. The idea is clear; food plays a major role in the acquisition of muscle mass. (more…)
Nutrition | 05.26.09 | No Comments
