Stoking the Metabolic Fire There is a longstanding belief in bodybuilding circles that the "little but often" approach to nutrition can boost the metabolism and encourage improved fat burning abilities. This practice is commonly referred to as "metabolic fire stoking". But can eating six smaller meals each day really offer bodybuilders an advantage over their gym-buddies who prefer to eat three larger meals per day? Ensuring the muscles have a constant supply of nutrients at hand throughout … [Read more...]
Ladies that lift – 5 of the most well known female weightlifters and bodybuilders
A few guys may still find it hard to get their heads around the fact that some women like to lift weights, and may even be better at it than many men, but women have been excelling in weight lifting sports for a long time. Admittedly up until the mid-1970s bodybuilding was a male-dominated sport, as was competitive weight lifting, but all that changed in 1977 when the first female bodybuilding competition was organized in Canton, Ohio, USA. It was called the Ohio Regional Women's Physique … [Read more...]
Best Foods for Hardgainers – Mass Building Foods For Ectomorphs
If you are logging the necessary hours at the gym, treating your body to the equally necessary rest periods and eating a healthy diet, but still failing to pack on the desired extra pounds, you may be a hard gainer. Don't worry. This doesn't mean you are doomed to spend the rest of your life doomed to bodybuilding mediocrity, but it does mean you may need to make a few modifications to your dietary intake. The Curse of the Hardgainer More often than not hardgainers are people who have a … [Read more...]
Top 5 Fat Burning Foods
There are numerous weight loss supplements available to buy. So many, in fact, dieters are spoiled for choice, but the majority of supplements contain natural ingredients and in many cases one or more of those ingredients is a food item such as a fruit. It’s a strange state of affairs when you sit and think about it. If chili peppers can help you lose weight, why not eat something that contains them? Perhaps people have become so used to popping pills they never dream there could be a … [Read more...]
Turning Failure Points into Isometrics
I should start by pointing out that this technique is a strength builder, and a potential mass builder. It involves pushing your muscle to failure which is really a muscle-building technique, as it forces the tissue to overcompensate more than usual in the recovery period after exercising. Trying to lift after failure is potentially risky, though it can be done, despite the counterintuitive nature. What I suggest is actually a safer way of continuing after failure without the risk of injury … [Read more...]
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