Tag: "diet"

The Forgotten Six-Pack: Six Overlooked Bodybuilding Supplements That Can Help Boost Your Gains

By admin on Jul 14, 2010 in Supplements

Creatine, glutamine, protein powders, fat burners and amino acids are the major supplements that help support muscle growth and repair, but they are only part of the story. To help you graduate from beginner to advanced-level bodybuilder, consider the six supplements discussed in this article. These essential nutrients are often ignored or thought of as [...]

Muscle Mass Building Routine for Ectomorphs

By admin on Jul 13, 2010 in Workout Routines

The Ectomorph’s Diet The ectomorph is the lucky body type that doesn’t carry much body fat, but are unlucky in that their body burns a lot of calories per day normally. In order to increase body weight, this type of person would need to increase calorie levels in stages until a pound in body weight [...]

Dave Palumbo’s Diet For Cutting Weight – The Keto Diet

By admin on Jul 12, 2010 in Losing Weight, Sample Diets

The premise of the diet is high protein (about 1- 1 1/2 gram per pound), moderate fat (about 1/2 g per lb) and low low carbs (no direct sources of carbs). During this diet, the brain goes into ketosis (it uses ketone bodies for energy, fats) and thus the energy requirements by the body can [...]

The Treat Sheet – If Cravings Are Driving You Crazy, Don’t Despair Here’s What Science Tells Us About Cheating On Your Diet

By admin on Jul 10, 2010 in General Nutrition, Nutritional Tips

We’ve all been there Deep in a diet when the cravings start to hit you, hard. When you began dieting, your drive to be lean and mean made it easy to say no to the pizza your buddies were noshing on and the ice cream your girlfriend was eating for dessert. Yet suddenly the thought [...]

37 Year Old Mother Of Two & Future Fitness Competitor Christina Adler Interviewed

By admin on Jul 08, 2010 in Interviews, Recommended Articles

Could you tell us a bit about your background and what got you started into fitness? I have been athletic my entire life and even lettered in 4 sports during high school including softball, golf, and gymnastics. So I guess I never really thought too much about my diet or my fitness level. I was [...]

Top Male Fitness Model Anthony Catanzaro Interviewed By FullyFlexed

By admin on Jul 02, 2010 in Interviews, Recommended Articles

Could you tell us a bit about your background and what got you started into fitness? Hi, I was born and raised in Bay Shore New York. I’m the youngest of six children my mother and father were from Sicily, Italy. When I was a kid I used to dream about being the best and [...]

Quick Rip Fix – These Nine Strategies Will Boost The Effects Of Your Cutting Diet

By admin on May 27, 2010 in Losing Weight, Nutritional Tips

The trick to getting lean is to rip off fat while saving muscle. Lucky for you, there are quite a few strategies bodybuilders can utilize to maintain muscle mass while stripping bodyfat. Keeping muscle mass is important not only for the sake of appearance, but also to help prevent your metabolic rate from slowing. These [...]

Fitness & MMA Model Candice Kay Interviewed By FullyFlexed

By admin on May 11, 2010 in Interviews, Recommended Articles

Could you tell us a bit about your background and what got you started into fitness? I ate too much as a teenager! I was a chubby teen and getting bigger! I wasn’t happy with who I was. I took a drive one day and ended up at MuscleMag. I asked for a job there [...]

The H.U.G.E. Rules, Part 2 – You Are What You Eat, And Nutrition May Be The Key To Unlocking Your Greatest Gains

By admin on May 03, 2010 in Gaining Weight, Nutritional Tips, Sample Diets

Sixty! Seventy-five! Ninety! Maybe you’ve read those out sized figures in sentences that go something like this: nutrition is X percent of bodybuilding success. This is hyperbole to the extent that it implies what you eat is more important than how you train or getting enough rest. You need all three qualities to grow. However, [...]

1-2-3 Grow – Pay Attention To These Key Nutrition Numbers To Lower Your Bodyfat Levels And Dial Up Big Muscle Gains

By admin on Apr 19, 2010 in Nutritional Tips

Bodybuilders are number crazy. What do you weigh? What’s your bodyfat percentage? How big are your arms? How much do you bench press? How many minutes of cardio do you do? How many days a week do you work out? And on it goes. All this obsessing about weights and measurements, although necessary to a [...]