Muscle Gaining

Muscle Turns To Fat Myth From Gyms

"Bodybuilding is bad for you what do you realize when working out? If you stop working out the muscle turns into fat!" This statement is ridiculous just like saying to a professional race car driver that the engine from his car will attack him :| or whatever, you understand the analogy i hope :). There is no biological pathway for muscle to "turn into fat" but like all myths, this one has a grain of truth. if you stop working out you lose strength and muscle mass, and that`s a fact. exercise...

Arnold Schwarzenegger`s Favorite Chest Workout

Arnold Schwarzenegger`s routine for chest workout was so simple.. old style like him but very efficient indeed and his titles tell that: Four Mr. Universe titles, Seven Mr. Olympia titles. During Arnold Schwarzenegger`s Olympia reign, his two best bodyparts were the biceps and pecs (chest), and these are the muscles that everyone associates with a bodybuilder’s physique. Arnold`s chest in particular is widely considered the best ever. He described how he built that chest with a hard workout in...

Beer, Muscle and Bodybuilding

Let`s talk about beer and the damages of it on muscles in bodybuilding. First of all, if you occasionally drink a beer, don`t worry it won`t affect your dreams to get buffed up with big hard rock muscles! Still you know Arnold Schwarzenegger`s line about drinking soda? That line can also apply in the case of beer (alcohol) or even steroids and junk food and it is: "Why take something the body doesn’t need right now?" Although beers are among the best alcoholic beverage choices in bodybu...

Tablet Or Pill Stuck In Throat?

Let`s say that you take some kind of oral supplements or even steroids that are in the form of a pill (tablet) in order to increase your muscle size. If you`ve taken a tablet or pill without water which is stupid by the way, and the pill or tablet got stuck in your throat you can try apple sauce, club soda, ginger ale, even bread can help that stuck in the throat tablet or pill! If you try one of these remedies that stuck tablet or pill should dissolve away and 9/10 times the tablet or pill h...

Fish Oils Can Inhibit Muscle Recovery

Fish contains high levels of Omega 3 fatty acids, which inhibit prostaglandin synthesis, and that`s bad for muscle growth and recovery because prostaglandins are important for building muscles. I won`t talk about prostaglandin but instead i will talk about the fish oils that can inhibit muscle recovery in immobilized persons.Researchers from the Food and Nutrition Department at Seoul National University examined the effect of fish oils on muscle recovery in rats.The rats were assigned like so: a...

Attention! Too much fruit eating makes you fat!

From the start i have to tell you that ironically, in most cases only fat people that try fruit diets get fat and athletic persons remain the same because they need the caloric intake for the muscles but i will explain more, later in this post.Fruits are beneficial for health but excess consumption will only bring extra pounds !It`s true that fruits contain vitamins, fibers and antioxidants wich protect us from various diseases, but a large quantity of eaten fruits isn`t recommended even if you ...

Gerard Butler`s Workout and Diet Plan

In my personal opinion, Gerard Butler is a great scottish actor with charm and a funny person.. After filming the movie "300", Gerard got famous i might say for his shredded body with well defined muscles (great physique), and now recently after filming "The Bounty Hunter" he also got a new girlfriend, Jennifer Aniston. I think they look nice together but Gerard Butler is picky with his girls and now he was seen with a french 29 year old lady named Laurie Chloewa. All the muscles you see on G...

Ups `n Downs in Bodybuilding Part 5

After i bulked that muscle mass some time passed, spring came and along with it came sunny days, heat and i started wearing thin clothes, but in a particular day at school it hit me!I went to school in a black short sleeve shirt and a colleague of mine told me:"Hey Johnny you`ve gone fat, look at your belly."Those words made me realise a thing, f*%k bulking and muscle mass, i`ve bulked enough and i waited for summer to come faster.When summer came i`ve already had a plan in my mind with a strict...

What can you eat for Easter?

Easter is a good occasion to live moments of holy joy. Every year when Easter comes you have a table full of goodies: roast lamb, Easter eggs ( be carefull with the cholesterol), sponge cake etc. Those goodies are tasty but unhealthy too if you eat them in excess.Don`t fill your plate! If you want happy holidays don`t eat that much no matter how delicious and appetizing Easter foods are! Help your diet! Eat from each of the tasty foods but don`t be greedy.Eat small portions at least the first d...

Beans

For example kidney beans are seeds from a large plant used for human or animal food.Beans are one of the longest cultivated plants and they are very nutritious thus helping your muscle to grow. Beans were a important source of protein during the old and new world, and they still are.Besides protein, kidney beans or other beans have significant amounts of fiber and soluble fiber, one cup of cooked beans providing between 9 to 13 grams of fiber and you need that for your muscles don`t you? Beans ...