Muscle Gaining

The Ectomorph

The ectomorph physique is a fragile and delicate one. The bones of an ectomorph are light, joints are small and muscles are slight. The limbs are long in proportion and the shoulders droop. The ectomorph is a linear physique. Straight up and straight down, and may appear longer than he or she really is, due to the length of limbs coupled with lack of muscle mass developed on those limbs. The ectomorph is not naturally powerful and will have to work hard for every ounce of muscle and every bit of...

Insomnia can Trigger Diabetes

Do you often have insomnia or sleep less than 6 hours per night? You risk on getting sick of diabetes or you know the worsest effect.. you risk muscle mass loss!According to scientists from Holland the body needs at least 6 hours of sleep a night to absorb the sugar in blood, sugar that is accumulated during the day thus preventing diabetes. Sleeping 6 hours a night also regulates your blood sugar level but for gaining muscle mass you need at least 8-10 hours of good sleep so do something with y...

Dave Tate`s quotes about Reason in Squats

"Very few movements require the same degree of dedication, desire and determination as heavy squats. Squats are more than a physical strength builder and may be the only movement that builds a person’s character. Life is about standing up AFTER a heavy load takes you down.” – quote Dave Tate“It's a great excuse to wear a big ass belt that makes you look less fat when doing squats.” -quote Dave Tate“Light squats need to be treated as though they are heavy and heavy squats as if they are light.” –...

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...

Alkaline Water Helps Your Health

The human body needs alkaline water to clean itself from the acid residues and mantain its health. Alkaline water neutralizes the acid residues from the human body and it liquefies them to ease the excretion without affecting your health.Alkaline water treatment is very popular in Japan for treating the next diseases: headaches, arthritis, epilepsy, asthma, tuberculosis, meningitis, liver and kidney disease, nausea, gastritis, diarrhea, hemoroids, diabetes, eye diseases, reproductive organs can...

Free Weights Or Weight Machine?

You have made the decision to finally get your body in shape.You want the convenience of a home gym. Now you need to decide which is going to be best for you, free weights or a weight machine. Which will give you the best muscle gain? Free weights(dumbbells, barbells) seem to have a slight edge over machines and here's why:Because you use different muscle groups with free weights, research seems to indicate you may get stronger with free weights over a machine. Working out with free weights also...

Jargon Used In Bodybuilding

Steroids: 1.Cycle: A period of steroid use often 8 or more weeks in length, followed by a similar period of disuse. 2.Pyramiding: This is when users build up to their heaviest dose on a cycle. Though prevalent in the early days of steroid use, this method was found unnecessary and is virtually no longer practiced. 3.Stacking: The process of combining drugs, or using more than one drug within a cycle. 4.Tapering: This is the opposite of Pyramiding. Users begin with their highest dose and ...

Hardgainers

What is a "hardgainer"?A Hardgainer is a genetically-typical person (if there is such a thing).He/she is born with no special genetic 'gifts' which enable them to pack on muscle mass quickly. Such people cannot gain lots of strength using VOLUME training, but a hardgainer can make impressive gains using less frequent workouts with considerably less volume (see topic Supersets).Estimates of the percentage of the population who are "hardgainers" range from 60% to 95% (Steve Holman "The Home Gym Ha...

5 Tips for building Abs

1. Focus on the diet.Your diet is the main factor in how your abs will look. "Abs are made in the kitchen, not in the gym!"2. Minimize rest time in between sets.Try to only take 1 minute of rest [or less] time in between abdominal exercises. The goal is to keep rest to 30 - 40 seconds in between sets. Keep those abdominals burning!3. Contract and flex your abs in between sets.This technique helps to build abdominal definition. Bodybuilders have been known to stretch and flex in between sets to i...

Hugh Jackman`s Workout

At age 40, Hugh Jackman has a frame packed with hard muscle mass while being leaner than at any time in his life.He trains at the crack of dawn because research suggests that people who train in the afternoons consistently do workouts of far less intensity than those who do train in the morning. A typical Jackman workout takes an hour to 90 minutes, including warm-up and cardio sessions.His personal trainer Mike Ryan bases the weights workouts on big compound lifts and adds some twists, so Hugh...