Cyclic ketogenic diets have been used for decades, by endurance athletes and bodybuilders, but for different reasons. Endurance athletes frequently use CKD programs to peak energy levels for an event. Bodybuilders, weight lifters interested in muscle definition, often employ carbohydrate cycles to maintain musculature while losing fat mass. Carbohydrate cycling improves physical performance or muscle [...]
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Current estimates suggest four million American men are taking doctor-prescribed testosterone replacement therapy and around three million people in the United States use anabolic-androgenic steroids for their effects on body composition. Use has dramatically increased since the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse indicated that a little more than one million people were using AAS [...]
It’s hard to refute, greater musculature brings the appearance of physical, emotional and professional health. A bodybuilder represent a fitness lifestyle that survives through exhausting efforts, mental motivation, progressive planning and resourceful time management techniques. Moreover, increasing muscle mass turns up the metabolic furnace in favor of burning stubborn fat stores. A reasonable rate at [...]
You are what you eat! That household statement has been regurgitated by parents for several generations. It may not mean much to many, but for those trying to obtain an edge in sports or resistance training, it means a lot. The mouth is a gateway into the inner body. It’s up to each individual to [...]
A creative mind is a horrible thing to waste, so long as good judgment supersedes inventive initiatives. Certain lifestyle choices can enhance intellectual creativity in people – by altering environmental perceptions and allowing for more open-minded attitudes. When reaching for the mountainous peak of innovative design, it’s important to know when you just fell off [...]
Bodybuilder’s deserve mainstream publicity; however today’s masses are not willing to accept the athletic giants. Even so, they brutally and repeatedly train themselves over years of torture, reaching for greater physical refinement. They stay motivated in the midst of controversy. They make sacrifices to remain mentally and physically consistent. They don’t train within a month [...]
What is it that keeps bodybuilders dedicated to obtaining physically extreme conditions? They some how find gratification in constant self-torture and disruption – starvation and overeating, microscopic destruction and rebuilding, injury and rehabilitation, restraint and self-indulgence. A life of pain and pleasure. Could the brain’s reward systems be so demented? It must be deeper. It [...]
Media health scares treat sodium like another dietary nail in the coffin. Health professionals relentlessly warn patients about high blood pressure, a condition that can lead to cardiovascular and kidney diseases. The masses are routinely exposed to a generalized statement: be sure to minimize your salt intake. This recommendation is appropriate for the average person [...]
Serious strength athletes must consider a training journal as a standard piece of equipment in their carry-on luggage. It doesn’t matter what they call their gear – journal, record, diary, log – so long as it’s included in the gym bag during intense training periods. Reporting to the gym without one is similar to an [...]
The barbell squat is one of the most misunderstood, or otherwise neglected, exercises in strength training. Many trainees perform it incorrectly, while others avoid it like a painful pandemic. The importance of intense leg exercises cannot be undermined in resistance training programs, since muscle growth throughout the body can be negatively affected. While genetic limitations [...]
