Steroids are artificial hormones that were originally ‘invented’ for the medical profession to use in treating hormone related medical conditions.
We require iron for many bodily functions including oxygen transport and storage, enzyme function and efficient immune defenses.
Any sports and nutrition expert will tell you that correct nutrition is important for everyone, regardless of if you’re someone who just exercises for pleasure or a professional athlete.
For the recreational exerciser, most nutritional requirements will be met simply by ensuring you eat a well-rounded daily diet.
Ensure you’re eating a variety of foods from each of the major food groups. There are five of these groups, grouped together based on the key nutrients the foods contain.
“Fascia Stretching to build muscle you say??” Surely there’s something more fun and important I could be doing? If you’re anything like me and into muscle building, you tend to develop an obsession with finding any little things that could potentially help you to build that bit of extra muscle. Usually when trainee’s tend to […]
Best Diet & Nutrition for Bodybuilders Eggs Eggs are one of the mainstays of this diet. Look for eggs with added Omega 3’s. You can buy them with added essential fatty acids Omega 3. Farmers are adding flaxseed and vitamin E to the egg laying chickens’ feed. By doing this, the eggs’ Omega 3 content […]
Your body craves for a constant supply of blood to thrive in life. This blood gives your body’s tissues the oxygen and nutrients they need. You might be hitting the gym hard every week but all this hard work can go to waste if your muscles are not getting the blood and nutrients they need. […]
A lot of people I meet still complain about their bodybuilding progress. Most of them say that they do regular workouts, sleep well and eat properly. However their results are dismal or average at best, and due to this a lot of them ask for my advice and I tell them “In order to get the […]
If you’ve landed in this section, chances are it wasn’t by accident. You have a goal – A goal to gain size and you want to know how to build muscle. If you’re new to this game, then before we begin, let me be the first to welcome you and congratulate you on wanting to […]
In this article, I will be providing information about an area of fitness that many trainee’s commonly struggle to get right – Eating correctly and consuming enough whole food to build muscle fast as part of a well-balanced, muscle building diet. When we talk about foods that build muscle fast, I will be referring mainly […]
What are the best muscle building foods when you have no time to spare and want to start packing on lean muscle mass right away? The good news is that this is more than an article about whey protein, shakes and power bars. All of those have their place, but they don’t fill out a complete diet […]
We’ve all heard it before, from doctors, bodybuilders and pro athletes, that protein is essential to a successful diet and exercise regimen. However, this otherwise helpful suggestion opens up a whole new set of questions, like ‘How much protein do I need?’, ‘What kind should I get?’, and ‘What is all this protein stuff doing […]
