Leucine is not the most common word thrown around to beginners in fitness and bodybuilding. If you ask anyone what l-leucine is, you can bet that they will not be familiar with it. This is where we come into play to explain this “anabolic trigger.” Protein synthesis is a term you may see often when you read articles dealing with building muscle. But what is it? Quite simply, it is the synthesis of new skeletal muscle proteins. Read the rest of this entry »
There are a lot of myths about ab workouts out there today. For one, no, you will not get a six pack from doing 1,000 crunches per day. Another thing is that people think that they don’t even need ab workouts for them to grow and look good. They think that they can see growth from doing compound exercises such as deadlifts and squats. While these two exercises work great, you should still work them on their own during abdominal workouts.
I don’t usually like to write whole articles about supplements because I believe diet and training to be far more important than any combination of supplements. However there are a few supplements that work, creatine being the most notable of all of them. It is the best selling supplement ever, period. Creatine sales totaled over 100 million dollars in last year alone! Read the rest of this entry »
A perennial question, argument and debate in the field of nutrition has to do with how many carbohydrates people should be eating. While the nutritional mainstream is still more or less advocating a large amount of daily carbohydrate (with fat being blamed for the health problems of the modern world), groups often considered Read the rest of this entry »
The issue of meal frequency for muscle mass gains would seem to be pretty well decided, right? Bodybuilders have been pushing for 6 (or more) meals per day spread out every 2.5-3 hours for decades and this is taken as an almost de-facto requirement for success in terms of optimal mass gains. Read the rest of this entry »
How did you get started?
I was a competitive gymnast, cheerleader, skiier, and runner all of my life. Thus, after college commensed i realized that i needed something else to nurture my competitive side. Thus, i began lifting and hitting the gym. Read the rest of this entry »
How did you get started?
I grew up a dancer, formally trained in ballet, so I’d always been very active as a kid. I stopped dancing due to tendinitis in my toes in high school. When I moved away from home to attend University I lived in the “athletes’ residence” so I had many friends that went to the on campus gym. I got my first gym membership and started working out. I did a lot of cardio (definitely could have classified me as one of those “elliptical girls”), stretching and very little weight lifting. Read the rest of this entry »
