Muscle Building Articles

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Sunday, 26th October 2008 @ 2:08 PM

Like the cigar, the booze, the joint or any other stimulant, if taken for a long time at a regular dosage, steroids are addictive. Continued use teaches the body to depend on and to demand a dose at particular instances. New and hyperactive users often combine (stack) anabolic steroids with other performance enhancement drugs. With time they start to pyramid or cycle the doses of steroid, mostly beginning with slightly low doses of stacked drugs and as the body responds in tandem, they pe... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Sunday, 26th October 2008 @ 2:00 PM

Self motivation has all to do with making a resolution to emerge successful at every quest that one has to pursue. When one has a resolute determination to tackle an activity and emerge tops, there is a very slim chance of failure. Such willpower is needed by persons who are intent on gaining muscular weight through various bodybuilding techniques. In this particular instance, one needs to have the personal discipline to eat from a healthy diet always and also to adhere to the training regimen t... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Sunday, 26th October 2008 @ 1:57 PM

When we talk about natural bodybuilding we are talking of the type of training that makes absolutely no use of any performance-enhancers be they in the form of steroids (anabolic or catabolic), human growth hormones, diuretics, pro-hormones and generally any other drug and preparation that will assist the body gaining strength during the training process. This is the school of though that applies to natural bodybuilding techniques. There are various organizations and bodies that regulate ... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Sunday, 26th October 2008 @ 1:49 PM

The two most important roles of a bodybuilding regimen are to help the individual to grow in muscular mass as well as to help in reducing the amount of excess fat in the body. These two aspirations are normally on the extreme ends of each other. The requirements for both of these conditions are completely different and therefore a fine balance should be struck. For you to build a lean muscle mass you must be able to increase the intake of calories in your diet because this is where you will get ... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Nick Nilsson @ Sunday, 26th October 2008 @ 12:55 PM

If you're one of the many men and women who want larger, firmer, rounder glutes but haven't had much luck in building them, this is the article for you. I know it's popular to say "it's not your fault" about almost anything these days...but in this case, it actually could be your fault...and you don't even know it! You see, something as simple as your everyday posture could be responsible for the tough time you're having building up those glute... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Sunday, 26th October 2008 @ 12:01 PM

A home fitness program may just be the thing for you if you desire to lose extra fat and gain more muscle from the safe confines of your home. This is in case you are quite aware of what that you are supposed to do. If this is not the case then some simple mistakes may occur which may lead to the inefficiency of the program. This situation almost always leads the affected person to abandon the whole idea of getting fit in the first place. If you can find a way around these errors then you... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Sunday, 26th October 2008 @ 11:57 AM

The building of muscle mass is certainly not an overnight experience. It is long tedious process that calls for patience, perseverance, dedication and effort. As with each and every ongoing process that is aimed at achieving a goal, the persons concerned are really after seeing the level of progress that is constantly supposed to be achieved. Likewise, the bodybuilder is anxious each and every time to see if indeed the hard work that is being put in is reciprocating in terms of muscle mass devel... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Sunday, 26th October 2008 @ 11:50 AM

There are many types of nutrients and supplements that are now available almost everywhere you look. All these promise to get you the right results for your muscles in the shortest times possible. The role of such supplements is of course to supply nutrients to your muscles, to nurture them during and after workouts. Supplements are also very necessary when you require adding to your mass of muscle. This is because they will help the body in fixing the muscle tissues that are constantly b... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Sunday, 26th October 2008 @ 11:39 AM

The sport of bodybuilding has been marked by protracted debates about the levels of protein that should be consumed for maximum muscle gain. There have been raging and continuing debates between the nutritionists and the bodybuilding experts about this issue. There have also been continuous investigations into this matter and finally the truth about what amount of protein intake is required for the desired effects is finally being revealed. This article will seek to share these insights w... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Friday, 24th October 2008 @ 6:36 AM

There exist different ways in which the dangerous effects of steroids have been minimized in an attempt to reduce their effects, where those who abuse the steroids have been implementing them for medical purposes or other concrete reason. These counter-productive measures of minimizing steroid effects include such ways as increasing the cardiovascular exercises to a level which would help neutralize the effects that have taken in the hearts left ventricle. In addition, androgens are virtu... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Friday, 24th October 2008 @ 6:27 AM

In many nations where steroids are illegal or where they have been controlled by the government, the many varieties of steroids are available illegally via the black market options. Basically these steroids are firstly under a produced in another country and literally get smuggled into the consumption country across different international borders. And as in most smuggling endeavors, organized crime is a vehicle through which the operations take place. In this smuggling operations,... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Friday, 24th October 2008 @ 5:28 AM

Steroids are administered primarily by mouth (orally). Other steroids are administered via transdermal methods which involve the use of syringes to inject the steroids into the bodybuilders' bloodstream. These traditional routes of steroid intake are not known to have any limiting effect on the effectiveness of the drug. The methods of intake have produced similar properties despite the difference observed in pharmacokinetic principles. On the other hand steroids that are orally administere... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Friday, 24th October 2008 @ 4:50 AM

If you train well and hard and start early enough you will not have to take such risks and run the chance of appearing flat, bloated or smooth. If you have a desire to trick your body and try to maximize oxygen storage system, while minimizing subcutaneous water storage for a huge, dry, vascular look, then my advice is that you experiment weeks before and not the week of the show and risk weeks of hard work if your body rejects the plan you choose. Understanding how to manipulate your cal... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Friday, 24th October 2008 @ 2:34 AM

Bodybuilding supplements are those substances that have been developed to help athletes as they try to build their muscle mass as well as trying to reduce their body fat levels. Bodybuilding supplements are also used when an athlete requires to better his or her athletic ability through an improvement in performance. Supplements are also used by athletes to help them in the recovery process say after injury or a after a bout of ailments. There is clearly a big distinction between suppleme... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Friday, 24th October 2008 @ 2:23 AM

Avena Sativa is extracted from wild oat straw and also been classified as an aphrodisiac. Oats have a long reputation of being a very energizing grain and until recently, the sexual side effects have gone undiscovered. The function of Avena sativa is to release or free up bound testosterone in both men and women. Logic will tell you, if this is the case, then the sexual side effect would be obvious. The main benefit to this derivative is what it can do for the prostate. Releasing boun... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Friday, 24th October 2008 @ 2:08 AM

Human Growth Hormones or HGH are closely related in their use to sports supplements and to steroids. Like steroids, HGH's are only legal if prescribed by a qualified doctor as a treatment strictly for a medical condition. While HGH's and steroids are chemical substances abused especially among sports men and women, steroids are most often used to enhance performance during or just before a major competitive event while HGH's are used regularly and mostly long before competitivenes... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Friday, 24th October 2008 @ 2:02 AM

This is a story about how I learned the hard way about how important it is to practice muscle balance. I should have known better, having been someone who has worked out pretty much consistently for decades. When I say "pretty much consistently" that is what caused the problem. Although I never go more than a few days without a decent level of physical activity, I've gone months at a time without intense training. For me, intense training means three to four days per week of 40 minu... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Wednesday, 22nd October 2008 @ 5:47 PM

The use of anabolic steroids to enhance body performance and looks is one of the most criticized realities of the modern age. Extraordinarily and frequently exaggerated negative side effects that cause permanent health problems are mentioned in any discussion of steroids. With all this negative rhetoric, the abuse of steroids would be expected to go down. In contrast however, bodybuilders, athletes, and the general public continue undeterred in their abuse of anabolic steroids as they search for... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Wednesday, 22nd October 2008 @ 5:33 PM

The theory behind this type of training is not very complicated, but it is definitely very effective. This type of training can be used for any targeted muscle, and with substantial results. The idea of pre-exhaust training is a two step process. The first step is to work the targeted muscle to exhaustion, and then without any rest, immediately go to an exercise that works a larger muscle group the includes the targeted muscle. For instance, if you are targeting the gluteus maximus and th... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Dane Fletcher @ Wednesday, 22nd October 2008 @ 5:22 PM

I'm not going to qualify for writing this article on the basis of having an eye-catching backside. I was once told by my boss at the mortgage company, in front of a few female coworkers who didn't disagree with her, how amazed she was that I have no ass. This was very insulting, especially considering how highly I had always spoken of her ass. I came up with a great comeback, unfortunately like the "jerk store" episode on Sienfeld... too late! It went something like this... more...