Muscle Building Articles

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Kyle Oxenham @ Wednesday, 26th March 2008 @ 6:04 PM

Weight training is vital to your sports performance, because if you are matched with someone in skill, then it will take speed, power, and strength to defeat your opponent on the court, field or in the ring. Some athletes even coaches and trainers get confused with the deference between,bodybuilding or muscle building vs. weight training for strength and power for specific sports. For example having huge muscular legs does NOT mean you can jump very high, or run very fast; increase... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Wednesday, 26th March 2008 @ 2:50 AM

This is something you have to consider if you desire fast muscle gains. World's leading sports scientists in their extensive guide on programming for resistance training give us very potent hints and guidelines. I just got excited to learn all about this work because I realized that my everyday muscle building routines are around 95% in harmony with it. Appointed by the American College of Sports Medicine, these expert's recommendations for the best way of building muscle mass ... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Rob Ryan @ Tuesday, 25th March 2008 @ 9:02 PM

One of the biggest barriers facing people that want to exercise is getting the motivation to begin. Then there is the problem of not knowing where to begin or where to end and what to do in between. This all depends on your body type and fitness goals. If your overweight cutting calories and burning fat should take up the majority of your exercise regimen. Some strength training should always be included but knocking the fat off should be your main priorityin the beginning. As time go... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Monday, 24th March 2008 @ 12:11 PM

Having difficulty to simply get up and head your way towards the gym? Well, you are not alone. For most people, it takes a lot of mental energy and commitment to jump and move towards the gym on time. But to show up is in the gym is only half the battle, because physically being present and being focused on giving 100% to your workouts is not the same. If you are getting little older (like me) and / or have to deal with every day duties and family life, to overcome this mental blocks is ... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Cliff Baker @ Monday, 24th March 2008 @ 8:06 AM

A triathlon is an endurance sports event that consists of several different athletic exercises including cycling, swimming and running over great distances. These exercises are accomplished in a series. The official time for the competitor to complete the race includes changing clothing to switch from sport to sport. The triathlon was invented in France and run in an event called Les Trois Sports. This was an annual event that ran from the 1920s to the 1930s. This famous endurance sport ... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Saturday, 22nd March 2008 @ 5:06 PM

When you read or hear about the "anabolic steroids" 99% times you will associate it with elite sportsman or athletes, some drug scandals and cheating on rules and regulations. But you may be surprised to hear that recent report results show that majority of (anabolic) steroid users are not athletes. These people do not go for world titles or Olympic gold medals. They don't even compete in organized competition. This scientific survey is published in a leading sports science ... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Friday, 21st March 2008 @ 9:53 PM

For muscle building and enhancing athletic performance, creatine is probably the most effective, research-proven supplement that we'll ever saw until now. Once inside the muscle, creatine increases muscle cell volume and stimulates contractile protein production to provide better and faster results. Popular misconception among many weight lifters and other athletes is that creatine prevents fat loss if used regularly. You can read opinions that for building muscle, creatine is a gre... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Friday, 21st March 2008 @ 9:44 PM

When we finally decide and start going to the gym, we are all full of hope, inspiration and energy. This enthusiasm is key factor for the fast advancement towards our goals and it's crucial to know the ways how we can maintain and increase it. Enthusiasm is that drive which gives us power and force to go over all the obstacles and go on. If you desire to witness fast muscle gains (and fat loss) there is nothing more dangerous than loosing that energetic drive of enthusiasm. However,... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Friday, 21st March 2008 @ 9:25 PM

This will sound to simple at first. Form. All the time solution for rapid improvement of our results is in the front of our face at least during the time we spend in the gym. The way how perceive the meaning of form can make HUGE difference. Your results depend on that. Here are the reasons - give me few minutes and I will give you "secret key" to packing-on the most thick, rock-hard muscle possible in the shortest period of time. As you know "form" means using... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Thursday, 20th March 2008 @ 10:26 PM

There were some uncertain conclusions about what proteins are having strongest impact on lean muscle growth. You may have your own experience about this but I tell you I just got fed up with ignorance on this subject. I do not care for ignorant guys who do not want to advance but I do care about thousands of people investing great deal of time and energy in order to build muscle mass and get rid of that fat but they are being misguided. As you know for sure, this is very important topics and it ... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Cindy Brotherston @ Wednesday, 19th March 2008 @ 9:32 PM

Don't for a minute think that strength training is not for you. You may not be an athlete about to compete in a sport or competition, and you may have no desire to be a body builder. Perhaps you are older, a senior even. What then would you ever need strength training for? If you don't regularly participate in a sport or activity that will build and maintain strength, then you are the one most in need of training. People over 50 especially! If your concept of stre... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Wednesday, 19th March 2008 @ 11:58 AM

When people speak about bodybuilding it is kind of funny to hear them sometimes. You may have different experience with this but I had chance to hear so many really stupid opinions coming from the mouth of different people. Common misconception of average adult misguided by media is that bodybuilding and resistance training is only about oiled-up freaks, huge ugly "animals" posing in their swim wear. Many people are getting scared or disgusted from looking at those huge man (and w... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Tuesday, 18th March 2008 @ 7:11 PM

Firstly, muscle metabolism and growth is controlled by the classic steroid-hormone binding mechanism. Both anabolic and catabolic hormones (catabolic are the hormones that breakdown muscle tissue) are functioning s by binding to a cell membrane-receptor. When they are attached, they activate a receptor complex so that the hormone can enter the nucleus and bind response elements on DNA to act directly at the genetic level. This is how all hormones both natural and artificial alter the prod... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Monday, 17th March 2008 @ 7:28 PM

We all know that experts have already made dozen of extremely compelling arguments about the benefits of weight training for women. Despite that, not many women take these advices seriously. I visited quite a number of gyms and fitness centers and I could see very similar, almost identical picture everywhere I went. Most women are spending most of their exercise time on cardio / exercise machines, and less time doing weight lifting exercises. Cardiovascular exercising has its place and b... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Monday, 17th March 2008 @ 7:21 PM

If you are serious about building muscle then listen up, I'm going to share with you two critical moments crucial for fast and healthy muscle building. This article alone can save you years of wasted effort. Armed with this knowledge virtually anyone should be able to make tremendous gains and add pounds of drug free muscle to their physique. I won't explain things like stable isotope tracer technology, immunohistochemical muscle fiber typing or powerful microarray methods but ... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Ranju Kumar @ Sunday, 16th March 2008 @ 12:39 AM

There are various kinds of body building supplements obtainable in todays market. These products consist of full of nutrients that are essential in nurturing your muscles while you are working out and also helps them in fixing the muscle tissues and enhance the mass of the muscle. You have to consider that bodybuilding supplements is of no use if you do not workout hard. One thing you must always remember, that these supplements are only nutrients that your muscles and your body need in o... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Cliff Baker @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 8:01 PM

There can be more to body building than just lifting weights. For variation in your routine you might want to engage in martial arts style activities such as Aikido, Karate, Judo, Qi Gong or any of the other ancient Asian disciplines that are about building muscular strength. The great thing about learning martial arts as well is that you are also taught how to be very spry on your feet. Martial arts training also teaches you how to focus yourself mentally. In a way you could refer to i... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 11:08 AM

If you are serious about building muscle then listen up, I'm going to share with you two critical moments crucial for fast and healthy muscle building. This article alone can save you years of wasted effort. Armed with this knowledge virtually anyone should be able to make tremendous gains and add pounds of drug free muscle to their physique. I won't explain things like stable isotope tracer technology, immunohistochemical muscle fiber typing or powerful microarray methods but... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 8:52 AM

Muscle building is my passion. If you are interested in proven facts about muscle building science you will be happy to hear this. Studies on CLA and its gain muscle mass effect have been overlooked by the majority "experts" in bodybuilding communities. However, its results are very relevant to all athletes, for a number of reasons. I do not want to analyze them right now (I'll come to that in few minutes). Point I want to make clear is that "conjugated linoleic acid&quo... more...

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Sasha James @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 2:46 AM

I want to loose body fat (of course) but I also want to look great, to have muscular and attractive body. And I want it now, even better I want to have it yesterday! Sounds familiar...? Majority of people are thinking in this way and it is understandable because it is in our nature to desire the best things for our self's. But how we can loose fat and build muscles in same time? Ignorance on this subject will slow you down or even it can stop your advancement. Purpose of this article... more...