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2. Benefit of Glutamine for Bodybuilding
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By Kevin Doberstein
Glutamine is the most abundant of all non-essential amino acids in the body. When the body is busy rebuilding tissue from weight-lifting workouts, amino acids play an important role. Of all of the amino acids, Glutamine is the most used. In this article you can learn how this supplement can help you.
Glutamine is the most abundant of all non-essential am... read more
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3. Stretching and the Warm up ? Are You Confused?
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By Brad Walker
Lately, Ive been receiving a lot of questions referring to the latest studies and research findings, and one question that I receive most queries about concerns the role that stretching plays as part of the warm up.
Currently, there seems to be a lot of confusion about how and when stretching should be used as part of the warm up, and some people are und... read more
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6. Muscle and Fitness -- The Second Key To Successfully Achieving Your Fitness Goals
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By Tony Farrell
Lets discuss Muscle and Fitness -- The Second Key To Successfully Achieving Your Fitness Goals. But just before that, I'd like to remind you about what the previous article discussed.
In a previous article called: "Muscle and Fitness -- The First Key To Achieving Your Goals", you were given ten steps to follow. If you haven't received this article, I sug... read more
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11. The Importance Of Creatine In Building Lean Muscle
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By Rick Mitchell
Creatine monohydrate can rightly lay claim to being the most popular and arguably most effective bodybuilding supplement currently available. The beauty of creatine is that it is 100% natural and occurs in many foods so it's unlikely to be banned from any sports or competitions.
Let's first establish what creatine actually is. In brief, creatine is produced naturally in our ... read more
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12. Know Your Muscles - The Mid-Section
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By Rick Mitchell
Becoming familiar with the muscles that make up your body has more benefits than simply allowing you to talk shop with your training partners. The more familiar you are with the muscles you're working, the better you'll be able to judge what's needed to make improvements. In this article we'll get to know the muscles that make up the mid-section.
The core muscles of the mid-... read more
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14. Yoga For a Beginner
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By Della Menechella
Yoga for a beginner is an exciting time when you start to discover all of the wonderful benefits that yoga has to offer. When you first begin yoga, there are several things you can do to make your experience positive.
The following are ideas you might want to consider as you begin your yoga journey.
Types of Yoga
It is a good idea when you are doing yoga as ... read more
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15. How To Be Dense While You Build Muscle The Smart Way
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By Jeremy Markum
Are you looking for another way to
progress that doesnt require adding
more weight to the bar? Are you stuck
and stagnate? Well give Density
Training a try. If you don't, I
guarantee you will hit a plateau.
Density, as it pertains to resistanct
training, is the amount of Work
performed per unit time. And yes,
time is critical here, because it's
the... read more
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16. The Importance Of Sets In Your Muscle Building Program
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By Rick Mitchell
In an earlier article we looked at how repetitions contribute to the muscle building process, but is the position regarding sets just as clear cut? Unfortunately, the answer to this is no as some experts feel one set to failure is sufficient, whereas others argue that multiple sets are needed to ensure maximum muscle gains.
Research to date suggests that, when using six to e... read more
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17. Know Your Bodybuilding Supplement - HMB
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By Rick Mitchell
HMB stands for beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate. It is a metabolite of leucine, one of the body's essential amino acids, with small amounts found naturally in catfish, grapefruit and alfalfa.
It has become very popular amongst athletes in recent years mainly due to the role it plays in the synthesis of muscle tissue. HMB has been subjected to many studies that have reached s... read more
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19. Know Your Muscles - The Shoulders And Arms
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By Rick Mitchell
Becoming familiar with the muscles that make up your body has more benefits than simply allowing you to talk shop with your training partners. The more familiar you are with the muscles you're working, the better you'll be able to judge what's needed to make improvements. In this article we'll get to know the muscles that make up the shoulders and arms.
Shoulders and arms wo... read more
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21. The Facts About Anabolic Steroids
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By Rick Mitchell
Anyone involved in the world of bodybuilding, and competitive sport generally, will understand the pressures that go with striving to achieve optimal performance. Sometimes athletes feel they cannot reach their peak without artificially enhancing their powers of recovery from intensive training. One way to speed up this process is through the use of anabolic steroids. In this artic... read more
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22. Add Intensity To Your Muscle Building Workout
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By Rick Mitchell
One of the biggest difficulties facing bodybuilders is how can they be sure that all muscle fibers have been recruited and exhausted during a given exercise and it is only by achieving this that muscle gains can be maximised.
The simple answer is, you have work beyond failure and experience a higher level of training intensity than before. This also ensures that workouts rem... read more
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24. Aerobic Activity Burns Fat
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By Gary Gresham
Aerobic activity is any exercise that helps you use oxygen more efficiently. It gets your heart pumping faster, makes you sweat and quickens your breath. When you raise your heart rate your body begins to burn stored carbohydrates and fatty acids for energy.
Aerobic activity is very effective in controlling your weight and is an ideal way to burn calori... read more
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25. Chest Exercises For Beginning Bodybuilders
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By Rick Mitchell
The chest area is one of the easist muscle groups for beginning bodybuilders to strengthen and develop. It consists of a large muscle (pectoralis major) to either side of the breastbone and a smaller muscle (pectoralis minor) underneath. The pecs are relatively easy to develop in the early stages simply because they can be trained intensively although care needs to be taken to work... read more
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