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		<title>2 Amino Acids That Could Harm Your Muscles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maverick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bodybuilding Supplements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amino Acids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carnosine and alanine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaining muscle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amino acids are becoming more and more popular, these days.  People are claiming that they make great supplements for gaining weight and building muscle.  Everywhere you look, they are being sued or sold.  They&#8217;re found in health stores, online, on television ads and even being handed around in high school gyms.  You should know the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-201" title="fit-body" src="http://www.musclesbodybuilding.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/fit-body-200x200.jpg" alt="fit-body" width="200" height="200" /><strong>Amino acids</strong> are becoming more and more popular, these days.  People are claiming that they make great supplements for gaining weight and building muscle.  Everywhere you look, they are being sued or sold.  They&#8217;re found in health stores, online, on television ads and even being handed around in high school gyms.  You should know the facts about them first, though, before you try them.</p>
<p>There is a British study about two of them, carnosine and alanine, that you should be aware of.  Both are found naturally in our muscles, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that taking more of them will make them work any better.  Our bodies aren&#8217;t necessarily equipped to handle more of certain substances, even if they exist in our bodies naturally, you see.  In fact, the British study found that alanine and carnosine aren&#8217;t useful at all for increasing stamina or gaining muscle, when taken as supplements.<br />
<span id="more-200"></span><br />
So, what does help with muscle building?  Well, weight training and proper diet are good places to start.  It&#8217;s important to monitor how many calories you are eating.  You also need to get the proper nutrition from those calories, though.  So, for instance, you shouldn&#8217;t get all your calories from junk food.   Once you are getting the right calories, you need to work out in such a way that you use them to help build your muscles.  Supplements of any sort are expensive and most don&#8217;t help at all with calorie intake or weight training.  You&#8217;re much better off just eating healthy foods and exercising regularly.  So, before you go buying supplements containing amino acids, consider those things carefully.</p>
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		<title>3 Most Legal and Affordable Bodybuilding Supplements</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maverick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bodybuilding Supplements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable bodybuilding supplements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal bodybuilding supplements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are you thinking of building muscles from right now? Are you thinking of any legal bodybuilding supplements? Or Are you thinking of taking any of muscle building supplements available in the market? If yes! There are many people doing the same. Every time you visit the shop, there is always a new bodybuilding supplement that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-157" title="legal-bodybuilding-supplements" src="http://www.musclesbodybuilding.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/legal-bodybuilding-supplements.jpg" alt="" width="149" height="119" />Are you thinking of building muscles from right now? Are you thinking of any legal bodybuilding supplements? Or Are you thinking of taking any of muscle building supplements available in the market? If yes! There are many people doing the same. Every time you visit the shop, there is always a new bodybuilding supplement that assures you of increasing muscle size inches upon inches in just few weeks.</p>
<p>If you want some affordable bodybuilding supplement or legal bodybuilding supplement, here there are <span id="more-156"></span>three topmost supplements for you:-</p>
<ol>
<li>Creatine</li>
<li>Glutamine</li>
<li>Capsule of fish oil</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Creatine</strong><br />
Creatine is an affordable bodybuilding supplement that gain admiration from all the guys entering into the field of bodybuilding. Almost everyone with the intention of developing muscles feel the requirement of its intake. Though it is not going to make you Mr. Universe, but it will increase your body stamina to continue exercising for long and concentrate for greater time period. It results in increased endurance capability of the body.</p>
<p>The working of creatine is done by supplementing and replacing natural creatine that is stored in our body and seems to be used up during workouts. As soon as there is shortening of creatine in body, you will start feeling exhausted and shall be compelled to stop your work.</p>
<p><strong>Glutamine</strong><br />
After creatine, Glutamine forms the second legal bodybuilding supplement. It is a type of amino acid that helps in fast recovery of our body. Along with it, it prevents trivial aches and pains in the body. It is mainly effective in case of ligaments and joints.</p>
<p><strong>Capsules of Fish Oil</strong><br />
The third legal and affordable bodybuilding supplement is the capsules of fish oil. There are fish oil tablet available that can help in improving anybody’s health and increasing body’s sensitivity for insulin. It means if there is more consumption then particular level of carbohydrate food, it is utilized in a proper way to develop new muscles in the body. It also helps in repairment of wear and tear in muscles.</p>
<p>If you are demanding to figure out, then you should supplement your hard earned money on top listed legal bodybuilding supplements or affordable body building supplements. Never expect some astonishing muscle building supplements that do not take sufficient time or work to build the muscles.</p>
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		<title>Will Body building Supplements Really Growing Your Muscles?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maverick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bodybuilding Supplements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[body buiulding supplements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effective workout]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it really effective to add some body building supplements to your diet to help your muscle grow faster?  Supplements are similar to vitamins.  They add to what you are already doing when eating right for body building and provide you with more of what your body needs to grow muscle. You have many choices [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-110 alignright" title="bunble-of-bodybuilding-supplements" src="http://www.musclesbodybuilding.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bunble-of-bodybuilding-supplements.jpg" alt="" width="134" height="99" />Is it really effective to add some body building supplements to your diet to help your muscle grow faster?  Supplements are similar to vitamins.  They add to what you are already doing when eating right for body building and provide you with more of what your body needs to grow muscle.</p>
<p>You have many choices when it comes to body building supplements.  You choose which one to use from the hundreds on the market. Some companies have a better reputation, however they are mostly comparable.  Find a business that has a great track <span id="more-111"></span>record and is highly esteemed. We have identifed four different supplements that can assist and improve your workout program.</p>
<p>Each offers distinct advantages suited to your individual body building objectives. Protein helps build strong muscle, creatine combats fatigue allowing for longer, more effective workouts, glutamine helps combat the stress you are putting your body under during a workout, and nitric oxide increases the flow of muscle building agents to skeletal muscle.</p>
<p>Another supplement many body builders use should be avoided.  Steroids and growth hormones are a quick growth answer for some body builders.  There is always the possiblity that these body building supplements might lead to damaging side effects.  Many of these substances are illegal, and if you are competing in body building competitions, you will be disqualified if they are found in your system.</p>
<p>In general, body building supplements are safe for everyone to use. You should always check with the doctor before starting on any supplements.  It is a good idea to consult your doctor if you are unsure as to whether you should take a certain supplement, for your doctor can take your underlying conditions into consideration and make an appropriate determination for you.</p>
<p>Body building requires not only hard work and determination, but also the use of supplements.  Nearly all serious body builders use them.  Check the legality and safety of the supplements you choose to add to your regimen.  If they are not, you may find that you are not helping yourself, but rather doing harm.</p>
<p>Body building supplements are an immense way to add to the effectiveness of your exercise routine. It&#8217;s possible to get by without them, but they can really add to your workouts and help you achieve your body building goals. Be smart when selecting supplements and take them as suggested for optimum results.  Keep up to date with your routine for body building, and you&#8217;ll see great results!</p>
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		<title>The Killing Insulin and Bodybuilding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maverick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The misuse of insulin hormone by sportsman is increasing for the improvement in performance. The warnings regarding insulin and bodybuilding have been given by health experts that the damages caused by the drug causes irreparable damages. The perfect killing drug It is beyond doubt that insulin is the perfect drug to increase endurance and stamina [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The misuse of insulin hormone by sportsman is increasing for the improvement in performance. The <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-100" title="bodybuilding-insulin" src="http://www.musclesbodybuilding.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bodybuilding-insulin.jpg" alt="" width="115" height="141" />warnings regarding<strong> insulin and bodybuilding </strong>have been given by health experts that the damages caused by the drug causes irreparable damages.</p>
<p><strong>The perfect killing drug</strong><br />
It is beyond doubt that insulin is the perfect drug to increase endurance and stamina for athletes. The drug is difficult to detect, cheap, readily available and improves performance. But its lethal effects can not be ignored.</p>
<p>Insulin, a natural hormone, is secreted by pancreas and helps in controlling blood glucose in the body. The injection of insulin is given to the diabetes patient to prevent the rise in blood glucose level. The insulin shall not be injected in high amount as it causes fall in the level of blood glucose and can cause shaking, sweating or sometimes more severe effects like coma or death. So, it is very important to know the amount of insulin to be injected in the body.</p>
<p><span id="more-101"></span>Insulin and bodybuilding are also related terms. This hormone has been used for many years to improve the performance and endurance of athletes along with their muscle building.</p>
<p>The endurance capability of athletes has increased due to insulin because it helps glucose to enter muscle cells. If more amount of glucose enters the cells, it will stimulate the formation of glycogen, which is commonly called “power pack” and switches on very speedily.</p>
<p>The effects of insulin and bodybuilding were quite commonly observed when the injections of insulin increased the bulk of muscles. Regular injections of short acting insulin, if combined with carbohydrate diet have two helpful effects:-</p>
<ol>
<li>The effects of insulin were same as observed in athletes. It increased the muscle bulk and also the volume of glycogen.</li>
<li>It helped in prevention of breaking down of muscle protein. It means that the muscle made is more than muscle destroyed, thus resulting in increase in muscle size.</li>
</ol>
<p>But there is risk involved in case of insulin and bodybuilding as it causes bulking of muscles. One common incident was observed with man in Yorkshire, when it lead to fall in blood glucose level and resulted in coma or even death.</p>
<p>There are strict warnings by health experts against long term use of the insulin as it could also lead to diabetes, due to loss of body’s natural capacity to produce hormone.</p>
<p>Most of the athletes, who believe in insulin and bodybuilding, endanger themselves further. It is just because they have no surety of the amount of dose required. So, follows the game of trial and error. It is lethal while taking injection of insulin. It can even lead to dangerous practices, if practiced without professionals’ advice.</p>
<p>Mick Hart said “One [shot] might be good so two might be better and three might be better than that,” He saw the effect of <em>insulin and bodybuilding</em> in the bodies of bodybuilder who were admitted to hospital after the heavy dose of insulin, with the belief that greater the dose, the better effects it will have.</p>
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		<title>New Bodybuilding Drug- Human Growth Hormone (HGH)</title>
		<link>http://www.musclesbodybuilding.com/new-bodybuilding-drug-human-growth-hormone-hgh</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maverick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bodybuilding Supplements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[HGH (human growth hormone), a new bodybuilding drug, has been used to promote physical growth by bodybuilders. When a human growth hormone is released by pituitary gland, the liver releases IGF-1. This hormone IGF-1 is at its highest in childhood, but its level reduces with the age. The body stops growing new muscles cells after [...]]]></description>
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<p>HGH (human growth hormone), a new bodybuilding drug, has been used to promote physical growth by bodybuilders.</p>
<p>When a human growth hormone is released by pituitary gland, the liver releases IGF-1. This hormone IGF-1 is at its highest in childhood, but its level reduces with the age. The body stops growing new muscles cells after puberty. After this, the number of muscle cells in your body is genetic. The most efforts you can do are to increase the size of their cells through steroids or training. The new muscle cells can be grown by the use of HGH. It helps you in reversing genetic disposition. </p>
<p><span id="more-72"></span>Human growth hormone increase your body’s metabolism and energy level, thus burning fat and making you feel more active. While taking HGH, you can only gain weight from lean muscles. It does not resemble the functioning of steroids as the weight gain process is slow in case of HGH. Normally, there is increase in one to two pound of weight from lean muscles, in every 2-3 weeks. Steroids help you in gaining water weight whereas human growth hormone increases lean muscle mass. It also burns body fats for energy. It helps bodybuilder to eat lot of food, when required and feel free from not gaining extra weight from fats.</p>
<p>This new bodybuilding hormone has many advantages over other performance enhancing drug. Some of them are as follow:-<br />
• It shortens recovery time between workouts<br />
• Increases lean body mass<br />
• Less risk of detection<br />
• Improves overall performance<br />
• Heals damaged tissue<br />
• Strengthens ligaments and joints</p>
<p>There are other bodybuilding benefits of human growth hormone. It include increase in dose of insulin used effectively by the person, increased ability of protein synthesis and an increase in dose of anabolic steroids used effectively by the person. Along with all these benefits, there is one myth that the usage of this hormone causes an extended belly. It is not the result of HGH, but the result of frequent heavy doses of the hormone. If HGH is taken under the guidance of pharmaceutical supplier, it will not lead to disfigurement.</p>
<p>The new bodybuilding hormone, HGH, promotes healthy weight gain, decreased muscle loss during off periods and increases strength. There are minimum or rare side effects of this drug. Many users are satisfied of obtaining desired results. It does not lead to Acromegalia, an abnormal bone growth. The ends of the bones fuse and stops growing after the person’s period of <a href="http://www.musclesbodybuilding.com/natural-bodybuilding/build-muscle-fast-through-natural-bodybuilding">natural growth</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Bodybuilding and Muscle Disporphaia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maverick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bodybuilding Supplements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bodybuilding and muscle disporphaia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bodybuilding is all about muscle building. Bodybuilding and muscle Disporphaia involves various aspects such as weight or strength training, proper diet, as well as taking a lot of body supplements that guarantee massive mass growth. To build huge muscle mass, it’s crucial that your muscles get greater nitrogen so that it can enhance greater protein [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-39 alignright" title="bodybuilding-and-muscle-disporphaia" src="http://www.musclesbodybuilding.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bodybuilding-and-muscle-disporphaia.jpeg" alt="" width="102" height="124" />Bodybuilding is all about muscle building. <strong>Bodybuilding and muscle Disporphaia</strong> involves various aspects such as weight or strength training, proper diet, as well as taking a lot of body supplements that guarantee massive mass growth. To build huge muscle mass, it’s crucial that your muscles get greater nitrogen so that it can enhance greater protein intake.</p>
<p>There are various factors we need to consider for bodybuilding and Disporphaia. If you want to determine that how long it will take to build that kind of muscle mass as you have expected, the factors such as the diet you take, the body building supplements you are going to take, intensity and duration of strength exercises you need to perform, and the genetic constituency of your body (whether the genes allow rapid muscle growth or not).</p>
<p><span id="more-40"></span>The first aspect you need to consider with regard to bodybuilding and disporphaia is to understand your body type—what type of your body is: Endomorph, Mesomorph or Ectomorph? It’s very important aspect since understanding your body type will enable you to plan you diet, exercise regimen, and rest routines so that it promote speedy muscle growth.</p>
<p>Though diet supplements are not essential <a title="gain muscle mass" href="http://www.musclesbodybuilding.com/gain-muscle-tips/3-untold-muscle-growth-secrets">gain muscle mass</a>, however, proper use of diet supplements can enable you to gain muscle mass rapidly and it’ll help you to increase your potential to build muscle mass more easily. Since natural foods are not able to provide that kind of perfect combination of diets which are required to <a href="http://blog.bodybuilding.com/OlympiaBlog/2008/08/20/olympia-the-series-2008-episode-4" target="_blank">build muscle</a> mass at a faster rate, these supplements play very important role. There are various different types of supplements available in market. Some of most important supplements for bodybuilding and disporphaia are: <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-41" title="bodybuilding-supplements-samples" src="http://www.musclesbodybuilding.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bodybuilding-supplements-samples.jpg" alt="" width="163" height="141" /></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Protein drinks and power</strong>: Protein is most important ingredient for muscle growth. Taking sufficient amount of protein is essential for a speedy muscle development.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Creatine</strong>: Though <a title="Benefits of Creatine" href="http://www.musclesbodybuilding.com/bodybuilding-supplements/benefits-of-creatine-for-muscle-growth" target="_blank">Creatine</a> occurs naturally in the body but it’s not sufficient for rapid muscle growth and taking extra amount of supplementary <a href="http://www.supplements-explained.com/benefits-of-creatine/" target="_blank">Creatine</a> is very crucial to increase muscle mass quickly.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>L-Glutamine</strong>: It is anther most important and the most abundantly fund amino acid that accelerates rapid muscle mass development. L-Glutamine also helps prevent muscle decay and improves quick recovery.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Vitamins</strong>: Vitamins are also very important to gains muscle mass dramatically. Vitamins are very necessary for overall healthy development as well.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Testosterone Boosters</strong>: These boosters increase testosterone levels in our body that enables to gain speedy muscle mass growth.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Hydroxy beta-methyl butyrate (HMB)</strong>: HMB plays very important role in muscle development. It is important for immune system function as well. It plays a key role in the synthesis of muscle tissues because of its ability to burn fat as well as to build muscles rapidly and consistently in accordance to physical exercise.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Growth Hormones</strong>: Growth hormones are also important for proper muscle development.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Nitric Oxide (NO)</strong>: It is important to increase blood flow to supply sufficient nutrients to muscle tissues, thereby accelerating larger muscle growth.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Amino Acids</strong>: Amino acids help in muscle repair and growth.</li>
</ul>
<p>These are some diet supplements that are very important for a speedy and well defined muscle mass development. Proper knowledge of <em>Bodybuilding and muscle Disporphaia</em> is very important to gain muscle mass in a healthy way.</p>
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		<title>Benefits of Creatine For Muscle Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maverick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creatine was introduced to the bodybuilding industry in the early 1990s. Since then, literally thousands of other supplements have come and gone. So why is creatine still around? The reason is that it flat-out works. Let&#8217;s take a look at what it does in our bodies so that we can have a better understanding of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-20" title="creatine-benefits" src="http://www.musclesbodybuilding.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/creatine-benefits.jpeg" alt="" width="103" height="121" />Creatine was introduced to the bodybuilding industry in the early 1990s. Since then, literally thousands of other supplements have come and gone. So why is creatine still around?<br />
The reason is that it flat-out works. Let&#8217;s take a look at what it does in our bodies so that we can have a better understanding of why it works so well.</p>
<p>Your muscles (and all the cells in your body) use a substance called ATP for energy. ATP stands for adenosine triphosphate. This is a molecule called adenosine with three phosphate groups attached. In order to create energy one of the phosphate groups is broken-off, which releases energy to the muscle cells for muscle contraction.</p>
<p><span id="more-14"></span>This is where creatine comes in. There is creatine phosphate (CP) in your muscles. When a molecule of ATP loses a phosphate, CP can come and give the broken ATP molecule its phosphate. This regenerates the ATP molecule so that we can break-off that phosphate once again for more energy!<br />
This cycle of CP donating a phosphate to the broken ATP molecule is only one way of regenerating the ATP molecule. Specifically, this is how ATP is regenerated during intense, short duration activities, especially those of 10 seconds or less.</p>
<p>This fits right in with training for muscle growth. Let&#8217;s say you do a set of 5 reps on the bench press and each rep takes you 2 seconds to complete. That&#8217;s 10 seconds of total work. During that 10 seconds CP is constantly being used to replenish your ATP stores so that you have more energy.</p>
<p>This is allows your muscles to do more work than they would be able to without CP. If you are following a proper nutrition and recovery program doing more work will lead to more muscle growth.</p>
<p>The first type of creatine to hit the market was creatine monohydrate (CM). This is the creatine that nearly all of the research has been done with. CM has been shown in study after study to make you stronger and help with muscle growth. It is also the cheapest form available.</p>
<p>The typical recommended dosage of CM is 3-10 grams per day, depending on body weight. At one time a higher dosage was recommended for the first week of use (know as a &#8220;loading phase&#8221;), but most studies have shown this isn&#8217;t necessary.</p>
<p>Since the introduction of CM, there have been a variety of variations introduced to the market: liquids, effervescents, ethyl esters, and many more. Despite the high cost for some of these variations, none of them has ever been proven to work more effectively for muscle growth than CM.<br />
So how much will it improve muscle growth? You can expect a 2-3 pound increase in muscle mass in the first few weeks of using it. You should also expect to be able to get one or two more reps on your heaviest sets.</p>
<p>These are great gains, but remember that they are short-term increases. To keep increasing you muscle mass and strength you will need to follow a properly designed training and nutrition program for muscle growth.</p>
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