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    BCAAs Inhibit Fat Mass Growth & Reduce Muscle Decay

    If you’re putting on weight, a diet containing extra BCAAs may help you build up less fat mass. Japanese researchers discovered, when doing experiments with mice, that the liver and muscles play a key role in the fat-mass reducing effect of BCAAs. Athletes use BCAAs mainly as an anticatabolic...
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    The Ideal Body Measurements

    By Tom Venuto I’m often asked what my body measurements are and/or what are the ideal measurements for a bodybuilder or a classical muscular male physique. Believe it or not, there are actually many formulas for determining the “ideal body proportions.” On the other hand, you might want to take...
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    Myths Under The Microscope ~ The ‘Fat Burning Zone’ On Trial

    by Alan Aragon Myths Under The Microscope Part 1: The Low Intensity Fat Burning Zone The “Fat Burning Zone” On Trial Origin of the myth Dietary variables aside, the body’s proportional use of fat for fuel during exercise is dependent upon training intensity. The lower the intensity, the...
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    How To Get Ripped Like A Bodybuilder

    by Tom Venuto ~ Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle Being “ripped” is the coveted condition where your body fat is so low that muscular details never seen on “average people” start standing out in bold relief: Ripped means muscle striations, vascularity, drum-tight skin, “cuts” (separations) between...
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    All About Acne & Nutrition

    by Krista Scott-Dixon Summary: Acne is a multi-factorial disease. While each case is unique, you can greatly improve your chances of clear skin by eating whole foods; lowering inflammation and stress; getting a good fatty acid balance; and cutting down the worst offenders: wheat, sugar, and...
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    What is the Ideal Body Fat to See Your Abs?

    By Tom Venuto ~ Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle Hopefully by now, most of my readers realize by now that abdominal exercises don’t burn fat off your stomach, they only develop the muscles underneath the fat. Nutrition experts say, "Abs are made in the kitchen, not just in the gym" and there is a...
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    Fish Oil ~ Just The Facts

    By Alan Aragon The Dawn of Fat Phobia ~ If you have a few years under your belt, then you can still remember what I call the “Fat-Free 80’s.” Think back to a time when dietary fat was the enemy. Ah, yes… A time when fat-free products lined the outer shelves of the supermarket. A time when it...
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    Function versus Isolation

    by WarriorFX People engaged in resistance training programs often seek out exercise machines that isolate individual muscles. While the intention is usually to train more effectively or safely, committed bodybuilders must resist a natural human urge to travel the easiest route. This instinctual...
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    Lifting for Life

    by WarriorFX Bodybuilder’s deserve mainstream publicity; however today’s masses are not willing to accept the athletic giants. Even so, they brutally and repeatedly train themselves over years of torture, reaching for greater physical refinement. They stay motivated in the midst of controversy...
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    Four No Fail Principles For Quick Muscle Mass Gain

    by Nick Nilsson If gaining weight is something YOU got into weight training for, THIS is the info for you. Learn my four powerful “no fail” principles for putting on mass no matter what your metabolism or body type! I got into weight training to gain mass and put on weight so believe me when I...
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    Carbs & Fat: Friends After All?

    by Alan Aragon Here’s a true story… On a fitness message board, a member cautioned another against having peanut butter with his oatmeal. “Why not?” asked the confused youth. The pseudo-educated guy answered, “This is bad, never, especially while cutting, do you mix carbs and fats. PWO should...
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    Advanced Volume Training

    by WarriorFX German Volume Training is a method of strength and mass building endorsed by Charles Poliquin. Gains of 10 pounds or more in six weeks are not unusual. Poliquin’s research into strength training is extraordinary to say the least. His methods work. The following is based on his...
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    27 Common & Shocking Bodybuilding Mistakes

    Vince Gironda broke the mold with his unorthodox training methods and nutrition strategies, but he left a lasting imprint on the bodybuilding community. As part the ubiquitous Arnold, very few famous bodybuilders are known by their first name alone. Vince Gironda, however, predates the mighty...
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    How to make your ABS POP – More Dieting or More Training?

    by Tom Venuto EXPOSING YOUR ABS is a matter of getting very low body fat levels. The lower your body fat, the “thinner” your skin will appear (actually the “skin-fold” which contains skin plus subcutaneous fat), and the more your abdominals will show through. DEVELOPING YOUR ABS is a matter of...
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    Barbell Squats Build Muscle

    by WarriorFX The barbell squat is one of the most misunderstood, or otherwise neglected, exercises in strength training. Many trainees perform it incorrectly, while others avoid it like a painful pandemic. The importance of intense leg exercises cannot be undermined in resistance training...
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    5 Simple Tricks To Get Ripped Fast!

    by Scott Tousignant Are you spending hours in the gym but still unhappy with the shape of your body? Has your progress slowed down or come to a complete halt? If you answered yes to either of those questions, today is your lucky day… …Because Angie and I are giving away our top secret plateau...
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    Low-carb diet doesn’t mean loss of muscle mass or strength

    Gymnasts who want to lose weight can safely follow a low-carb diet. This won’t cost them their strength or explosiveness, researchers at the University of Padua in Italy discovered. According to the Italians, gymnasts who follow a low-carb diet for a month lose one and a half kg of body fat and...
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    Hardcore Bulking Introduction – Part 1

    by Gavin Kane Off-season; a bodybuilder’s favorite time of year and the favorite words whispered after a recent contest. So the time is here, what are you going to do about it? First step is to determine what you want to do and set some goals. You cannot achieve anything without a plan. Those...
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    Hardcore Bulking Training – Part 2

    by Gavin Kane In the first article of the series we attacked hardcore dieting and how to gain maximum mass without maximum fat gains. There are two more pieces to this puzzle, training and cycles. This article is going to focus on the aspects of hardcore training, the type of training that goes...
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    Hardcore Bulking The Cycles – Part 3

    by Gavin Kane Alright, by now I assume you have read parts 1 and 2 and understand and have applied the principles listed. If not, stop reading this now and go back to the first two articles or this one won’t help you. This is not a crash course on cycling steroids; this is how to use steroids...