Bodybuilding and Fitness Articles
Proper bodybuilding entails more than lifting weights. It includes everything from the amount of sleep you get to the types of foods you eat! Thats why our articles will cover topics of every fitness topic. Consider it your complete bodybuilding information center!
Featured Nutrition Articles
Nutrition and Balance
Many inexperienced, sometimes even experienced, gym regulars believe that muscles grow while lifting weights. However lifting weights forms only a small fraction of the muscle building process. Muscle development takes place at night during deep sleep when the body synthesizes new cells with nutrients from our diet. Therefore nutrition forms a very important part of a bodybuilding program....... Read it ALL
10 "Superfoods" for Bodybuilders
Tired of the same old foods? Remember to consume a wide variety of healthful foods. Because a healthy bodybuilder can be a better bodybuilder........ Read it ALL
Featured Workout Programs and Fitness/Training Articles
Cardio Necessary for Effective Fat Loss?
There is a common belief in the mainstream, that for maximum (or even effective fat loss) you need to do some form of regular cardio. This is simply wrong, of course, because many people have dieted alone to lose fat, without any form of excercise. Of course this is a bodybuilding site, and therefore dieting only is not ideal, especially considering it doesn't preserve muscle that well....... Read it ALL
10 Things You Should Know About Lactic Acid
Delayed onset muscle soreness, the achy sensation in your muscles the day after a tough workout, is caused by muscle damage and post-exercise tissue inflammation. Most muscle cramps are caused by muscle nervous receptors that become overexcitable with muscle fatigue. Many athletes use massage, hot baths, and relaxation techniques to help them rid their muscles of lactic acid and thus relieve muscle soreness and cramping. While these techniques probably have other benefits, getting rid of lactic acid isn't one of them. Lactate is used rapidly for fuel during exercise and recovery and doesn't remain in the muscles like motor oil........ Read it ALL
Featured Supplement Articles
Whey Protein vs Casein Protein
Casein is a slow-acting protein derived from milk and other daily products. Milk products contain two type of protein: whey and casein. Whey takes up to 20% of protein in milk, while the rest 80% constitutes casein. Casein protein is found in three forms, that is, micellar casein, calcium caseinate and protein isolate. Casein protein has biological value of 70 as compared to only 100 for whey
Whey protein has long been considered the "Gold Standard" of protein for serious athletes who work hard to develop and sustain a lean, strong and well-defined physique. Research studies support this belief. Athletes need more protein in their diet, often as much as twice the recommended daily allowance. The protein they choose makes a difference and here are several reasons why whey protein is a preferred choice for athletes of all types........ Read it ALL
Top 10 Vitamins for Bodybuilders
Vitamins can be divided into two broad categories: fat-soluble and water-soluble. Fat-soluble vitamins (A,D,E, and K) are so named because they are stored in the body's fatty tissue and do not have to be replenished daily. But be careful: Because they are stored, overdoses of these vitamins can lead to toxicity........ Read it ALL
Featured Motivational Articles
Don't Get Ahead of Yourself
All young and beginning rookie bodybuilders look at the Muscle and Fitness, Flex and Men's Health magazines and see all those big, tough muscular guys advertising bodybuilding supplements to reduce fat, make you stronger and to make you BIGGER. This is all-good and gives you great motivation, but young teens, like myself once, think that the supplements make you big. Little did we know, was that those professional bodybuilders do a hell of a lot of hard work in the gym and most take a few things that they do not advertise....... Read it ALL