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A definitive guide to creatine loading

A Definitive Guide To Creatine Loading

Some athletes swear by creatine loading, yet other bodybuilders claim that they cannot do a loading phase because too much creatine upsets their stomachs and causes water retention. So is a creatine loading phase necessary and should you be doing it?

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The Digestive system - how it actually works

The Digestive system - how it actually works

What is the digestive system?

According to Stephen Macallan the digestive system is the engine that drives the body and whatever our goal might be (better health, bigger muscles, leaner and stronger muscles, losing/gaining weight, maintaining health), the first step must be the digestive system.

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How Functional Strength Training Restores Youth in Women

How Functional Strength Training Restores Youth in Women

If you are a female, over 40, I’ll bet you are noticing that it’s easier to put on a few extra pounds. And not just pounds...but the kind of weight that just sits there, mushy and flabby.

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Bodybuilding nutrition

Bodybuilding nutrition

People are always asking me how they can get bigger, or put a stone on, or add inches to their arms, and all such like questions.

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A sample bodybuilding diet

A sample bodybuilding diet

The protein requirements for a 15stone/210lb bodybuilder, based on 1.5grams of protein per pound of bodyweight would mean 1.5 * 210 = 315 grams.

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Fat Burning, a diet or a lifestyle? Pt 1

Fat Burning, a diet or a lifestyle? Pt 1

When it come to shedding the excess pounds of fat to get ready for a show or even just to get in shape for summer or a holiday most bodybuilders make the usual changes of adding fat burnersto their regime, cutting calories and/or adding cardio in their precontest phase shifting from high cals and no cardio from their usual offseason.

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Fat Burning, a diet or a lifestyle? Pt 2

Fat Burning, a diet or a lifestyle? Pt 2

Burn fat and maintain a low bodyfat level while increasing muscle mass

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A pre-contest bodybuilding diet

A pre-contest bodybuilding diet

Basically here everything is pretty similar to the off-season mass gaining diet. As you can see total calories have been reduced by around 500 calories per day.

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Get Motivated

Get Motivated

How Zack Khan motivates himself to train so intensely!

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Pre contest diet strategy to get ripped

Pre contest diet strategy to get ripped

In this Article I would like to discuss a proven strategy of how an off-season bodybuilder can shed the excess pounds of fat while maintaining his hard earned muscle mass to achieve top condition and look his best.

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Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator

Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator

Enter your weight in kilograms and your height in centimetres in the form below and press the "Let's see" button (Please read disclaimer below before using this form)

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A first class chest workout

A first class chest workout

I have found that doing isolation movements first gives me a better pump and that I am working the muscle better. By starting with the big compound movements first I found that I had to do a few sets before really feeling anything.

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Tasty Muscle Building Recipes

Tasty Muscle Building Recipes

The Monty's Muscle menu's!

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Essential Fatty Acids (EFA's)

Essential Fatty Acids (EFA's)

Most of us don't realize that 'good fats' fats actually regulate cholesterol and reverse high blood pressure. Bad fats do not. This is a fact. Essential fats or 'good fats' do not make you fat like bad fats do.

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Protein Powders explained

Protein Powders explained

What to look for in a protein powder?

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