Tag: muscle building
Muscle Building when Overweight
by firmbodies.com on Oct.27, 2009, under Build Muscle, Health and Fitness
Beginning natural bodybuilding when you are overweight is extremely difficult, if not impossible. You will not be abled to lose weight and body build at the time, the main reason being to lose weight you have to decrease the amount of calories you consume through your diet. When body building workout you actually have to increase the amount of calories you consume through your eating habits.
This of course does not mean you should not lose weight while working out. Exercise and working out is essential to losing weight, it is of course the type of exercise that you do that is most important. If you are overweight, you have two main goals that you need to achieve first. The first one is that you must lose weight before doing anything else, all the while making your muscles stronger. The second goal you need to work towards is actually building your muscles. Remember to try and reach one goal at a time to avoid over working yourself.
Begin with proper nutrition and a healthy diet. Starving yourself thin is definately not the answer. You may lose the weight, but you will also lose your valuable muscles, and cause yourself a variety of other serious health problems, potentially fatal along the way. If you decide to starve yourself to your goals, you will more than likely fail. You ultimately need proper nutrition, and you need to be prepared to do it for potentially a lifetime. Bodybuilding is a lifelong endeavor.
Seek the professional advice of your health care professional. Let them advise you how many calories you will need to consume each and every day, how many fat grams, etc, so that you can reach your weight loss goals efficiently and safely. You may also want to seek advice from a nutritionist. Seeing as though your second goal is body building, you will more than likely succeed quicker with a low-carbohydrate diet, since these particular diets focus on the intake of more proteins, which are vital for body building.
Alcohol & Building Muscle - The 5 Ways That Alcohol Affects Muscle Gains
by firmbodies.com on Oct.24, 2009, under Build Muscle, Health and Fitness
Many people want to know if drinking alcohol can impact muscle growth. The answer is a big yes!
I promise this won’t be a speech about not drinking alcohol. I’m definitely not against alcohol. I like to have drinks myself sometimes.
But, if you’re on a muscle building program, drinking too much alcohol will definitely have a negative impact on your efforts.
Here are 5 ways that drinking alcohol can slow your muscle gains…
#1 It Slows Protein Synthesis
Amino acids have to band together to form proteins. This is called protein synthesis. Drinking large amounts of alcohol can slow this process down by about 20%.
Your muscles are mostly water and protein, so you see how this might be a problem!
#2 It Drops Your Testosterone Levels
You need plenty of testosterone if you want to maximize your muscle gains!
#3 It Dehydrates You
To break down the alcohol, your kidneys must filter large quantities of water. This can cause major dehydration
Your muscles are about 70% water, so even slight dehydration is a problem.
#4 It Depletes Your Body Of Vitamins And Minerals
Excessive drinking causes vitamins A, C, B, calcium, and other minerals to be drained at fast rates.
This affects many things within your body, including the growth of muscle mass.
#5 It Causes Fat Storage
Alcohol can also be fattening. For one thing, the calories contain no nutritional value. Two, alcohol interferes with the Krebs Cycle. The Krebs Cycle plays a role in processes that burn fat. If you gain body fat, your muscle will be less visible.
If you want to build muscle fast, monitor your alcohol intake and drink in moderation.
Drinking alcohol sometimes won’t stop you from building muscle. If you get drunk every weekend, do realize that it’s going to slow down your muscle gaining ability.
Before you begin to drink, down lots of water, have a multi vitamin (or two) and eat a high protein dinner.
Terrence Banks has a site on how to build muscle and tips on the fastest way to build muscle.
Vince DelMonte Review Including Your Six Pack Quest Review
by firmbodies.com on Sep.08, 2009, under Build Muscle, Health and Fitness
I have watched how Vince does business over the last 7 months. He’s a guy who went from a skinny guy to a fitness model in a short period of time.
Really, I didn’t believe it until I watched regular guys like you get his fitness course and compete in a fitness challenge he runs on a regular basis.
Many men even got his abs course and competed in a $1,000 fitness challenge. Heck, the abs and a body you’ve always wanted, plus a chance for a grand.Really cool, huh.
I put together a great bio of Vince on my site here: Vince DelMonte
All I can say is Vince’s course is the real deal, and he stands behind your getting results.
With Vince’s knowledge and his support staff, you get everything you need to finally claim the body you’ve always wanted.
Vince is living proof that skinny guys can bulk up and create a world-class body that lives at the envy of others.
It’s worth checking out.
It’s fantastic that guys from beginners to experienced lifters can benefit from Vince’s teachings.
You’ll get workout routines for all levels of experience, and you’ll learn the secrets of fitness that go on when you’re not at the gym.
You’ll get tools like meal plans (even vegetarian ones), a metabolic calculator, supplement list, and more.
You get ebooks and audios to teach you everything you need to know. You can even start diving into the material today, regardless of what time it is.
Check it out.
I’ve personally reviewed his course in depth at this site: Vince DelMonte Review
If you want a review of his abs course, check this out: Your Six Pack Quest Review