Author: rxbodybuilders

There is an old adage that reads “The quality of a workout isn’t determined by the meal you eat before training – it’s determined by the meals you eat in the 48 hours before training.” This is very true. If you live on Doritos and Big Macs for two straight days, then drink a whey protein shake and enter the gym, you’re going to have a very mediocre workout at best. However, if you are able to pack your muscles and liver with glycogen from eating good carbs, you’ll have plenty of energy in the gym. If you are able…

Sodium is mineral which is essential for human life, and one of the body’s primary electrolytes. Too little of it, and your body enters a deficit which results in reduced organ function. Too much of it, and one can suffer negative health effects. If you’re a bodybuilder, your sodium intake is even more important, as your body has additional demands. Plus, your sport requires a level of dryness (lack of water) that sodium has a direct effect upon. Finally, manipulating sodium levels can have very positive effects on your training. Let’s jump in! Too little sodium When the body doesn’t…

Women are always viewed as dormant party in the sport of weight lifting. This is a fallacious perception which should be rectified. How to correct this mistake is a matter that calls for a very keen approach to the general relationship between women and the sport. It is also worth noting some of the specific differences between women and the men. With these points in mind, I offer to face the issue. Diet plays a crucial role in bodybuilding process and specifically weight lifting. Women are known for being so selective about what they eat. In most cases they prefer…

You have seen inmates and ex-cons depicted in movies and television. Men hardened by the cruelties and isolation of stone walls. You have seen them in news footages and documentaries. And though they come from different walks of life the majority of them have one common denominator. They are big. Not just big, but huge! Sleeve-ripping, button-popping mass that looks like muscle piled upon muscle. Their shirts look too small to cover their melon-sized shoulders and biceps seem ready to rip through stretched sleeves. All men are created equal but they sure do not go to prison that way. Some…

A bodybuilding session should ideally start with warm up. Many body builders especially the beginners are very eager to initiate exercises that they either skip on or totally ignore the warm-up. Omitting warm ups from workouts is a big and costly mistake. Properly warming raises the core body temperature, gets the jump-starts metabolism processes lubricates body joints as a preparation to the actual workout. Warm up should stimulate a body builder’s muscle network to tackle big weights and exhausting sets. Ideal warm ups consists of at least ten minutes of a variety of simple cardio exercises especially on a stationary…

For you to be able to succeed in gaining more muscles you need to go on a special kind of diet which is specifically tailor made to enhance muscle growth. When I first started lifting weights I did not know what kind of food I should eat. I used to hit the gym four times a week and do some serious training. After the training I would simply eat a lot of food, expecting to gain more muscles. Looking back, I can’t help but to laugh at my self for being so ignorant. The number one food which was very…

Q: Is it important to eat straight after a workout and, if so, what sort of food should I be eating to support muscle recovery and growth? A: What you do immediately after your workout is a vital factor in your bodybuilding success. It is at this time that the body is primed for optimum uptake of nutrients. The workout has traumatized your muscles, torn them down and depleted your glycogen levels. Your body is not only crying out for nutrition to reverse these conditions, it is actually ready to utilize them a lot more efficiently. For instance, protein synthesis…

Body building must create a balanced synergy between the appropriate nutrition requirements, occasional aerobic exercises, and the intense but brief weight exercises, in the training program. The key to successful body building lies in balancing the various facets that add up to accumulation of permanently developed physique. Each of these elements ranging from dieting, weight training, aerobics and even supplementing constitutes the answer to muscle development, weight loss and physical fitness. A proper diet accompanied by strict weight watcher can not form programs for long-term and ultimately successful body building because one or more crucial elements are missing. But the…

It would be easy to feature a garden-variety delt article that talked about well-rounded training and the use of specialized sets, such as giant sets or drop sets, and it would correctly represent what it is to train delts. Let’s face it, lots of things work for lots of people at one time or another. But the problem with most routines is they can only take you so far before they cease working and you have to move on to something else. Which is why it’s a misconception to generalize and say that any change is enough to shock the…

It’s all about YOU. This is your time to be selfish. Before age 18, it was all about your family. From age 22 on, it’ll be about finding Ms. Right and making lots of babies. However, from the age of 18 until 22 (assuming you take the normal college route), you get to make everything about you. Earning your degree. Finding your calling in life. Finding yourself. The decisions you make during this 4-year span will decide where you spend 40 work hours per week for the next 30 years, who your colleagues and friends will be, and the person…