Full-Throttle Workouts

Full-Throttle Workouts
Nitrix 2.0 promotes muscle pumps, vascularity and performance

Nitric oxide (NO) is an extremely small and simple molecule, but its effects and benefits are profound. It’s composed of just one atom each of nitrogen and oxygen bound together. But this gas is one of the keys to successful workouts and great results. BSN has reformulated Nitrix 2.0 to take advantage of the latest science to promote better gains for bodybuilders.

Nitrix 2.0 contains the amino acid citrulline. which promotes NO production. It does so by converting to arginine, another amino acid, which then converts to NO. While you can also supplement arginine, research has shown that citrulline helps you maintain arginine levels better than arginine supplementation itself.

Having increased NO causes blood vessels to relax, allowing more blood, oxygen and nutrients
(such as anabolic hormones) to flow to your target muscles. This leads to greater vascularity and larger muscle pumps. And this also supports better performance, increasing your aerobic potential and allowing you to lift more weight for more reps, stimulating better growth.

The product also contains creatine in an efficacious dose. Creatine also fuels workouts and muscle pumps, driving fluids to working muscles and promoting the ATP energy cycle.

In addition. BSN’s proprietary blend contains other nutrients, including hawthorn extract, pomegranate fruit, grape seed extract, red pepper extract and resveratrol. This potent combo fuels workouts, encouraging your body to burn stored fat for energy, allowing you to gain muscle mass as you get leaner.

For best results, take 3 tablets about 60 minutes before workouts, and 3 tablets right after workouts with your post-workout shake.

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Get Sustained Protein Delivery

Get Sustained Protein Delivery
Phase8’s fast-acting, time-released proteins provide 8 hours of aminos

Bodybuilders are often puzzled over whether it’s better to consume slow-or fast-digesting proteins. Two of the most basic forms of supplemental protein. whey and casein, come from milk. Whey protein is the fast-digesting liquid form of protein; casein is the solid-clumping/curdling form of protein. Whey digests much more quickly, while casein stays in your digestive tract longer, providing a slower, steadier delivery of nutrients. MuscleTech has formulated the best of both, combining whey and casein protein sources.

Phase8 contains several types of whey protein, including whey protein concentrate, hydrolyzed whey protein isolate and whey protein isolate. These fast-acting forms of milk protein are quickly absorbed by your system and begin to fuel your immediate protein and amino acid needs. Whey protein is particularly beneficial after periods when you haven’t taken in protein for several hours, such as when you wakeup. and before and after workouts.

Whey gets to work quickly, providing  your body with the aminos it needs for energy, recovery and growth.

In addition. Phase8 contains casein protein, including micellar casein and calcium caseinate. These slower-digesting proteins make amino acids available in your system for longer periods, making them a great choice before going to bed when you aren't going to take in additional protein for several hours. Because casein clumps in your system, its aminos are absorbed much more slowly than those from whey.

Research, however, demonstrates that taking both whey and casein at the same time provides dual benefits, driving anabolism better than either alone. Phase8 was designed with this in mind. Each one-scoop serving provides 26 grams of protein that you can take at any time of day for superior muscle growth and recovery.

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KRILL POWER (These ugly little creatures are a potent source of omega-3s)

KRILL POWER
These ugly little creatures are a potent source of omega-3s 

You has touted the benefits of krill before. Not only is krill one of the best sources of omega-3s. but it’s also at tne bottom of the food chain, which means krill oil is less tainted by contaminants found in sea food higher up the food chain. In fact, krill oil supplementation has exploded — it’s the fastest growing form of omega-3 supplementation. Despite the recent surge in krill harvesting, the small crustaceans are plentiful. That's good news for bodybuilders who can supplement to support growth and recovery. Bodybuilders should try to consume about 25% of their total dietary fat intake from omega-3s. In other words, a bodybuilder who consumes 80 grams of fat per day should get about 20 grams from omega-3s.

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Beef Up Your Plant Proteins

Beef Up Your Plant Proteins

Adding leucine to wheat protein increases its muscle-building potential

Bodybuilders have long been suspicious of plant-based protein, believing them to be inferior to meat, egg and dairy proteins. That's tmo for both whole-food and supplemental forms of protein Recently, however, plant-based protein products have taken giant steps forward in terms of meeting bodybuilders' needs. Now, many plant-based products are reasonable, even good substitutes for non-vegan protein sources.

Until recently, many types of plant protein products were also high in carbohydrates. They often derived more than S0% of their calories from carbs. undermining bodybuilders' efforts to keep carbs low. In addition, the amino acid profiles of many plant-based proteins are not as conducive to muscle building as casein, whey and egg protein.

Recent research, however, demonstrates the viability of plant-based protein. For instance, a study shows that wheat protein with leuone is as anabolic as whey protein itself. While wheat protein is low in certain anabolic arruno acids, adding leucine or branched-chain ammo acids (BCAAs) helps stimulate an anabolic response equal to whey protein

In addition, many plant proteins are now much higher in protein as a percentage of total calories. Soy. pea and brown rice proteins contain as much (or more) than 80% of thoir calories from protein. Also consider adding a dose of leucine to these plant proteins to increase anabolic potential.

For best results, add 2 Yt grams of leucine to your plant protein supplement before and after workouts for a total of S grams of leucine per day. Another option is to add 3-5 grams of BCAAs to your plant protein before and after workouts for a total of up K) grams of BCAAs a day. Typically, a dose of BCAAs is about half leucine, so taking in 10 g/ams will provide 5 grams of leucine.

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FIRST SET NUTRITION R&D: DIGESTIVE ENZYMES - THE D TAILS

DIGESTIVE ENZYMES
Improve the effectiveness of your nutrition program
Many bodybuilders are unaware of one of the biggest impediments to maximizing muscle gains: ineffective digestion and absorption of the nutrients they consume. Your muscles don’t grow from the food you eat; they grow from the nutrients your body absorbs. Many of the calories and nutrients we take in pass through our bodies undigested. While that may sometimes be a boon to inactive people who take in too many calories a day, it’s often a net negative for bodybuilders who want to get the most from the foods they consume. The answer for bodybuilders may be to supplement with digestive enzymes.

A recent study revealed that digestive enzymes help improve the bioavailability of protein and carbs for those with impaired digestion as well as for healthy people. Although bodybuilders are almost always in the latter category, the volume of food they consume challenges a healthy Gl system. High-protein diets and large quantities of food often lead to gastric dumping. Including digestive enzymes is one of the best ways to combat this problem, allowing you to get the most from the foods you eat.

For best results, look for a broad-spectrum product that contains enzymes for fats, carbs and proteins. Here are a few examples:

PROTEIN: Protease, pepsin, trypsin, bromelain
CARBS: Lactase, amylase, glucoamylase
FATS: Pancreatin, lipase

Taking digesti ve enzymes helps your body absorb muscle-building nutrients from the foods you eat so you get the most from your bodybuilding diet.

THE D TAILS
Research continues to reveal a wide range of bodybuilding benefits for this vitamin
Eating a diet rich in vitamin D, getting plenty of sunshine and supplementing this vitamin help ensure that you get plenty of this fat-soluble vitamin, which is known for supporting many health and bodybuilding benefits. These include increasing strength for more effective weight-training results, boosting immunity for better recovery and helping to raise your testoster one level to increase muscle mass.

Recent research also shows that vitamin D has a valuable impact on reducing the risk of diabetes. Typically, this ensures a more effective functioning of insulin, helping drive the muscle-building process. Another study reveals that vitamin D helps slow the rate of growth of pre-cancers. This means that vitamin D supplementation may help support the type of growth bodybuilders seek while helping keep unwanted growth in check.

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MOVEMENTS TO AVOID WITH SPECIFIC KNEE CONDITIONS

MOVEMENTS TO AVOID WITH  SPECIFIC KNEE CONDITIONS 

TENDONITIS 

Tondonltis it the chronic inflammation of a tendon.        

1. Perform a thorough warm-up with a few extra warmup sets before your working sets. 
2. Decrease your loads so the movement Is pain-free. Keep your reps in the 15-20-rep range. 
3. Shorten your range of motion if necessary so that you're training in a pain-free ROM. 
4. Avoid going to failure and allow at least one full week of rest before working the muscle group again.

SPRAINS 

Knee  sprain are an acute partial or full tear to a ligament or cartilage.    

1. Maintain proper knee alignment while performing your exercises. 
2. Decrease your range of motion to remain in a pain-free zone.
3. If you're suffering from cartilage damage, avoid going below 90 degrees of knee flexion during squats, leg presses and lunges.
4. void bouncing out of the bottom or the top of an exercise.

STRAINS 

Strains are an acute partial or full tear to a muscle or tendon.     

1. Avoid the exercise that brought on the strain for 14-26 days. 
2. Decrease your weights so that you remain pain-free during the exercise. 
3. Avoid going to failure on any exercise.

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How Training Around Knee Pain

How Training Around Knee Pain

Got Knee pain?
Here's what you need to know about common knee injuries and exercise modification so you can still train safely

With long-term bodybuilding (raining, occasionally injuries happen. Some are mild enough that you can easily work your way around them: others leave you sidelined for weeks at a time until they heal. And then there are those you're iust not sure about. In our last issue, we discussed minor spinal injuries and [raining modifications you can make so you can still lift safely. This month the focus is on training around injuries and pain related to the knee.

According to researchers from the University of Memphis', knee injuries accounted for 19.1% of all injuries that occurred among elite weightlifters. Hence, ktdybuilders arc fairly likely to sustain some sort of knee pain somewhere along their lifting career.

The knee is a hinge joint that’s highly stabilized by various ligaments includ-i ng the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament), PCI. (posterior cruciate ligament), MCL [medial collateral ligament) and LCL (lateral collateral ligament). Furthermore. there are two padlike structures, known as the medial and lateral meniscus, made up of tough cartilage that sit between the thigh bone (femur) and the shin bone (tibia), which help to distribute your bodyweight across the knee ioint. The knee joint also has many tendons crossing over the joint from the muscles of the quadriceps, hamstrings :ind gastrocnemius. There are also several bursas (fluid-filled saclike structures) that surround the knee to allow for smoother movement of the tendons that cross over the joint.

With all these structures within the knee joint, it's easy to see why this ioint is often compromised. The researchers at the University of Memphis determined that of all injuries that affected the knee, 85.1% of them were diagnosed as a form of tendonitis, 6.5% were strains and 8.4% were other injuries such as knee sprains. Tendonitis can be defined as a chronic inflammation of a tendon (usually the patellar tendon in the knee), strains can be defined as an acute partial or full tear to a muscle or tendon and knee sprains can be defined as an acute partial or full tear to a ligament or the cartilage. “Movements to Avoid With Specific Knee Conditions” outlines what you should do and what you should avoid with each specific condition.

Like any other injury, it’s recommended to take a few days off from lifting and cardio activity that involves the lower extremities if you suffer a knee injury. During your rest from weight training however, upper-body training can Ik- continued as long as you select exercises that allow your knee some down time (i.e.. avoid bent-over barbell rows or standing overhead presses). After a few days of resting your lower extremities, weight training and cardio for the lower body can be resumed. However, be sure to follow the basic recommendations from the table if you've suffered an injury, and seek further medical care from a qualified sports medicine professional if your injury lingers.

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Fall Back to Fitness with ChapStick and a Giveaway!

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to try out some of ChapStick's newest products.

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I have always wanted to test my self with running and have recently started up..very slowly.  It is more like a "wog"!!  Anyway, I found this Chapstick perfect.  I can apply it before I go exercise and it lasts the entire time. Having moisturized lips is a huge ordeal to me.  It drives me crazy if they are not so I am constantly applying it. The great thing with the Active Sport Ready ChapStick is you don't have to constantly be applying it.  You can feel it working.  My girls loved the scent.  They said, "Yum it reminds me of Skittles."   Definitely in love with this product!!

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Now this new flavor is so good.  It will hook you with first smell and keep you hooked when you apply and feel how easily it glides on and feels on your lips.  My middle daughter is a "lip balm snob" she has only liked one brand for years and that is all she will wear....WELL that was until she tried this and since taken it over as her own.  She is hooked!!

Fact is we loved these ChapSticks and will now look for them first when we go to buy something for our lips.  Love that it protects, nourishes and smells delicious!! 

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