Month: July 2014

If you were to walk into your local health and nutrition store looking for supplements that build muscle, you’ll probably find yourself confused and amazed at just how many products there are to choose from.

With so many supplements available, it can be a little on the tricky side to decide which ones will help you with your goals. There are a lot of supplements out there to help you build muscle, although some may not be ideal for your goals.

The first thing to keep in mind, is the fact that you don’t always need muscle building supplements to build muscle, although will help you speed up the process.

These types of supplements can help you increase muscular development, providing you work out. They can aid you in both muscle growth and the recovery of your muscles. Among the many products available, the most popular are protein, creatine, and multi-vitamins.

Top Muscle Building Supplements

Protein is a preferred supplement among bodybuilders and those who exercise. It contains many amino acids which help you to build muscle. No matter what type of diet you are or on or supplement you select, you should always pick one that contains a lot of protein.

The ideal way to take protein, is 2 grams per pound of body . You can get protein in pill form, powder, or even bars. When you select your protein supplement, you should also make sure that the supplement contains whey, soy, and eggs.

Whey protein is the ideal supplement, as it contains everything you need to start building muscle.

Creatine is another beneficial supplement, as it will help you increase your muscle mass and improve the recovery time for your muscles. Creatine also helps you to increase your muscle pumps as well, allowing you to do more repetitions with more weight.

Normally, you will need to go through a loading period of creatine, which is usually a week. Once you have loaded it, you should use in cycles, a few weeks using it and a few weeks off. To get the most from creatine, you should always follow the instructions the manufacturer has provided on the label.

Micro-vitamins are another great supplement, as they work great for those who aren’t getting enough minerals and vitamins with their normal diet. Although you may have the best of intentions, a busy or hectic schedule can make it very hard to get a healthy meal.

If you use vitamin supplements in your diet, you can get the vitamins and minerals your body needs. If you are looking to build muscle, you should always take the proper supplements, and use protein bars and shakes if you aren’t able to eat a healthy meal.

Building muscle is something we would all like to do. Even though it requires a lot of exercise and commitment on your behalf, you should also have the necessary supplements as well.

If you use the right supplements, you’ll notice the muscle growth in a matter of weeks. Supplements will help you to build muscle, by speeding up the process.

There are a lot of brands and manufacturers to choose from, including Weider and MuscleTech. You can find these supplements locally or online, giving you plenty of great deals to take advantage of.

If you exercise and are looking to add more muscle mass to your body, you should give muscle building supplements a try. They work extremely well, they taste great, and they will greatly assist you in your quest to build muscle and live a healthier life.

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Have you ever heard of Psyllium Husk? Psyllium is a type of small seed that is almost pure fiber. Taking a lot of fiber is supposed to help you to control your digestion, lower cholesterol and perhaps even lower the chance of Diabetes.

Flax Seed Oil has become really popular lately as a very high Omega 3 supplement. The advantage of taking Flax seed meal is that it is a powder that can be used for cooking as an addition to flour in recipes or as I will illustrate below.

What is Psyllium Husk and Flax Seed Meal?

Psyllium Husk when you buy it in the store comes in a small bag (at least mine did) and is very dry and looks like sharp pieces of dust. Flax seed meal on the other hand is a bit darker colored but is still very small pieces.

This is the way I have been told to take this so you can try to follow my lead or use these two products in some other way.

Get your flax seed meal and your psyllium husk and mix them in a bag or container in a 1 to 1 ratio. Now that you have this together you will quickly mix one tablespoon of the mix in a glass of water and drink it down. The mix does not taste good or bad but it is a kind of crappy consistency. After you drink this down it is important to drink a couple of more glasses of water.

I take this mixture once in the morning and once at night before bed.

What happens once this mix goes down your gullet? The flax seed is a nice and healthy addition to your Omega-3 and your fiber but the Psyllium Husk actually swells up and turns into a gel. The way this is supposed to help your body is by scraping and pulling off any toxins from the walls of your intestines.

Psyllium seeds swell 10-20 times their size when they come in contact with water

The Effect of Psyllium Husk and Flax Seed Meal

In my case I have been gassy a bit over the last few days in taking this. From the people that I talk to that are taking this mix they tell me that this flax seed meal with psyllium husk makes their digestion better and also makes them feel healthier with better concentration and clearer thinking.

Try this with only a teaspoon morning and night instead of a tablespoon and see how your body reacts. Everyone is different so you want to try it slowly and increase over the days or weeks if you feel comfortable.

Never just jump into a workout, do a preworkout jumpout stepsIf you thought workouts are hard, you are not completely correct, if not complete wrong. Do you think the successful bodybuilders and athletes exert themselves as hard as you do for getting their workouts done?

Prepare Before Your Workout

Absolutely not. In fact, most of them are probably aware of a cool formula that lets them perform even the most intense workouts without any feeling of exhaustion. In this article I will tell you about that formula.

Can you imagine a time when the heavy s you hate now would seem like light feathers in your hand? Imagine being able to workout for hours without any feeling of fatigue. Imagine your muscles actually asking you workout more and more because they are hungry for it.

All these could be possible if you apply the formula of Category 5 Intensity. Let me tell you the three quick steps you should follow to get the most out of this workout strategy.

PreWorkout Jumpstart Steps

Step 1: Relax: Even before you start your workout regimen, you need to relax, both physically and mentally. This is pretty simple and something you should do only at a peaceful corner of your home where you don’t expect any kind of irritable disturbance or noise. You can relax by lying down on your back, or by stretching yourself out in an E-Z chair.

1. Lie as if you are relaxing.
2. Let your arms relax by your sides as well.
3. While sitting in this position, take very long, deep, relaxing breaths.
4. Keep in mind that you should inhale through your nose but exhale through the mouth, and with each exhalation, you would utter the words (if you want you can do it mentally instead of verbally) “RELEASE” or “RELAX”.

This is only the first part of this relaxation exercise. In the next step, you should imagine coming down from six or seven steps of a staircase. As you descend each step, you should utter the word “Coming Down” or simply “Down” (again you can do it mentally instead of verbally if you wish).

Step 2 – Jog Your Memory: If you have done a series of workouts, there must be at least one workout which stood out from the rest for its uniqueness.

It could be anything from an arm workout to a leg workout, and even though the workout itself might have been physically nerve wrecking for you, you were able to complete more reps than you were supposed to do, because mentally you never felt tired or frustrated.

Throughout the workout session you maintained a certain focus that allowed you to complete the workout even though physically you felt as if your bone would break or your skin would pop out. Can you recall any such workout?

You should be able to. As the memory of this particular workout becomes more and more vivid, you should feel a certain sensation in your body – as if you are ready to do it all over again.

This is a great example of how Category 5 Intensity can help you.

Step 3 – Imagine doing that workout: Now that your body badly needs that workout, you must do it, but hey, since this is an exercise for your subconscious mind, you don’t need to lift any weights just as yet.

Just imagine that you are physically doing the same workout as the one you recalled in step 2. Imagine yourself doing all the things you normally do during the workout session; your eyes, nostrils, facial expressions, mindset, voice, words, breathe, etc., should all be focused on this particular workout.

Next, clench your right fist for about 20-30 seconds, and utter words that describe your strength, such as “Power”, “Terrific”, “Force”, “Strong”, etc.; in fact, you can utter any word or words that enhance your mental strength.

If you follow this exercise and do the three steps above for the next few weeks, you would feel much more comfortable even when doing workouts of the highest intensity. In fact, after spending just 15-20 minutes on this mental exercise per day during the next five days, you should be doing it everyday, preferably either before or after hitting the gym.

I am confident it would certainly make a difference in the way you look at workouts.