GenXXLSports for the Real World Athlete (and Weekend Warrior)
Drinking Veggies Better Than Chewing Veggies
Juicing vegetables saves time in that you don’t have to spend the bulk of your time chewing all those vegetables to get the nutrients you need. You just simply drink them down in a matter of minutes. Vegetable juice makes it easier for your body to absorb all the available nutrients of the vegetables, a [...]
8 Ways To Quit Eating Junk Food: Part 1 of 2
This is a fairly straightforward question. Junk food or healthy, clean food? It’s not a hard one, but so many people don’t know the answer to it. They stuff their faces with cakes and tinned sausages, and then have the nerve to turn around and ask, ‘Why am I fat?’
It’s not an exact science – [...]
Ways To Get Fat Out Of Your Diet! Part 2 of 2
Welcome back to this two part series!
In case you didn’t read the last article, here’s a brief introduction.
This series is about different methods the modern man could apply to his life to cut down on his fat intake. It requires no massive changes in your daily behaviour, but rather, just modifying a few things that [...]
Ways To Get Fat Out Of Your Diet! Part 1 of 2
Fat is muscles great big blanket. It hides all the muscle that is primed and ready to be shown behind it’s horrible, blubbery surface. The sad part about this is that even if you work out a lot, without a good diet to support you, the muscle will remain hidden behind the henious fat. The [...]
Add Healthful Items to Your Diet
There are a little over 30 days until the holidays begin. Of course, you want to feel healthier during the holidays, and you want to make a serious effort to add healthful food items to your diet even though it may seem impossible between the pumpkin pie and chocolate fudge. If you start now, 30 [...]
8 Reasons Why You Can’t Gain Weight
So, you think you’re a ‘hard gainer’? Someone that can eat, eat and eat anything they want, and still not gain weight? They say you hard gainers have a fast metabolism, and burn all that you eat. Or you don’t digest what you want.
Those are all myths. Gaining weight is just about RELATIVE eating; eating [...]
Why Bodybuilders Need Fish in Their Diet
Chicken and beef are at the top of the recommended foods list for bodybuilders before even thinking about fish. Fish contains a high protein source, however, if you want to compare other fishes to canned tuna, it does not have a real high place amongst bodybuilders. On the other hand, fish is a food constituent [...]
Drinking Beer Decreases Testosterone Level
So you think hitting the pubs and sharing stone cold beer with your mates will make you manlier? Think again. How about sharing diet coke? Researches show that beer and other alcoholic drinks lower the testosterone levels, which of course makes a person, say, less manly. On the other hand, increasing female sex hormones causes [...]
Seven Essential Carbs for Bodybuilders
Unless you are in a precontest, carbohydrates should be a major part of your diet because they trigger the secretion of insulin that aids in growth. If you are a bodybuilder and want to accelerate the muscle recovery and augment your muscle mass, then plan on eating the following seven foods which are good sources [...]
How to Boost Testosterone Level the Natural Way
The level of testosterone, the male hormone than aids muscle growth, is different in each person, just like the metabolism rate. Some bodybuilders innately have higher levels of testosterone, just like some people can metabolize fast. So if you want to increase your body mass, then you need to ensure that your testosterone levels don’t [...]
The 6 Overlooked Supplements for Bodybuilders
It is common knowledge that a bodybuilder should take creatine, glutamine, protein powders, fat burners and amino acids if they want increased muscle growth and repair. But the uncommon knowledge is that taking only these supplements isn’t enough. If you want to become a higher level bodybuilder from the beginner stage, then you should also [...]
Protein Overloading Tactics
Every serious bodybuilder should aim to overload his diet with protein. Commonly, it is recommended to consume 1 gram protein per every pound of body weight daily. This can be easily achieved if you follow the tips below, which will help you efficiently use the protein you consume. Generally speaking, those tips advise to train [...]
Folic Acid Rich Diet Improves Sperm Quality
A diet with sufficient amount of products rich in folic acid prevents formation of defective sperm; thus, it helps reduce the risk of chromosomal anomalies in newborns. Such conclusion was reported by scientists from the University of California after they conducted a special study on the subject. The researchers selected and analyzed the information on [...]
Rational Nutrition
Rational diet is a physiologically adequate diet followed by healthy people; this diet is both balanced and diverse in terms of its components. Rational diet should be regarded as one of the most important components of healthy lifestyle and as one of the factors which extend the active period of life. Let us consider the [...]
Mass Building Diet
While workouts make the hardest part of the bodybuilder’s life and rest and recovery make the easiest one, food must be the most pleasant one. However, for most amateurs food is another cause of depression. If you are trying to build up extra pounds, but look rather skinny, then you need to eat up in [...]
Diet Strategy for Bodybuilders
A body builder must follow some strategies in order to successfully gain muscle mass and at the same time lose body fat. It is a no-brainer what we need to do in order to lose weight but gain muscle at the same time. On the other hand, the question of what not to do is [...]
Gustavo Badell Passes on 2009 Ironman Pro
Ed Nunn is not the only guy who’s passing on the 2009 Ironman Pro. Gustavo Badell also skips the Ironman Pro on January 23-25. I bet you’ll never guess why. Gustavo Badell and his wife are expecting a new addition to their family. “I got the news that my wife was [...]
Protein in Bodybuilder’s Diet
Protein is essential for recovering and building up muscle tissues. Amino acids, provided by proteins, form building blocks for all cells in our body. Our internal organs, hair, immune system and all other systems in the body can’t exist without proteins. Bodybuilders have to get as many proteins as it’s needed for both supporting body [...]
Potassium for More Muscle Power
Hard to keep up with your regular exercise complex? Feel out of power? Perhaps your body is short in potassium. This substance is an important dietary mineral as well as a key electrolyte in our body. Potassium is of high importance for normal brain, nerve, as well as muscle function. While it is often hard [...]
Bodybuilder’s Daily Calorie Intake
Caloric value is what all kinds of food have in common. Over the past years this was the hottest topic among dieticians. High-calorie and low-calorie diets were alternatively in favor. The same is true about proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Experts often change their views and we have to put up with it.
