Most people don’t know the difference between muscle cells and muscle fibers. That’s because there really isn’t one; muscle cells are shaped like fibers. Myocyte is greek for muscle cell; myo- muscle, -cyte cell. Collections of cells form muscle tissue. There are 3 types of muscle tissue: Cardiac, Smooth, and Skeletal. Since this is a bodybuilding site I’m going […]
Better Body in 30 minutes! Not everyone has a ton of time to kill. Some of us have to workout on our lunch breaks or have kids and only have the time they are at dance class or football practice to get our lifts in. I fortunately structure my life around the Iron, but others […]
Women and Prohormones: A Physician’s Opinion Every day I have a woman contacting about if prohormones are right for her….No. Prohormones are cholesterol based compounds that either convert to testosterone in the human body; which is the parent male hormone, or a modified version of it. Women use estrogen and progesterone as their main sex […]
Previously I have covered How a Skinny Guy should eat, train, and what prohormones to take in the articles Prohormones for Skinny Guys, Mass Meals for Skinny Guys, and Mass Building for Skinny Guys. This is the first of three articles covering how the opposite, a Stocky Guy should go about getting leaner or gaining […]
You Call Yourself A Doctor!? This Mass Meals for Skinny Guys plan is for hardgainers/ectomorphs and or other guys who can’t eat enough calories in a day to gain weight. This usually means that you’re going to have to eat sugar and or dirty food to gain any weight, most of it will be fat and water but […]
Mass Building For Skinny Guys Before we get started lets define skinny. Skinny means “Skin and bones”. Not to be confused with lean, which means low body fat. So a skinny guy is lean, but not all lean guys are skinny. Ripped or shredded means your so lean your muscles look like they are exposed, […]
Its incredible how many people think they know what pro-hormones are but have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE. Of course these are the most difficult and argumentative haters on the web. Not 1 hour after posting Best Prohormones of 2015 haters had to post false claims that prohormones are more dangerous than real steroids and your better off […]
Prohormones are a hot topic still in the world of bodybuilding and fitness. Prohormones fill the gap between illegal steroids and herbal testosterone boosters like Long Jack and others. For men looking for the best possible balance of gains and safety, prohormones may be the best option. Of course without proper diet and exercise, nothing, not […]
Continued from part 1 Insulin Replacers The holy grail would be something that caused the Glut4 transporters on the muscles to upregulate, thus increasing the muscle’s insulin sensitivity. This means you could consume lower GI carbs and get the same or better muscle gains with less fat storage. The next best thing would be something […]
Continued from part 1 Muscle Breakdown and Formation If the rate of muscle destruction is greater than that of muscle growth you lose muscle. One reason why people pound a protein, or a protein + carb, shake post workout is to stop muscle death and start muscle growth. Turns out its the Insulin which causes […]
