muscle development
Your muscles can grow and become stronger with training but there’s variability in how much an individual’s muscle can grow. Why do some people develop muscle and strength so easily while others struggle? What affects muscle hypertrophy?
Fat is an important source of fuel for your body, especially when carbohydrates aren’t available. But could dietary fats aid in muscle development as well? If so, which kind is best? Find out what research shows.
Does eating a low-carb diet help you burn more fat during exercise? According to a new study, it does. Despite what the results show, find out why adopting a low-carb diet may isn’t the best option if you do high-intensity training, power training, or are trying to build lean body mass.
Building muscle is challenging, especially for women. A number of factors make it harder – inappropriate exercise routines and poor nutrition. In addition, a study showed having a higher percentage of body fat could make it harder to build muscle tissue. Find out why.
Testosterone is an anabolic hormone that boosts muscle growth. Men have significantly higher levels of testosterone than women, putting them at a disadvantage when it comes to building lean body mass. So how is it that some women can build lean body mass through training? Find out more about the testosterone response in women and another anabolic hormone that helps women build muscle and burn fat.
Some people, particularly women, want to get more “muscle tone.” They fear if they lift heavy weights they’ll get bulky. This article talks about the myth of “muscle toning” and why lifting heavy weights combined with high-intensity interval training is best for getting muscle definition without bulk.
Are you struggling to build lean body mass? If so, you may not be doing enough to keep your body in an anabolic or muscle-building state. Need some guidance? Here are four things you can do to keep your body in a muscle-building anabolic state.
Have you reached a weight training plateau? If you’d like to “shock” your muscles and restart the growth process, try doing drop sets.
Are you training to build muscle strength or muscle endurance? There are two ways you can train muscles and each will give you a different result
Don’t let the naysayers tell you lifting heavy weights for women will cause you to gain weight or bulk you up if you’re female. Enjoy the benefits that lifting heavy weights has on your metabolism and your body.
American Express’s GetCurrency just published their Ultimate Morning Survival Guide, and listed Eggland’s Best Hard Cooked & Peeled Eggs (http://bit.ly/mx0l1f) as one of their top five must-haves to get your day started right. “Pack the perfect quickie lunch. Eggland’s Best Hard-Cooked and Peeled Eggs,are great to throw in your lunch bag—or in your salad—to fuel up during
he amino acids in protein are the building blocks the body needs for muscle development – and even if you lift hard you won’t get much definition if you’re protein deprived. But, how much do protein you really need for building muscle?
