• 2011-07-15 11:03:05

  How have supplements contributed to the downward trend of the average results of weight trainees?

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  Max Power

  The manufacturers of the fancy, high-tech food supplements played a huge part in convincing gullible lifters that hard work and heavy weights were no longer important. It’s awfully hard to sell a food supplement by telling people that it only works if it is coupled with heavy, hard, back breaking sessions of squats, benches, presses, and deadlifts with lots and lots of iron, so what manufacturers did is to convince its customers that they can get better results with supplements at half the effort.

• 2011-07-15 11:02:29

  What makes bodybuilding supplements popular?

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  Max Power

  Supplements are popular because people tend to be lazy, and you can sell almost anything that allows the typical person to avoid hard work and serious effort. It’s much easier to sell fairy tale that the food supplement works no matter how you train or what you load onto the bar.

• 2011-07-15 10:48:49

  How frequent should my meals be to become successful in bodybuilding?

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  Max Power

  Three good meals per day are important, although you can eat more if you need to gain weight. Thick rich soups are very valuable for weight gainers and muscle builders. If possible and convenient, it has been found that 5 meals and sometimes 6 a day are very helpful for those who wish to gain weight rapidly. Just watch what you eat, don’t eat too much, and always eat and never skip a good breakfast.

• 2011-07-15 10:46:08

  What is the most important food in a bodybuilder’s diet?

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  Max Power

  I will stand by milk as the most important food in the bodybuilding diet. Experience has taught me its value when all else has failed. Strongmen back in the day became extremely strong even without fancy protein supplements because they drank gallons and gallons of milk on a daily basis. It is an excellent source of both protein and calcium, and its protein absorption rate is second to none. This means of all the food available in nature, the protein in milk is the one most bioavailable.

• 2011-07-02 17:22:18

  What are the other important aspects of a strength training program aside from exercise?

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  Max Power

  Exercising is only half a training program. You must have a full diet of good food of wide variety and include plenty of liquids, especially milk. Sleep and rest all you can. Encourage a surplus energy. This doesn’t mean that you need to quit your job though; it only means that you should relax with every spare moment or chance you get. Engage in no other athletic activity until your bodyweight and development are satisfactory. Do not increase your program beyond 8 exercises.

• 2011-07-02 17:16:33

  What are the best food supplements for combat athletes?

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  Max Power

  For combat athletes, you don’t really need any supplements if you eat plates and bowls of healthy food. Regarding the matter o lifelong health, it would be wise to take a good multivitamin and mineral supplement each day. Keep in mind that nothing can replace good old-fashioned healthy meals, complex carbs, and protein from meat and other sources. You don’t need supplements in order to succeed. Supplements after all are just patterned from food so they can never truly measure up to what food can offer.

• 2011-07-02 16:08:37

  What is the role of water when indulging in sports?

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• 2011-07-02 16:08:28

  Why are carbohydrates essential in sports nutrition?

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• 2011-06-29 12:56:52

  What is sports nutrition?

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• 2011-06-25 17:39:05

  What should strength athletes eat?

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  Max Power

  Diet and nutrition of strength athletes should consist of plenty of good, wholesome food. There are plenty of nutritious muscle-building foods so don’t eat something or limit yourself to tuna and cottage cheese simply because someone else says it’s good for you. Eat lots of protein foods from eggs, beef, chicken, turkey, fish, and dairy products. Hit the complex cars pretty heavy as well, and eat a lot of whole grain bread, pasta, potatoes, and rice. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables as well, drink lots of water, and if possible, plenty of milk.

• 2011-06-25 17:07:37

  Are steroids necessary for strength and mass gains in weight training?

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  Max Power

  Some people argue that steroid use is a matter of choice and individual freedom. But for me personally, I believe steroids have all but ruined weight training. In simple, direct, and unmistakable terms, steroids are bad, they are harmful, they are dangerous, they are a form of cheating, and they are contrary to everything that is good is sports. Anyone who uses steroids is taking the easy way out, period. No exceptions, no special circumstances. Nothing beats building muscles the old fashioned way, by earning it through hard work and dedication.

• 2011-06-25 15:55:57

  What’s a good breakfast for someone who is doing serious strength training?

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  Max Power

  Whatever you do, do not replace your first meal of the day with supplements. If you do, you’ll simply end up with expensive urine and an empty wallet. Since we already waste around 12 hours per day between dinner and breakfast of our potential daily nutrition, as soon as you wake up you need to eat big. Cereals are an option but if you want the real breakfast of champions, you’d go for chicken, vegetables, salads, potatoes etc instead. Sandwiches can be eaten as snacks in-between meals, but not to replace full meals.

• 2011-06-25 15:55:09

  So many people claim that whatever they do, they can’t seem to gain any weight. What’s really happening?

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  Max Power

  The first question you need to ask yourself is what did you have for breakfast today. Most people who can’t gain weight supposedly “no matter how hard they try” either have a bird breakfast or no breakfast at all. If you are trying to gain muscular weight, aside from training hard doing the big basic lifts, you must eat a big breakfast everyday, no ifs and buts, no excuses. If you don’t you’re doomed to fail. No amount of supplements, pills, and powders, can make up for proper nutrition.

• 2011-06-25 15:53:18

  How do you put steroids into perspective?

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  Max Power

  In essence, steroids are synthetic male hormones. As male hormones, what steroids do then is they make you a man. If you take steroids, you’re admitting to yourself deep down that you need help because you don’t have enough of what it takes to be a man. That’s why steroid use is always shrouded in secrecy and denial. It’s hard enough to admit that sort of thing to yourself, and that’s why it’s almost impossible to admit it to anyone else.

• 2011-06-20 06:32:14

  Are vegetarian diets suitable for athletes?

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  Max Power

  Vegetarian diets can supply all the nutrients needed to support athletic performance. This is because while red meat may not be an available protein source for most vegetarian diets, others allow the consumption of fish, egg, and dairy products which are excellent protein sources as well. As long as your vegetarian diet is well planned, appropriately supplemented, and protein intakes are adequately supplied, there’s no reason to be at a disadvantage with a meat eater. The only advantage of a meat eater anyway is in having higher creatine concentrations in the blood derived mainly from meat and fish, something that is easily countered with creatine supplementation on the part of the vegetarian.

• 2011-06-14 16:34:59

  What are the side effects of steroids?

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  Max Power

  Side effects of steroids range from the cosmetic to the life threatening, some of which are reversible while others remain for life. Some cosmetic side effects include excessive acne on the face and the body, oily hair and skin, cysts, gynemocastia (man boobs), baldness, and testicular atrophy. Serious health threats include premature deaths from heart attacks, liver cancer, tumors, and infections. Steroids and other synthetic compounds can really mess up your internal organs and your different systems such as your cardiovascular, hormonal, and musculoskeletal systems, so before you choose this path put serious thought and planning into it.

• 2011-06-14 16:34:19

  Why do people use anabolic steroids?

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  Max Power

  Aside from approved medical uses, people use steroids to perform better than their rivals, and to be the bigger, faster, stronger, more dominant man. In short, to win. Others may use it to look better or to gain lean muscle mass faster, but for the most part, steroids are used to go beyond their genetic potential and to be the best of the best in their respective disciplines. In bodybuilders for example, since it is almost virtually impossible to gain huge amounts of muscle while reducing body fat, steroids and synthetic hormones are used so they can train as hard as possible and as frequent as possible without having to rest and diet as much.

• 2011-06-14 16:33:44

  Do anabolic steroids really work?

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  Max Power

  Although no well- controlled and documented studies have ascertained that steroid use improve overall athletic performance, athletes, coaches, and trainers the world over have reported significant improvements in muscle mass, endurance, and strength from steroid use. For this reason, the International Olympic Committee has put out an extensive list of banned compounds and related substances. In acknowledgement of this as well, many sports federations and committees have followed suit by conducting extensive drug testing procedures before and after their sports events.

• 2011-06-14 16:33:09

  How are anabolic steroids used?

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  Max Power

  Anabolic steroids can either be injected intramuscularly, orally, or topically in forms of gels and creams. Stacking is one of the most commonly used techniques in taking steroids because by taking two or more compounds that have synergistic effects, you get greater effects in muscle size and strength than you would if you took each substance individually. Pyramiding is also another common technique done in a 6-12 week cycle. The user starts with low doses, and then once he’s taken the most his body can take, the doses are gradually reduced to zero. Those who abuse steroids for mass and strength gains go way above what is medically recommended, and that is exactly the reason why the use and abuse of anabolic steroids carry many health hazards.

• 2011-06-14 16:31:29

  What are anabolic steroids?

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  Max Power

  Anabolic steroids are synthetic male hormones that promote the growth of skeletal muscle. Although it has been reported that athletes are the ones who usually use anabolic steroids to gain an edge over the competition, it has also been used by regular folks both boys and girls to build muscle and to look better. Anabolic steroids were developed around the 1930s to treat hypogonadism, the testes’ inability to produce enough testosterone for important body processes. It has moved a long way since and it is now part of many approved medical uses.

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