Building Muscle Fast

I hope everybody had a great xmas day yesterday and that you didn’t overindulge too much. If you did, here is a nutrition tip from John Berardi.

Protein/Carbs Before Exercise To Burn Fat?
by Dr. John Berardi

While nearly everyone nowadays knows that pre, during, and post exercise nutritional intake is critical for improving protein status and glycogen synthesis, most people fear that the ingestion of protein and carbohydrates during these times will decrease fat oxidation (burning).

Well, put simply, they’re wrong (sticking out tongue).

Studies have demonstrated that even in the presence of a relatively high carbohydrate intake (and large insulin response), the addition of protein to a carbohydrate meal can increase fat burning during exercise.

So it looks like a well-designed pre, during, and post exercise intake will not only improve protein status and glycogen resynthesis but it may actually increase fat burning. Bigger and leaner? Say it ain’t so.

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Wayne

Muscle and Strength Xmas Gifts

With only a couple of days left to Xmas, I thought I would put together a short list of gift ideas for the muscle and strength crowd.

A recent release by one of my favorite training authors is Huge in a Hurry by Chad Waterbury. Chad really knows his stuff and if you want a gift for the bodybuilder this is great.

Men’s Health Power Training: Build Bigger, Stronger Muscles with through Performance-based Conditioningby Robert Dos Remedios is a great book on building size and strength using performance based training rather than the traditional bodybuilding approach.

For the female that really wants to learn how to train, it would be very hard to go past The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess

For nutritional guidance, Precision Nutrition by John Berardi and Naked Nutriton by Mike Roussell are both excellent nutrition guides and everybody should have at least one of them.John is in the process of re-releasing his Precision Nutrition system, so this could be a great option.

My top vote for a toy for the muscle and strength crowd would be a Powerball. These things are great fun and give your forearms a serious workout.

So there you go, my list of great last minute xmas gifts for the musclehead.

Have a great holiday season!!!!!

Remember to sign up for my 5 part Building Muscle and Strength e-course.
If you are interested in me personally designing your programs and helping you achieve your size and strength goals go to busy-fitness.com/online-personal-training/
Wayne

Here is a great quote from Lance Armstrong.

“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with? Facing up to that question, and finding a way to go on, is the real reward, better than any trophy”

Remember to sign up for my 5 part Building Muscle and Strength e-course.
If you are interested in me personally designing your programs and helping you achieve your size and strength goals go to busy-fitness.com/online-personal-training/
Wayne