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Fake A Beach Body
2008-03-24 11:24:00
Fake a beach body with these tricksWith the winter season coming to a close and spring quickly approaching, this only means one thing: Beach season is rapidly approaching, as well.For some, beach season simply means warmer weather and more time playing golf; for others, it’s a time when they want to bare their bodies and show off what they’ve been working hard to achieve over the winter months in the gym. The problem that occurs for some, however, is that over the winter months, they’ve really let their diet slide and now have much more fat than they’d like accumulated over their freshly built muscles.Since fat loss can be a slow process, particularly if you want to maintain as much muscle as possible, this could translate to trouble in terms of you getting that "ripped" beach body you covet.Luckily, all hope isn't lost: As long as you know a few quick tricks, you can get yourself looking fully beach ready in time for summer.Here are the points you must consider when you tr...
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Vitamin C: How Much Do You Really Need?
2008-01-28 18:11:00
Vitamin C: How Much Do You Really Need?Some would have you believe that vitamin C can prevent cancer, stop heart attacks, do the dishes, and wash the car. Now government scientists are putting C in its place.June 19, 2000 -- Feel free to call Rusty Hoge a vitamin C zealot. He swallows a whopping 14,000 milligrams a day -- 150 times the government-set Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) -- and has quadrupled the dose when he felt illness coming on.Since adopting this regimen 10 years ago, the 46-year-old telecommunications technician from suburban Atlanta claims to have been sick only once -- and then because he slacked off his normal routine. "I like to say that taking high doses of vitamin C has one side effect -- good health," he says.Like many other devotees, Hoge believes that enormous doses of vitamin C can fend off cancer and heart disease, slow the aging process, prevent colds, and extend our lives by up to 35 years. Such claims were popularized by the late Nobel-prize winnin...
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Hardgaining
2008-01-24 17:33:00
Hardgainers have a rough time gaining muscle and weight While there are a few men out there who just look at a weight and put on muscle, for most men, gaining muscle mass means working hard. Whether genetics have been working against you since birth or you simply don't have the anabolic environment in your body naturally, if you have trouble putting on muscle, you could be one of those who have to work hard. This means there are some key things you need to do differently in your program.A hardgainer can be defined as a man who has difficulty putting on muscle mass despite consistent workouts in the gym and consumption of vast amounts of food. It is not uncommon to see some of these individuals eating upwards of 5,000 calories per day to simply maintain the mass they have, let alone add new muscle tissue. For the average guy, consuming 5,000 calories per day would be a short track to a rather robust stomach.The major issue here is likely a very fast metabolism; one that, when fed mo...

Synchronize Your Diet And Cardio
2008-01-24 17:26:00
How to synchronize your diet and cardio To jump on the fat-loss bandwagon, you'll probably start with a diet and throw in the cardio at full force to ramp up your progress. This technique is common among all those craving a lean physique because they want results now, which is understandable considering that most men will need to spend a good four to five months in the gym while eating a surplus to put on any muscle mass. After patiently waiting for muscle to appear, men are eager to show off the results. But when it comes to fat loss, too much can be a very bad thing.Here’s how to synchronize your diet and cardio in the healthiest and most efficient way possible to get the kind of muscle mass you’re dying to show off.Create a negative balance To synchronize your diet and cardio, remember: In order to lose weight, you must burn more calories than you consume. If you don't achieve this negative balance, you aren't going to lose any weight. Alternately, if you achieve too much ...
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