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How to choose your gym?

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Now a days, gyms are everywhere, basement gym, high floor one with spa facilities, others without any facilities, some of them mixed, others aren’t. But which one is suitable for me to train? How do you choose your gym? Finding the perfect gym depend on: ·          Distance of the gym from home, work. ·          How big is it, to be able to accommodate all the members at the same time during rush hours. ·          How many positive reviews you read about it & the feedback. ·          The branding gym isn’t always the best choice, because according to my experience I know gyms (not branding) but have a high service quality. ·          The transformation that I can notice on the members that give me the impression that the trainers are qualified. ·          Does the gym has all the comfortable facility that I need so I can go to work, or anywhere after doing my workout or I need to go home after the workout? All the above points & more you need

What is HGH?

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Human growth hormone Opens in a new Window. Opens in a new Window. , or HGH, produces naturally in the  body . It’s necessary for cell  growth Opens in a new Window.  and regeneration, increasing  muscle  mass and bone density, and just keeping the  body  in good working order. In the human  body , human  growth  hormone (or HGH) production is regulated by your anterior pituitary gland, a pea-size structure at the base of the brain. HGH is not  testosterone Opens in a new Window. . Most people already know this, but you may be surprised by how many still correlate the two. Testosterone is a steroidal hormone that, when taken orally, applied topically, or injected, enhances male characteristics. HGH is a protein that activates a receptor that tells cells to initiate growth. Synthetic human growth hormone was developed in 1985 and approved by the FDA for specific uses in children and adults. In children, HGH injections are approved for treating short stature of unknown ca

Supplements

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During the past 10 years, the science of nutrition has changed 180 degree specially the supplements section. A lot of supplements hits the market with various functions. This revolution affected the bodybuilding gains and made the bodybuilders get muscle size more easy than old days, but also comes with many side effects as a result of various types used by the bodybuilders in   a short period. But we need to know that even if the supplements industry getting more advanced during the coming years, it still supplements. Still a material that supporting the basic nutrition, it means that you can replace nutrition with supplements because the body needs to digest food & transfer it to another substances that will be used to get power, size, ….etc. And before interring the supplements zone, you need to know what is good for & what won’t be. Being a good selling supplements doesn’t mean that it’s good for your body, or suitable with your blood type. It’s like food,

Simple nutrition plan

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Simple nutrition plan. Nutrition is 70% of the equation, 20% rest / sleep, & only 10% training, it means that any results you to achieve at the gym whatever its building muscles, fitness or any other sports depends on balanced nutrition plan. Balanced nutrition plan means suitable portions form the proteins, Carbs & fats that will fit your body needs. So depending on your goal will be your nutrition plan. But there are some facts everyone needs to know: ·          Drinking plenty of water because our bodies are 70% of it water. ·          Eat from 4 to 5 small meals daily. ·          Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. ·          Eat Carb, proteins after doing your workout for recovery. ·          Avoid soda, salts, sugar, fast foods. Kindly find below sample of a nutrition plan: 1.        Breakfast: 3 boiled eggs + mash potatoes + 1 apple + coffee or tea (without sugar) 2.        Snacks Banana 3.        Lunch:

Be like professionals

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Do you want to succeed in some career? Have a role model to follow. In bodybuilding, most of us followed role models like Dorian Yates, lee Haney & others. But make sure when following one of the professionals, that he is a Pro, means you are both apart with 10 years of experience, he started like you, so don't think of jumping the years & try to do what he is doing right especially the heavy weight they are using. So you have to learn how they started, how they concentrated 100% in training, eating, & vision. Let us take some motivational examples of some pro training routines. Dorian Yates: Leg routine: Leg extension Leg press Hack squats Leg curls. Jay cutler: Chest routine: Incline bar press Incline dumbbell press Peck-deck flys Cable cross Pull over Note that the above routines are not followed for long time, the pros are changing them from time to time to ensure shocking the muscles, be the above is good for hitting

How to shock your muscles

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The body is very smart machine that can respond to any new pressure, & when we talk about gaining muscle size, we have to mention that training the muscles from different angles & different rep count / number of sets, will diffidently shock the muscle system. Let me mention some effected shocking techniques that will push your muscles into the fire zone: Shoulders: (do warm-up) Side laterals Super-set with Front laterals ( 5 sets / 25 reps) Dumbbell seated press Super-set with Upright rows ( 4 sets / 20 reps) Bent over laterals Super-set with Dumbbell shrugs (5 sets / 25 reps) The above routine needs to be done with light weights to ensure the reps numbers done as mentioned, & using light weight doesn't mean that the muscles won't respond, light weights with high reps / super-sets will fire your fibers, will burn fats around the mentioned muscle group, & force the muscle to work hard. Legs: (warm up first). Leg extension: 5 sets / 30

Essential Nutrition

To be successful in bodybuilding, fitness, & other sports, 3 main steps you must follow: Well designed training program Nutrition plan matching with the training program & vision Rest / sleep time to recover your system. But what is the percentage of each of the above points that you need to achieve? Nutrition 70% / Training 10% / Sleep & rest 20% So it seems that following a proper nutrition program is the Key to success. Yes it is. Because the muscle you train in 1 hours needs 2 days to recover, can you imagine that, because of that your legs muscle as an example stay in pain 2 to 3 days after doing hard training on them, so how many meals did you eat during these 3 days? What means by nutrition? Mean feeding the body with the essentials it needs to recover & build muscles. The main contents of nutrition: Protein: essential Amino acid for building the damaged muscle fibers after workout (what ever the type of the workout), & this