Weight Lifting For Absolute Beginners: Everyone Can Benefit From Weight Training!
Recent research shows that if you want to lose weight, stay trim, and and maintain an elevated metabolic rate you need to incorporate some sort of resistance or weight lifting / training into your weight loss program (of course, weight training offers additional benefits, but I’ll get into this a little farther on in the article). However for some time now, it’s been common for professionals to encourage a greater focus on...
Weight Gainers: Do Extra Calories From Weight Gainers Build Muscle?
Weight gainers, if the supplement companies are to be believed, are the answer to all your body building struggles! After all, if you’re not making gains in the gym it’s because you’re not taking in enough calories, correct? Not necessarily. If you read my body building for beginners article, you’ll know that maintaining adequate caloric intake is only one of the many factors upon which successful muscle growth...
Review: Craig Ballantyne’s Turbulence Training Program
Craig Ballantyne, creator of Turbulence Training, is a well-known strength and conditioning specialist whose material has appeared in such top fitness magazines as Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Oxygen as well as many others. His credentials are impeccable, and his reputation is secure. In other words, everyone in agreement… Craig knows his stuff. Drawing from his years of experience as a top trainer, his university...
Tribulus Review: Does Tribulus Work?
Tribulus Review: Does Tribulus Work? Tribulus (or, as its sometimes called – Puncture Vine, Devil’s Weed or Tribulus terrestris) has been marketed for ages for two primary reasons… As a natural “booster” of testosterone and athetic performance. As a “libido” booster a male enhancement product, and a natural cure for E.D. (erectile dysfunction). A Little about Tribulus… A flowering plant,...
My Top 5 Best Core Training Exercises For Firming And Strengthening Your Core!
As a follow up on my last article “Core training and why you need it!” (click here to review that article if you missed it), here are my top 5 best core training exercises for toning and strengthening that critical area we refer to as the ‘core’. Your core encompasses your lower/mid-back muscles and all of your abdominal region. 1. Superman (for lower back) To start, lie on your stomach on the floor with your arms at 90 degree angles...
Testofen™: The Fenugreek Testosterone Boosting Connection?
Testofen is the name of the fenugreek derived compound created by Gencor Pacific for the purpose of boosting testoterone levels. It is standardized for “Fenuside” — which is what you’ll also see on label of any Testofen-containing product you may be interested in. Fenugreek’s “claim to fame” (according to GP) is that it contains variety of powerful bioactive compounds, such as protodioscin and...