Vitamin D for Size & Strength

Consider vitamin D if you're looking to boost your size and strength

December 7, 2010

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Dr. Jim Stoppani, Ph.D.

Vitamin D just took a hit in the media when one study showed that the average person doesn't need to supplement with it. However, bodybuilders are not average, and if you're looking to boost your size and strength you'll want to consider supplementing with Vitamin D.

Since vitamin D gets converted in the body to a steroid hormone--1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D--it makes sense that it would have some effect on strength. This active form of vitamin D binds to specific receptors found on membranes and nuclei of muscle cells. When it binds to these receptors, it enhances muscle contraction and protein synthesis--the buildup of muscle protein that leads to muscle growth. Research shows that certain types of these receptors may be responsible for greater muscle size and strength. Adequate vitamin D levels can help ensure your muscle receptors are activated for optimal muscle function, strength and muscle growth.

We recommend taking 1,000 international units of vitamin D about twice per day with meals.

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5 Reasons Why Alcohol Will Destroy Your Muscle Gains

I’m sorry to say it, but yes, too much alcohol will almost definitely have a significant negative impact on your bodybuilding results. Alcohol is far more harmful than most people think, and it’s very important that you understand how this drug (yes, alcohol is a drug) is affecting your progress. This is not an anti-drug speech, but if you’re serious about achieving a truly impressive physique, you should definitely be aware of the 5 main ways that alcohol is slowing down your gains

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Look At Bodybuilding As A Sport

Competitive bodybuilding is a sport in which athletes attempt to develop and maintain a perfect muscular body shape. As bodybuilding competitors show off their physique and perform with a number of poses, they are judged by a qualified panel of experts who will render the final decision as to the winner.

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Home Gym Full Body Training Routines

Bodybuilding Home Gym

We all know how difficult in might be to make it to the gym after 9 long hours at work. I bet it has happened to you as well.But what do you do when you don’t feel you have the energy to stop by the local gym on your way home? Or may be you don’t have the time for a workout at the gym. You can only use 20 – 30 min.

What’s the solution then? It could be only one – a full body workout at your home gym.

But first take this from me. If you don’t have a home gym set up already, don’t even think of missing a workout. Go to the local gym where you are a member. Missing a single workout can set a path for a habit. Vice versa, not missing a workout won’t let you think of such an option.So, let’s suppose that it’s one of these days when you can’t make it to the gym, and are planning on working out at home. That means you have a gym of some sort, already set up.

You Might Have a Home-Gym Machine

In this article I want to advise you on your choices for a full body routine. The workout you will pick however, will all depend on how your home gym is equipped.For example you might have a home-gym machine. Or you might be a hardcore bodybuilder. Then you have free weights as your main equipment.

If you belong to the first group – you own a home gym machine – this is the part you should be reading.

The simplest home gym machines are equipped for at least several exercises such as: bench press, lat pull down, seated rows, biceps curls, triceps push-downs, leg extensions and standing hamstring curls.

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4 Harmful Muscle Building Myths Uncovered

If you’re serious about making a solid commitment to a muscle building program, you need to be very careful of who you take advice from. Bodybuilding and fitness is literally a multi-billion dollar industry with new websites popping up every single day. Many of the so-called

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8 Cheap Home Gym Essentials

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You can make a cheap home gym that gets the job done if you buy the essentials. As long as you stick with the proven equipment list -and stay away from the latest ab-flexor you can’t go wrong.

The following are 8 cheap home gym must-haves:

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Best Bodybuilding Supplements

The days when bodybuilding guys use to take steroids to boost their muscle mass have long gone(now they have bodybuilding supplements) , and those who attempt to use anabolic steroids in an attempt to get a competitive edge run a very high risk of being caught and stripped of any titles they have won , some would say that being caught is inevitable.

Bodybuilding Supplements

So how, then, do bodybuilders manage to build such huge muscles that seem far larger than those of other professional athletes? Is it because they spend so long in the gym and are very dedicated? Well, yes, bodybuilders have to have great dedication, but they also take bodybuilding supplements. These supplements are 100% legal and don’t have the nasty side effects of the old anabolic steroids, such as

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