Awesome and detailed facts bro, thx for breaking this downWas reading up on Agmatine and now I know 100% Juggernaut HP will be on my next order...
Agmatine and The Athlete
1. Agmatine is a pain fighter. This can be beneficial to the athlete in two ways:
(a) It can potentiate the effects of analgesics used during recuperation from injury.
(cool.gif It has the potential to aid post-workout recovery.
2. Agmatine enhances insulin production leading to better insulin response. This allows for positive effects in attaining body composition goals. Better insulin response means a harder and leaner more muscular body.
3. Agmatine acts on various hypothalamic and pituitary peptide hormones such as LH and GH. These will have subsequent effects on other hormones like IGF-1. Control of the hormonal environment of the athlete and you will perform better, look better and feel better.
4. Agmatine possesses anxiolytic (relieves anxiety) and antidepressant properties offering potential control of cortisol levels in the stressful life of the athlete.
5. Agmatine modulates nitric oxide (NO) through different ways. It stimulates some types of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) while inhibiting others. This is essential to the proper functioning of the polyamine biosynthetic pathways.
6. Agmatine acts on catecholamine (Epinephrine > Norepinephrine > Dopamine) release. These endogenous compounds are part of nearly every action in the body. Most notably for the athlete is the role that this compound would ultimately have in both energy production and aiding anticipation of the stress afforded by competition. However, there are also well-established roles that epinephrine can have on the body that includes: increasing endurance, enhancing performance, and decreasing body fat.
7. Agmatine has an antioxidant role. There can be no greater source of free-radical build up than that seen in the day-to-day activity of the athlete. The sheer stress that the body takes on when in you??re an athlete in the trenches (i.e. ?? the gym, the field, etc?) could ultimately have significant detrimental effects with continued build up. Agmatine can offer protection from the undesired effects that free radicals can have on the body.
8. For the athlete desiring body composition change, Agmatine has an independent role of insulin and testosterone management on lipid (fat) metabolism.
9. Agmatine possesses nootropic effects (it acts as a ??novel?? neurotransmitter). This can offer the athlete a potential mental edge to prepare for various events.
10. Agmatine can aid in kidney function by stimulating the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). This can bode the bodybuilder well as various nitrogenous waste products are removed through this system.
11. Agmatine harbors a hypotensive role which could assist the exogenously-enhanced athlete in keeping blood pressure in check.
Agmatine and The Life Extensionist
1. Agmatine has a neuroprotective role. The life extensionist will likely see this as a positive effect in cases of such chronic diseases as Alzheimer??s Dementia. This is thought to originate through a couple of mechanisms, but most notably its prevention of over-excitation by glutamate and its antioxidant roles.
2. Agmatine can assist in chronic pain management. Sufferers of things such as chronic degenerative diseases that do not get adequate relief from various pharmaceutical analgesic agents may see agmatine as the ideal adjunct to their current treatment.
3. Agmatine??s antioxidant role has significant impact on one of the unifying themes of aging in oxidative stress accumulation and its contribution to the aging individual.
4. Agmatine may possess a role in cancer prevention via its modulation of all polyamine biosynthetic pathways. This effect may be limited to vascular growths via smooth muscle cell overgrowth. Control of cell growth can be attributed to two different pathways:
* A membrane receptor controlled pathway
* A pathway dependent on cellular polyamine content
5. As mentioned earlier, agmatine imparts action on various hypothalamic and pituitary peptide hormones such as LH and GH. Control of the hormonal environment of the anti-aging medicine enthusiast can point rather quickly at the positive effects this can have.
6. Agmatine can aid in kidney function by stimulating the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) which can positively impact those suffering from chronic kidney diseases.
7. Agmatine enhances insulin production leading to better insulin response. As we grow older this impacts glycation. Glycation is the process where sugars attach to blood proteins and results in a complex series of rearrangements and oxidative reactions leading to advanced glycation end-products (AGEs). It is this complex series of events that agmatine hits at its core and could prove synergistic with other molecules (i.e. ?? carnosine) in our fight to remain young.
8. Agmatine??s hypotensive role has implications here as our continued assurance of fending off the cardiovascular sequelae that offer the deleterious effects of metabolic derangements such as the virtually epidemic diabetes and obesity run rampant.
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Thread: Blueyedevil: I am Juggernaut!!!!
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03-22-2012, 06:56 AM #91
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03-22-2012, 12:41 PM #93
Day 4 Back and Biceps
I did not get as much sleep as I wanted to last night but up and at 'em when the alarm went off. My legs finally chilled out on me.
Breakfast
1/2 cup oats
1/2 scoop protein
Pre-workout
The oh so needed 1 scoop of Juggernaut
2 Scoops of protein
5g infinite labs glutamine mtx
5g micronized creatine
250mg L-Carnatine
500mg Green Tea Extract
35 minutes pass and it is time to head to the gym.. Today I had the bright idea of setting my trip-meter to 0 and see how far the gym was from the house... I think if it is still decent out get my cardio in on they way to the gym and on my way home. 1.9 miles think I am going to give it ago either tomorrow or this weekend.
Lets get to the meat bones.
20 minutes cardio on treadmill 1.5m
Back and Biceps
Reverse Grip Pulldown
Set 1 140x10
Set 2 160x10
Set 3 160x10
Set 4 180x8
Bent Over Barbell Rows
Set 1 135x10
Set 2 185x6
Set 3 135x10
Set 4 135x11
Hyperextensions
3 sets of 12
Straight Arm Pulldown
Set 1 80x12
Set 2 80x10
Set 3 70x11
Set 4 70x12
Set 5 60x13
Set 6 60x14
Set 7 50x18
Concentration Curls
Set 1 30x15
Set 2 30x15
Set 3 35x12
Set 4 40x11
Set 5 50x6
Alternating Dumbbell Curl
Set 1 25x12
Set 2 25x15
Set 3 35x10
Cable Curls
Set 1 55x20
Set 2 60x18
Set 3 100x12
Today I thought I would switch things up to break up the redundancy and try out the elliptical machine..
20 minutes for 1.4m
Post workout
1 scoop protein
5g infinite labs glutamine mtx
5g micronized creatine
250mg L-Carnatine
500mg Green Tea Extract
Lunch
1 Grilled chicken breast in a whole grain wrap
2 egg whites
1 multivitamin and mineral w/ digestive enzyme
Hi ho hi ho off to work I go
When i got to work instead of the regular shake I have when i get there. I had two hand fulls of roasted almonds for a little snack.
Dinner
2 Grilled Chicken breasts
1 cup of multigrain rotini noodles
1 teaspoon of extra virigin olive oil
2 Egg whites
Tonight when I get home I will be having 1 grilled chicken breast w/ 1 cup of steamed broccoli.
Before bed my usual dose of ZMA....
Three more Days and "Hell Week" will be over... Tomorrow I will be hitting Delts,Abs, and Calves. Saturday I will have 2 cardio sessions lined up and will be finishing up this week with legs...Look sharp, act sharp, be sharp!!!
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03-22-2012, 02:17 PM #94
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03-23-2012, 06:22 AM #105
Imagine the action flick with those two.. Bolo and Kane in Juggernaut lol....
LOL.... thanks eliza.... Madness?... I embrace it lol...
Thanks man means a lot coming from you. I am not to happy about dieting but it has to be done.... Juggernaut in the AM is my coffee replacement.....I like it, I like it a lot..
Look sharp, act sharp, be sharp!!!
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03-23-2012, 07:14 AM #106
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Here is a link explaining how to add some cool variations to your log.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/misc.php?do=bbcodeWorkout Log:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=179207031
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03-23-2012, 01:19 PM #107
Day 5 Shoulders/Calves/Abs
TGIF Usually when you wake up and think it is going to be a good day.. I think murphy's law kicks in.
I woke up a half hour earlier today figuring I would have more time to myself before work after my work out.
Hell I was even making good time today. Until I decided to finish today's routine with supersets.
Public Gyms + Supersets= a pain in the rear. To get to the point today I was finishing with abs and calves.
The rotation went weighted situp, standing calve raises, seated calve raises. I got everything set up for the first rotation and kicked it off. Got all the way through standing calve raises and this little old man was stripping the 3 45lb plates of the seated calve machine. I told him I was using that and he told me that he was now. It was quite site he spent probably a good 15-20 minutes working a 25lb pound plate lol. So I figured scratch the set and start it over after he was done... So lets get to the meat and potatoes of today's log.
Breakfast
1/2 cup of oats
1/2 scoop of protein
I actually got to space out breakfast farther apart from the pre-workout regime.. If I can keep getting to bed at a decent hour and get up that extra half hour earlier would be nice.
Pre-workout
1 scoop of juggernaut
1 scoop of protein
5g of infinite labs glutamine mtx
5g of micronized creatine
250mg of L-Carnatine
500mg of Green Tea Extract
35 minutes later out the door and on the way to the gym.
Started with my pre-workout cardio today.. Somehow one way or another I got distracted and ended up doing 25 minutes instead of my usual 20 minutes. I think it could of been the fact I used a stair stepper today... I always like pushing the distance button on cardio machines and I think it was lying and said a distance of 2.01miles...
NOW LETS GET TO THE FUN STUFF
Shoulders/Calves/Abs
Military Press
Set 1 115x10
Set 2 115x10
Set 3 135x10
Set 4 185x8
Set 5 205x6
Side Raises the weight listed is combined weight of both dumbbells.
Set 1 40x12
Set 2 40x13
Set 3 50x12
Set 4 50x12 This last set I had some one assist me get the last 4 reps I was starting to fail at the 8th rep. I was getting to half rep on 9-12 and the spotter assisted the rest of the way.
Cable Upright Rows
Set 1 100x14
Set 2 100x12
Set 3 110x10
Bent Over Rear Delt Raises the weight listed is combined weight of both dumbbells.
Set 1 30x15
Set 2 30x12
Set 3 30x12
Set 4 40x10
Set 5 40x12
Set 6 40x10
Set 7 50x8
Superset
Set 1 Weighted situp 25lb plate x 15
Standing Calf Raises 180x25
Seated Calf Raises 135x20
Set 2 Weighted situp 25x18
Standing Calf Raises 270x22
Seated Calf Raises 135x20
Set 3 Weighted situp 25x18
Standing Calf Raises 270x24
Seated Calf Raises 135x25
I left the botched set out that was mentioned from above.
Finished today's workout with 20 minutes of cardio on the elliptical machine for a distance of 1.28.
Post workout
1 scoop of protein
5g of infinite labs glutamine mtx
5g of micronized creatine
250mg of L-Carnatine
500mg of Green Tea Extract
Now with my timing a little off from the norm I had to take care of my dog and get a shower to get out the door for work so had an on the way to lunch guess I will call this a snack.
Pre work snack
1 30g carb conscious Supreme protein bar
After getting to work and getting settled I was able to actually heat some food up and get some real substance in my belly.
Lunch
2 Grilled chicken Breasts
1 Cup of multigrain rotini noodles
1 teaspoon extra virigin olive oil
Probably about 30 minutes after lunch I was feeling a little hungry and thought I would have a snack.
Snack
1.5oz almonds
Dinner
1 1/2 grilled chicken breast
1 cup of multigrain rotini noodles
1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
Yeah kind of screwed myself and got stuck having the same exact lunch and dinner but it happens lol.
Tonight I will be having my ritualistic 1 scoop of protein before bed and ZMA.Look sharp, act sharp, be sharp!!!
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03-23-2012, 05:36 PM #109
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03-24-2012, 11:19 AM #112
A Juggernaut's Lunch
Thought I would change lunch up for a bit since I was off work today and had to fire up the grill to cook some chicken.
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03-25-2012, 02:21 PM #120
Day 6 Cardio 3/24/2012
Sorry I did not get this posted up yesterday but even on my days off seems like I am always running all over the place.....
Got up early for being off work.. Got up around 915ish... Started the day off with breakfast...
Breakfast
1/2 Cup of Oats
1/2 Scoop of protein
Sat around was being a chatty Cathy with my cousin for about 20 minutes and thought it would be time to hit the pre-workout.....
Pre-workout
1 Scoop of Juggernaut
250mg L-Carnatine
500mg Green Tea Extract
30 minutes later and off to the gym for cardio...
Figured I would try and take it easy because I was going to run the road later in the day.... I did 20 minutes of cardio on the treadmill.. 1.36m
Post-wourkout
1 scoop of protein
5g infinite labs glutamine mtx
5g micronized creatine........
You all saw the nice lunch I had off the grill yesterday......
Lunch
16 oz Sirloin Steak
1 1/2 cups of broccoli.
Ended up running around like the mad man I am for the next couple hours trying to get all the chicken cooked up for next week.
Figured I would get my last round of cardio done before I stepped out for the evening..
Round 2 of Cardio
My cousin went with me on this run... and was pushing me on a few lengths here and there.. Guess he thinks it is funny to watch a big guy run.. (More like a bull in a china shop)
I appreciated the motivation though.
20 minutes on the road 1.51m
Snack
1Grilled chicken w/ multigrain wrap
Had some running around to do through the evening so when I stopped to get gas picked up a couple carb conscious 30g protein bars.
Ended up eating one on the way to where I was going.......
A couple hours later I guess I am going to have to call this a cheat meal cause I did not make it....
Dinner
Foot long flat bread tuna sandwich w/ tomatoes, spinach, jalapenos w/ light oil.
On the way home I knew I was I going to be tired to fix anything for my bed time meal and ate the other protein bar I picked up.
I will have the last Day of my "Hell Week" Posted shortly blasted a pretty intense leg work out today...Last edited by blueyedevil; 03-25-2012 at 02:23 PM. Reason: Grammatical, errors
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