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If your looking to slim down and lose the gut and/or gain some lean muscle, here is some information you might want to know. MYTHS SPOT REDUCTION NO SUCH THING!!! Doing a hundred crunches will strengthen the abs, but won’t do anything to the fat. Only through hard work,...

Does arachidonic acid interefere with CLA? Here I provide some comments on CLA, such as: -how it may work -how n-6 fatty acids (e.g., linoleic and arachidonic) may get in its way I provide the following comments concerning CLA in the hope that they may be of some use to you. (At the...

It's not Letterman, but then again he wouldn't tackle an issue this big. ENJOY! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 10 Ways to Know You’ve Become a Hardcore Bodybuilder 10.) You read bodybuilding magazines… only for the workout...

Well I did some research and asked a few people and got the boards ideas on it and came up with a good lil bulk and cutting cycle for teens our age (im 15) thats safe and effective. this will help you save time and research on looking up products and what the do etc. Bulking- protein shake...

I guess this would also fall into the idea of Roadwork. If anyone has lived around longer than I have, than you have probably heard of Dr. Len Schwartz. Dr. Schwartz was the Pavel Tsoutsaline of the 1980’s. He published a book titles Heavyhands in 1982 (I was born in 1986). I won’t tell you how I...

By Ian Matthews NCSF Certified Personal Trainer NCSF Certified Nutritionist/Weight Management Specialist On February 7th, after finishing a cycle of my 9-day diet, I began my bulking diet. Less than 12 hours later I had already gained 18 pounds, ¼” in my arms, ½” in my quads, and ¾” in my...

Powerlifting+Bodybuilding Adding powerlifting workouts to your bodybuilding routines can produce some impressive results. Powerlifting will produce the mass needed for bodybuilding. This is especially helpful for people who happen to be more ectomorphic. The bodybuilding will help define the...

8 -- You can't build muscle on a sub-maintenance calorie intake diet. It may be a little harder, and it may require a little bit more know-how and a little bit more conscientious effort, but it can be done. The fact is, the obese state in humans and animals is not universally correlated with...

Beginning Bodybuilding Guide By Teen Bodybuilder Wil Spencer This is an article for bodybuilders or athletes who are just beginning or haven’t trained for a while. In this article I will talk about the following: -Nutrition -training -designing a workout -supplements -and excercises

I wrote this a while ago and thought that this would be a good place to post it. I took ephedra products for a couple of years and never had any bad side effects. Remember to just listen to your body, in my opinion the only thing wrong with ephedra are the people who take it incorrectly. Those...

Most people dont know creatine has many potential medical uses. See my article on the topic: http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2003/mar2003_report_creatine_01.html

Hello All. Well it’s that time of year; my annual coverage of the Arnold Classic Fitness and Bodybuilding Weekend Expo. I like to cover the expo portion briefly in this here little column to give the vendors of the expo some exposure, and the readers of the BrinkZone list who have never been to...

The #1 Factor in Bodybuilding Success by Shawn LeBrun Personal Trainer/Bodybuilder Just the other day, someone asked me what I thought was the #1 "Most Important Factor" in determining how fit and muscular you became. They wanted to know if it was Cardio, Weight Training, or Proper...

I see many questions on the forums about carbs and fats. There appears to be a great deal of confusion. My friend Dr Joyal wrote a great article on the topic with some editorial comments by me, that should help people to understand the major differences. Enjoy....

Many people ask me time and time again which supplements they should be taking to help them reach their bodybuilding goals. After speaking with them, I realize often times that all the supplements in the world wouldn’t help this person because they are under the assumption that just by taking...

For intermediate bodybuilding and strength training. For decent strength and size above the average man. All will find interesting and principals should apply to all levels. I wrote the above disclaimer to state the obvious that if you want to be Mr. Olympia this is probably not for you, but if...

maybe this could help so that our boards are not so cluttered with redundant questions.... How To Use The Search Function I am not sure if someone has already made a distinctive manual on the Search Function of these boards....so hopefully this is important enough to be a sticky or...

DC: How long have you been involved in the bodybuilding, health, and fitness industry? WB: For over a decade. I'm getting old! DC: How did you break into this industry? WB: People kept telling me I should write articles for the magazines. I was a private trainer in the Boston area and had...

I've made a post in the past regarding this issue and was inclined to go into greater detail here. The huge argument between HIT methods versus volume methods of training, as to which one is more effective, is causing a virtual war online and in bodybuilding circles all around the world. If I could...

Training, is it just physical? (article for the strength athlete) I've you've already been to a meet, I'm pretty sure you've already seen something like this. One athlete, waiting for his turn, sits rather anxiously on his chair, unable to remain calm. This other athlete is quite...

This is my first article so I thought I'd write about something I've seen and heard far too often these days. The word "Program" seems to be the only thing I hear and see these days. When I'm at the gym, someone wants a program, when I'm online, I'm reading about a new program. In my opinion,...

On December 12th, I saw the doctor for the first time since being cleared to train chest, shoulders, and back. In the past month I had not only regained some muscle, but I had also lost an appreciable amount of fat that I gained during the months when I couldn’t train my upper body. For the...

MOMENTUM : THE TRUTH REVEALED INTRODUCTION : a quote *Disclaimer* The following quote is intended to explain the misconceptions that subsist around momentum. It is intended for educational purposes, and not to bash this or this training method. “One of the goals of superslow is to reduce...