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IronMan magazine reports how IFBB professional bodybuilder Mark Dugdale had to be brought down to earth in regards to the exercise technique he was using in his muscle building workouts…..and by none other than multi-Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates.

The magazine goes on to mention how Dugdale had traveled to England to train with Dorian during the filming of Mark’s workout DVD “A Week In The Dungeon” (which is what they refer to Dorian’s muscle building quarters). Mark is one to be known to like to use super loose form and throw the weights around, but Dorian pointed out to him, “If you can’t hold the static contraction then you weren’t really lifting the weight with pure muscle power”. This was to point out Mark’s weakness in the contracted position of all rowing movements, used to build muscles in the lats and overall lat region.

This just goes to show that muscle building doesn’t come down to throwing around heavy weight!

Well, not work, per say, but not provide any advantage in building muscle mass. We’re talking about IGF-1 here. This hormone happens to be used by many to gain more muscle tissue, but a study in Maryland may prove otherwise.

Raising IGF-1 Doesn’t Build Muscle

The big problem with anabolic / androgenic steroids is that not only do they help to gain weight and build muscle mass, but they affect in one way or another, positively or negatively just about every organ in the body……and that’s not good. In addition to working on muscular tissue, they also place a strain on organs like your livers and kidneys (dosage, frequency, time on, time off, etc…..of course, all affect to what degree the effects are).

Well, presently, labs are working on SARMs, which stands for Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators. The humongous upside to this is that these chemicals are designed to work on “selective” or specific areas of the body, not overall like regular steroids. So, they can literally designed a chemical that will work on increasing your muscle tissue, yet not affect other organs.

Pharmaceutical company Merk & Company signed a $500 million deal with another company GTx to produce, develop, test, and market SARMs. They are the only ones that have the rights to this, so ignore any shady bodybuilding supplement company that begins to claim that they are releasing any kind of “SARMs-like” muscle building / weight gaining supplement!

Getting in fiber, preferably via vegetables, is one of the biggest things you hear about maintaining and / or improving your health and overall muscle building efforts. Well, eating raw vegetables at least three times a month can reduce your risk of contracting cancer in the bladder by 40%, according to a column by Beck Holman.

My take: Again, fiber nor veggies, whether they be raw or cooked, have anything “magical” about them in regards to gaining weight and building muscle mass, however, getting in some fiber here and there does help keep your digestive system in tract, which is directly responsible for having to process all of those calories you’re supposed to be eating to gain weight and build muscle.

Yeah, yeah. More good news about red wine. It has now been shown to be a good thing for your teeth. It has now been discovered that it is great at reducing dental plaque. So what’s that got to do with building muscle mass? Well, you’ll have a prettier smile while you’re posing for your pictures showing off your hard earned muscle!

Yes, when you get your blood drawn at the doctor to get a full panel check-up, some of those liver and kidney function tests can be thrown of if you workout to gain weight and build lean muscle mass.

Find out why:
Gain Weight - Weight Lifting & Liver Tests

According to Becky Holman, fish in your diet may cut Alzheimer’s risk in half. Just three servings a week will do it….salmon, herring, or even mackerel will get the job done.

My Take: Hey, anything that MAY help prevent any type of illness is a good thing to keep in mind, just don’t become obsessed about it.

The very popular bike-building show, American Chopper, which airs on TLC, will be airing an episode that features the supplement company BSN, the same company that endorses ex-Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman, on April 24th, 9:00 pm, eastern time zone.

For anyone that’s a big bodybuilding fan, and fan of Ronnie Coleman, this will be an interesting episode to watch, whether you’re chopper fan or not.

That’s right, all of those pro bodybuilders from the 60’s and 70’s may have been right all along, with their massive eating of foods high in saturated fat. Even though for decades this fat has been considered a huge enemy against gaining weight and lean muscle mass, my latest articles states the opposite.

Read my latest gain weight and build muscle article.

Just goes to show how shady and untrustworthy most muscle building / weight gain supplement manufacturers are;

According to mlive.com, federal agents seized more than $1.3 million in illegal dietary supplements from a Brighton business that markets products to bodybuilders, authorities announced Friday.

U.S. Marshals confiscated the items Wednesday at a warehouse of LG Sciences, LLC, located on Whitmore Lake Road, because the products contain unapproved food additives or dietary ingredients that violate the law, according to a statement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Products seized were marketed and distributed online and in retail stores under the names Methyl 1-D, Methyl 1-D XL and Formadrol Extreme XL.

The FDA said the seized products previously were tested and found to contain one or more unapproved food additives and/or dietary ingredients that had not been studied to ensure they wouldn’t cause illness or injury.

In March 2006, the FDA warned a company called Legal Gear - the predecessor to LG Sciences - to cease distribution of another product that was marketed as a dietary supplement but was actually an unapproved new drug containing synthetic steroids, the government’s statement said.

……incredible!

Did you know that you can raise your natural growth hormone levels 3 - 5 times higher from an intense weight lifting session than you can from any expensive HGH muscle building / weight gain supplement?

Read my latest article to find out why you shouldn’t burn your cash on any of them:
Growth Hormone Bodybuilding Supplement Article