In my latest article, ” ‘Bulgarian’ Doesn’t Mean More Muscle Mass”, make a couple of comments and observations as to why this obsession with Bulgarian routines has got to stop.
Men’s Health reports on how a French study claims that eating fat may help burn belly fat (which in turn would help reveal your hard earned muscle building and weight gain efforts). The study reports that when obese people ate a high fat meal before a 45 minute cardio workout, they broke down more body fat than people who fasted. Men’s Health goes on to report that scientists believe fatty acids released into your blood after digestion mix with exercise-related hormones to kickstart your metabolism.
This just goes to show even more how the long believed conventional form of nutrition, about fasting, etc., to build muscle, gain weight, and burn body fat is so skewed. Who would have thought that now a study actually shows that eating a high fat meal would help burn fat.
That’s right, caffeine has its huge upside, but for skinny weight lifters, too much of a good thing could slow down your weight gain. Read the new article to find out why and how to get around this:
Flex magazine printed a quote by IFBB professional bodybuilder Armin Sholz regarding the connection between getting a strong pump in muscle building and weight gain.
He says “I never use extremely heavy weights. I’ve tried many times, but at the end of those workouts I cannot honestly tell myself ‘I’ve trained that muscle enough’. At all times, my goal is to have a really good feeling in the muscle and a deep burning pain at the end of the set - by any means necessary”.
Very interesting comment by the muscle mass monster. Here’s a man that obviously knows how to gain weight and build muscle mass, and he even recognizes that it isn’t about pushing heavy weights, but in fact what’s going on inside the muscle!
Sure, certain individuals may lose a ton of “weight” in the first 2 weeks or so of a low carb diet, but it isn’t fat that they’re burning off! And if you are trying to build muscle mass while maintaining low body fat levels, then this new article I’ve just posted is a must read….Australian study included and all.
Muscle Building Article - Low Calorie vs Low Carb For Fat Burning
According to M&F, a new study in the journal Cell Metabolism details how when researchers caused obese mice to grow muscle, they found that the genetically reprogrammed rodents lost fat and showed signs of metabolic improvements. The study suggested that replacing fat with muscle fibers helps increase the metabolism.
Well, if you’ve read this blog you know by now that the most effective way of building muscle is the proper weight training program coupled with the correct form of eating. All of which is not only going to help build muscle, but also burn body fat. This really isn’t earth-shattering news, as we’ve always known that a byproduct of hard and intense weight lifting in the correct style of routine works at both muscle building and fat burning. This study just pretty much backs that up.
A huge stereotype that has been around for some time now is that many believe that bodybuilders and athletes in general that are black are more genetically predispositioned to build more muscle mass than white individuals.
Well, Muscular Development cites a study that’s reported in the Medicine Science Sports Exercise of research done at the University of Maryland. They took nearly 200 black and white individuals. For ten weeks they were made to perform leg extensions on only one leg, that way the could compare the results against each other. After study was finished, they measured any muscle built or fat lost in the trained area…..and discovered that there was absolutely no advantage in gains in muscle mass or fat lossed amongst the different races.
Yet another long-believed bodybuilding myth that many have had their heads in the sand about for the longest now.