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Bodybuilding and Training Errors (Part 2)

It is a proven fact that our post training body has the ability to synthesis more protein. It is also a fact that our muscle tissue after training is a lot more sensitive to insulin and that the simple carbs tend to stock themselves up with glycogen rather than replenishing our body fat levels.

This knowledge is in itself a great thing but it has lead bodybuilders into the habit of eating after the event and ignoring their nutrient needs at other times. For example, you need carbs well before you train in order to get through the session. You need a high blood pool of aminos DURING training to get the growth process off to the best possible start. These aminos will come from the protein you ate hours before you trained.

Another important point is that you make sure that you only eat those radical power bars before training begins so that they are already present and functioning in the blood stream when the level of oxidative stress is at its highest; (which is during and immediately following training), and not having them hanging around in the stomach digesting away while your torn apart body is just pleading for help.

A firm eating schedule should be worked out depending on your daily routine. Let's say that you are sat by a computer for several hours in the morning, and then your carb intake should be reduced while your protein intake should be increased. If your afternoon consists of a punishing workout, then your complex carb intake should be increased as well as fluids and antioxidants, and you will also need a mix of proteins. Post workout nutrition should be supplemented strategically based on your requirements for the coming hours.

It is a rare occurrence that a competing bodybuilder admits to being outclassed by his competitors. You will normally hear a whole range of comments and conspiracy theories about the judges or the organisers. Competitors will think of virtually anything as an excuse for their own under performing flabby physiques that couldn't win the show.

This is down to how bodybuilding is currently judged which without a doubt could be improved big time. The judges should be forced to write down notes that made quite clear the break down of the score for each physique. These documents could then be at the disposal of the competitors following the event so they could see for themselves what they were lacking. A judge will always highlight poor diet from what he has seen, and this would help bodybuilders prepare better for any future competition.

Bodybuilders are renowned for fooling themselves into thinking that they are actually making real progress. The reason being is that this sport has nothing to offer as far as a true guide is concerned for judging muscle gains. So what should a bodybuilder do to compensate this?...Well a cool way to see your own gains is to have a couple of photos taken each year in the same light with the same pose. That way you can keep track better on physique and don't forget to do a fat content test as well.

So in a nutshell, gains in lean mass and/or losses in body fat create muscular girth growth although the waist won't really change much. If aren't able to loose fat or gain muscle, you probably might want to think "Why the hell am I training?" If you look up Bodybuilding in the dictionary it says "building lean and large muscles", so if you don't manage to do that then you aren't actually bodybuilding and that is the name of the game, right?

It always annoys me when I hear this and know straight away that the competitor has tripped up on nutrition and training and that' the real reason behind zero gains. You won't often see on a bodybuilding contest judging sheet that a competitor has lost marks for being too muscular or lean, so what are the main objectives? Well I'll tell you...ALWAYS more muscle and better condition.

There's no doubt in my mind that most bodybuilders are completely nuts. Well that's by Albert Einstein's definition of the word who said that insanity was the constant repetition of something while expecting different results. It sounds to me like a bodybuilder carry out the same pattern of train, eat, and train and so on. How many times have you seen a bodybuilder in the gym who always looks the same but oddly enough just carry on with the same training techniques and nutrition routines?

Progress in the gym is by far your most important objective and if you aren't achieving anything then now is the time to make some serious changes. Do you really want to look the same after 5 years of training? It's more than likely that your training routine wants a serious look at, but if you have been working out for a while now then consider changing your general eating habits.

Ever heard someone say they have "crap genetics for bodybuilding" when they don't even look like they have ever been near a weight? This bothers me greatly. The truth is usually that these guys don't train sensibly, don't eat right and don't pay enough attention to recovery so how can they possibly expect to fulfil whatever potential they may or may not have? These guys seem to think that because they are tall / skinny / fat / lanky / whatever NOW that they will always be that way. Not true!

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Author: Mick Hart... a Top Class Steroid & Bodybuilding expert reveals all on Safe Methods of Steroid Use

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