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		<title>How to Build Muscle Fast and Avoid Shoulder Injuries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie Lomax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Ferruggia Many moons ago when people asked me how to build muscle fast I told them that they had to squat, deadlift and bench press. That was before I injured my own shoulder and saw it happen to countless others. It happened again yesterday. My friend and ex training partner called and told [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>By Jason Ferruggia</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://bestathomeworkouts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/injury.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-662" title="shoulder injury" src="http://bestathomeworkouts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/injury-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" align="left"/></a>Many moons ago when people asked me how to build muscle fast I told them that they had to squat, deadlift and bench press. That was before I injured my own shoulder and saw it happen to countless others. It happened again yesterday. My friend and ex training partner called and told me he tore his rotator cuff while benching heavy over the weekend. This did not come as shocking news. This bench press has been injuring shoulders and tearing pecs since the first time it was ever performed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Back in the golden days of the Iron Game, when the military press was the main upper body exercise of choice, nobody ever heard of rotator cuff injuries or pec tears. It was only after the bench press achieved extreme popularity that shoulders and pecs started getting obliterated at record rates.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The bottom position of a heavy bench press puts your shoulders in a very vulnerable and dangerous position. Some people can tolerate this for decades. For others it will only take a few years. But sooner or later it’s bound to happen. It’s really not a question of if, but when. The flat bench press will eventually lead to some kind of shoulder problems or pec tear in the majority of lifters who do it heavy enough and long enough.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Like a lot of you, I have always been obsessed with learning more about how to build muscle fast, and the bench press has long been a staple in popular mass building programs. For years I proudly proclaimed it to be a great size and strength building lift and measure of upper body power. Nothing made me happier than helping one of my athletes add 50 pounds to his bench in the off season and watching him go to camp and destroy the competition.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But after 20 years in the game, having been witness to far too many injuries resulting from the flat bench press and getting my own shoulder cut open recently, I have finally had to look myself in the mirror and admit the truth that I have been hesitant to come to grips with for far too long…</p>
<p>Bench pressing sucks!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I have discussed this issue with many of the worlds top shoulder specialists in recent months and they are all in full agreement.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">That’s not to say that you can never bench again. I know many of you will refuse to stop and I can relate to that mindset. If you get tested on the bench or compete in powerlifting, of course you have to do it. For the rest of you, who still love to press big weights and impress your friends and gym members I recommend you do so with extreme caution.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Make sure your technique is picture perfect and you bring the bar down to the right spot while properly activating your upper back and lat muscles. Secondly, don’t use the flat bench for more than 4-6 weeks without switching to a safer version of a barbell press like an incline or floor press.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The smartest route, however, is to get rid of this destructive exercise forever. There are far more effective movements that will build mind blowing strength and size in your chest, shoulders and triceps while saving you years of frustrating and costly injuries.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">While the bench press is probably the most dangerous exercise most of you are doing on a regular basis, it is not the only harmful one. Unfortunately many of you are probably doing damage to other body parts without even realizing it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To learn how to build muscle fast and to discover the most effective and safest exercises that will replace the bench press and many other useless movements, check out <a href="http://www.bestathomeworkouts.com/musclesecrets.html" target="_blank">MuscleGainingSecrets.com</a> today… before it’s too late.</p>
<p>Train smart,<br />
Jason Ferruggia</p>
<p>Jason Ferruggia is a world famous fitness expert who is renowned for his ability to help people build muscle as fast as humanly possible. He is the head training adviser for Men’s Fitness Magazine where he also has his own monthly column dedicated to muscle building. For more How to Build Muscle Fast tips, check out <a href="http://www.bestathomeworkouts.com/musclesecrets.html" target="_blank">musclegainingsecrets.com</a></p>
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		<title>Stop the Muscle Building Insanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie Lomax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Ferruggia I often wonder how guys were even able to workout before internet training forums were around. I mean if you can’t visit 469 different message boards per day and post your muscle building workout in order to get the approval from at least half the world’s population before hitting the gym that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>By Jason Ferruggia</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I often wonder how guys were even able to workout before internet training forums were around. I mean if you can’t visit 469 different message boards per day and post your muscle building workout in order to get the approval from at least half the world’s population before hitting the gym that day how could you ever make progress? It’s bewildering to me.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Or where would the variety in your training come from? Everyone knows the fastest way to make gains is to mindlessly, blindly and without reason switch on a monthly basis from the Russian Pyramid Scheme to Indonesian Drop Sets to Hungarian Hypertrophy Training to German Volume Training and so on and so on. Right?</p>
<p>Oh, the insanity…</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are a few very important factors that need to be remembered if you are interested in muscle building.</p>
<p>Consistency, dedication, commitment are three of the most important.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You have to be willing to put in the time and pay your dues. You have to pick a plan and stick with it. Results won’t come overnight. You have to be patient and consistent. If you are trying to get bigger and stronger you have to add weight to the bar; AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. You have to eat way beyond the point of being uncomfortable. I’m talking about having a fork in your mouth for the majority of your waking hours. There are some guys who will argue that you can gain size on a caloric intake at or slightly above maintenance. They will talk about “dry muscle” and other nonsense. This is good advice to follow if you want to remain a pencil necked geek forever. If you want to gain size as rapidly as humanly possible you have to eat inordinate amounts of food and lift incredibly heavy weights. There is no way around it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you don’t want to get fat in the process you should do cardio, time your carb intake and make healthy food choices. Although the truth of the matter is if you allow yourself to get fat while getting bigger you will reach your goal faster. More calories, more weight gain and better leverages to lift heavier poundages will lead to faster hypertrophy gains. It won’t be the prettiest look in the world but you can slowly diet the extra fat off later. That’s the fastest way. I’m not saying it’s the most attractive option for everyone. But you’ll get big and strong in a hurry. If you try to stay under 8% bodyfat year round while trying to gain size, you’re going to be in for a long battle ahead.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Decide what it is that you really want to accomplish with your training and do it. Don’t over analyze everything because I can promise you that you’ll never get anywhere. Don’t question it. Don’t think about it. Just pick a solid, proven training plan that has a good track record of success and stick with it. For at least 8 weeks. Don’t ask everyone you meet what they think of your training program or what they are doing. Just commit to making the fastest gains possible in the next 8 weeks, train hard and heavy, eat a lot and you’ll be blown away by the progress you can make when you actually believe in yourself and what you are doing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For a proven muscle building program that will remove all the guesswork for you and has helped thousands of guys get huge and strong in a hurry click <a href="http://www.bestathomeworkouts.com/musclesecrets.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> now.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Jason Ferruggia is a world famous fitness expert who is renowned for his ability to help people build muscle as fast as humanly possible. He is the head training adviser for Men’s Fitness Magazine where he also has his own monthly column dedicated to muscle building. For more How to Build Muscle Fast tips, check out <a href="http://www.bestathomeworkouts.com/musclesecrets.html" target="_blank">musclegainingsecrets.com</a></p>
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		<title>Change Your Mindset and You Will Build Muscle Fast</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie Lomax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Ferruggia Let’s be honest. Everybody wants to improve the way they look. I don’t know of too many people that don’t want to build muscle fast or lose more fat in a hurry. It’s just human nature. You want to appeal to the opposite sex and command respect from you peers. Personally, I [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Let’s be honest. Everybody wants to improve the way they look. I don’t know of too many people that don’t want to build muscle fast or lose more fat in a hurry. It’s just human nature. You want to appeal to the opposite sex and command respect from you peers. Personally, I am obsessed with performance gains and train for strength and function first and foremost, but even I would be lying if I said I didn’t want to look better. We all do.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>But wanting and doing are two entirely different things.</strong> Everyone wants to dramatically transform their physiques and make mind blowing gains, but how many people actually do? How many people do you know that build muscle fast and get absolutely jacked in the course of even a one year period? Very few. And do you know why? Because they don’t have the right mindset. Change your mindset and you will change your body. With the right mindset you can make gains in as little as 12 weeks that other guys don’t even make in 12 years!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">People who have made unbelievable physical transformations first accepted the fact that it wasn’t going to be a walk in the park and they were willing to work for it and do whatever it took. That’s not to say that it takes an incredible amount of time. You don’t have to spend every waking hour in the gym. You can progress incredibly well in just a few short hours per week. But if you don’t possess the proper mindset and the determination to do whatever it takes during those three or four weekly hours of training you will never get anywhere.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We all have commitments and time restraints that prevent us from working out as much as we would like to. But lack of time never was and never will be an acceptable excuse. If you search hard enough and cut out the wasted hours of TV time and other useless nonsense, you will find that we all have two or three hours per week to dedicate to our health and to transforming our bodies. After all, what is more important in life than your health and your body? Very little if you ask me.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Guys like Arthur Saxon, Dorian Yates, Arnold, Bill Pearl, George Hackenshmidt and Ed Coan all had the never-say-die, take-no-prisoners attitude that is an absolute prerequisite of massive physical transformation. Bill Pearl found that he was so busy that he had to rise at 4am every day just to get his workouts in. But that’s what it took, so he did it happily.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It doesn’t require fancy machinery and a high tech gym, it doesn’t take a lot of time each week, it doesn’t take any over hyped, over priced supplements; but it does take hard work, dedication and a burning desire to be the best. If you think you are going to loaf through your workouts and make head turning changes to your physique you are simply lying to yourself.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Will be this be the day when you finally make the mindset change necessary to achieve greatness or will you just keep putting it off ‘til tomorrow?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For a simple to follow, step by step plan that will motivate you beyond your wildest dreams and finally help you build muscle fast and get in the best shape of your life, while spending less than three hours per week in the gym, check out <a href="http://www.bestathomeworkouts.com/musclesecrets.html" target="_blank">MuscleGainingSecrets.com</a> now.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Jason Ferruggia is a world famous fitness expert who is renowned for his ability to help people build muscle as fast as humanly possible. He is the head training adviser for Men’s Fitness Magazine where he also has his own monthly column dedicated to muscle building. For more How to Build Muscle Fast tips, check out <a href="http://www.bestathomeworkouts.com/musclesecrets.html" target="_blank">musclegainingsecrets.com</a></p>
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		<title>The Muscle Building Power of Meditation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie Lomax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Ferruggia Everywhere you go today you find more and more people who are dealing with increasing stress levels. Excess stress leads to excess cortisol production and lowers your testosterone and growth hormone secretion, which of course makes muscle building nearly impossible and leaves you with a lot more bodyfat; not to mention a [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Everywhere you go today you find more and more people who are dealing with increasing stress levels. Excess stress leads to excess cortisol production and lowers your testosterone and growth hormone secretion, which of course makes muscle building nearly impossible and leaves you with a lot more bodyfat; not to mention a decreased sex drive, the inability to relax or focus and a whole bunch of other problems like decreased immune response and higher frequency of injuries.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For centuries, meditation has been known to reduce stress and relax the mind thus greatly improving your overall health and physical appearance. By decreasing your stress levels you will automatically increase your muscle building dramatically. You will immediately experience greater energy, tighter pumps in the gym, faster muscle building and improved recovery. You will find your sex drive rapidly increasing and you will be able to focus and experience a whole new level of clarity.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Most gym rats, lifters and other fitness obsessed individuals have largely ignored the benefits of meditation and the dramatic muscle building impact it can have on your training and your well being. Recently I was turned on to the Holosync Meditation CD’s and the results were dramatic within just the first few days. These are the only mediation CD’s out there that actually work. In the past I have experimented with other meditation programs but never seemed to get anything out of them. This program is completely different. Several friends and clients that I have recommended the program to have all noticed great benefits including improved performance in their muscle building workouts.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I have always been an intense person who can get a little too stressed out sometimes. Recently, I have made some drastic changes in my life that have helped me reduce my stress levels. The Holosync Meditation CD’s have played a large part in my recent transformation. I use these CD’s every night and really look forward to my meditation sessions. I usually listen to them immediately after my workout and find that it helps me relax and accelerates my recovery. I have also noticed a marked improvement in my productivity since starting the program, which was a very nice surprise.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I can’t recommend the Holosync Meditation CD’s highly enough and sincerely think that everyone should give this program a shot ASAP. You will not be disappointed and your life will be a lot better for it.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Jason Ferruggia is a world famous fitness expert who is renowned for his ability to help people build muscle as fast as humanly possible. He has trained thousands of clients during his 14 years as a professional fitness coach, including more than 500 athletes from over 20 different sports. Jason has written hundreds of articles for numerous top rated training magazines and websites and has authored four fitness books. He is also the head training adviser for Men’s Fitness Magazine where he also has his own monthly column dedicated to muscle building. For more great muscle building information, please visit <a href="http://www.bestathomeworkouts.com/musclesecrets.html" target="_blank">musclegainingsecrets.com</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Ferruggia My favorite muscle building cardio workout is to get up and go for a half hour walk before breakfast. I usually do this about four or five days per week and I do it for a few reasons. First of all, I do it for cardiovascular health. Too many people simply lift [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">My favorite muscle building cardio workout is to get up and go for a half hour walk before breakfast. I usually do this about four or five days per week and I do it for a few reasons. First of all, <strong>I do it for cardiovascular health</strong>. Too many people simply lift weights and ignore all the other components of fitness. I do it first thing in the morning because I know that if I start my day by checking email or doing some other sort of work the likelihood of me walking later in the day is very low. I get up and get it done immediately so it’s out of the way. Also, it increases my appetite and seems to stoke my metabolism for the day.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This allows me to eat more with less likelihood of adding bodyfat. It also helps wake me up, clears my head, gives me time to think and packs my lungs full of fresh air, which is incredibly important during the winter when everyone around you is sick as a dog 24/7. <strong>I believe this is one of the many things I do that keeps me healthy.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are a lot of hills in my neighborhood so it’s pretty easy to get the heart pumping. If you don’t live in a hilly area and are in decent shape you will probably need to wear a weighted vest or drag a sled. If you opt to wear a weight vest, which I do some mornings, depending on the route I take, be sure that you don’t get overzealous and add too much weight too soon.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You have to remember that if you are walking for thirty minutes you are going to be taking a lot of steps. Each of those steps will add up to stress on your ankles, knees, hips and spine. So start with no more than ten pounds on the vest and try to keep the majority of the weight in the back instead of split evenly. Slowly, over time you can add a few pounds per week. Personally, I wouldn’t recommend ever adding more than 30 or 40 pounds to the vest if you are going to be walking for a half hour.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>It should be noted that the more muscle mass you have the more calories you will burn when you walk.</strong> In fact, legendary bodybuilder and multiple time Mr. Olympia winner, Dorian Yates used walking as his only muscle building cardio workout to get him down to single digit bodyfat percentages before contests. That was because he carried nearly 300 pounds of muscle on his six foot frame. If you aren’t quite as jacked up as the Diesel, walking alone will probably never get you shredded. You are going to have to build more muscle or you are going to need some sprints and more intense methods to get the job done.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you do decide to start walking on a regular basis for your muscle building cardio, please remember that one of the major benefits is getting outside and breathing heavy in the fresh air. <strong>Whatever you do, DO NOT walk on a treadmill. This is by far the most ridiculous invention in the history of the planet.</strong> There are roads, hills, sidewalks, woods, mountains and fields everywhere across the world. And there is no way that you can honestly tell me that you can’t find somewhere else to walk but on a treadmill.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Jason Ferruggia is a world famous fitness expert who is renowned for his ability to help people build muscle as fast as humanly possible. He has trained thousands of clients during his 14 years as a professional fitness coach, including more than 500 athletes from over 20 different sports. Jason has written hundreds of articles for numerous top rated training magazines and websites and has authored four fitness books. He is also the head training adviser for Men’s Fitness Magazine where he also has his own monthly column dedicated to muscle building. For more great muscle building information, please visit <a href="http://www.bestathomeworkouts.com/musclesecrets.html" target="_blank">musclegainingsecrets.com</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Ferruggia These days it’s very trendy to use bands and chains for building muscle and strength. Several years back, I got caught up using chains and bands with almost everyone in my gym. After a couple years of doing this I realized that nobody was progressing any faster than they were before. It [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">These days it’s very trendy to use bands and chains for building muscle and strength. Several years back, I got caught up using chains and bands with almost everyone in my gym. <strong>After a couple years of doing this I realized that nobody was progressing any faster than they were before. </strong>It occurred to me that what we were doing was overkill and from then on, I kept the chains and bands reserved for only the strongest members of my gym. Now I don’t use them at all (or at least in that sense).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The fact is that there is no need to use bands or chains unless you are extremely strong. If your max squat is 225, squatting with bands and chains isn’t going to do much for you in the way of building muscle or gaining strength. In fact, it will be detrimental to your progress. Tons of people have gotten inhumanly strong for decades without ever using bands or chains and plenty of guys continue to do so today.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Unless you are capable of doing a full back squat, all the way to ground with no belt and pristine technique with 500lbs, you have absolutely no business using bands or chains.</strong> These are advanced tools to pull out of the toolbox only at the times when you really need them. During your first several years of training all you need is a hammer and nail. Don’t search deeper in the toolbox for something you don’t need yet. If you get to 545lbs and plateau there for a while then maybe it’s time to pull out the chains and bands. But not before then. The problem is that when you incorporate advanced methods before you need them you miss out on the potential huge gains that they could provide later on down the road when you really need them.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So layoff the bands and chains until you are really advanced and stick with more tools for building muscle, at least until your strength levels are at the point where the entire gym stops to watch when you squat or deadlift.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Jason Ferruggia is a world famous fitness expert who is renowned for his ability to help people build muscle as fast as humanly possible. He has trained thousands of clients during his 14 years as a professional fitness coach, including more than 500 athletes from over 20 different sports. Jason has written hundreds of articles for numerous top rated training magazines and websites and has authored four fitness books. He is also the head training adviser for Men’s Fitness Magazine where he also has his own monthly column dedicated to muscle building. For more great muscle building information, please visit <a href="http://www.bestathomeworkouts.com/musclesecrets.html" target="_blank">musclegainingsecrets.com</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Ferruggia One of the most frequent email requests I get is for a description of my vegetarian muscle building diet. Since there is such great interest in this topic I thought I would share it with you today. Breakfast- My day always starts with a shake. This will normally consist of rice, pea [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">One of the most frequent email requests I get is for a description of my vegetarian muscle building diet. Since there is such great interest in this topic I thought I would share it with you today.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Breakfast-</strong> My day always starts with a shake. This will normally consist of rice, pea or hemp protein, or some combination of the three. I blend 30-40 grams of protein in 8oz of organic coconut milk and 8-12 oz water. I also blend in a banana, mixed frozen berries, a tablespoon of cacao nibs, and 2 tablespoons maca powder, which is tremendous for increased testosterone production and virility. This shake is absolutely delicious.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Snack-</strong> Some time a few hours later, I will have a few tangerines and some pistachios/cashews or a couple apples with almond butter. The fresh ground almond butter from Whole Foods is one my favorite things and I could easily eat an entire container in one sitting. Sometimes for a treat at night I mix it with organic honey and kill the entire container, washing it down with a cup of hemp or almond milk.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I am big fan of high sodium intake for strength and energy production so I always have a few pickles every day and add sea salt to much of food.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Lunch-</strong> This usually consists of some kind of legumes or beans, which are a mainstay in any vegetarian muscle building diet, with organic brown rice or quinoa. I will sauté black beans with peppers, tomatoes, onions and garlic and mix that in with the rice. I top it with salsa and some fresh avocado. That is my Mexican style rice and beans. Sometimes I just mix the beans and rice or quinoa with marinara sauce. I always cook enough for two days.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I will sometimes have a salad with that or eat some raw veggies or mix some steamed kale or spinach into the whole thing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Occasionally I will have a couple almond butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch. I have cut out peanuts and peanut butter completely due to the deadly toxins that they contain, along with wheat because of it’s inflammatory properties, so these are not eaten as much as they used to be. I get some brown rice bread for the times I do eat these.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Snack-</strong> Similar to above. When I’m not near food I always carry Raw Organic Food Bars with me and a variety of nuts. If I am home and have had fruit for my first snack I try to make this snack raw veggies and hummus along with a decent amount of nuts.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I also drink another shake some time during the day which is usually right after I train. It is similar to the shake above except that I don’t include the coconut milk or the cacao but I do use the maca powder. I blend a banana, almond milk, water, frozen spinach (you don’t taste the spinach at all so this is nowhere near as gross as it sounds) with Vega and some extra protein.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>During my workouts I drink coconut water or regular water.</strong> And I try to drink at least a half gallon of water throughout the day out glass or my Sigg bottle and do my best to avoid plastic because of the estrogenic effects. I also drink a couple cups of green tea each day.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Dinner-</strong> I normally cook some kind of stew consisting of a large variety of vegetables and some kind of legumes. For example, the other day I got home and all that we had was squash, onions, spinach and garlic. I threw it all in a pot with vegetable broth, salt, pepper and yellow peas, which have 10 grams of protein per ¼ cup (you would have to eat a lot of meat to equal the protein in two cups of yellow peas). I let that cook for 2 hours and then mixed in some quinoa. It was absolutely delicious. Other times we will mix brown rice in with a variety of other veggies and lentils. If I was trying to get lean I would probably skip the brown rice. Adding potatoes (even just one) to the stews makes them creamier and even more delicious.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I severely limit my soy consumption because of it’s estrogenic effects but for the occasional cheat meal I will have some tofu with brown rice or some kind of meat substitue with brown rice pasta.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I also eat soy and wheat free veggie burgers one or two nights per week and always have a huge spinach salad mixed with tomatoes, broccoli, olives, peppers, onions, carrots, apples, berries, nuts, seeds, avocado, and whatever else I can fit in there. I top that with olive oil, Vega oil and balsamic vinegar.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Dessert-</strong> Occasionally, when I am going to cheat I will have some organic coconut milk ice cream. This is, obviously, made with coconut milk and not cows milk. It is delicious and pretty healthy. Coconut milk contains healthy MCT’s and has none of the dangers of cows milk. It is sweetened with organic agave syrup. I highly recommend it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The only other cheat dessert that I will regularly eat is organic, dark chocolate. This has been shown to have a variety of health benefits. The brands I buy are those that support slave free, fair trade practices. These include Newman’s Own, The Endangered Species Chocolate Company and Green and Blacks.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So that’s my vegetarian muscle building diet. It’s very easy to follow, and a whole lot healthier than eating pounds of red meat and saturated fat.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">When it comes to the question of how to build big traps the discussion starts and finishes with deadlifts. This incredible mass builder will pack huge slabs of beef on your traps faster than just about any other exercise there is. Just look at powerlifters and you will see that there is simply no way to avoid building huge traps when you do a lot of deadlifts.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">While the deadlift is the king of trap building exercises, an argument could be made that Olympic lifts are equally as effective. I would tend to agree if not for the fact that Olympic lifts are harder to teach and learn than deadlifts are, which moves them down to second on the list. Everyone can do at least a partial range deadlift properly. Not everyone can clean or snatch properly.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, you have shrugs. While it seems like a very simple and straight forward movement there is actually a great deal of confusion over how to build big traps with shrugs. Nobody seems to be able to agree on how they should be done. On one hand you have the camp that says you need to go as heavy as possible and do partial reps, just heaving the weight up. Then there’s the camp that says you need to go light and get a full range of motion, <strong>trying to get your shoulders as close to touching your ears as possible and hold it there for a second.</strong></p>
<p>Who is right and who is wrong?</p>
<p>They both are.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To understand where the answer truly lies lets again take a look at the athletes with the biggest traps: <strong>power lifters and Olympic lifters</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Powerlifters have huge traps because of all the deadlifts they do. Deadlifts are heavy, period. <strong>There is no shrugging movement at all, in fact</strong>. Olympic lifters lift relatively lighter weights explosively and with a range of motion that does indeed have them bringing their traps to their ears.</p>
<p>Looking at these two groups, what does this tell us about shrugs and the proper way to do them?</p>
<p>Quite simply, what it tells us is that the best way to get huge traps is to deadlift and Olympic lift. Bottom line.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">BUT… what if you can not do either of those exercises due to back or shoulder problems or just want more variety in your trap training routine? Then you have no choice but to shrug. <strong>Traps are the most important, intimidating and impressive bodypart there is and you can’t walk around with none.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So then, exactly how do you do shrugs and which camp is right? They both are. Sometimes you should go heavy for low reps, cheat the weight up and don’t worry about getting an extreme contraction at the top. Then on another day of the week go lighter for higher reps with a complete range of motion and exaggerated contraction and hold at the top.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Another option is to do both variations in one workout.</strong> You could start with a lighter weight, doing 10-12 reps, bringing your shoulders as high as they can go. With each set add more weight and work your way down to the point where you can only get five partial reps with a little cheat at the end. You could start with the heavier sets first and lighten them as you go.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Deadlifts and Olympic lifts should always be your first answer to the question of how to build big traps. But sometimes and in certain situations, shrugs can be very effective as well. Just make sure to go straight up and down and don’t roll your shoulders forwards and backwards; that’s for nitwits who don’t have a full understanding of how gravity works.</p>
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Jason Ferruggia</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Jason Ferruggia is a world famous fitness expert who is renowned for his ability to help people build muscle as fast as humanly possible. He is the head training adviser for Men’s Fitness Magazine where he also has his own monthly column dedicated to muscle building. For more How to Build Muscle Fast tips, check out <a href="http://www.bestathomeworkouts.com/musclesecrets.html" target="_blank">musclegainingsecrets.com </a></p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 10:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">How to build big calves… it’s a question that I pondered for many years as a kid, being born with calves like string beans. After much experimentation, what I finally realized was that high volume works great for calves. They are probably the hardest muscle to build. Just doing a few sets for them never did anything for me. Since I had no desire to train them and preferred to focus on strength, athleticism and bigger compound lifts they stayed that way for years.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The only time they finally responded was when I hit them with very high volume. I usually do this for about a month and then I am bored to tears and stop training calves again for another year. Also, you can&#8217;t really tolerate the high volume loading for too long before you will start to develop some ankle/achilles problems. If you are an athlete and run or jump a lot, don&#8217;t even consider doing high volume calf work.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But if how to build big calves is a question that you obsess over, and you just want to get them jacked then <strong>you need to really increase your volume and frequency</strong>. I once put two inches on my calves in just over a month! Now, don&#8217;t get me wrong, my calves are still nowhere near huge, but the point is you can add significant size to your calves if you really want to.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">They were Arnold&#8217;s worst bodypart and he dedicated all his time and effort to bringing them up. He even cut all of his pants off at the knee so he had to suffer the embarrassment of having his calves exposed wherever he went.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">One option is to do a set of calves between every set of every exercise you do at each workout. <strong>Be sure to go heavy, get a good, deep stretch and hold it for a second (and up to ten seconds) at the bottom and get all the way up on your big toe at the top while flexing your calves hard.</strong> When you do standing calves your knees should be slightly bent on the way down and then locked out on the way up.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Another option is to start each workout (or each lower body day) with calves. One day per week would be heavy standing calf raises for 5-10 sets of 5-8 reps and the other day would be seated calf raises done for 4-5 sets of 15-30 reps.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You should also consider training the tibialis anterior muscles. These are the muscles that run down the front of your shin. Some people develop imbalances from too much ankle extension and not enough ankle flexion. When this happens and becomes a problem, the calves will not grow. So train these muscles by hanging your feet off the end of a bench and holding a dumbbell or DARD device between them and flexing your feet up toward you for a few sets of 10-20 reps, twice a week.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">After you finish up with standing, seated and donkey calf raises and the tib raises, try doing farmers walks for up to five or even ten minutes while remanining on your toes the entire time. <strong>This will absolutely smoke your calves.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, finish up your workouts with 10-20 minutes of jumping rope.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The above strategies should definitely get anyone’s calves to grow rapidly in a couple of months. Just be sure to ease into the extra volume slowly and gradually and take a step back if your ankles start to bother you.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you are currently doing only 3-4 sets of calves twice per week you should slowly add a set or two at every workout until you get to about 10 or so. Ten hard, heavy sets plus the farmers walks and jumping rope should be more than enough for most people to add an inch or so in a month.<br />
Now you know how to build big calves. For more information on adding size to the rest of your body check out <a href="http://www.bestathomeworkouts.com/musclesecrets.html" target="_blank">MuscleGainingSecrets.com</a> now.</p>
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