Building Muscle - Knowledge

Building muscle involves a lot of knowledge about what works and what doesn’t. It is not just about reading up a lot of stuff – its easy to lose your focus when you try a bit of too many things. It always worries me when youngsters get hold of those magazines and devour them – because they are most definitely not for beginners.

They have stuff from professional body builders whose genetics are way beyond the regular guy down the street. These guys have the stamina for more weight training that you or I could handle – and they use performance enhancers that lets them work out more, and recover fast. So my friends, try to draw the line when it comes to ‘too much’ knowledge. In my experience, I’ve found that the more one knows the less one does.

Its better to know what actually makes your muscles grow and burns fat. Hopping from supplement to supplement won’t cut it. When you find it easy to understand, you are likelier to put it to practice. If not, you just get disappointed when you don’t seem to see results from your efforts, little realizing that you have not been consistent with your methods. Ok, so let me get off that armchair, by telling you that it is best to keep your ears open, browse around and learn what works – talk to people - and work out a plan that works for you!

Weight Gain Supplement - Glutamine

Another highly recommended weight gain supplement is Glutamine – and as with anything else, there’s always the worry of whether it has any serious side effects. I have seen this question posted on various forums. My weight training coach’s favorite line is “too much is too bad”. That makes sense – too much of any supplement cant be good. An upset stomach is not my favorite fantasy.

Glutamine is a carbon and nitrogen giver. It restores the glycogen in the body, restoring energy. Sounds like Greek? Okay - it controls muscle protein and repairs and builds muscle. Glutamine is connected to the protein synthesis in our body. It keeps your muscle from being eaten up to share glutamine with other cells in your body. Your wounds heal faster. Glutamine replaces its levels lost during a really intense workout. A study says that 2 grams of L-glutamine ups your growth hormones by 400 per cent. Nice, eh? It also boosts your immune system. So what? So, for us body builders it makes sure our glutamine levels are up to the mark. You also need it for your intestines – so if you have a leaky you-know-what, glutamine repairs it. It also cures ulcers. For me, I believe in Sci-Fit Glutamine AKG 1000 – two soft gels = 5 grams of regular glutamine powder.