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Home Home News Do You Know What’s in Your Supplements?
Written by Joel Katz    Tuesday, 24 November 2009 00:00    PDF Print E-mail
Do You Know What’s in Your Supplements?
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There are hidden ingredients in many common men's supplements that have been proven to have negative short-term and long-term effects on the user, including:

-Androstenedione (in "Animal Stak") can cause"
-Shrunken testicles
-Hair liss
-Heart disease

Rutaecarpine (in NoXplode) can cause:
-Primarily liver damage

Ephedrine (in Quick Mass)
-Increases risk of stroke and  heart attack
-High blood pressure
-Trouble sleeping


Top 5 Foods to Boost Muscle Building

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1. Chicken

2. Fish/Seafood

3. Beef

4. Dairy & Egg Products

5. Whey Protein

 

Top 5 Work out tips for Muscle Building

1. SQUAT MORE

(Note: GET AS LOW AS POSSIBLE WHILE STILL MAINTAINING CONTROL (LOWER = MORE MUSCLES INCORPORATED AND MORE STRENGTH/MUSCLE GROWTH))

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2. DO MULTI-JOINT EXERCISES (EG: SQUAT) WHENEVER POSSIBLE

INSTEAD OF SINGLE-JOINT EXERCISES (EG: LEG EXTENSION)

3. DO YOUR REPS WITH EXPL

OSIVE YET CONTROLLED SPEED FOR STRENGTH AND POWER

(1 SECOND ON THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THE LIFT AND 1 SECOND ON THE WAY DOWN)

- DO YOUR REPS WITH CONTROLLED AND SLOWER SPEED FOR SIZE GAINS (3 SECONDS ON THE POSITIVE AND 3 ON THE NEGATIVE)

(Note: FOR EVEN BETTER RESULTS FOR STRENGTH AND SIZE, ROTATE BETWEEN EXPLOSIVE REPS FOR 2-3 WEEKS AND THEN SLOWER ONES FOR 2-3 WEEKS)

4. SPEND MORE TIME IN YOUR "DISCOMFORT ZONE"...TAKE LESS LEISURE TIME IN BETWEEN SETS TO REMAIN INTENSE THROUGHOUT THE WORKOUT AND TO BURN MORE FAT AND CALORIES OVERALL

5. DRINK MORE WATER, ESPECIALLY UPON WAKING UP AND DURING WORKOUTS

 

 

 

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