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Trends and fads in bodybuilding nutrition come and go with the release of the newest batch of cutting-edge supplements or the latest diet craze. There's always something new, different and exciting to make you bigger and better. Yeah, right. I'm not going to look down my nose at alternative approaches to size building, but in searching for a mass-yielding [...]

Are you eating enough protein? Yeah, we've heard all the excuses: You were stuck in a meeting, you're tired of bland, rubbery chicken breasts, you're a vegetarian. Yada, yada, yada. Since you obviously weren't paying attention the last 2,754 times we told you how important it is to get your daily protein fix you know, about 1 gram per pound of bodyweigh[...]

When it comes to packing on muscle, you must get your priorities in order. That means not getting caught up in whether your teaspoon of creatine is "rounded" or "heaping," or whipping out a food scale so you can hit 3,500 calories exactly on your mass-gain diet, or feeling doomed to failure if you drink your whey shake 35 minutes after training instead of [...]

The following six meals have one thing in common: They're perfect. They're flawless. They're clean as can be, and they're ideal because they help you build muscle (provided you're hitting the gym devotedly), burn fat and promote overall stellar health. And, conveniently, they account for a full day's worth of great eating. Not sure what to eat for breakfa[...]

The trick to getting lean is to rip off fat while saving muscle. Lucky for you, there are quite a few strategies bodybuilders can utilize to maintain muscle mass while stripping bodyfat. Keeping muscle mass is important not only for the sake of appearance, but also to help prevent your metabolic rate from slowing. The Strategy These nine tricks of the trad[...]

Are there really any secrets left in the world? With the advent of the Internet and the explosion of information across the globe, "secrets" are now few and far between. That's especially true when it comes to dieting tips. That's not to say all the tricks for getting lean are widely known. In a few cases, far from it there are a handful of techniques bod[...]

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Bodybuilders are number crazy. What do you weigh? What's your bodyfat percentage? How big are your arms? How much do you bench press? How many minutes of cardio do you do? How many days a week do you work out? And on it goes. Important Numbers All this obsessing about weights and measurements, although necessary to a degree, can keep you from focusing on[...]

Simplyshredded.com has frequently described how you can use carb rotation to assist you in leaning out. By reducing carbs on some days and eating more on others, your body is better able to maintain muscle mass while shedding bodyfat. This is such a potent diet strategy that you can also use it during bulking phases to help you build muscle without adding[...]