Saturday 6 October 2007

Body Building: Supplements



When it comes to bodybuilding supplements, what can help you immensely is the ability to come to a decision.

Muscle building can be brought about effectually and in a natural way by supplements such as vitamins and minerals. The market has also seen a rise in the use of artificial supplements. These are known to have potentially damaging effects but bodybuilders choose them for their capacity to produce a spectacular result in a short period of time.

One of the leading contenders in the bodybuilding supplement market is called Cell-Tech. This supplement, once added to your protein shake, enhances creatine in the body. This is an ideal supplement to be used after an arduous workout since it serves to replace the burnt out cell mass.

The sugar used up during the workout is also replenished by Cell-Tech. There is an immediate surge of insulin in the body on the ingestion of Cell-Tech that prevents you from feeling the after effects of fatigue after the workout, allowing you to continue with your normal day to day activities.

However, a salient point that is to be made is that the key factor in the bodybuilding routine is not an external supplement but internal motivation. If you are determined to build your muscle mass and lift weights regularly in a disciplined schedule then it would be as effective as consuming steroids.

Weightlifting, being a natural method of bodybuilding, is probably better. After consultation with a physician it is not even potentially dangerous. Another fact that you must keep in mind is to add a certain degree of variety to the routine. Otherwise, the muscles adjust themselves according to the exercises and do not develop.

Other than weightlifting other excellent supplements that may be used are vitamins and minerals. A multi-vitamin pill taken daily can help your body to absorb more vitamins and minerals in general.

It is good to make certain that your consumption of good fats is in the right proportion. Good fats and flax oil are present in foods like peanut butter. These are necessary for muscle building, though only if taken moderately.

All these techniques and pointers are useful but what is of paramount importance is the need to follow a strict diet chart. A plan of nutrition and food must be made. Also avoid large meals and invest in several small ones as that helps your metabolism to increase and burns fat.

For maximum benefit to body it is wise to consider integrating calorific cycles into your routine. If you want to lose weight then you could have high calorific intake for three days and low for two. An appropriate bodybuilding diet would have the right proportion of these constituents i.e., carbohydrates (40%), proteins (40%), and fats (20%).

The best bodybuilding supplement is thus generated within the body itself. Muscle cells undergo division and multiplication in this unique natural process. Vitamins and foods loaded with minerals is the healthy approach to bodybuilding.

Thus, traditional weightlifting and exercise scores above synthetic supplements in many respects.