A question often comes up among bodybuilders: “What should you eat before a workout?” “Everyone is looking for the perfect meal or snack to consume before a session to have maximum energy. Nutrition is therefore very important in the practice of a sports activity since it is considered as the fuel of the body and …
What is Arginine?
If you are interconnected with fitness and strength sports, or lead an active and healthy lifestyle, then the body’s replenishment of amino acids must be carried out stably and in the required amount. Amino acids are required by the entire body to carry out various physiological processes. The amino acid l-arginine takes part in many …
What are the most effective pre-workouts?
According to statistics, more than 50% of all humanity starts their day with at least one cup of coffee. In fact, 90% of people in the middle age group consume caffeine every day. Most of them claim that coffee and the caffeine it contains help to boost the body during working hours of the day …
How to avoid losing muscle mass during a cut?
In bodybuilding, a cut results in the elimination of fat and water while maintaining muscle mass. In general, a cut is started after a period of mass gain in order to reveal all the muscle fibers that have been hard-won when approaching a fitness competition, for example. Remember that if it’s just to get noticeable …
How to choose your brand of sports nutrition?
In the sports nutrition market, there are a large number of dietary supplement brands that offer many products that may have similar compositions and it can be difficult to choose the one that will suit us best. However, not all brands offer the same product quality, hence the fact that they have more or less …
What is a carbohydrate rebound?
What is a carbohydrate rebound? In the field of bodybuilding and more particularly of competition in this environment, you have already heard of “carbohydrate rebound” or carbohydrate discharge during dry periods, without necessarily knowing what it really is. In this article we will define what is a carbohydrate rebound which can be likened to increasing …
How to calculate your muscle mass index?
The muscle mass index is not as easy to calculate as a body mass index, which the latter does not differentiate between fat and muscle mass. Indeed, great athletes often have calculated BMIs, classifying them in the overweight or even obesity category. However, their bodies are healthy and mostly made up of muscle with little …
Does Strength Training Slow Growth?
Bodybuilding is a sport that is spreading more and more and is attracting more and more young adolescents. In fact, more and more people want to develop their muscles to achieve a dream physique. This can be due to all that we can see on social networks like Youtube, Instagram or even Facebook, where athletes …
The 5 reasons that make cardio mandatory
A cardio training activity is a sporting activity that can be performed in addition to a sporting activity such as weight training or alone for fun or otherwise. However, cardio is not mandatory but can be a real asset to help you progress in weight training or for other physical activity. In weight training, cardio …
Why do you need a tribulus?
It’s not a secret for anyone that athletes who are professionally involved in sports use various steroids to maximize muscle growth. When steroids are used, the level of testosterone in the body decreases by an order of magnitude, and to maximize the restoration of hormonal balance in the body, scientists have created a drug called …