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Post Workout Nutrition









Whether you’re a competitive athlete or committed exerciser, at some point you’ve probably experienced excessive fatigue and muscle soreness following your workout. Sometimes this tiredness can hold you back from working out as hard as you’d like for many days.  In order to reduce this feeling of delayed recovery and allow your body to get [...]

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Health Alert on Proteins from Consumer Reports – A Rational Perspective









I will tell you that I’ve been highly skeptical of the lab work Consumer Reports has done over the years, and this one is no different.
This story reminds me of their car seat story they did a few years ago, when they subjected car seats to their “scientific” study, sending the seats through tests that [...]

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Are You Eating Enough Fruits And Vegetables Every Day?









The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the World Health Organization, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion agree – you should eat more fruits and vegetables.
	Up to 10 total servings a day!
	That’s a lot of food.
More at Are You Eating Enough Fruits And Vegetables [...]

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Deadlift Video of Phil Stevens Post Injury









This is pretty cool.

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Traffic Update: Visits Have Been Flat









Once in a while, I make a post about traffic numbers, usually when I set a stupidly ridiculous goal for myself and am about to miss it  
Today is no different. I'd like to hit 20,000 visitors to Muscle-Build.com but I'm pretty sure it won't happen this month. I guess I could get 7,000 [...]

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Building Muscle Without Weights









Building muscle without weights is entirely possible–even preferred in some cases. It is a common misconception that you must join a fancy gym or buy expensive Olympic weights, squat racks, and other esoteric equipment in order to forge a well-developed body. But that is not true. Especially if you follow a sound, well-rounded exercise program [...]

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Yahoo Answers – Just Starting Out Exercising









I am a somewhat frequent "best answerer" on Yahoo Answers in the health- and fitness-related categories. This one comes from a newbie trainer who wanted to know how to build his body and what were the best foods to eat in order to do so.
Muscle-Building Foods and Exercise Program
The best and cheapest foods are REAL [...]

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