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Dwayne Fishel
Rob Thoburn
Creatine + Phosphate Supplementation:
Has the muscle-building logic been overlooked?
Indeed, the idea of supplementing one's diet with phosphate in addition to creatine seems logical; it has a sound scientific basis. Creatine supplementation clearly has the potential to increase your muscle creatine contents. Total creatine contents may increase by up to 20% or more, of which roughly the same percentage can be attributed to the 'high-energy' phosphorylated form of creatine, phosphocreatine (PC). [NOTE: It's worth pointing out here that there is substantial variability between subjects, with some subjects showing no increase in muscle creatine contents following creatine supplementation, and others achieving twice the figures mentioned above.]
Roger Riedinger
- Pre Contest Training -
How to become lean without sacrificing muscle mass
In this article I will outline a training routine for the competitive bodybuilder, or anyone who wants to reach peak physical condition. This program should be started in the eight to twelve weeks out range. Your goal is to become the very best you can be within a certain time frame. If you want to set a goal on where you will place in the contest that is fine too, but remember the real contest is with yourself. If you win that one it doesn't matter if Ronnie Coleman shows up at your contest, you've already won.
Mike Milas
Putting It All Together - My Best Year In Bodybuilding
Sorting through all of this information and finding a nutritional plan that will work best for you is like living an experiment. In fact, to me success in Bodybuilding is measured by your ability to continually try different combinations to see what works and what doesn't. What is the right formula for YOU? Mix the right amount of training, nutrition and mental approach and you will see success.
Kelly and Chris Long
Honey, Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat?
My first goal was the NPC Natural Northern USA. Contest day arrived. My very first competition and my participant number was #1. Wow I was the first person on the stage in my very first show. My knees knocking, palms sweating and lips shaking from smiling, I initially tied for 5th in the masters class (but was bumped to 6th in the tie break). Disappointed? I knew before I ever stepped on stage that I was a winner for what I had accomplished. Since I was already in shape, I stuck with my competition diet for three more weeks and entered the NPC Monster Mash.
Joe Fogarty
I Turned My Dream into Reality with Precision
Nutrition and Training
Three years of hard training with one goal in mind, "to successfully compete in my first bodybuilding show, within the next year" Sounds like a good goal, doesn't it? But what was I going to do differently this year than the year before. I definitely needed to improve in order to compete, but my progress was stalled. Then at the 2002 NPC Collegiate Nationals I was introduced to Team Beverly - my personal solution to the competition puzzle.