Philip Ricardo has one of the best natural physiques I have ever seen! Hopefully we’ll see him back on stage in 2010!
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Money is tight for a lot of us right now and if you watch the nightly news report, it’s not going to get better in the near future. If you’re like me, you don’t have as much extra cash right now to spend on bodybuilding supplements. So I’ve written this quick guide up that will show you the best value for money (in my opinion & research) in all the popular bodybuilding supplement categories. The idea is that if you’re open to switching brands and maybe switching types of products, you might be able to save some extra cash in these times.
The supplements below are the cheapest or best value for money in their category! If you build your supplement stack from the list below you could save quite a bit of cash on what you’re using now.
Whey Protein Powders:
- All The Whey Whey Protein Blend - exactly the same quality as ON whey, just $10 bucks cheaper.
- Elite Gourmet Whey Protein - not as good quality as the supp above, but great value at under $30.
- All The Whey Fat Free Whey Protein Isolate - the cheapest whey isolate on the market
- NOW Foods Whey Protein - another great value product from NOW
- Elite Whey - one of the first high quality economic wheys to hit the market
Creatine:
- Dymatize Creatine Monohydrate
- NOW Foods Micronized Creatine
- Universal Creatine Monohydrate Powder
- Optimum Nutrition CGT-10
- Axis Labs Creatine Ethyl Ester
Testosterone Boosters:
- Gaspari Novedex XT - not the cheapest products, but it works, so it should get a mention
- Dymatize Z-Force
- Universal ZMA Pro
- Dymatize Trib-650
- Optimum Nutrition ZMA
Weight Gainers:
- Dymatize High Protein Mega Gainer
- MHP Up Your Mass
- ON Natural Oats & Whey
- Prolab N-Large 2
- Gain Fast 3100
Fat Burners:
Technically, you don’t need fat burners to lose fat. But if you need something f or extra energy and to speed up the process I recommend considering a thermogenic fat burner.
Nitric Oxide:
- ON Vassive-NO
- SciVation VasoCharge
- MRI Black Powder
- CytoSport fast Twitch
- Controlled Labs White Flood
Amino Acids:
Are you using any of these brands? If not, you might wanna check them out becuase you might be able to get something similar for a cheaper price!
Admin note: This is a guest post from Mike Westerdal, author of Dumbbell Exercise and Routines Book
If you’ve never heard of a “positive nitrogen balance” and are wondering what the hell I’m talking about don’t feel bad, you’re not alone. The term isn’t something you hear every other guy in the gym talking about. But I can guarantee that even though he may not be familiar with the term, every gym rat on the planet knows what happens when you have a positive nitrogen balance-you get big.
The whole thing is pretty complicated but can be explained fairly simply. Nitrogen is a chemical element found in protein, which we know is the primary building block for muscle growth. And in order to pack on muscle mass, you have to take in more protein than your body uses-otherwise you’d lose weight not gain in.
The squat is the undisputed king of all muscle building exercises! The almighty squat works an incredible 256 muscles in every rep! If you’re not squatting, you really should be. Personally I have seen incredible gains in the 2.5 years I have been seriously squatting, not just on the lower body but all over. Big moves like the squat help release growth hormone which obviously helps you gain all over.
Want 6 pack abs? Of course you do. Every guy does. But every guy doesn’t know how to achieve the 6-pack look. In fact, most guys go about it totally the wrong way when trying to get the 6 pack look.
They key to getting a flat stomach with 6 pack abs is lowering body fat. It’s really that simple, 6 pack abs are more about diet and cardio than they are about ab exercises and ab workouts. In this post I’ll post up some common mistakes made by those looking to get a 6 pack and some tips on how you can get one.
If you’re reading this post you’re probably looking to either increase your size or strength right? Well I thought I’d post up some practices that you should follow on your road to reaching your goals.
This is not an A to Z guide on building muscle and strength, but it should give you something to think about. If you have any questions or comments, post them at the bottom of the page.
This is a guest post from Jeff at 4 Supplement Reviews. Thanks Jeff for sending us this article. Article starts below…
Your parents, teachers, friends, and maybe other people have told you how good exercise is for you. In addition to helping you feel good, it’ll also keep your energy levels high and will enable you to do more things throughout the day without feeling tired as easily.
You may or may not have heard about this, but there is a new documentary coming out soon about steroid use. It’s called “Bigger, Stronger, Faster” and by the looks of the trailer it’s definitely going to be one to watch.
I have always been an advocate of drug free sports, especially natural bodybuilding. I think this documentary will show just how much steroid use goes on behind closed doors in sports today.
Bigger, Stronger, Faster hits the box office on May 30th 2008. Definitely a must watch!
Click here to watch the Bigger, Stronger, Faster trailer.
The pectoral muscle group is one of the easiest to train. You have a huge array of big compound exercises that hit your chest from all angles, as well as loads of great isolation exercises to finish the chest off. But just like any other muscle group, the pecs hit plateaus and might need some extra stimulation to grow.
Today I’m going to post up some ways to pump up your chest workout! These are techniques that I’ve used before to bring up my chest and get through annoying plateaus.
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