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Are Bodybuilding Supplements Safe?

Those who wish to build muscle mass and understand the very real dangers of steroid use (including deadly health issues such as heart attack and cancer) often continue seeking a safe alternative, and are captivated by natural bodybuilding supplements that claim to increase muscle mass without any adverse side effects. Most in such a situation are not achieving desired muscle growth, and therefore feel as if their only chance to boost muscle gains is to experiment with the vast array of bodybuilding supplements that will provide added progress.

There are two very important points to consider before traveling down this supplement trap, one being the safety of such products. Often, and this is very unfortunate but true, because of loopholes in labeling laws, supplement (and food) manufacturers can claim a product to be natural simply because an additive is derived from a natural source, which allows a supplement or food manufacturer to label the product as such, even though the ingredient has been modified to actually provide a response within the body far different than what is possible in its natural occurring state, which puts health and well being at risk. The body does not know how to properly digest and utilize ingredients that have been modified from their natural occurring state, and, as just noted, often foods and supplements that claim to be natural actually contain ingredients that are anything but. When the body encounters such additives, there is the potential for cancer formation (since often cancer develops due to the body not having the capacity to utilize a certain food, drug or supplement), and there are of course other health risks outside of just cancer, because the body processing a substance that is outside of its true natural environment can lead to dysfunctions of digestion, the cardiovascular system, organs, etc, which makes the search for safe, natural bodybuilding supplements fruitless at best.

Secondly, those who feel tempted to experiment with supplements are doing so because of a dissatisfaction with muscle building results, and the vast majority in such a situation are making serious diet and weight training errors that prevent the body from achieving its natural genetic potential. This is why supplements become so appealing, as they provide what seems to be a fast, safe solution to a muscle building plateau, but in reality, the hype far exceeds the results they provide, and there is a great potential for serious health issues for the reasons stated in this article.

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The Best Natural Muscle Building Supplements

Natural muscle building supplements are what many who pursue bodybuilding spend much of their time seeking, as those who understand the deadly risks of steroids and wish to avoid all performance enhancing drugs hope for an alternative to maximize their own natural genetic potential. The best supplement is the one that is most often overlooked and misunderstood, and one that cannot be found on a health food store shelf, nor will be advertised in a pro bodybuilding magazine.

The best natural muscle building supplements are found in the supermarket, and involve the proper bodybuilding diet foods for massive muscle gains. Those who use steroids can virtually eat any food combination and still build large, defined muscles due to their abnormal, drug induced hormonal profile, but those who attempt to maximize their own natural genetic limits must manipulate hormones through safe methods, the most effective of which is diet. It’s not simply selecting a particular food that is going to boost testosterone or GH levels, but rather combining foods in specific ways so that they manipulate muscle building hormones.

The specific ratios of proteins, carbohydrates and fats can generate a hormonal response within the body, either positive or negative, which is why the diet you consume is your most important weapon in achieving the very best natural bodybuilding progress. It’s even possible that the diet you currently use causes your hormone levels to encourage fat storage as opposed to lean muscle gains, which is the worst possible scenario, but one that many experience due to poorly designed bodybuilding diet plans. Far too many falsely assume that training with heavy weights is going to automatically force the body to build massive muscles, but in reality, muscle is built in between workouts, and the food you consume is going to trigger hormonal reactions that either contribute to or detract from the amount of muscle mass the body can naturally produce (as well as the amount of fat gained or lost).

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Is Bodybuilding Without Supplements Possible?

Many are under the impression that bodybuilding without bodybuilding supplements produces little progress, and that the only way to build massive muscles is to invest in a truckload of expensive pills and powders. This is of course what supplement companies wish for everyone to believe, since they spend millions advertising products that generate them many times more than this investment from those who believe the intense hype.

But, in reality, the reason so many turn to bodybuilding supplements is due to serious diet and weight training errors that sabotage muscle building results. Out of frustration, anyone who isn’t achieving progress feels that they can only benefit from weight training in the presence of a pill that promises overnight success, since the advertising certainly claims this is so. It’s an easy trap for any bodybuilder, but what most find is that when they introduce these supplements into their bodybuilding workouts, their muscle gains are no better than before (otherwise the product would be classified a drug due to the side effects), and the search then continues for the real miracle supplement, when what truly controls muscle gains is the diet and weight training plan itself.

So, wouldn’t it be wise for someone who isn’t achieving desired muscle gains to question their diet and workout plan? Yes, but few do, and instead choose to believe that some bottled potion will magically bring about rippling muscles. This isn’t true, but doesn’t stop millions of unsuspecting bodybuilders from believing the supplement hype, and they continue to dwell in obscurity due to not addressing the real problem.

If your muscle gains are disappointing, you must change your weight training and diet routine immediately! This means abandoning what you have learned about bodybuilding (because if what you heard was true, you’d be growing, wouldn’t you?), and learn from someone who has achieved natural muscle gains, without supplements or steroids. Yes, bodybuilding without supplements is truly possible, if you have the desire to learn how.

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The First Step To Building Muscle Without Supplements

Those who are lucky enough to build muscle without supplements often do so as a result of either not being able to afford expensive bodybuilding supplement options, hence forcing them to pursue natural muscle building methods, or wisely have a healthy fear of supplement health side effects. With long enough experimentation, certain bodybuilders stumble upon an effective natural bodybuilding program, but what about those who wish to avoid months or years of weeding through the false theories?

There is unfortunately not an easy several word answer to natural bodybuilding, simply because so many variables exist in regards to both weight training and diet (reps, sets, rest, exercise form, workout structure, rep speed, macronutrient diet ratios, meal frequency, etc), but the first step for anyone who wishes to escape the supplement trap and build muscle using only natural, safe methods is to learn from someone who has already achieved this exact goal, as opposed to relying on instructions from a trainer who is using steroids or relies on various bodybuilding supplements in his or her own routine.

Unfortunately, most bodybuilders who achieve impressive muscle gains are on steroids, so they never had to learn how to properly manipulate their own natural hormone levels through diet, or how to cycle weight lifting volume in a way that promotes proper recovery for someone who has no artificial chemical assistance. They then mistakenly feel as if the routine they use is adaptable to someone who wishes to avoid the same bad habits, but in reality, anybody who wishes to maximize his or her own natural genetic potential does not train or eat like a steroid lifter.

So, step one in an effort to build muscle without supplements is finding a trainer who does not rely on steroids for his or her own progress, and who has opted to avoid any supplement that claims to enhance muscle growth, so that you can benefit from the experience of someone who has learned how to produce the best possible natural progress using diet and weight training alone, without any artificial or potentially harmful aids.

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The Best Time To Weight Train For Maximum Muscle Growth

Timing of weight training sessions is one of the most important factors in achieving maximum muscle mass improvements, but not for the reason many believe. Often it’s thought that there is an exact exact time of the day that always forces the body to achieve superior progress, with some opting for early morning or afternoon workouts because they hear that this provides some biological muscle building advantage.

But in reality, morning, afternoon and evening workouts are objectively identical in their muscle building potency, so why, you may ask, did I mention workout timing as being such an important concept in achieving maximum muscle growth? Because bodybuilding is a hobby that is fueled by intensity with weights, and a sub-par workout leads to disappointing results. Therefore, selecting a weight training time that is consistent with the most energetic and least distracting part of the day is ideal, so that the mind and body can devote 100% effort to moving the most weight, and in turn producing the greatest muscle gains.

But what if the most energetic time of the day happens to be occupied by a job, school or some other requirement that prohibits scheduling a weight training session? If it’s impossible to rearrange daily activities so that weight training occurs in a perfect time slot, then schedule a workout at the most energetic non-conflicting time, but always remember that muscle mass gains will be best with maximum workout effort.

It’s important to try and avoid workout times that force rushing through a weight training session, if at all possible, as this type of pressure generally leads to eventual skipped workouts, and inconsistency is the foundation for poor progress (a fact that any natural bodybuilder will attest to). In the case of a very hectic schedule, workout time may need to occur at a less than ideal part of the day, but if this is the only choice, it’s far better to plan a weight training session whenever free time allows as opposed to avoiding bodybuilding completely and achieving nothing, as it’s still possible to produce impressive results when training at a time when energy may not be at its highest point of the day.

The MuscleNOW natural bodybuilding program provides numerous weight training plans that fit even the most demanding of schedules, and I, the author, am available to all MuscleNOW clients as their Lifetime Email Personal Trainer, where I can tailor the workout to provide the ideal workout for whatever schedule limitations may be present.

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Is It Possible To Gain Muscle Naturally Without Steroids?

Many who pursue bodybuilding presume that they are doomed to lackluster muscle growth unless they embrace steroid use, but are the limits placed upon natural bodybuilders truly a consequence of their decision to avoid steroids, or also greatly impacted by diet and weight training misinformation within the bodybuilding industry?

The latter devastates the progress of natural bodybuilders more than the former, because most achieve only a fraction of their natural genetic potential due to following misconceptions found on bodybuilding Internet sites, magazines and in gyms around the world. I’m amazed at how many who email me wanting to know why their current routine isn’t working have continued to follow the same flawed plan for months, as any diet and weight training program that does not produce consistent improvements is in need of an immediate overhaul. To continue training and eating in a certain way because it’s considered popular despite poor progress is illogical, and will simply result in more of the same wasteful disappointment.

Following the correct diet and weight training methods is much more of an important factor for natural bodybuilders, because those who use steroids, due to artificially high hormone levels, can make numerous errors in their diet and weight training plan and still achieve decent results, while those who abstain from steroid drugs must embrace specific natural methods to help boost their hormone levels while avoiding overtraining and undertraining (both are equally detrimental to muscle building).

But the question remains, is it possible to gain significant muscle mass without steroids? The answer is a resounding yes, but only when following an effective natural bodybuilding program, with the correct diet and weight training methods to maximize genetic potential. Because most do not, they as a direct consequence achieve very little muscle mass improvements, and begin to feel as if only those who use steroids can possibly produce impressive growth. It’s simple to fall into this trap, but the resolution is to abandon misconceptions, and learn the correct, effective natural bodybuilding diet and weight training methods that are proven to build muscle mass without any steroids or supplements. This really does exist!

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