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Gain Weight And Muscle Mass As You Minimize Body Fat

While most of us who practice bodybuilding are trying to lose fat as we gain muscle, there are some people who are interested in just bulking up; which in simple terms means eating more and training heavier in order to gain muscle weight.

There could be many reasons for this:

1. A bodybuilder whose metabolism is so great that requires a plan just suited for exclusive muscle gain; the so called hardgainer.

2. A person who practices a sport, such as football, that may require a certain weight.

3. A bodybuilder who simply wants to go up a weight class (if he or she competes) or who simply wants to go on an exclusive muscle gain phase (like most bodybuilders do during Winter).

Like everything, there is a right way and a wrong way to do things.

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Make Homemade Bodybuilding Protein Bars For Less Than 49 Cents Per Bar!

As I promised, here is an awesome homemade bodybuilding protein bar recipe from my friend and fellow bodybuilder Dave Ruel.  One thing that I love about this recipe is that it is not only tasty, but it allows me to control all of the ingredients as well as the amount of protein (and type) that go into the protein bar.  Also, you can’t beat the price per bar (49 cents)
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10 Anabolic Recipes For Your Natural Bodybuilding Diet 

Cooking is not my strong point.  As a matter of fact, is not even a point you can say.  For that reason I delegate cooking to my better half and to others who can do the task much better than me.

The only thing I do know about the subject of cooking is that there is a huge misconception in bodybuilding that in order for your diet to work, the foods have to be bland and boring.  To be honest, nothing could be farther from the truth.
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The Worst Thing You Can Do To Ruin Long Term Muscle Growth

Since the main subject of this week has been gaining muscle, here is an article that I just got from pro fitness model and natural bodybuilder Vince Delmonte on the subject of traditional bulking. This is really a GREAT article and everyone that is interested in gaining muscle needs to take a look at it.

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Natural Bodybuilding Tips for Making Bulking Up Work Without Gaining Fat

Because I have gotten tons of emails over the last few weeks asking about bulking up for gaining muscle, I decided to put this article together in order to clear up the confusion. (more…)

Natural Bodybuilding Video: Hugo Rivera and Ben Pakulski Talk Bodybuilding Nutrition

Ben Pakulski and Hugo Rivera talk about how they feel about high carb diets, when carbs should be consumed, and how many fats you need in order to gain muscle naturally.

Don’t miss out Part 3 where Ben and Hugo talk about Bodybuilding Supplementation.

Get Ben Pakulski’s MI-40 Program Here:
http://www.mi-40.com

For my thoughts on Ben Pakulski’s MI-40 program go here:
http://www.hugorivera.net/ben-pakulski-mi40-natural-bodybuilding-system-review.html

Bonus: Natural Bodybuilding FAQ With Ben: Can I Get Muscle and Lose Fat at the Same Time?

Bodybuilding Question: Ben, is it possible to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time?  If so, how can I do it?

Answer from Ben: I’m not going to sit here and assume you all don’t already know how important nutrition is to optimizing growth. I KNOW you do. (more…)

Learn how to gain muscle, get lean and lose fat while still enjoying the Holidays! (more…)

In this natural bodybuilding article I cover a topic of interest to many bodybuilders who are still going to school.  That topic is how to follow your natural bodybuilding diet while going to school.

As I was reading some bodybuilding news online, I came across an interesting article from Ka Leo O Hawai’i, the campus newspaper of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, that reminded me of my days back in engineering school when I learned to be really creative in regards to keeping my bodybuilding diet requirements. (more…)

With Halloween just a day away I figured that many of you would like to make a nice sugary addition to your natural bodybuilding diet in the form of candy. As a result, I decided to share with you my tips on how to cheat on your bodybuilding diet. If you follow these tips you can actually use the extra sugars to your advantage. (more…)

What’s in Lee Labrada’s Lunch Box? My good friend IFBB Pro Lee Labrada talks about his daily diet for muscle gain and fat loss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtMmcP6DbYE

Make sure to visit my Labrada Nutrition Blog for tons of FREE articles on Training, Nutrition and Supplementation!

http://www.labrada.com/blog

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