Glutamine is one of the most important amino acids!

Glutamine is used by both muscle and the immune system.  After a hard workout your glutamine levels are severely reduced.  In this state your immune system is weakened and you're open to infection.  If you're training hard and you don't want to get sick then you should supplement with glutamine!

Glutamine does the following:

* Increases Healing, thus recovery

* Increases Anabolic processes including muscle growth

* Increases Human Growth Hormone release if taken before bed or workout  

* Prevents illness if taken post workout or any time you need to boost your immune system

You may have heard that glutamine competes with arginine for absorption.  This is true but only 30% less is absorbed of each in the presence of both, so just increase your dose by 50% if you're using arginine and glutamine at the same time.  

I suggest 5 g of Glutamine Pre/Post workout and before bed for the best possible results from all your training and efforts.  Why not use it? Every one else does

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MGF: Mechano Growth Factor

By Todd Lee M.D.

MGF Is also known as Mechano Growth Factor.  It is generated during exercise itself and is also known as IGF-1Ec.  It migrates immediately from its synthesis in the muscle cell nucleus to the satellite cells surrounding the muscle cell. This causes the Satellite cell to migrate to the muscle cell and donate a nucleus.

This is not to be confused with normal IGF-1 which we will call IGF-1Ea.  This is released in the presence of Growth Hormone and causes the new satellite cell/muscle cell complex to mature into more powerful muscle cells.  

A way has been developed that allows people to permanently increase their MGF production. There is a fear in the athletic community that this will be abused as professional athletes will have their DNA altered to be more powerful athletes.  These researchers developed an intrinsic mechanism to determine if someone has in fact undergone this Gene Doping procedure.  

Currently Bodybuilders use MGF in a similar way as IGF-1: they inject it intramuscularly post workout.  Like IGF 1 dosing is based on forum consensus which is 50 mcg in a muscle post workout. So if you're trying to bring up your lateral tricep you would hit triceps 2-3 times a week and inject each tricep after each workout so 1000 mcg lasts about 10 workouts or 3-4 weeks.  

On an obscurity scale with creatine being 1 or not obscure and 10 being the blood of Ares, I would give MGF a 9.5. I have never met anyone who has used this, and most people who know me run their cycle by me.

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ACE-031

By Todd Lee M.D.

ACE-031 also known as ACVR2B is a monoclonal antibody against Myostatin.  Myostatin is a protein which stops your muscles from growing.  In mice born without Myostatin type 2b muscle fibers grow at an accelerated rate and to previously unknown proportions, But this is not the results of the experiments conducted with ACE-031!  

For some reason both Type 1 and Type 2 fibers grew.  This seems to indicate that the myostatin blocker, ACE-031, is blocking more than Myostatin.  Here is the reason: the monoclonal antibody has the head of the Activn receptor and the body of an antibody. Its a genetically engineered antibody against Myostatin right? wrong.  Although Myostatin is specific for this receptor, the receptor is not specific for myostatin.  It binds multiple members of the Transformation Growth Factor Beta (TGF-beta) family. Clearly other members of this family inhibit Type 1 fiber growth or else the antibody would not have allowed for the type 1 fibers to grow.  

What this means is by trying to make muscles grow by blocking myostatin we learned that myostatin does not act alone to inhibit muscle growth, but there is at least 1 other protein that works like myostatin to inhibit muscle growth that we were previously unaware of! This is huge!

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Nothing in this article or on this site should be considered medical advice or as an endorsement to violate any law of the country in which you reside.  The information given is for fun and entertainment purposes only.  All claims are 100% dependent upon proper diet and exercise.  Please consult a medical practitioner prior to any diet and exercise program.

Marijuana and Bodybuilding

By Todd Lee M.D.

Want an excuse to smoke weed? I bet you do. Below I will describe why you should and shouldn't use marijuana and how to get the benefits without the drawbacks.

Many bodybuilders use marijuana to increase their appetite, to allow them to focus on the weight better, and to dissociate themselves from the chronic pain of the bodybuilder life.

But what is the point of it all if it turns you into a chick?

For years it has been believed that marijuana causes feminization and breast development. Does it? It turns out the answer is actually really complicated. There is a compound found in the marijuana bud called apigenin which binds to the estrogen receptor on uterus tissue and elicits no response, But here is the thing: men don't have a uterus. What men do have is a pituitary however, and the blood levels of Luteinizing Hormone, Follicle Stimulating Hormone and Prolactin are decreased in men who use marijuana. This seems to indicate that apigenin despite not having an effect on the uterus does on the pituitary, at least in men. Additionally marijuana use causes androgen binding proteins to be released to further decrease testosterone.

All this adds up to a great decrease in testicle size and circulating testosterone. This makes the balance of testosterone and estrogen shift to the estrogen side and men begin to lose masculine traits in favor of gaining feminine traits. 

This is where the idea that weed makes men grow boobs and kills their sex drive comes from.

THC, the part of marijuana which gets you high and gives you the lions share of the effects, DOES NOT bind to the estrogen receptor like apigenin. So the best way to get the positive effects of marijuana and not the negative is to use liquid THC in a vaporizer.

For more details check out the full article here!

http://www.mindandmuscle.net/articles/marijuana-and-bodybuilding-part-1/





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Liquid Labs

By Todd Lee M.D.


Liquid Labs provides the easiest way to get your prohormone cycles cheaply and effectively. In each economically priced bottle is a combination of safe and effective legal prohormones each specifically tailored to help you reach your goals! All of the Liquid Labs line is sublingual delivery so nothing is of the liver toxic methylated variety that plagues the industry.


Here is a list of the premiere formulas Liquid Labs has to offer:


Mass Gels

This product is a 4 -Andro compound with 2 different stanolone prohormones. Thus one PH converts to testosterone to maintain your normal hormonal functions, and then the 2 different stanolones which inhibit aromatase and burn fat directly, as well as granting ungodly strength and aggression.

This means with Mass Gels you will get the hard dry gains of stacking winstrol or anavar with testosterone! Lean mass or cutting, the choice is yours!


M-DRL

This is the Liquid Labs version of the banned M-Drol. It has the same backbone as the old Superdrol but is not methylated in order to make it safer on your liver! This has 2 different prohormones that end as a stanolone active hormone, but come from 2 different pathways in order to guarantee the fastest results.



H-DRL

This is the Liquid Labs version of Halodrol. It maintains the same 1,4 skeleton like the parent steroid Boldenone but also includes an aromatase inhibitor and a stanolone prohormone to keep the gains nice and hard. The biggest difference between this and the Mass Gels is H-DRL will yield some 1-Testosterone and less estrogen than the Mass Gels and will be easier on the hair line.


TRN

This is the closest thing you can get to the mythical Trenbolone and still remain safe and legal. Nothing grants the legendary results of Tren without the psychotic hallucinations, hair loss, gyno, and homicidal rage like TRN! TRN uses a 19 Nor backbone just like Trenbolone, it adds in a Boldenone prohormone for an additional lean mass builder. Neither of these compounds convert to DHT and can not directly lead to hair loss. To combat the potential estrogen conversion, an Aromatase Inhibitor is added to yield the 2 most potent mass builders dry as they can get. So for lean mass look no further - TRN is an excellent choice.


Choose your weapon!


For a perfect cutting prohormone use M-DRL, For keeping your size while cutting or packing on some lean mass use Mass Gels. For those prone to hair loss use H-DRL for cutting and for lean mass or bulking use TRN.


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Nothing in this article or on this site should be considered medical advice or as an endorsement to violate any law of the country in which you reside. The information given is for fun and entertainment purposes only. All claims are 100% dependent upon proper diet and exercise. Please consult a medical practitioner prior to any diet and exercise program.

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