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Bodybuilding.com Announces Official 2008 Supplement Awards Winners:
Boise, ID – September 29, 2008 – Bodybuilding.com, the world leader in sports nutrition, announced the 4th Annual 2008 Bodybuilding.com Supplement Awards winners live at The Olympia in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday. The Bodybuilding.com Supplement Awards are the industry standard for recognition of the best products and brands in the fitness and supplement industry.
All nominations were based on sales, and since customers’ opinions are what truly count, Bodybuilding.com let the general public provide 100% of the final vote this year. Due to the ever-growing popularity of ready-to-drink (RTD) proteins, this year a new category – RTD of the Year – has been added. With over 200,000 votes pouring in, the results are finally here!
The 2008 Bodybuilding.com Supplement Awards winners are:
- Brand of the Year – BSN
(3rd year in a row!)
- New Brand of the Year – Muscle Asylum Project
- Break-Out Brand (most-improved) of the Year –VPX
- Overall Supplement of the Year –Optimum 100% Whey Protein
(4th year in a row!)
- New Product of the Year – MuscleTech Anabolic Halo
- Muscle Builder of the Year – BSN NO-Xplode
(4th year in a row!)
- Fat Loss Product of the Year – Nutrex Research Lipo 6
(4th year in a row!)
- Energy Product of the Year – BSN Atro-Phex
- Weight Gainer of the Year - BSN True-Mass
(2nd year in a row!)
- Protein Powder of the Year – 100% Whey Protein
(4th year in a row!)
- Protein Bar of the Year – Next Detour Detour Bars
- RTD (Ready to Drink) of the Year – CytoSport Muscle Milk Light RTD
- Creatine Product of the Year– BSN CellMass
- Glutamine Product of the Year – SciVation Xtend
- Nitric Oxide Product of the Year – BSN NO-Xplode
- Multi-Vitamin of the Year – Universal Nutrition Animal Pak
(4th year in a row!)
- Joint Product of the Year – Universal Nutrition Animal Flex
- Tanning Product of the Year – Pro Tan Instant Competition Color
- Best Ads of the Year – Gaspari
- Best Labels of the Year – Universal
- See the Specials of the Week at Bodybuilding.com!
- End of Year Clearance at Bodybuilding.com!
- Vitamins Direct - providing low priced, high quality vitamins, minerals and supplements
For each winner, bodybuilding.com is also promoting each suppplement as the Specials of the Week at Bodybuilding.com!
The Bodybuilding.com Supplement Awards provide an innovative way to help customers find truly exceptional products and brands, while helping to recognize the efforts of the many great companies that make up the industry.
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On November 5, 2007, Bodybuilding.com’s Vice President Jeremy DeLuca asked Bodybuilding.com Forum members to submit ideas for a brand-new flavor of CytoSport Muscle Milk. When CytoSport extended the rights for an exclusive Bodybuilding.com flavor, they felt it was a decision only their customers could rightfully make. With over 500 Bodybuilding.com Forum posts and 11,000+ views, the votes came in and Cake Batter was declared the official Muscle Milk flavor winner…but Brownie Batter came in a very close second. Because of this, it was decided that Brownie Batter would also be released.
For those of you not familiar with Muscle Milk, it is an evolutionary muscle formula that promotes efficient fat burning, lean muscle growth, and fast recovery from exercise. Metabolically favorable ingredients stimulate growth and recovery in a similar manner to mother’s milk nourishing a baby. Bodybuilding.com offers more than twenty different Muscle Milk flavors.
Brownie Batter is Bodybuilding.com’s second exclusive flavor with CytoSport. Their first (Cake Batter) has yielded the most sales of all Muscle Milk flavors. After only one week on the site, Brownie Batter is also on its way to making record sales.
“Muscle Milk is one of our most popular supplements, so to be able to offer another flavor option that is exclusively available at Bodybuilding.com is a great opportunity. Now the hardest decision I’m going to have to make is whether to have Brownie Batter or Cake Batter Muscle Milk, because they’re both so good!” says V.P. DeLuca.
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Fiber is one of the easiest nutrients to incorporate into your diet, and one of the most important. However, many Americans don’t reach their much-needed daily requirements for a healthy diet. Adults need 25 to 30 grams daily. Generally, children under 18 years require less. Using the “age plus five” rule will help you determine your child’s needs. For example, a 5-year-old would need 10 grams daily (5 + 5 = 10), and a 10-year-old would need 15 grams (10 + 5 = 15).
Insufficient fiber intake can increase your risk for many health problems, including constipation, high cholesterol, weight gain, irritable bowel syndrome, and even cancer of the colon. Here is one main suggestion I can give:
Replace your white bread with whole wheat bread.
Many types of bread are packed with fiber, just ½ cup of whole wheat flour packs more than 7 grams. Look for the words “whole wheat” at the top of the ingredients list, but remember to read those nutritional labels carefully. Just because a loaf of bread claims to be “whole grain” or “wheat” doesn’t mean it includes a healthy dose of fiber in the package. Many of those eye-catching labels will reveal only 1 gram of dietary fiber, meaning that the bread is made mostly from white flour, not whole wheat.
Which is why some restaurants like Subway, you can order order the “white bread” as opposed to whole wheat if thats your preference because both of them are entirely made up of white flour!
Join a gym, check! Get new workout wear, check! Start new diet, check! You have your weight loss plans underway to hit your new years resolutions this year. Your first week goes well and you follow your plans closely.. well except for that lunch out on Thursday.
Its OK because you have a exercise program, check! Fourth week is getting a little easier, your loving your new lifestyle.. except for the 6 beers on Saturday and the late night McDonald’s you got on the way home. But it is only your second week, slips happen right? Sound like you? Maybe things are not going according to “The Plan”. You head to the store to find your weight loss “wonder pill” in hopes to help you get back on track.
You notice a fat loss pill named, Alli™, aimed absorb fat! AHA! With your current eating habits, this looks like the winner! Taking it home, you start it IMMEDIATELY (since you had some fries with your healthy turkey sandwich at lunch), you feel great already! Until you notice that your stomach hurts and your last trip to the bathroom wasn’t pretty.
Glaxo Smith Kline’s Alli™, is the first OTC weight loss pill that is FDA approved for weight loss advocating a “low fat diet”, and “low-intensity exercise” to its consumers. It only works on the enzymes that break down the fat but not carbohydrates and protein.
But research shows, with weight loss also comes the replacement of bad habits with good ones which does not come in a pill. Users are warned that weight loss is a slow process, and it may have side effects such as, “gastrointestinal discomfort” and “oily discharge”. With an average weight loss of seven to 15lbs in studies over 4 months, is it worth it? My vote is save your cash, and discomfort, get professional assistance in making real changes. The new you is there for you to discover!
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Each pound of lean body mass (muscle) burns 30 to 50 calories per day. Muscle accounts for a large percentage of your body weight. Which is why it’s funny when my clients tell me that they want to lose weight as opposed to fat. Anyone can lose weight, but can you burn off the fat, and keep your muscle.
This is why when you workout, or eat under your normal calorie limit, it’s very important to keep the muscle that you have. If you lose muscle, you will eventually decrease energy expenditure.
Muscle at rest only burns 6 to 12 calories per pound a day, which is another reason to combine resistance exercise, supplementation, cardiorespiratory training, and appropriate meal plans to dramatically increase your metabolism.
A properly nourished body can allow resistance training to keep or increase your muscle by increasing your body’s total calorie-burning capacity. For the goal of fat loss, the ultimate objective is to torque up your energy expenditure with exercise and nutrition.
This will lead to the addition or preservation of muscle so your food intake does not have to be reduced, and energy expenditure can remain high.
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How do you know if your getting enough of vitamin C? Well, this is how you know, if your experiencing:
- Nose Bleeds
- Anemia
- Swollen and Painful Joints
- Gingivitis
- Bleeding Gums
Getting insufficient amounts of vitamin C will slow down your metabolism. Also, it leads to severe weight gain and reduces your body’s ability to fight infection.
Vitamin C helps your body to grow and repair tissues. It also produces the protein collagen, which is primarily used to make:
- Scar Tissue
- Tendons
- Ligaments
- Blood Vessels
So I recommend to start eating fruits and vegetable that are high very high in vitamin C! Here are of top fruit products and veggies that high in vitamin C, and refer to My Top Fitness Workout Products Store for more foods and products along with My Top Fitness Product Deals for more savings with fitness and fitness coupon codes.
Stretch Island - Original Fruit Leather - Rare Raspberry
Fruit2O Vitamin-Enhanced Raspberry-Flavored Water, Energy, 16-Ounce Bottles
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Look for eggs that are fortified with heart-healthy omega 3 fatty acids , such as the one of the two top products (in my opinion) called Eggland’s Best, and pure omega 3 protein bars
. Also, you can look for foods that are labeled with MEG-3, which basically means, they have been fortified with micro-encapsulated fish oil. Trust me, you won’t taste anything!
Additional omega-3’s are available in different varieties of Tropicana OJ. You can pass on other omega-3 products because they contain a weaker form of the fat you get from canola oil, walnuts, and flaxseeds. Also, you need positive fat to burn fat. Omega 3s will help you to burn more fat, and use positive energy, which will ultimately give you a nice lean look to your body. We need the good fats in order to keep a balance in our nutrition, and a strong immune system.
I have listed below the top products and books for omega 3s, and you can find more in Fitness Products - Store, and find more deals in my Fitness Product - Deals.
The Omega-3 Connection: The Groundbreaking Antidepression Diet and Brain Program
The Omega Diet: The Lifesaving Nutritional Program Based on the Diet of the Island of Crete
The Omega Rx Zone: The Miracle of the New High-Dose Fish Oil
Nutiva Organic Hemp Protein Powder, 16-Ounce Jars
Tropicana Twister Orange Strawberry Banana Burst, 59 fl oz
Flax The Super Food!: Over 80 Delicious Recipes Using Flax Oil and Ground Flaxseed
Spectrum Naturals - Essential Flaxseed Ground Organic, 15 oz granules
Drinking diet sodas may seem like a calorie saver, but in actuality, studies have shown that artificial sweeteners will disrupt the body’s natural ability to count calories. This poses a huge problem when it comes to people trying to burn fat, or feel that they are making a healthier selection. One great product I can recommend that will get your sugar fix without this problem is a Protein Enhanced Drink. We will get into that in a minute, but the downside to drinking diet drinks is as follows.
Your body uses the sweetness in foods or glucose to help keep track of how much you have eaten. When you consistently consume food that contain sugar substitutes, your body quickly realizes that it cannot rely on the sweetness gauge.
The worst thing about this is, when you decide to go for a doughnut, diet soda, or a cinnabon, you will not get the message that your body is full. This leads to more overeating and consuming extra calories which will make you heavier.
The Protein Enhanced Drink will give you a feeling of fullness, and satisfy your hunger cravings. Not to mention, its packed full of protein and branched chain amino acids, which aid in recovery, and give you a huge satisfaction because it is healthy. Refer to my products below this page or My Top Fitness Product Deals and My Top Fitness Workout Products Store for more savings on all things fitness.
Clif Shot Dietary Supplement, Recovery Protein Enhanced Drink, Mango Orange, 33.6 Ounces
Clif Shot Dietary Supplement, Recovery Protein Enhanced Drink, French Vanilla, 34.08 Ounce
After yesterdays strong training day has you feeling very sore today, but don’t reach for an over-the-counter pain reliever yet. Anti-inflammatories will inhibit your muscle rebuilding process, which could mean you won’t put on quality muscle that will help you burn more calories in the long run.
After taking pain relievers daily for four days prior and eight days after a 24-mile run, athletes experienced no increase in the muscle cells associated with growth and repair. Read the rest of this entry »
Glucosamine is a wonderful product specifically designed to relief pain. Glucosamine comes in two kinds of forms for ingestion such as powder and tableted.
Glucosamine is first off considered a health enhancing compound, not a performance enhancer, and is better known as glucosamine sulfate (aka chondroitin sulfate).
The main purpose of taking glucosamine is to relieve joint pain primarily from osteoarthritis, and to hasten recovery from connective tissue or joint damage.
Glucosamine is very popular among the 26-45 age range due to it’s recovering properties.
The potential users of glucosamine are people who suffer from osteoarthritis, people with medical supervision, and is used for athletes with mild joint or connective tissue discomfort. Glucosamine should be taken as a dosage of no more than 1,500 mg a day, and for women it should be 1,000 mg dosage.
The best way to take the glucosamine product is through a time released tableted form. The reason why this is, any type of powder or liquid serum form is completely unstable when taken in by the human body and is attacked by our defense system, which destroys it.
Glucosamine is best taken as a tableted form and we maintain 90% of it as opposed to the powder or liquid serum form of being only 10%.
Here are some products, resources, and categories that I recommend to my clients, and refer to my Fitness Products - Deals for more glucosamine deals.
The Arthritis Cure: The Medical Miracle That Can Halt, Reverse, and May Even Cure Osteoarthritis
Cosamin DS Joint Health Supplement, Capsules, 210-Count Bottle
Trigosamine Jointcare Supplement, Maximum Strength Caplets, 90-Count Bottle
CosaminDS-Nutramax Joint Health Supplement, 216 Capsules (2 Pack)
GP Glucosamine - 2.5 pounds - with Chondroitin Sulfate
Now Foods Extra Strength Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate 240 tablets
After the previous Taking Dietary Supplements Now Parts 1, 2, and 3, you should now see some signs of growth. All of your bodily systems should be used to the new regimen.
Now it is time to mix things by adding another supplement called branched chained amino acids or known as (BCAAs), this one should be taken daily. Their are 3 essential amino acids (which means can’t be produced naturally by the body, and must be ingested) that have a similar molecular makeup and are taken together for optimal effect.
The 3 essentials are:
The super star of the 3 is leucine when it comes to muscle building because it both increases production of insulin, an anabolic hormone , and boosts protein synthesis.
Taking all 3 BCAAs together is ideal, though, because they’re easily converted to glucose, which spares muscle glycogen and amino acid stores gives you an extra surge of energy when you’re working out.
Here is some additional information and My Products that I recommend the best for this topic:
Mass Stack-BSN Maximum Strength Core Series, 1ct
Ajinomoto Amino Vital Advanced Amino Acid Sports Supplement, Orange, 20 Ounce Bottles (Pack of 12)
Zinc magnesium aspartate (ZMA) is the final supplement to this equation. If your thinking I already get enough of magnesium and zinc through my daily multivitamin
, and you do, but it’s just not enough.
The most definitive study came from an October issue of Journal of Exercise Physiology, and it found that subjects who took ZMA experienced higher levels of two distinct muscle building hormones: testosterone and insulin-like growth factor.
Zinc is also known and is involved with protein synthesis, and magnesium works very well and has a relationship with pathways that influence muscle growth.
Here are some ZMA supplements that I found to work best with my clients and myself, and also refer myFitness Products - Deals page for additional information:
Country Life - Calcium-Magnesium Complex, 180 tablets
NOW Foods, Magnesium & Potassium Aspartate with Taurine - 120 Caps,
PrimaForce ZMA, Promotes Lean Muscle Mass, 180 Capsules
Vitamin Shoppe - Zinc, 50 mg, 100 capsules
BodyTech - Zma Tech, 90 capsules
