Taking medications such as aspirin can have a negative affect on your muscle building / weight gaining goals.
This is because once aspirin is inside the body it blocks the effects of something called ?prostaglandins?, which are what causes the slight inflammation that surrounds a wound.
Well, this blocking of prostaglandins is bad when you are trying to gain weight in muscle form because the release of prostaglandins are part of the all-important "recovery and rebuilding" process that the body puts in motion whenever it senses some kind of an "injury", including the micro-traumas that are caused when you lift weights to build muscle.
If you were to take aspirin, it would block these protaglandins, which in turn would slow down tremendously the "recovery and rebuilding" process of the muscle tissues.......and as a result........slower muscle / weight gain!
It is also believed that one of the many reasons that anabolic steroids work at building muscle mass is because it assists the prostaglandins in the body, which results in quicker recovery, rebuilding of muscle tissue, and growth.
So, then, what should you do if you are suffering from the ache and soreness caused by intense, heavy weight training?
There are many ?exterior? techniques, as I like to call them, that can be used for relief of muscle soreness.
They are ?exterior? techniques because it is something you do from the outside of the body to obtain the relief, in contrast to an ?interior? technique, like taking a pill, which then works on the body from the inside.
Some of these exterior techniques that you can apply are:
1) deep tissue massage, which helps to break down knots, pinched nerves, and helps release toxins from the muscles
2) ice, which when applied right on the sore area of the muscle will help reduce the swelling and inflammation that sometimes causes the pain in the area
3) stretching after a workout, which will help loosen up any tightness resulting from the workout
So, instead of taking aspirin (or any other NSAID), simply make sure that you are eating enough calories, getting enough rest, and if possible, massage the sore muscles.
Copyright 2006 Jonathan Perez
Back in the late 1960's a German named Gert F Koelbel, invented an exercise device called the Tensolator which later on was renamed the Bullworker.
This device was based on using the principles of Isometrics or Static Contraction.
Bullworker sales took off like a turbo charged skyrocket, reaching sales of 4 million by the middle of the 1980's.
What's remarkable about this is that they never used T.V. advertising. The Bullworker was mostly sold from ads in comic books, some wrestling and bodybuilding magazines.
The Greatest
Even the "Greatest" Muhammad Ali used the exerciser and became one of their spokes model.
Our current Governor of California Arnold "The Terminator" Schwarzenegger also used and modeled for the Bullworker.
Olympic Hope
In addition the German Olympic Power Lifting team of that time trained with the Bullworker and some feel that the incredible results and medals they achieved was mostly due to their Bullworker training.
But, The most visible proponent of the Bullworker was actually Bruce Lee who at that time was a weight-training fanatic, until he injured his body doing an exercise called "Good Mornings."
Warning Will Robinson
If you don't know what a "good morning" is, let me describe the movement. Take a barbell and place it behind your neck and then bend forward from the waist to till your head is at approximately waist high.
Today no one should do that exercise since it has been recognized as a very dangerous exercise.
So why haven't you heard of this muscle building miracle?
Man Of Iron
Well even thou Bob Hoffman and many of the U.S. Olympic Power lifting were using the principles of Isometrics and achieved many wins. Isometrics fell into disfavor.
This is fairly common in the fitness community. It seems we're always on to the next fad or novelty.
Today Isometrics, which is one of the few training methods that actually was backed by science (Muller, Hettinger Isometric Studies) has made a resurgence and so has the Bullworker.
Better Than Ever
Since the patent for the product ran out years ago and a resurgence perhaps due to baby boomers a new "hybrid" Bullworker has recently emerged.
It's called the Bully Xtreme Home Gym and it offers all the features of the old Bullworkers and then some.
Of course there has been much more learned regarding the proper way to build muscle mass, so their training program has been totally redesigned, including adding the knowledge and expertise of an NPC Nationals Champion and NPC Judge.
Because over 29 different exercises can be done in a seated position this has made the Bully Xtreme a very popular home gym for people that are incapable due to injury, disability or distance to finally get a an incredible muscle building workout in their home.
Incredible as it seems this exerciser gets the job done
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