Build Muscle Burn Fat Products Supplement Guide

Bodybuilding Supplement Guide

Build muscle and burn fat at the fastest rate... naturally

Table of Contents

  1. About the Author
  2. Introduction
  3. Section I: Energy Systems
  4. Section II: Recovery
  5. Section III: Fat Loss
  6. Section IV: Case Study (Paul Adey)
  7. Section V: Synergistic Supplementation Stacks
  8. Section VI: Other Supplements
  9. Section VII: Core Updates (Red Clover & Chitosan)

About the Author

Richard Hargreaves has been personally training for 18 years. During this time he has won a Mr AUSTRALIA Bodybuilding Title (1984), owned two gymnasiums (Fitness Factory and Gym 405), been Vice President of the Victorian Fitness Industry Association, and committee member of the Fitness Institute of Victoria (the government represented body responsible for self regulation of the fitness industry including training accreditation of Fitness leaders and minimum Industry Standards - Code of Ethics). He is also a qualified fitness leader and international physique judge.

Richard writes for Ironman Bodybuilding magazine and Fitness Australia, and has written for Blitz Martial Arts magazine. He is still actively training clients and researching advanced sports supplement formulations.

He hosts two Melbourne radio broadcast spots per week, one on morning community radio and the other on Monday nights on the Gavin Wood Radio Show (104.3 Gold FM), discussing fitness related metrics and Ironpower systems.

Research Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following professionals for support and verification assistance:

  • Dr Henry T. O'Meissner, BSc, MSc, PhD - Nutritional Biochemist (Longman's Who's Who in Science)
  • Dr Chew Ming Yao, BSc, PhD, Grad Dip Biomed Instr, Dip RM
  • Dr David Powell, MB, BS - Medical Physician
  • Ruth Hargreaves - Editorial review, note compilation, and transcript formatting adjustments.

Introduction

In an effort to find a short cut that will reduce the time and effort required to become competitive or to meet the challenge of the moment, it has become a common occurrence in the history of man to try chemicals of various types to improve both mental and physical performance. Examples of this range from students trying to obtain a better grade, to athletes trying to shave seconds off the time required to perform an athletic feat, to the military's use of compounds to help soldiers perform feats of endurance.

To an objective appraiser, it is likely that the greater majority of effects in dietary pharmacology are subtle, meaning hard to measure, but not necessarily trivial.

As pointed out by scientific research (Coyle 1984), by far the most effective means of improving physical performance is a structured training program. Coyle estimates that in previously sedentary individuals, muscle strength can be improved by 50% following the appropriate training protocol.

There are very few reports of single elements improving performance by more than 10%, and in fact, the improvement in well-trained individuals shown by most studies is not even close to 10%. However, while it is true for most biological studies that a change of less than 10% is considered subtle, in many athletic events an improvement in performance by far less than 10% represents the difference between a winner and an also-ran.

For example, Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile barrier in 1954 (3:59:4). Between Bannister's performance and the 1981 record of Sebastian Coe (3:47:33), 15 different athletes held the new best time. In many of these 15 different world-record breaking performances, the improvement in time was less than 1 second.

Thus, even if the effects of nutritional ergogenesis are subtle, the small improvement in performance gives an athlete a tremendous competitive advantage.

This handbook has been prepared specifically for personal trainers and fitness enthusiasts. Its aim is to provide accurate information on proven and legal nutritional ergogens available: what they are, their relative safety, and how they are best used for maximizing benefits while minimizing side-effects.

In combination with correct training and nutrition, the information contained herein assists in tailoring a program which accelerates the attainment of your or your clients' goals in areas such as fat loss, muscle growth, strength, power, speed, and increased energy endurance.