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08-30-2010, 07:55 PM
Time to bulk without getting
I hate to be the one to say it – but Summer is almostover. And for serious bodybuilders, we all know that when Summer ends, bulkingseason begins. It starts with a few extra servings of carbs, trading some tunafor red meat, maybe a cheat meal turns into a cheat day…and before you know it,you’re looking fat!
But what if it didn’t have to be that way? Well, it doesn’tif you understand how insulin works. In fact, here at Needtobuildmuscle.com,we’ve even designed a supplement called Need2Slin, to help maximize yourinsulin control.
Insulin is an anabolic hormone,primarily responsible for pushing nutrients like proteins (in the form of aminoacids) and carbohydrates into muscle cells where it can promote serious musclegrowth. The primary way we raise insulin levels is by eating food – thisseems pretty obvious, but when you eat food, you push your body into ananabolic (muscle building) state. And, unfortunately, if you eat too much food,you end up getting fat. This is the double edged sword of insulin, and it’s whythe most successful bodybuilders can often get very fat in the off season.
Insulin is released into the blood by the pancreas, where,it acts to shuttle glucose (carbohydrates) amino acids, and even fats into thespecific cells. Of course, we want all of these goodies to end up directly inour muscles, because that’s going to make them grow…in other words, we’ll getbigger and more muscular. But guess what happens if insulin is directing all ofthat traffic into fat cells? You guessed it – we get bigger, but we don’tget more muscular, we just get fatter! You see, insulin isn’t only anabolichormone that can build muscle, it’s also a storage hormone.
If you’ve got too little insulin floating around your body,then it’s going to be very difficult to gain muscle. On the other hand, if youhave too much, it’s going to be difficult to stay lean. In fact, havingconsistently elevated insulin levels isn’t just bad for your physique, but italso increases your risk for insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease andmaybe even type 2 diabetes.
Although it’s adangerous practice, many professional bodybuilders have even resorted toinjecting insulin with their meals, to make sure that their food is turningending up as muscle and not fat. But unless you’re a professional bodybuilder,shooting insulin is overkill, because you can learn how to tip the scales tofavor the anabolic effects of insulin, instead of storing fat.
First, we need to understand the difference between beinginsulin resistant and insulin sensitive. With insulin resistance, your cells(including muscle cells) don't respond to the anabolic effects of insulin. Inother words, they resist insulin’s effects. This means your body needs torespond by producing and releasing huge amounts of insulin which can ultimatelymake you fat, diabetic, and ugly. Well, maybe not ugly, but you get the point.
Insulin sensitivity is the opposite of insulin resistance,and as you might have already guessed, it’s a good thing. When you’re insulinsensitive, your cells (again, muscle cells) display a high level of response toa low level of insulin. In other words, they can build muscle without being saturated with tons of insulin. And if you keep those insulin levels low, whilestil building muscle, then you’re going to be losing fat at the same time.Yeah, you heard me right – if you keep your insulin sensitivity high, andyour insulin levels low, then you’re going to constantly be losing fat whileyou’re building muscle at the same time!
If you’ve ever known someone who can eat anything andsomehow, still remain lean and muscular, then you probably know someone who isinsulin sensitive. In fact, one of the reasons that steroid users can consumemore calories than natural trainers is because anabolic steroids dramaticallyimprove insulin sensitivity. Insulin sensitivity (or resistance) plays a majorrole in your muscle/fat ratio, A guy who is bulking up, and displays highlevels of insulin sensitivity is going to “bulk” but gain almost no fat; anatural lean bulker. But a guy who is insulin resistant…well…those are the guyswho only look like bodybuilders when they’re a week away from a contest.
And if you're dieting, and you aren’t insulin sensitive,then you will lose a lot of muscle for all of the fat you’re losing. So there’sno way around it: You’re want to improve your body’s ability to processinsulin. Period.
Both exercise and diet positively affect your body’s sensitivity to insulin. Intense resistance (weight) training will improve yourinsulin sensitivity, as will staying away from too much sugar and saturated fat. In fact, these two methods of increasing insulin sensitivity are the most important. If your diet is full of total junk, and you’re not training right,then you’re never going to reap the full benefits of insulin. But even ifyou’re doing everything else perfectly, and your diet and training are optimal,you can still continue to improve your insulin sensitivity with supplementation.
To take advantage of the effects ofinsulin, you’ll want supplement your diet with Need2Slin. Acetyl-L-Carnitine,one of the primary ingredients in Need2Slin, has been shown in medical studiesto improve insulin resistance in humans…and we know how important that is tomaking favorable changes to our body composition. So it should come as nosurprise that it has also been shown in medical studies to positively alterbody composition . Gymnemasylvestre, an herb found in Need2Slin, has beenstudied and shown to increase insulin sensitivity, delay glucose absorption inthe blood, and lower blood sugar levels. Need2Slin also contains is sodiumbonded version of R- Alpha lipoic acid. Alpha lipoic acid stimulates insulin signaling and supports glucose uptake by muscles, while also stimulating the metabolism of fats.
But even when you supplement your diet with Need2Slin, you’ll want to manipulate the insulin that your body is producing, so it’s high when you want it to be high (post workout) and low when you want it to be low (the rest of the day). So this means we’ll want bursts of it after training. We’ll accomplish that with a nice high-carb/high-protein post workout shake, and if we’re bulking, we’ll slam down 3 Need2Slin caps with that shake, and another 3 Need2Slin caps whenever we eat another high carbohydrate meal.
Ideally, our carbs will be higherin the morning and early afternoon, and lower at night…this way we’ll make sure we’re burning them for energy and signaling our bodies to grow, and not justputting on fat. And ideally, we’ll want to do everything possible to controlinsulin, and persuade it into making our body lean and muscular, even if we’rejust trying to put on muscle until our next cutting season.
I hate to be the one to say it – but Summer is almostover. And for serious bodybuilders, we all know that when Summer ends, bulkingseason begins. It starts with a few extra servings of carbs, trading some tunafor red meat, maybe a cheat meal turns into a cheat day…and before you know it,you’re looking fat!
But what if it didn’t have to be that way? Well, it doesn’tif you understand how insulin works. In fact, here at Needtobuildmuscle.com,we’ve even designed a supplement called Need2Slin, to help maximize yourinsulin control.
Insulin is an anabolic hormone,primarily responsible for pushing nutrients like proteins (in the form of aminoacids) and carbohydrates into muscle cells where it can promote serious musclegrowth. The primary way we raise insulin levels is by eating food – thisseems pretty obvious, but when you eat food, you push your body into ananabolic (muscle building) state. And, unfortunately, if you eat too much food,you end up getting fat. This is the double edged sword of insulin, and it’s whythe most successful bodybuilders can often get very fat in the off season.
Insulin is released into the blood by the pancreas, where,it acts to shuttle glucose (carbohydrates) amino acids, and even fats into thespecific cells. Of course, we want all of these goodies to end up directly inour muscles, because that’s going to make them grow…in other words, we’ll getbigger and more muscular. But guess what happens if insulin is directing all ofthat traffic into fat cells? You guessed it – we get bigger, but we don’tget more muscular, we just get fatter! You see, insulin isn’t only anabolichormone that can build muscle, it’s also a storage hormone.
If you’ve got too little insulin floating around your body,then it’s going to be very difficult to gain muscle. On the other hand, if youhave too much, it’s going to be difficult to stay lean. In fact, havingconsistently elevated insulin levels isn’t just bad for your physique, but italso increases your risk for insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease andmaybe even type 2 diabetes.
Although it’s adangerous practice, many professional bodybuilders have even resorted toinjecting insulin with their meals, to make sure that their food is turningending up as muscle and not fat. But unless you’re a professional bodybuilder,shooting insulin is overkill, because you can learn how to tip the scales tofavor the anabolic effects of insulin, instead of storing fat.
First, we need to understand the difference between beinginsulin resistant and insulin sensitive. With insulin resistance, your cells(including muscle cells) don't respond to the anabolic effects of insulin. Inother words, they resist insulin’s effects. This means your body needs torespond by producing and releasing huge amounts of insulin which can ultimatelymake you fat, diabetic, and ugly. Well, maybe not ugly, but you get the point.
Insulin sensitivity is the opposite of insulin resistance,and as you might have already guessed, it’s a good thing. When you’re insulinsensitive, your cells (again, muscle cells) display a high level of response toa low level of insulin. In other words, they can build muscle without being saturated with tons of insulin. And if you keep those insulin levels low, whilestil building muscle, then you’re going to be losing fat at the same time.Yeah, you heard me right – if you keep your insulin sensitivity high, andyour insulin levels low, then you’re going to constantly be losing fat whileyou’re building muscle at the same time!
If you’ve ever known someone who can eat anything andsomehow, still remain lean and muscular, then you probably know someone who isinsulin sensitive. In fact, one of the reasons that steroid users can consumemore calories than natural trainers is because anabolic steroids dramaticallyimprove insulin sensitivity. Insulin sensitivity (or resistance) plays a majorrole in your muscle/fat ratio, A guy who is bulking up, and displays highlevels of insulin sensitivity is going to “bulk” but gain almost no fat; anatural lean bulker. But a guy who is insulin resistant…well…those are the guyswho only look like bodybuilders when they’re a week away from a contest.
And if you're dieting, and you aren’t insulin sensitive,then you will lose a lot of muscle for all of the fat you’re losing. So there’sno way around it: You’re want to improve your body’s ability to processinsulin. Period.
Both exercise and diet positively affect your body’s sensitivity to insulin. Intense resistance (weight) training will improve yourinsulin sensitivity, as will staying away from too much sugar and saturated fat. In fact, these two methods of increasing insulin sensitivity are the most important. If your diet is full of total junk, and you’re not training right,then you’re never going to reap the full benefits of insulin. But even ifyou’re doing everything else perfectly, and your diet and training are optimal,you can still continue to improve your insulin sensitivity with supplementation.
To take advantage of the effects ofinsulin, you’ll want supplement your diet with Need2Slin. Acetyl-L-Carnitine,one of the primary ingredients in Need2Slin, has been shown in medical studiesto improve insulin resistance in humans…and we know how important that is tomaking favorable changes to our body composition. So it should come as nosurprise that it has also been shown in medical studies to positively alterbody composition . Gymnemasylvestre, an herb found in Need2Slin, has beenstudied and shown to increase insulin sensitivity, delay glucose absorption inthe blood, and lower blood sugar levels. Need2Slin also contains is sodiumbonded version of R- Alpha lipoic acid. Alpha lipoic acid stimulates insulin signaling and supports glucose uptake by muscles, while also stimulating the metabolism of fats.
But even when you supplement your diet with Need2Slin, you’ll want to manipulate the insulin that your body is producing, so it’s high when you want it to be high (post workout) and low when you want it to be low (the rest of the day). So this means we’ll want bursts of it after training. We’ll accomplish that with a nice high-carb/high-protein post workout shake, and if we’re bulking, we’ll slam down 3 Need2Slin caps with that shake, and another 3 Need2Slin caps whenever we eat another high carbohydrate meal.
Ideally, our carbs will be higherin the morning and early afternoon, and lower at night…this way we’ll make sure we’re burning them for energy and signaling our bodies to grow, and not justputting on fat. And ideally, we’ll want to do everything possible to controlinsulin, and persuade it into making our body lean and muscular, even if we’rejust trying to put on muscle until our next cutting season.