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Archive for 2010

Muscle Cheating Secrets

By Vince On March 12, 2010 25 Comments

DEFLA special Guest Post approved and endorsed by the Canadian Italian Stallion – Heart Throb Vinny D :) (that was high school DJ name by the way… it was not self-appointed)  http://www.moresignalmoremuscle.com

Muscle Cheating Secrets

by Dr. Kareem F. Samhouri, CSCS, HFS                                                                                                                                                Metabolic Fat Loss & Strength Expert

Are you ready for whole new level of muscle?

I’ve got great news for you – I’ve studied Vince’s program inside-out, and I can tell you that you’re in the right place.

His stuff is awesome, and what I’m about to teach you is the perfect complement to your muscle building program if you want people to accuse you of cheating, using steroids, and making the ladies drool while wearing tight v-neck t-shirts, gold chains and white Italian loafers…  (Vinny has great styles!)

You may just end up looking that impressive and have to throw out all of your undershirts to save face…

Onward… let’s start with the most important concept I’m going to teach you today:

Think & Grow Strong:

Did you know that you can elicit 30% more contractile strength from any exercise by visualizing yourself doing it first?

You can’t just visualize the last rep, you have visualize each rep, feel your muscle, and integrate as many senses into this picture as possible.

Here’s a muscle visualization checklist that will get the job done every time:

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The Top 3 Reasons Your Muscle Isn’t Growing Faster

By Vince On March 11, 2010 83 Comments

Next week, my good friend Dr. Kareem Samhouri is releasing his entire system, Double Edged Fat Loss which I prefer to call More Signal More Muscle found at http://www.MoreSignalMoreMuscle.com

After reading this, leaveyour comments for Dr. K and I and we’ll sort you out.

DEFL

The Top 3 Reasons Your Muscle Isn’t Growing Faster

by Dr. Kareem F. Samhouri, CSCS, HFS

Metabolic Fat Loss & Strength Expert

  1. You haven’t reached your neuromuscular potential
  2. You’re imbalanced
  3. You aren’t resting properly

At least 2 of these 3 reasons are stopping 99% of people who are strength training from gaining 60-70% of the muscle they can gain.  If you want to be a hard-gainer, you need to fix these issues right away.

Let’s go through each one of these points in greater detail.

You Haven’t Reached Your Neuromuscular Potential:

Neuro-what??

I know, weird word, hard to pronounce, probably unnecessary :-)

Basically, I’m referring to your ability to send an effective nerve signal from your brain all the way to your muscle.  There are 2 main kinds of fatigue that can take place when you’re exercising:

1)  Muscular fatigue (muscle gets tired first)

2)  Neuromuscular fatigue (nerve gets tired first)

  • Muscular fatigue happens when you get enough signal strength to your muscle, it contracts like crazy, and it eventually wears out. This happens all the time when you exercise, but it’s probably only happening to SOME of your muscle fibers (part of your muscle).
  • Neuromuscular fatigue happens when the signal dies before the muscle should become exhausted.  Electricity is air for a muscle, so it’s basically suffocating.

The easiest way to think about when you’ve experienced this is to think of when you’re doing bench press and your forearms get tired first.  You’re squeezing all the nerve signal you can out, and you’re firing every muscle in the area… you just run out of air.

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Building Muscle The Right Way

By Vince On March 2, 2010 9 Comments

You guys know I’m big on helping you gain as much size as possible, right?

Well, there’s been a missing link all along and I want to show you something you’ve probably only started to hear about. It’s called ‘Neuro Fitness’ & it’s about training your nerves to send strong signals to your muscles so that they contract better – naturally, this will make you be able to lift more weight.

Lifting More Weight = More Muscle

Simple formula, really!

A lot of people comment that I tend to almost look like I’m flexing a lot (even when I’m not!)
in my pictures – this really boils down to the idea of neuromuscular activation.

Basically, my nerve signals are strong, because I built a strong trunk to support the rest
of my body.

This is like having high-speed internet instead of dial-up internet. The faster the speed, the more pages I’m going to surf and the faster the result when I browse. The same thing is true here – more nerve = more muscle activated.

My good buddy Dr. Kareem specializes in this concept of:

More Signal, More Muscle <- Click here to  learn how to build more nerve signal for stronger muscles.

By spending about 6 weeks working specifically on this, you’re going to gain a lot more muscle for the next 6-12 months. Here’s a run down of who this is good for and what it can do for you:

It’s great for the beginner – I could have probably built more muscle faster these past few years if I had known this, and I probably would have never ended up with a sore back.

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Muscle Building Secrets For Beginner Bodybuilders

By Vince On March 1, 2010 38 Comments

Muscle Building Secrets For Beginner Bodybuilders

By Vince Del Monte

Welcome to the confusing and contradicting world of muscle building!  Nice intro eh? 

Building muscle is also not the easiest thing in the world, but it’s also not the hardest.

This article is written to any beginner bodybuilder who is ready to start pumping iron.  Especially if you are a beginner and want to to build muscle, increase your strength, stamina and self- confidence, plus be able to fit into clothes that show off your body, instead of hide it!

fitness modelMe, Top 3 at the FAME Fitness Model Championships, June 2008, Toronto ON

Building muscle on your body is also a metabolic marker that tricks your body into thinking it’s younger.  Ever seen a really muscular 75 year old guy in your gym?  I bet he looks like he’s in his 50’s.

Building muscle goes far beyond vanity.  Muscle increases your quality of life dramatically, helps you curb excess body fat and decreases health obstacles as you age.

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Muscle Building Diet (Without Getting Fat)

By Vince On February 23, 2010 54 Comments

A muscle building diet is not your normal diet.

It’s designed to help you gain weight using a lot of protein rich foods (which are not always cheap food sources).

Yes, muscle building diets are not normal.

Note: The proper definition of a diet refers to the food choices you make on a daily basis.  Whether it’s soda, tuna or bread.  That is your diet. Often people refer to the word diet with fat loss, starvation and pain, which is incorrect use of the word diet.

The Goals Of A Muscle Building Diet:

  • To add quality muscle mass to your frame without adding fat.

Here is a 7-point plan to achieve the amount of muscle mass you need to shock your friends when you rip your shirt off at the next pool party.

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