Know Your Bodybuilding Supplement - Tribulus

Written by Rick Mitchell


Tribulus terrestris is a herb that comes from a plant found in Asia. It has been used inrepparttar past by many cultures forrepparttar 113045 treatment of liver, kidney and cardiovascular diseases. It has also been used as a diuretic and to treat infertility. In recent years strength athletes in eastern Europe are reputed to have used it to enhance performance.

It is believed to enhance testosterone levels by encouragingrepparttar 113046 production of lutenizing hormone. Studies have shown that when lutenizing hormone levels are increased,repparttar 113047 natural production of testosterone also increases.

It is difficult to assessrepparttar 113048 validity of tribulus as a muscle growth

Increase Your Training Intensity - Negative Repetitions

Written by Rick Mitchell


You can only build muscle tissue if you can generate progressively stronger muscular contractions, so this calls for an emphasis on finding ways to increase exercise intensity. This should not be confused with exercise duration as maximum training intensity will actually shortenrepparttar time needed to achieve maximal muscular growth.

In an earlier article I outlinedrepparttar 113044 ways in which you can intensify your training. Here we'll focus onrepparttar 113045 role that negative repetitions have to play in intensifyingrepparttar 113046 training effect.

Atrepparttar 113047 most basic level, human muscles have three types of strength:

1. Positive strength -repparttar 113048 ability to raise a weight.

2. Static strength -repparttar 113049 ability to hold a weight.

3. Negative strength -repparttar 113050 ability to lower a weight.

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