Sex and Muscle Growth

Ever wonder if your sex life has to come at the expense of your ability to build muscle mass in the gym? If so, you aren't alone. Many people wonder if regular bedroom time is something that's really going to hurt their progress and some are even willing to make sacrifices if it's true.

While it is definitely true that there is a connection between sex and muscle building, it's important to understand fully what this connection is.

Here are some important factors to think about.
Potentially one of the most critical connections between sex and muscle building is the zinc status within the body. Whenever a male has an orgasm, zinc will be released in the semen. Zinc is a critical nutrient that is required for proper sperm growth and development and when levels fall short, infertility is often the consequence.

In addition to this, zinc also plays a key role in muscle development as well, as it is closely tied in with total testosterone levels. When zinc levels are low in the body there is more likely to be a noticeably lower sex drive as well as a difficulty shown with generating more lean muscle mass.

So then because zinc is lost through orgasm, if you're frequently having sex but not replacing this lost zinc through your diet, it is very likely that you're going to fall into that deficit.

In order to prevent this from happening and make sure you not only maintain healthy libido levels but also keep progressing towards your goal of muscle building, you'll want to fill your diet with foods rich in zinc such as oysters, shellfish, wheat germ, liver, cashews, pine nuts, and pecan nuts.

Sex and Strength Levels
The next connection to know about when it comes to sex and muscle building is the connection it has with your strength levels. If you've ever taken notice of yourself, most guys will find that immediately after sex they feel very relaxed and often want to fall asleep.

At this point there is a very high release of oxytocin in the body, which serves to really relax you and could cause you to feel slightly weaker than before the sex took place. This relaxation phase does not last for an extended period of time, however, and you will return to your usual hormonal levels in the body, but the take home message is that trying to attempt a training session immediately after you're involved in sexual activity may not be the best of approaches.

Aim for at least a 3-4 hour time span afterward to allow the hormones to normalize again and for you to recover your strength and energy.

Impacts Of Sex On Overall Testosterone Levels
With the issue of zinc and the effects on testosterone aside, another correlation to look at is the overall impact of frequent sexual activity on testosterone and libido levels. For most men, the more frequently they are engaging in sex, the higher their libido levels tend to be. If a large break is taken for whatever reason, at first libido will increase, but over time if release is not achieved, levels may begin to drop.

Studies have also demonstrated that when testosterone levels are elevated in the body, it has a positive impact on libido levels. Therefore, when testosterone levels are higher, this will, in return, keep you interested in sex and the act of sex will serve as a positive reinforcement, further maintaining the cycle.

Since testosterone levels are one of the primary predictors of muscle growth and development, having higher levels in the body will help to induce greater muscle gains.

Obviously the workouts must be performed in conjunction to simulate the muscle growth response, but doing everything possible to maintain high testosterone will work to your benefit.

Sex and Focus
Finally, the last impact of sex on muscle building is going to be with regards to your focus levels. Maintaining focus both in the gym and out for the actual gym sessions will be critical to see optimal results. In some extreme cases if you become too fixated on sexual activity, you may prioritize this ahead of regular workout sessions, which will then have a large impact on the overall results you experience.

Obviously this will be to the extreme and most people will have no trouble maintaining a normal balance between the two, but if you feel like you may be pushing the barrier between an unhealthy balance it is worthwhile to seriously consider.

For many people this will never be an issue as their workouts are directly tied in to their desire to become more sexually appealing as they workout for a large part to look good for members of the opposite gender. So by keeping up with their workouts regularly, they will help promote the chances of frequent intercourse.

Conclusion
So next time you find yourself questioning what the impact of sex is on your muscle building efforts, keep these points in mind. The good news is that those who do take a more active role in regular workouts and maintaining a good diet are far more likely to be healthy and thus experience fewer sexual problems such as pre-mature ejaculation or erectile dysfunction, so you won't have to worry about either of those impacting your overall ability to perform in bed.

As with anything in life, balance is key and as long as balance is achieved, you should have no worries about maintaining a healthy sex life while making the absolute most of your muscle building efforts in the gym.

Why Bodybuilders Use The Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide

GHRP-2, is a synthetic, hexapeptide that has some very potent properties. It is in the class of growth hormone releasing peptides (GHRPs), which act on the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland, to release growth hormone, by appearing through the endogenous ghrelin receptor. It is considered one of the few healthcare means that can be able to reverse the aging effects in adults who are deficient of the growth hormone.

GHRP-2 is known to encourage appetite and hunger. It does this by stimulating the release of Ghrelin, which is also a peptide observed in the stomach, that advertises urge for food and gastric emptying. GHPR-2 is also used for a range of other medical issues, which include, correcting low growth hormone production, and also promoting excess weight gain in the abnormally thin individuals.

GHRP user may report strength raise and improved muscle mass. This is along a much better overall sense of well being and decreased body fat. Neurons are also affected in the same method as they would be by steroids, causing a significant strength raise. For someone who has previously used artificial development hormone, slowing the body's natural production of the same, this peptide can be used to activate the natural production of this growth hormone.

This peptide is also a very suitable compound to use if one is nursing and rehabilitating injuries. It has been shown, clinically, to have a very good effect on connective tissues and tendons regeneration and strengthening. Depending on one's goals, a person may use between 100 - 600mcg per day. For instance, a person looking for some slight raise in sleep quality, or joint and tendon improvement, may stick towards the lower end of this dosage amount. Alternatively, a person seeking to use this peptide for its mass and muscle building effects may ramp up the dosage considerably.

Other benefits of using GHRP-2 include improved sex dr and desire, stomach fat decrease, enhanced energy and vitality, improved skin elasticity and lines elimination. There is also boostd endurance, heart strengthening, enhanced immune system, improved eye sight and vision, increased protein synthesis, enhanced bone density as a consequence of boostd lime scale retention (which also increases bone strength and mineralization), reduced glucose uptake in the liver organ, better liver glucogenesis, and contribution in the direction of pancreatic islets maintenance and function, among others.

How Bodybuilding Can Positively Effect Sex Life!

Men are stereotypically notorious for bawdy locker room talk; women, body parts, certain unmentionable deeds, and normally as women we roll our eyes and pretend to be offended at the utter lack of class they must have.
Women however, may not share their immediate thoughts to everyone about sex and other formerly thought-to-be taboo issues as readily. In private though, I have found that women are far more verbal about sex; what they like and don't like, and what they are and aren't doing.
Competitive bodybuilders and fitness athletes are no different, but it all seems to revolve on how the sex, or lack thereof will affect their training, their dieting, their physique, and in the end, their placing.

Refraining From Sex Before A Big Event
It is well known that many professional athletes, baseball players, football players, fighters, and endurance athletes have all claimed to abstain from sexual activity with a partner, and even from masturbation immediately before a big event. There is this 'old-school' belief that it somehow reduces stamina, reduces power, and reduces the force that the athlete can put forth at their big event, tournament or game.
This seems to be true, for a minute. After athletes abstained from ejaculation (serum test levels were tested daily) for 6 days their levels had not changed. On the seventh day only, the levels of testosterone jumped by 50 percent.
This was back down to the previous level the next (8th) day of abstaining. This seems to mean a 50 percent increase could be achieved, but for what? Abstain from sex for six days in order to have a killer leg day on the 7th? Umm, no. It's just not a usable or convenient method.
In bodybuilding, this seems to be a divided issue. Some professional bodybuilders won't have sex in the days or weeks before a show, thinking it will reduce testosterone, or at the very least take away their laser-like focus on the prize.
Arnold Schwarzenegger defied this school of thought and believed that sex before or after lifting weights and working out helped him to relax and increased his vasodilatation, and thus his training output.
It's true that bodybuilding (lifting weights that is) lowers testosterone levels (serum), but only remain slightly lower for less than 3 hours. One study found that when 10 men watched a pornographic movie for 15 minutes, their testosterone levels jumped 100 percent afterwards, while the 10 ladies rolled in at 80 percent more testosterone!1
Now should we all watch porn right before we hit the gym... well, maybe not every workout! Seriously though, the arousal itself seems to show a massive increase in test levels, and it would then seem the next question to be, "How long does it last?"
It seems the levels remained elevated at 75 percent of the max for over 90 minutes, so you better hurry! From the other side of the coin this also seems to increase aggression in turn, and increases the likelihood one will do things such as pull the trigger on a gun.

Measuring Testosterone Levels
In studies performed on rats, the testosterone levels were tested prior to ejaculation, immediately after one, two, and then four 2. The tests on rats showed a marked increase in testosterone levels after one, and remained at the highest level in the rats even after four ejaculations, approximately four hours.
This shows great promise that post ejaculate workouts being enhanced naturally (not to mention pleasantly) from increasing ones sexual activities, whether with a partner or alone. It seems these tests are all bias in one way though, they are almost all performed on men.
I am hopeful that in the future there will be more studies done directly on women in fitness and bodybuilding and their sexual health. It's a running joke while prepping, that the closer you get, and the better you look, the less and less you want to have sex with anyone.
Some that are utilizing chemicals, and I won't cover that here, will not suffer these effects of training and dieting down for stage. The extreme training when in competition mode really does a number on the body, the mood, let alone the sex drive. Hungry, tired, and cold does not equal sexy for most people.
Some women report a burst of energy after sex that resulted in an orgasm, wanting to jump up and clean something, or bounce around the house; while others say they are content to watch television, relax with their partner of just doze off to sleep.

Orgasms & Your Workout
In the less clinical sex, bodybuilding and fitness play a huge role in sex and visa versa. As a woman, I believe and have read and researched and found that achieving orgasm at least three times a week increases my "feel good chemicals" (aka dopamine).
This will in turn result in a more pleasant mood, less rage, less anxiety and a more positive overall outlook. How can this not result in a better workout? It has to.
When a woman is fit, and healthy and is lifting weights actively, she has increased caloric needs, increased energy, increased blood flow (this means everywhere), better sleep, regular menstrual cycles and regulated fertility. In other words, increased training, and overall fitness increases and results in a positive outcome on every activity of the body.
This will in turn result in a likelihood of a healthier body image, and therefore a healthy sexual image of oneself. It's common for women to believe they have no sex drive, or a libido issue that requires medication.
In many instances it is a direct result of a poor body image, or a more serious condition known as Body Dismorphic Disorder (BDD); where one believes that they look one way, when in reality they look completely different.
Lifting weights, losing weight, taking care of your body, will dramatically increase your confidence, your energy, your endurance and your image of yourself as a healthy sexual human being. 5 In a more direct physical sense, its common for women in classes for abdominals/core and even Pilates to report orgasm during the class movements, or increased or more powerful orgasm after weeks of training.
This is due to the strengthening and stimulation of the PC (pubococcygeus muscle) muscle, located in the pelvic floor (men have one too), that controls the flow of urine. 4 This is your best friend when wanting to increase your orgasm, or its strength; or, ahem, your core and abdominal strength!
Increasing the strength of the quadriceps, and adductors (inner thighs) will also strengthen the intensity of orgasm for women, even the breathing exercises taught in yoga have been known to cause major and dramatic increases in orgasm! The core strength also helps in a number of different positions, and in avoiding the dreaded "Charlie-horse" during an intimate moment.


The Benefits Of Bodybuilding
For men, bodybuilding offers a few more benefits aside from increased body image and self-esteem. It also increases their overall production of testosterone over a long period of consistent training and its known that men's testosterone levels can begin to decline as early as 25 years old!
The action of lifting weights, for reps, for one hour or more, increases vasodilatation throughout the body; and when a man is a smoker, or has arterial disease in his family, this can affect erections, as the lack of blood flow to the area will eventually cause impotence.
Over a long period of time and frustration, it's nice to know that it can possibly be a helpful benefit to those with that issue. Not to mention the increased strength can aid in a vast supply of new sexual positions you and your partner would both appreciate!

It seems that bodybuilding and training have a lot more affect on the body and on sex than just who has the hottest bod! Although, that is one really great benefit to being a lean, hard, super-fit person, and to being with someone who holds their body to that standard; you feel great about your body, your body looks great and you know it.

They say it's just the men that are visually stimulated first, and for the women it's mental that gets us hot. I believe a perfect combination of both is someone who takes care of their body and it shows, and appreciates all the hard work you put into yours, and lets you know often! Here's to great gains in the gym and the bedroom!

Melanotan in Bodybuilding

To get a high quality bodybuilding competition tan athletes need to use the correct tanning products. The right color tan applied in the right way plays an important role between winning and losing a bodybuilding competition. A poor tan can seriously affect your chances of winning, whereas getting the very best ultimate tan can seriously improve your chances of success. So if you are serious about your On Stage Look then you should be very carefully while choosing method of tanning.

Now a beautiful and lasting tan may be obtained without UV exposure or fake tan. Tanning process in the body is the production of pigment in the skin cells called melanin. Melanin is produced by melanocytes, which are located in the basal layer of the epidermis. The stimulation of melanocytes to produce melanin is done by melanocortin hormone. Melanin absorbs harmful UV radiation, transforming them into harmless heat through a process called “ultrafast internal conversion.” By this process, the melanin can reduces the generation of free radicals to a minimum, and so prevents indirect DNA damage which can produce malignant skin melanomas.

Melanotan represent a hormone, analogue of melanocyte-stimulating (a-MSH) human hormone by which the body produces melanin that as we said earlier is protective pigment that protects the skin from harmful UV sun exposure. Melanotan hormone or simply said melanotan has additional properties – significantly increases the sex drive, reduces appetite, causing a persistent aversion to food, due to what can be achieved a powerful weight loss.

Melanotan was first synthesized at the University of Arizona. Researchers knew that the best way to protect skin against cancer is the activity of melanin in the cells, that is, the process of tanning. They suggested that the most effective way to protect skin against cancer will be stimulation of natural pigmentation system to produce a protective tan before exposure of skin to UV radiation.

In May 2010 the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA – Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco) became the first national organization in the field of health, approving Melanotan as therapeutic agent for Italian citizens, reducing sensitivity to sunlight. In other countries it is widely used under the personal responsibility.
Melanotan is available both injectable stuff and nasal spray. (to see instruction please click here) After reaching the desired hue tanning frequency of use can be reduced.
Remember – the more you expose your skin to UV-radiation (solarium, sun) when taking Melanotan, the deeper and darker your tan will be (Melanotan stimulates human body to produce melanin, and thus, the skin darkens in response to UV-radiation instead of burning).
Then let’s make a summery, Melanotan apply:
- To obtain a stable effect of bright and beautiful tan without resorting to extended contact with sunlight or fake tan;
- In order to obtain improved contrast tan using additional exposure to the sun or solarium;
- In the case of interdiction to bronze or attend solarium, in order to protect against skin cancer and sunburn, especially in areas exposed to permanent effects of the sun;
- Melanotan is used to activate the sexual function and stabilizate libido;
- Also Melanotan is prescribed in cases of uncontrolled food intake, to significantly reduce appetite.
In some cases the usage of Melanotan can cause nausea, flushing of the face, decreased appetite, tiredness. Not everyone gets these side effects, but if it occurs it’s usually only after the first few dosages until the body adapts.

"How To Be a Father" - Tips for Bodybuilders

Not only women want to look beautiful and have a flawless physique. Often, men also tend to find a figure of Apollo. To do this, they come to the gym and began to go in for sports, and that the result was not long in coming, many people start using anabolic steroids. "The main thing - to build muscle and look at 5 points, and the effects and side effects will somehow then we shall understand" - they think, even without presenting all that awaits them. And for good reason ...

Anabolic steroids and androgens (male sex hormones) have in common a general matter - the hormone testosterone. All existing drugs anabolic steroids differ from the original substance or low androgenic function or even higher androgenic and anabolic activity reduced. This explains the differences in their work:

    increase muscle mass and muscle definition;
    weight gain;
    fat burning, etc.

Actually, it is possible in many ways relates to the use of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. However, special attention should be given to the young men who sooner or later will be a question of procreation. The truth is, you need to know before planning a man-child, than to wrap his sporting achievements. After weighing the pros and cons, each athlete must make his own decision for themselves - to use dope or not. It is important for receiving funds doping took place under the strict supervision of a physician.

At present, anabolic steroids are widely available, and there are quite a clear idea about the side effects of their impact on the body. Most athletes who buy Anabolic Steroids, do not think of that may be harmful to your health. They focus exclusively on achieving results that, in their opinion, should provide the necessary steroids. The conventional wisdom, especially beginners, that "the more, the better and more efficiently." This is a profound and dangerous mistake, having neither theoretical nor practical justification.

The danger is that the use of performance enhancing drugs is not caused by any one negative side effect. The nature of the toxicological properties of these drugs. It's hard to believe, but the reception they could end tragically - even death. In most cases, dependent on the dosage. The higher the dose, the more likely the occurrence of various negative effects. These side effects include  water retention in the body, the change in size of testicles in the scrotum, Workflow infringements of the liver, loss of hair on the head, body hair growth PROBLEMS sleeping, increased appetite, gynecomastia, decreased temblor voice, increased aggression. Most of these side effects are assumed time is reached, they disappear after anabolic steroids cycle ends.

Possible causes danger to the health requirements of athletes stop use doping and never to use them. However, there are always those who will use steroids. Fight with many of the side effects should start at first signs stages of their appearance. In connection with this, if you still use the AC , the Punctual advice from doctor help you to avoid complications.

Acceptance of anabolic steroids by athletes and can lead to a decrease in sperm production and a change in the composition of normal sperm  operating, "wrinkled" testicles, that is, to infertility. So before you start taking these drugs with the aim of becoming simply a "sport", think about how it will affect your health, your ability to bear children. Weigh the pros and cons and decide what is more important to you - to be beautiful or have the good fortune to become a father.

Steroids Usage For Penis Enlargement

Today steroid drugs have different pharmacological forms. Steroid ointments act topically (on a particular area of the body), steroid tablets and pills work on the whole body. As you know, bodybuilders use special protein blends based on steroids. It helps them to build big muscles.

In the course of hormones intake occurs muscle increase as long as man carries on colossal trainings. When they do stop trainings, muscles turn into the ordinary fat. Thus, former bodybuilder becomes fat person.

The same steroids are used in poultry farms for hen engrossing. With steroids hens quicker grow and gain their weight. The same effects have hormonal medications over a man who takes them to increase penis size. In order to achieve good results in penis enlargement, it is necessary in the course of taking steroids to lead an active lifestyle and practice exercises at least 3 - 4 times a week.

However, remember that as soon as man stops practicing exercises, his penis stops increasing and its size gets back to the original one. About steroids intake in a man would speak his overweight and his deformed penis. Thus, in this situation exists only one way out – if you started to take steroids, you should do it necessarily in combination with physical exercises for all your life. It's up to you to decide.