maturity and muscle...

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Permalink Reply by bigblkmuscles on February 9, 2009 at 3:29pm

To build or maintain muscle the body must have nutrition. Forty odd years constantly consuming processed foods such as bread, pasta, rice, corn, flour and sugar all of which carry few nutrients depletes the body. Meat, milk and butter provide animal protein and saturated fat loaded with chemicals. All cultivated produce carries reduced nutrients because the growing soil is fertilized with nitrates and chemicals. To build or maintain muscle you must reverse the nutritional depletion we all experience with age from our poor diets:

1) Buy a juicer and use it every day
2) Stop over cooking food
3) Buy only meat not feed grain and without steroids, hormones, insulin and antibiotics
4) Add a green whole food nutritional supplement to your diet everyday
5) Dramatically increase your intake of organic raw fruits and vegetables
6) Eat more beets, yams, apples, lemons, garlic, collards (any dark green leafy plant), mushrooms, grapefruit, onions, raw nuts and broccoli
7) Men should ingest a prostate stimulant to increase testosterone production (saw palmetto, wild yam root, damiana and yohimbe all combined)

Good health to you!

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Permalink Reply by Currygoat on February 9, 2009 at 4:27pm

Wow dude. Who said getting older was EASIER?? Thanks for your detailed response.
I should have added in the initial discussion that my protein intake is excellent per day, (200 g's or better) and my MD gives me high dose testosterone shots every 2 weeks. My protein consists of whole eggs, egg whites, chicken breasts, lean roast beef, and whey protein powders TWICE a day. I love collards, spinach, yams, and fresh fruits. I eat no man made fats such as mayo, or white flours. All of my exercise routines are 4 sets per exercise, and I'm lifting fairly heavy. You have no idea how frustrating my lack of mass is to me. At 6ft, and 215 lbs I should be a mass monster by now. Any other suggestions short of juicing?

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Permalink Reply by bigblkmuscles on February 9, 2009 at 6:12pm

Americans are obsessed with animal protein. This extreme meat consumption destroys the kidneys and makes the body dangerously acidic. Whey is a cheap milk byproduct; replace some of that animal protein from cows, chickens and eggs with beans, peas and wild vertebrate fish. Injecting testosterone can never be as productive as allowing the prostate to do its job. If you enjoy your health, juicing is not an option. Whatever you are doing now is not giving you the results you seek so you should question your methods.

The journey to good health takes a lifetime!

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Permalink Reply by Currygoat on February 16, 2009 at 8:28am

Another good response. I'm glad I opened this question to my online buds. The range of answers is phenomenal. And, some are a little questionable. lol

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Permalink Reply by pokethug13 on February 21, 2009 at 3:15pm

well i'm not in my 40's but i know as u get older ur testosterone falls. So i read in Muscle and Fitness that the herb Tribulus is a good natural way to up ur Test and help increase muscle. On the real i take it and I'm 30 and it has help with a high protein diet help me pack on 10 lbs of muscle in like 2 months. Also i going to try the new supplement for Muscle Tech named Cryotest cause I use to use Gakic and that helped so i'll let u know but check the Tribulus

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Permalink Reply by Currygoat on February 25, 2009 at 12:12am

Great. Keep me posted on how your "herbal remedies" do for you.

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Permalink Reply by David Simmons on August 1, 2009 at 3:47am

Injecting testosterone can never be as productive as allowing the prostate to do its job. Explain this please.

bigblkmuscles said:

Americans are obsessed with animal protein. This extreme meat consumption destroys the kidneys and makes the body dangerously acidic. Whey is a cheap milk byproduct; replace some of that animal protein from cows, chickens and eggs with beans, peas and wild vertebrate fish. Injecting testosterone can never be as productive as allowing the prostate to do its job. If you enjoy your health, juicing is not an option. Whatever you are doing now is not giving you the results you seek so you should question your methods.

The journey to good health takes a lifetime!

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Permalink Reply by r j miller on October 11, 2010 at 6:25pm

not alltogether true, but close. as testosterone levels decrease with age, muscle gets harder to maintain. add recovery time to the mix and it's difficult. naturally, bodies maintaing lots of muscle over a long time have great memories. but it's still hard to make gains at 40, unless zero mistakes are made and supps rotated regularly.

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Permalink Reply by Ed Clarke on November 17, 2010 at 9:31pm

It's not true that men in their 50's stop acquiring muscle. About two years ago i hired a certified trainer to help me gain muscle mass. i was tired of hearing other guys at the bars complaining about not "getting any," as they sat on their fat asses and jugged another beer. i was tired of seeing my body losing muscle mass and becoming quite unappealing, so i decided to go all out. i'm at the gym now 4-5x/wk, and i've put on inches of muscle -- biceps, chest, thighs -- all over! Of course, i'm taking a lot of protein too. i'm stronger too, but my goal was really to focus on building muscle mass.

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Permalink Reply by Darnel Jackson on January 13, 2011 at 11:05am

The big bro was right. Change your diet and you should see results. Remember that your muscles won't be as full & hard as 20-year olds but you'll still gain strength & mass.

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Permalink Reply by trinitythomas on May 17, 2011 at 2:07am

i hope not since i plan to be there in about 10 years, keep doin what you do though brother, i hear any exercise is better than none.

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Permalink Reply by bruno on June 16, 2011 at 12:50pm

I think it is, at least it is my case, actually I have lost 5kg (10lbs) along the years. I have tried everything, growth hormone, roids, different kind of protein, but I think it has to do with age and your genes, I have met at least two fellows who seem to be the exception and I have seen them working out and they do average routines, they don´t take anything special and they are big. so it is age and your genes.

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