Juicer Recipes with Protein Supplements: Fruit & Vegetable Bodybuilding Drinks

Juicer machines are a popular household product nowadays with people juicing practically any fruit and vegetable they can lay their hands on. The health benefits of juicing are fantastic with homemade drink recipes you can make for weight loss, cancer prevention, detox, and more. It's hard enough to include enough fresh fruit and vegetables in our diet so making your own fresh juices are a great way to get the vitamins and nutrients your body needs!

'Whey' Not Make Your Juicing Recipe 'Fit' for Bodybuilding?

(Sorry for the pathetic 'whey' - 'why' pun above). The obvious next step for a bodybuilder is to simply throw in a scoop or two of their favorite protein supplement powder. Of course it is not just a great idea for people on a bodybuilding diet. If you are on a high protein diet then adding protein supplements to your homemade juicer recipe is something you need to try. Depending on what you need to get from your new juicer protein drinks, you can create recipes that give you the perfect mix of fruit, vegetables and protein to meet your weight loss, energy, carbohydrate, vitamin and nutrient requirements.

Juicer Recipes - Juicing Fruit & Vegetables to Perfection

Okay, so you are ready to create your first homemade bodybuilding or weight loss juicer drink. How do you get started? There are a number of free recipes sites on the internet with ideas you can use to create some tasty and healthy protein drinks. Just go to your favorite search engine and type in a few relevant searches. Try the following:

• free juicer recipes
• weight loss juicing recipes
• healthy juicing recipe

You can also visit Google's directory and have a look at the sites listed in their 'Juicer Blends' category - http://www.google.com/Top/Home/Cooking/Beverages/Juicer_Blends/

So, what are you waiting for? Go get creative with your juicing machine and your protein supplement powders - reach the bodybuilding or weight loss goals you wish to achieve!

Great Article for Skinny People wanting to Build Muscle and Gain Weight

I just added a new article to the bodybuilding articles section of the site. It was written by Vince DelMonte and is targeted at those of us who are naturally skinny. I personally am in this boat and it certainly seems like I have to work twice as hard as most other people I see at the gym.

Vince's article basically is telling you to make sure your workouts are intense, efficient and without time wasting and distractions. He says you should work every rep as if it is your last. He also points out that you can not expect to build serious muscle by leisurely working out and consuming lots of protein shakes. At the end of the day, your bodybuilding program should put equal importance on...

1. working out effectively
2. a nutritious muscle-building diet

I suggest you read Vince's article, How To Build Muscle And Gain Weight Quickly (Part I), and also use the various bodybuilding supplement recipes here to help with your bodybuilding diet. REMEMBER: supplements should not replace the proteins and nutrients you get from a natural diet, but rather enhance them.

Very Hard Bicep Concentration Curls on an Incline Bench - A Real Killer

Stickman Bodybuilder is demonstrating a rather hard difficult of doing concentration bicep curls. It's a very simple way of isolating your bicep because in this position you are forced to use your bicep only - it's a bicep exercise that is very difficult to 'cheat' at.

Set an incline bench at an angle of say 60 degrees (depends on your height as you need to comfortably hang your arms over the top). Grasping a dumbbell (probably lighter then you think if you haven't tried this exercise before), lean your body on the incline bench's back with your legs spread either side to steady yourself (almost straddling the bench). With this exercise you work one arm at a time. Drop the arm with the dumbbell over the top of the bench and tuck your resting arm's wrist under your 'dropped' arm's armpit (your hand should pop out the other side). Your resting arm's elbow should be almost hanging off the edge of the bench. The resting arm has two purposes; 1) provide support and steady your exercising arm, 2) ensure the exercising bicep is completely isolated.

Start with the dumbbell at position (1) - Note, your arm is not completely straight as this would put a lot of strain on your elbow, especially bad if you are using a heavier dumbbell. Because of your position, you bicep is well stretched. Now raise the bicep to position (2) as you would in any other curl. Don't forget to squeeze your bicep at the top of the motion before returning to position (1) in a slow controlled motion (work the negative!!!). Switch arms and repeat.

By the time you get to the 3rd set, providing you've been squeezing and working the negative, your biceps should be on fire. One advantage with this exercise is you can use your resting arm to help lift those last two reps if you don't have a spotter (you do lose a little stability and isolation though).

What can Lactose Intolerant Bodybuilders Do For Protein Shakes?

There are a lot of people out there who have trouble digesting dairy products. If you are a bodybuilder who needs to be taking protein supplements to help you with your high protein diet requirements then you have a problem other bodybuilders take for granted. The most popular way to consume protein supplements is by combining them with milk. So, what options are open to lactose intolerant bodybuilders like you?

Water
Using water is the obvious choice instead of using milk and most protein supplement powders will suggest mixing with water or milk on their labeling. Let's face it though, water and protein powder (even if it is 'flavored') makes for a boring bodybuilding shake. You will need to add other ingredients to improve the taste.

Soy Milk
Soy milk is a popular milk substitute among vegans and other vegetarians. It is definitely an acquired taste and when you mix with your protein supplement powders I suggest adding a few ingredients that can hide the soy milk flavor. Add sweeteners like honey, chocolate syrup, fresh fruit, and so on. Don't forget, soy milk is a good source of protein so even if you aren't lactose intolerant, try it!
> example recipe of soy milk in a protein drink recipe

Fruit Juice
Instead of dairy milk, why not use fruit juice? Apple, orange, pineapple and grapefruit are all easily available at the supermarket and are cheap. Your protein shakes will be higher in vitamins and energy. However, there is no protein in fruit juice so you may want to add an extra scoop of your favorite protein powder to make up for it.
> example recipe of fruit juice in a protein shake for lactose intolerant bodybuilders

Be creative with your homemade shakes!!!

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