Often when the term "natural bodybuilding" is thought of, those who participate in such a hobby think of intense weight lifting workouts and disciplined bodybuilding diet plans, but one additional element, supplementation, is deemed a requirement for any individual to excel in adding muscle mass to his or her natural bodybuilding potential. Since steroids are avoided by many due to their dangers, bodybuilding supplements are promoted as the "safe" and legal drug alternative that bodybuilders are urged to consider.
Because few who experiment with bodybuilding supplements have performed their weight lifting routines without using such products, they are unable to test the true impact of the bodybuilding supplements they are using, and therefore, mistakenly attribute any fat loss or muscle building to these products, even when making changes to a weight lifting or diet plan that, in fact, is the foundation for any successful fat loss or muscle building venture. Instead of conducting legitimate experiments to note muscle building or fat loss with specific bodybuilding supplements using the exact same weight lifting and diet routine, many tend to become frustrated with their muscle gain or fat burning progress, and once they return from a break with renewed weight lifting zest, they not only experiment with a new weight lifting workout plan and diet, but also purchase several bodybuilding supplements to use simultaneously, and if they build muscle or lose fat, they do not credit the weight lifting workout or diet, nor do they consider the ease of muscle gain following a layoff with nearly any marginally potent routine, but rather feel that the bodybuilding supplements are responsible for any noticeable change, even when this progress is only temporary.
This biased hypothesis leads weight lifters across the world to believe that bodybuilding supplements are a prerequisite for results, and infamous bodybuilding magazines, most of whom generate the majority of their advertising profits from bodybuilding supplement companies, also convince the bodybuilding public that they must, without question, adopt bodybuilding supplements as the weapon of choice to maximizing muscle building, especially when champion professional bodybuilders are shown holding the most recent supplement gimmick (of course, the professional bodybuilder fails to mention that his results are due to steroid abuse as opposed to supplement use!). Nevertheless, the overwhelming lesson sent by the bodybuilding industry that these products are the natural key to impressive muscle building fuels many to accept this as truth, and the bodybuilding supplement industry thrives as a result.
Yet, what is the real story behind the bodybuilding supplement propaganda? I have been involved in weight lifting for well over a decade, and through my own experimentation, along with emails sent to me by those who are frustrated with their own muscle gains, despite the use of bodybuilding supplements, and have therefore designed a standard of thinking that I hope all who read this article will decide is logical enough to consider accepting for their own muscle building or fat loss career. Most bodybuilding supplements do not lead to advertised muscle building or fat loss results, and you will waste thousands (or may already have) proving this to be factual, but even if you were to stumble upon a bodybuilding supplement that enabled you to build muscle mass or burn fat faster than is possible through a correctly structured weight lifting workout and bodybuilding diet, you will then no doubt risk long term health. The only possible way of knowing with certainty whether an artificially induced product will harm long term health is with an extended (several decade) controlled study as to its impact, and since no such research will ever exist on any bodybuilding supplement, you should be weary of their safety since, as we realize with smoking, legality does not ensure safety, and, over long range use, there are serious concerns that bodybuilding supplements can result in cancer, organ abnormalities (due to added stress on the kidneys, liver, etc), endocrine damage, and premature death.
For numerous bodybuilders who wish to maximize muscle building and fat loss, yet value the term "natural" due to its connection with health preservation and clear rejection of any potentially harmful external aids towards such progress, bodybuilding supplements that claim to build muscle or burn fat faster than is possible through weight lifting and diet alone are clearly never an option. You can either heed my warning, or waste thousands as do so many each year searching for the ultimate steroid replacement that offers complete health preservation, when this, in fact, is an oxymoronic statement that has no chance of becoming reality.
Author Resource:-
Francesco Castano authors MuscleNOW.com, a weight training program for building muscle mass without supplements or drugs. He also owns IncrediBody.com, an online fitness superstore selling weight training equipment at guaranteed lowest prices.
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