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Bodybuilding & Alcohol

Personally, I don't have any bodybuilding goals that can overcome my desire to have the occasional beer. In moderation, alcohol won't have a big effect on your training (though any effect it does have will be negative).

Extensive drinking, however, can put a screeching halt to muscle gain.

In this article, Anthony Ellis outlines some of the reasons its best to avoid alcohol if you intend to change your physique for the better. If you are looking to gain muscle weight, check out out Anthony's Gaining Mass Program. It is the complete plan he used to go from "skinny" to "impressive."

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The Effects of Alcohol
On Your Training

By Anthony Ellis

I think the most common question that I get is, "will drinking too much hurt my results", and I usually want to yell at the person who asks this question, because they already know the answer. OF COURSE! Honestly, anything in excess, is not good.

If you drink moderately, no more than 2-3 drinks per week, you should be OK, but if you are a heavy drinker, you will never improve your physique. Understand that alcohol is poisonous to the body -- its a toxin.

Prolonged usage at high doses will:

• reduce your strength - you won't be able to lift enough weight to stimulate muscle growth
• reduce your endurance
• decrease your recovery capabilities - it will take you longer to recuperate and you will be much more sore after workouts
• decrease your aerobic capacity
• reduce your ability to metabolize fat - you will become a fat "storer" instead of a fat "burner"
• interfere with muscle growth
• acts as a diuretic, which can rebound and lead to elevated water retention

Remember, alcohol is a totally nutritionless carbohydrate. (Even though it's a carb, it has 7 calories per gram instead of the normal 4). Like most carbs, it causes the release of insulin, which will cause the storage of your alcohol calories as fat. The constant insulin release will also make it very difficult to lose fat since your body has ample glycogen from the alcohol.

About The Author:

Former "skinny guy" Anthony Ellis is the author of Gaining Mass! The most widely used weight gain program in the world.

This unique program designed to help people gain weight and build muscle, is currently being used in over 90 countries and boasts the largest private weight gain forum on the Internet, with well over 13,000 members.

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