Extreme Muscle Enhancement 2nd Edition
by Carlon Colker; MD; FACN
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Author: Carlon Colker; MD; FACNEditor: William Kispert
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-24
ISBN: 0976459310
Number of pages: 358
Publisher: Prosource Publications
Book Reviews of Extreme Muscle Enhancement 2nd Edition
Book Review: Good book
Summary: 4 Stars
In the Second Edition of Colker's book, he doesn't address the most important question all bodybuilders should ask, which is why skeletal muscle grows in the first place. Knowing this will determine which supplements we buy, what foods we eat, etc. Without knowing the answer, we are simply buying things based on what ads recommend and we are effectively lifting in the darkness.
To save you from researching this topic your own, I've done my own research. Skeletal muscle grows in response to intense stimulation from the brain. All skeletal muscle does is contract and shorten: they are themselves inert and lifeless without stimulation. You can think of the brain as sending electricity which "jolts" the muscles and forces them to contract. The degree of stimulation will determine the degree of muscle contraction. We naturally vary the stimulation of our muscles when we lift up a glass as compared to when we use our muscles to lift a 100lb dumbbell. You can improve the strength of the electrical signal through mere practice or through visualization (this is hard to believe but true, lab studies have shown this). You can also improve the signal sent to your muscles simply by getting the proper amount of sleep each night.
Our muscles grow in response to injury - it is the destruction of the outer member of muscle cells. We are literally "killing" muscle cells and injuring our bodies (on purpose mind you). The damaged muscle cell will receive help from a stem cell, called a satellite cell, which will adopt itself into the muscle cell and make it grow in size. This is why muscle grows with intense exercise/intentional injury.
Since muscles grow from stem cells, this raises the question as to the role of supplementation and nutrition in skeletal muscle growth. In his book, Colker mentions the enzyme myostatin, which is a natural inhibitor of stem cell production. The people with this mutation are able to lift weights and injure muscle cells, but their body naturally produces so many stem cells that their muscles rapidly increase in size soon thereafter. Professional bodybuilders are known to have these mutations. There is an evolutionary advantage to not having this mutation and that is that individuals with large muscles require a higher metabolism, and this can be a detriment to living in an environment with limited food resources.
There is no evidence that amino acids, proteins, and other supplements increase the natural amount of stem cells (called satellite cells) in skeletal muscle - This means they may have no effect in muscle regeneration. The reader should keep in mind that mice and cows with the myostatin mutations grow huge from simply grazing or running on mouse wheels - they do not chug protein shakes and waste money on supplements like so many aspiring but misinformed bodybuilders.
Summary of Extreme Muscle Enhancement 2nd Edition
This second edition of Extreme Muscle Enhancement adds more than 100 pages of new information to the original book. Like the first edition, this comprehensive follow-up reveals the secrets of the bodybuilders who have succeeded at the highest levels. It tells you how to train, how often, what and when to eat, what supplements work and which ones don't. You'll also find new chapters on post-workout nutrition, including protein hydrolysates, the latest on synthetic anabolics, valuable posing tips, and championship secrets to competing and winning!Exercise & Fitness Books
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