Guest guest Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Sat Nam, Please let me know what vitamins are we supposed to take for strengthening muscle . Thanks AKkama What are the most popular cars? Find out at Autos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Hello Akkama, it is not vitamins that strengthen muscles. Weight bearing exercises strengthen them and you need to eat enough good quality protein so you body can build muscle. (If you don't eat enough protein your body will use muscle for energy not fat or the energy you have consumed as food. This is why weight lifters use protein powders and eat lots of eggs and steak.) So protein and exercise are the key to building strong muscles If you want to build muscle size then lifting weights or yoga postures where you hold up your body will help. If it's just generally strength then just using your muscles a lot will suffice so any intensive activity like running will aslso help build strength.) If you find you are having frequent muscle cramps the mineral (minerals are different than vitamins) magnesium can help. However when you take supplements be sure that they're part of a balanced diet. It is always best to get vitamins and minerals from food blessings ovasoul > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Great!. This makes a lot of sense. Thanks for your response and all others as well. Yes, I was looking at general strength of the muscles. What are the foods which are rich in Magnesium? Thanks Akkama ovasoul <ovasoul wrote: Hello Akkama, it is not vitamins that strengthen muscles. Weight bearing exercises strengthen them and you need to eat enough good quality protein so you body can build muscle. (If you don't eat enough protein your body will use muscle for energy not fat or the energy you have consumed as food. This is why weight lifters use protein powders and eat lots of eggs and steak.) So protein and exercise are the key to building strong muscles If you want to build muscle size then lifting weights or yoga postures where you hold up your body will help. If it's just generally strength then just using your muscles a lot will suffice so any intensive activity like running will aslso help build strength.) If you find you are having frequent muscle cramps the mineral (minerals are different than vitamins) magnesium can help. However when you take supplements be sure that they're part of a balanced diet. It is always best to get vitamins and minerals from food blessings ovasoul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}..shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } Sat Nam Just a thought that comes to mind whenreading this, the extremely simple strength builder called Zuan Zhuang could beof benefit. Some call it Standing like a tree in English. It can be performed by standing in aspecific position (Kinda like a cowboy riding a horse) with knees bent and backstraight, arms shaped as if hugging a tree in front of you. Using this extremely simple exercise for10 to 20 minutes a day builds up a vast amounts of strength and strength butamazingly without building much muscle mass. Don’t be fooled by thesimplicity though, it gets quite demanding after 10 Mins. Kundaliniyoga [Kundaliniyoga] On Behalf Of akkamahadevi avanti Monday, February 27, 200610:14 PM Kundaliniyoga Re: Kundalini Yoga Re:Vitamins for muscular strength Great!. This makes a lot ofsense. Thanks for your response and all others as well. Yes, I waslooking at general strength of the muscles. What are the foods which are rich in Magnesium? Thanks Akkama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 hello Akkama, magnesium won't help strengthen muscles and you may well already get enough mangnesium in your diet (women are morely likely to need supplements). One or two small pieces of dark, 70% cocoa chocolate is a good source of magnesium (this is why women often crave chocolate around their menses) but milk chocolate and chocolate candies are not recommended. Swiss chard, spinach, pumpkin seeds (raw), sunflower and sesame seeds are all good sources of magnesium. If you start taking supplements or eating a lot of these things and then develop diarrhea it means you're ingesting too much magnesium. Magnesium works in balance with calcium and vitaminD so if you get out of balance with magnesium it will effect the absorption and use of calcium. You can find lots of information on the internet about the nutritional content of foods. I'd advise you to do a bit of research and to start understanding for yourself how what you eat effects your body. The most important things for building stronger muscles are exercise (it doesn't matter what you eat, if you don't exercise then you will just get fat not build muscle strength). Strength and endurance training require gradually building up your muscle strength and endurance through physical training. There is absolutely no other way. Eating proper amounts of protein is also important combined with weight and/or endurance training. Just taking magnesium supplements will do absolutely no good and may even do some harm if you don't know how to balance it with other vitamins and minerals. I would advise visiting a nutritionalist if you want to understand this further. blessings ovasoul Kundaliniyoga, akkamahadevi avanti <akku96 wrote: > > Great!. This makes a lot of sense. Thanks for your response and all others as well. Yes, I was looking at general strength of the muscles. > What are the foods which are rich in Magnesium? > Thanks > Akkama > > > ovasoul <ovasoul wrote: Hello Akkama, > it is not vitamins that strengthen muscles. Weight bearing exercises > strengthen them and you need to eat enough good quality protein so you > body can build muscle. (If you don't eat enough protein your body will > use muscle for energy not fat or the energy you have consumed as food. > This is why weight lifters use protein powders and eat lots of eggs > and steak.) So protein and exercise are the key to building strong > muscles If you want to build muscle size then lifting weights or > yoga postures where you hold up your body will help. If it's just > generally strength then just using your muscles a lot will suffice so > any intensive activity like running will aslso help build strength.) > If you find you are having frequent muscle cramps the mineral > (minerals are different than vitamins) magnesium can help. However > when you take supplements be sure that they're part of a balanced > diet. It is always best to get vitamins and minerals from food > blessings > ovasoul > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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