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How Muscles Work
by Craig C. Freudenrich, Ph.D.

Muscles are one of those things that most of us take completely for granted, but they are incredibly important for two key reasons:

Muscles are the "engine" that your body uses to propel itself. Although they work differently than a car engine or an electric motor, they do the same thing -- they turn energy into motion.

It would be impossible for you to do anything without your muscles. Absolutely everything that you conceive of with your brain is expressed as muscular motion. The only ways for you to express any idea are with the muscles of your larynx, mouth and tongue (spoken words), with the muscles of your fingers (written words or "talking with your hands"), or with the skeletal muscles (body language, dancing, running, building or fighting, to name a few).

Administrative problems

For the time being, while we try to get the main site back to normal, you can log on to the forums at (deleted) but please do not book mark this. As soon as the main site is back to normal the back up location will be deleted.
Thank you for your patience with this

UPDATEIt appears that everything is working on the proper site now and I have removed access to the backup address. Thank you for your patience.

Over 1000 hits a day now!

Big thanks to all the members of the GhostGym for driving the sites popularity up on a regular basis. As you can see from the snapshot below, we are now attracting over 1000 unique hits a day.

Improving your Grappling

Allow me to share with you my personal perspective on effective training methods. This perspective, I believe, will guide you along a path to becoming a more efficient grappler. It will also help you to discover what areas of training need the most attention in your training regimen.

There are three specific areas of training that will help you become a better grappler:

• technical knowledge,
• the development of physical and mental attributes
• the use of strategy.

Health Notes - Building Muscle

Building Muscle

You may have clicked on this article because you are new to the fitness scene and are browsing the web for tips, or you may have been working out for a while now and are reading for ways to improve your training. I hope this can help you. The first thing you need to know is that in order to build the most amount of muscle in the least amount of time (which I'm assuming you want to do) you need a consistant training program along with a consistant diet. Your diet will determine over 50% of the way your body is shaped. I've seen so many 'regulars' at the gym, and they always look the same as the months go by. Some of them are smoking outside after their hard workout, while I see others walking around campus carrying McDonald's bags. If you eat properly consistantly, you will get your results twice as fast. I explain eating properly in detail in my article Nutrition. If you havn't already, read that as a first step to building muscle. This section will now focus on the actual training half of the battle. First of all, especially if you have any injuries or health problems, you should consult your doctor before beginning a training program. Secondly, you should have a goal. What do you want? Are you a woman wanting to get slim and toned? Or a male wanting to get lean and strong? Are you an athlete wanting to add muscle for indurance? Or do you simply want to get into shape? This is important because it determines the type of workout you will be doing. I know you don't have a lot of time to read everything, so I'll divide this section into two sections: shaping and toning / size and strength.

Once again it is summer time and the script kiddies are here.

Every year, during the school holidays in the US/UK (where about 90% of our members come from) we suffer a deluge of attacks - all from people exploiting a known vulnerability. This is not a sign of their "skill" or their "elite" status as hackers, it simply means they can read a how-to guide and follow instructions.

1000 Members

The Board now seems to be going from strength to strenght, we have no broken the 1000 member barrier!

CONGRATULATIONS!

All this has happened, despite the deletion of 40 old accounts and the suspension of another 10! We are now getting around 150 new members a month! Nice.
I have had a few messages from people who dont seem to fully understand the way the memberships here are expired so please, read on.....

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At this time we neither need new sources or have the resources to cultivate new sources. In exceptional circumstances we will consider sources who have an established rep elsewhere joining the board but this is the exception.

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Creatine FAQ

What is Creatine? Creatine is a nutrient naturally found in all our bodies. It is a combination of 3 amino acids; arginine, glycine and methionine. Creatine helps provide the energy our muscles need to move, particularly quick and explosive movements. Muscle contraction is initially fuelled by ATP (adenosine-triphosphate ). There is only enough ATP to provide energy for approximately 10 seconds. For this energy system to continue, more ATP is required. Creatine phosphate gives up its phosphate molecule to ADP (adenosine-diphosphate), thus recreating ATP. Increasing the muscle's supply of creatine phosphate helps increase the rate in which the body can supply ATP. This increases the muscles capacity to do work and improves the energy efficiency of the muscle. Research shows Creatine to be effective in improving training intensity and recovery. It is able to pass through the gut wall (stomach) and into the bloodstream intact and upon entering the muscle cells, is converted into Creatine Phosphate (CP).