1. You have trouble counting past 5.
2. You volunteer to mop the floor as an excuse to sniff the ammonia.
3. You think the ‘wonder bra’ is a new bench press aid.
4. You feel the Space Shuttle is A Rich Peters promotional gimmick.
5. You’ve ever stolen the baby powder off the diaper changing table.
6. 2 out [...]
Gastrocs and hamstrings are made up of mostly fast twitch muscle fibers requiring mostly low rep training. While soleus and adductors are slow twitch in make-up and require 20 reps or higher for optimal stimulation.
The Two Greatest Contributors to ACL Ruptures is Weak VMO’s (Vastus Medialis Obliqus) and Weak Hamstrings To Quadriceps Ratios.
Chuck Sipes, a former Mr. America and helluva strongman / powerlifter, is known for his “Heavy Supports” training that he claimed helped build tendon and ligament strength and thusly increased joint stability and structural integrity. The truth of the matter, that it helped heighten the shutdown threshold the GTO (golgi tendon organ) that would have [...]
Lee James lifting for the silver Olympic medal – behind legendary David Rigert (USSR) in the 90KG class but above Atanas Shopov of rapidly gaining weightlifting powerhouse of Bulgaria.
The footage shows Lee James @ 1976 Olympics in Montreal. He did 165+197.5=362.5KG and took 2nd place in the 90KG class.
Lee James Slideshow
Weightlifting achievements
Silver Medalist in Olympic [...]
Someone can’t handle their juice… and I don’t mean orange.
The moral of the story is…
If you are remotely serious about strength training and really want to make the most of your potential, then these kinds of diluted, fru-fru, ho-hum, frilly gyms aren’t for you. Go find you a serious gym with serious lifters with the [...]
For those who can build up to a 30 second lowering phase (eccentric) on the pull up / chin up, you can be sure that the concentric phase will have gained one rep.
This is how it should be done!
The front squat is a basic movement and should be done hard and heavy and rarely is. We at ICON learn to master the front squat before we teach and push the back squat. For full thigh development without depending on any mis-engineered hack squat machine (just waiting to [...]
Larry Scott Bio
Larry Scott, “The Legend”, established and personified bodybuilding’s beach Adonis image, and duly became the sport’s Golden Boy after winning the IFBB Mr. America title in 1962 and the IFBB Mr. Universe in 1964. He was the first-ever IFBB Mr. Olympia in the contest’s initial two years of life, 1965 and 1966.
Joe Weider’s [...]
For over 20 years, Dr David Jenkins, Nutritional Scientist at the University of Toronto (UofT), and Canada’s largest food distributor, Loblaws Companies, have worked together to create appealing product lines with healthy food ingredients.
“Dr Jenkins’ research is different because he is working at a clinical level to see how food ingredients affect people’s health,” says [...]
JEFF EVERSON Ph.D.
…According to Jeff Everson, no one can be maximally healthy and fit unless they are free of disease, enjoy life, have balanced nutrition for optimum bodyweight and muscle, and they engage in systematic exercise combining weight training and aerobic exercise.
…To assist those ends, Jeff Everson developed Planet Muscle Television for the E! Entertainment [...]
Try a combination of reishi, licorice extract and phosphoytidylserine for a anti-catabolic cocktail. Phosphoytidylserine dosage is 300 mg twice daily, Reishi dosage is 3-6 caps three times a day after meals, and licorice extract is 5-15 grams daily spread throughout the day. This a great way to add to your ability to preserve muscle mass.
For Strength Increases, Your Best Supplement is High Dosages (5-7 grams) of Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALC).
The optimum diet for the human animal based on the nutritional requirements established during its
evolutionary path to its present form (the modern homo sapiens). The biologically appropriate diet.
(from donwiss.com) What Is The Paleo Diet?
Paleo is a simple dietary lifestyle that is based on foods being either in or out. In are the Paleolithic Era foods [...]
In this day and age of energy bars, protein powders and weight gain shakes, many athletes forget about “real” foods, such as peanut butter. Peanut butter, in my opinion, is one of the best sports foods around. It’s tasty, inexpensive, satisfying, nourishing and even good for our health. But all too often, I hear [...]
In this day and age of energy bars, protein powders and weight gain shakes, many athletes forget about “real” foods, such as peanut butter. Peanut butter, in my opinion, is one of the best sports foods around. It’s tasty, inexpensive, satisfying, nourishing and even good for our health. But all too often, I hear [...]
Dan Duchaine
Gluconeogenesis – meaning, “the creation of a new form of glucose” – is the process of making glucose (sugar) from its own breakdown products or from the breakdown products of lipids (fats) or proteins. Gluconeogenesis occurs mainly in the liver or kidney. It’s a “new form of glucose” because normally glucose-for-energy comes from carbohydrates.
Maintains [...]
1. Not enough Protein. Remember the old tried and true rule…AT LEAST ONE GRAM OF PROTEIN PER POUND OF BODYWEIGHT. It’s been around since the turn of the century (practically) and it still works. If you are a beginner or even an intermediate, this rule applies to you. It sets up an anti-catabolic effect, so the [...]
Don’t knock it till ya tried it!
Time: less than six minutes
What you’ll need:
-Instant cream of wheat
-2 scoops Designer Protein
-microwave-safe bowl
-nonfat milk (optional)
-sugar-free jam (optional)
-walnuts (optional)
Mix 1/2 cup of instant cream of wheat with 1.5 cups water in large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high for one-minute. Stir. microwave for 30 sec. Stir. Microwave for 30 sec. [...]
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