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I know I just sent you Tom’s incredible article critiquing the TV show The Biggest Loser.  Well, I happened to just see this week’s episode.

Overall, I enjoyed it.  I won’t repeat Tom’s list of all the positives here.  But I do have one specific that astonished me…

One (more…)

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“Daddy, what’s that?” asked my daughter as I added a teaspoon of powder to my glass of milk.

“It’s called creatine,” I said, adding another half scoop.

“Why are you taking it?” she asked, really only half-interested.  What she really wanted to know was “when will you be done so (more…)

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Vegan and Vegetarian Overload!

If you subscribe to other fitness and muscle building groups, you are no doubt being inundated with talk about vegan and vegetarian diets.

I’m getting several emails every day from colleagues I otherwise respect highly for their fitness advice. And they are all asking me to (more…)

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fat belly don't do abs exercises

We all want nice abs.

But let me tell you, if your belly sticks out farther than your chest, then you are wasting your time with abs exercises.

As a guy, if you are 15% bodyfat or more, you aren’t going to see your abs even if you spend (more…)

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bodybuilding foodsEveryone seems to really like Tom’s posts so today I’m going to send you a link to a new article he wrote on his site.

Ever wonder what a champion bodybuilder – with an amazing physique – eats to promote both muscle growth and fat loss?

I bet a few (more…)

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If you’ve been into fitness for any length of time, you no doubt know how important nutrition is.  “You can’t out-train a bad diet” the saying goes.  Eating the right foods, in the right amounts (and at the right times) goes farther than your workout.    And a bad diet will (more…)

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I gave up caffeine.  Cold turkey.  Twice.

Yeah, caffeine has been shown to enhance performance in everything from sprinting, to 1 rep maximum weight lifting, to endurance running.  So why give it up?

I’ve had migraines for the past 15 yrs.

Let me back up.

Probably like you, I’ve had (more…)

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Editor’s note – There is so much monthly science news when it comes to muscle fitness, that it’s probably hard for you to keep up.  In these occasional posts, I’ll summarize various items of research in the past 90 days or so.  I’ll cite the official reports so that the (more…)

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