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		<title>Fitness Programs Inspired by Criminal Workouts From Prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post by Elaine Hirsch Working out can be overwhelming for many people. Stepping into a weight room, you&#39;ll find a plethora of weights, machines, and contraptions which can cause more confusion than the training they provide. Today, a shift towards working out with less equipment and free-flowing techniques, such as Zumba are becoming prominent. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Working out can be overwhelming for many people. Stepping into a weight room, you&#39;ll find a plethora of weights, machines, and contraptions which can cause more confusion than the training they provide. Today, a shift towards working out with less equipment and free-flowing techniques, such as <a href="http://www.zumba.com/" target="_blank">Zumba</a> are becoming prominent. Another source of inspiration comes from the workouts used by prisoners, where according to <a href="http://www.criminology.com/" target="_blank">Criminology</a> Degree, the number of prisoners continues to increase year-over-year.</p>
<p>	MIND<br />
	With little to do yet many spare hours to occupy oneself, a mental rigidity towards the training of your physical body is a natural outcome of this harsh environment. The best inspiration for creating a rock-hard body is staying alive. Borrow this mindset from the inmate and you will begin to sculpt a healthy body.</p>
<p>	BODY<br />
	The best part of the prison inspired exercises is that they are all weight bearing. Meaning, one does not need barbells, dumbbells or big costly machines to create a solid steel body. These exercises use one&rsquo;s own body weight and a space range of no more than 3&#39; by 5.&#39;</p>
<p>	Pull-Ups<br />
	Find a sturdy bar that is higher than your own head and grasp tightly. Let your arms straighten as you hang. Then, slowly pull your chin up to meet the bar. Be sure to keep your elbows close to your body when you bring your chin up to the bar.</p>
<p>	Seated Triceps<br />
	Sit on the floor with your legs in front, knees bent and feet on ground. Place each hand on floor alongside your buttocks with fingers pointed straight ahead. Situate yourself so you can lift your body up so only your hands and feet are touching the ground. With arms slightly bent, dip your body down and then up as you straighten arms.</p>
<p>	Squat Jumps<br />
	Standing, bend knees and place hands on ground as if you are in a crouching position. Jump straight up and upon landing immediately resume the starting position. Attempt to touch the ceiling on your jump. Attempt to become as small and tiny as possible on your crouching position.</p>
<p>	Push-Ups<br />
	The classic push-up must be a part of the prison inspired workout. If you ignore all other upper body exercises, do this one every day. Push-ups work all the muscles in the back, chest and arms so daily sets of about 15 reps will work wonders for one&rsquo;s state of rip-ness.</p>
<p>	Plank<br />
	Yoga has given the exercise world some pretty great things but the Plank may be the ultimate exercise of all times. Begin the Plank as though you were attempting to do a push-up but do not dip down. Alignment is everything with the Plank so aim for a totally straight body in which your buttocks are not higher than your back or dipping towards the floor.</p>
<p>	SOUL<br />
	When one&rsquo;s body is tended to, one&rsquo;s soul becomes calmer and more at peace. The prisoner knows all too well the soul searching that is undertaken during those long periods of isolation. Carve out time every day to experience this soul work. Isolate yourself from the world around you, if only for 20 minutes. Finally, take time to give thanks for the freedoms you do have to do these workouts in your own space. <br />
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		<title>Jack LaLanne Dead at 96</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billspaced</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my boyhood idols growing up was none other than Jack LaLanne. I remember watching Jack&#39;s TV show with my grandmother. She followed right along with him and so did I! Jack LaLanne died yesterday from complications from pneumonia. It&#39;s a wicked death. Same way my grandfather died. But let&#39;s not be sad. Let&#39;s [...]]]></description>
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<p>Jack LaLanne died yesterday from complications from pneumonia. It&#39;s a wicked death. Same way my grandfather died.</p>
<p>But let&#39;s not be sad. Let&#39;s celebrate LaLanne and all he stood for!</p>
<p>In that light, here&#39;s a great video from the old Jack LaLanne television show about always being tired. This one is timeless; the 3 causes of being &quot;pooped out&quot; are laid out by the immortal one, simply and perfectly.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Muscle Building Plateau?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 15:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billspaced</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This question was asked on Yahoo Answers and my answer was chosen as the best. By the way, the Stair Step Training System virtually eliminates any chance of a prolonged plateau, simply by forcing periodic short plateaus! Muscle Building Plateau? I am fourteen and have been trying to improve my overall muscle build so that [...]]]></description>
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<h1 class="subject">Muscle Building Plateau?</h1>
<div class="content">I am fourteen and have been trying to improve my overall muscle build so that i do not seem so small. I have been training for about a month and a half now, about 4 to 5 times a week, one hour a day. I have defiantly seen results with my workouts. However it seems in the last few workouts ive been to, i dont feel the &#39;burn&#39; of weight lifting (especially in my biceps and chest). I think i may have hit a plateau and was wondering what I should do to help get out of it.</div>
<h2><span>Best Answer</span> &#8211; Chosen by Asker</h2>
<div class="content">Age notwithstanding (we&#39;ll get to that in a minute), I would suggest that you cut down on your workout frequency as well as your volume per workout. Train 3 days per week for no more than 30 minutes per workout. Train with more intensity, never taking more than a minute between sets.</p>
<p>	Hit the big bodyparts and don&#39;t worry about the &quot;showy&quot; muscles like the biceps. They&#39;ll grow much bigger and stronger simply by socking it to the chest, back, and quads.</p>
<p>	Do squats, bench presses and dips, pullups, pulldowns, and rows. Do some military presses for the delts. That&#39;s really all you ought to be doing. Do 2-3 sets per exercise. Full body workouts are best at this stage.</p>
<p>	Make sure you&#39;re eating sufficiently (i.e., a lot) &#8211; beef, poultry, fish, milk, and eggs are your best sources of protein. Oats, rice, yams, and veggies are your energy sources.</p>
<p>	Get as much sleep as you can, with 9 hours being ideal. You&#39;re about to experience a growth spurt, in both height and possibly weight &#8211; your body grows when it sleeps. If you don&#39;t get enough sleep, your body will not grow or recover from intense workouts.</p>
<p>	Now, let&#39;s talk about your age. I&#39;ve seen lots of guys begin lifting even younger than you. And many grow very big and strong. However, I think going really heavy and doing anything close to single rep max weights is really counter-productive. Stick to sets of 10 reps and don&#39;t do any of the so-called &quot;high intensity&quot; stuff like forced reps, negatives, drop sets, or rest-pause. It&#39;s just too much.</p>
<p>	Even better is to stick to body weight exercises like pushups, chins, and single-leg squats, and go for reps. You won&#39;t get massive, but you will get an athletic body. A few years down the road, you could add in some heavier lifts to add a lot of size, but for now, go for the wide receiver body.</p>
<p>	Your joints will thank you later on in life. Trust me on this.</p></div>
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		<title>Back to My Old Standby: 3-Day 2-Way Split</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 10:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billspaced</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, I&#39;ve done a lot of experimentation with different split routines. I&#39;ve tried: 5-days-a-week, training one major bodypart per workout (not enough frequency) 4-day 2-way split, using the Push-Pull concept (workouts were too long) 3 full body workouts per week (I was pooped before I got to the end) 6-day 2-way split [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><div class='shareaholic-like-buttonset' style='float:none;height:30px;'><a class='shareaholic-fblike' data-shr_layout='button_count' data-shr_showfaces='false' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Fblog.muscle-build.com%2F46538%2Fback-to-my-old-standby-3-day-2-way-split%2F' data-shr_title='Back+to+My+Old+Standby%3A+3-Day+2-Way+Split'></a><a class='shareaholic-googleplusone' data-shr_size='medium' data-shr_count='true' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Fblog.muscle-build.com%2F46538%2Fback-to-my-old-standby-3-day-2-way-split%2F' data-shr_title='Back+to+My+Old+Standby%3A+3-Day+2-Way+Split'></a><a class='shareaholic-tweetbutton' data-shr_count='none' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Fblog.muscle-build.com%2F46538%2Fback-to-my-old-standby-3-day-2-way-split%2F' data-shr_title='Back+to+My+Old+Standby%3A+3-Day+2-Way+Split'></a></div><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>Over the past year, I&#39;ve done a lot of experimentation with different split routines. I&#39;ve tried:</p>
<ul>
<li>5-days-a-week, training one major bodypart per workout (not enough frequency)</li>
<li>4-day 2-way split, using the Push-Pull concept (workouts were too long)</li>
<li>3 full body workouts per week (I was pooped before I got to the end)</li>
<li>6-day 2-way split (too much frequency)</li>
<li>4-day 3-way split (this one was pretty cool but didn&#39;t offer the frequency I needed, but it&#39;s great if you have a weak bodypart and are trying to build strength)</li>
</ul>
<p>Now I&#39;m back to my old standard, working out 3 days a week on a 2-way split. I train Torso one day, Legs &amp; Arms the other, alternating between the two every other day (like Monday-Wednesday-Friday). On weeks where I&#39;m only training a bodypart once, I train HARD &amp; HEAVY. Or maybe just HARD.</p>
<p>On weeks where I train a bodypart 2 times in the week, I may choose one day to train HEAVY, the other day with high reps.</p>
<p>There&#39;s a lot of flexibility built in to the system. During bulking phases, I just train with weights. During cutting phases, I add in cardio on off-days and/or after my weight workouts. It&#39;s pretty cool.</p>
<p>It&#39;s funny to me that I keep coming back to this split. Not so funny is that I make my best gains with this system. This is the system I used to pack on 60 pounds of rock-solid muscle in less than a year. I talk more about that at <a href="http://www.hard-gainers-manifesto.com" target="_blank">Hardgainer&#39;s Manifesto</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Lazy Man’s Way to Help Your Heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 13:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billspaced</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post by Alana D. Richardson One great way to lower one&#8217;s cholesterol is through a reliable exercise routine. If you want to get really good results, you need to engage in daily exercise. Daily exercise, however, can be difficult for people who juggle a lot of roles in life. Then again, regular exercise is [...]]]></description>
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<p>One great way to lower one&rsquo;s cholesterol is through a reliable exercise routine. If you want to get really good results, you need to engage in daily exercise. Daily exercise, however, can be difficult for people who juggle a lot of roles in life. Then again, regular exercise is still possible if you have tried and tested tips to get you to fit it in your life.</p>
<p><strong>Starting the Routine</strong><br />
	It is best to take it slow if you have not exercised in a long time. Succumbing to a very intense schedule is not an advisable thing to do. Ideally, you should exercise five days a week. Usually, people get burned out if they plunge into a strenuous routine at once. One good thing to do is to get in touch with your doctor regarding health problems, as well as the kind of exercise necessary to improve one&rsquo;s personal condition. It is best to view exercise as something that you really need to do. Always put it in your schedule in the same way you make time for your dentist or your doctor. It also helps to add a mix of varied exercises and activities spread out through your week so you do not get bored of doing the same thing over and over again.</p>
<p><strong>Other Important Factors <br />
	</strong>To vary your exercise regimen, you can even add active daily chore routines to it. Vacuuming, washing the car, cutting and raking leaves and grass are all household chores that count as exercise. Strive to look for many opportunities to perform exercises in various ways. For example, you can take the stairs as opposed to riding the elevator for an exercise routine. This exercise can strengthen your heart and build up your leg muscles. Also, try taking the longer route as you go about life&rsquo;s many activities. Bust out those running shoes when walking distances instead of riding your car on your way there. Walking is a great way to lower cholesterol levels while losing weight. When you park at the store, make sure you park it further away to rack up some walking distance.</p>
<p><strong>Having Time&nbsp; <br />
	</strong>Some people just can&#39;t seem to find the time to fit 30-60 minutes of solid exercise into their daily schedule. You could, on the other hand, break up the workout into ten to fifteen minute chunks of time and you will still achieve results. This method of exercising is proven to be quite effective. Engaging in regular exercise is a great way to lower your cholesterol and strengthen your heart in many fun ways. Throw in the extra benefits you can get from strengthening, weight loss and a stable sense of emotional well-being to discover the great results of it.</p>
<p><em><strong>About the Author</strong> &#8211; Alana D. Richardson is the author of the <a href="http://www.mediterraneanbook.com/low-cholesterol-diet" target="_blank">low cholesterol diet sheet</a> blog focused on the preservation of the Italian healthy eating traditions to inform people on heart diseases and unhealthy eating habits.</p>
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		<title>HOLY GRAIL BODY &#8211; Too Good to Miss</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 13:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billspaced</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is just a quick reminder to let you know that today is the last day on the special 3-day offer where you can get &#8220;The Holy Grail Body Transformation System&#34; for free at: Holy Grail Body Transformation The Holy Grail is Tom Venuto&#39;s new 74 page ebook that is destined to set the record [...]]]></description>
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<p>	<a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/go/holy-grail/" target="_blank">Holy Grail Body Transformation</a></p>
<p>	The Holy Grail is Tom Venuto&#39;s new 74 page ebook that is destined to set the record straight in such a way that you could say it&#39;s the LAST WORD on gaining muscle and burning fat at the same time. </p>
<p>	Tom has competed in bodybuilding 28 times, going through season after season of gaining muscle and competition after competition of getting cut &#8211; sometimes as low as 4% body fat or less. </p>
<p>	So, when a guy like Tom speaks about losing fat AND gaining muscle, you definitely want to hear what he has to say. </p>
<p>	From now until midnight (PST) tonight, you can get a copy of the &ldquo;Holy Grail body transformation system&quot; PDF ebook format, absolutely free when you purchase Tom&rsquo;s Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle e-book from:</p>
<p>	<a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/go/holy-grail/" target="_blank">Holy Grail Body Transformation</a></p>
<p>	Burn The Fat is often referred to as &ldquo;the bible of fat burning nutrition&rdquo; and if you don&rsquo;t have a copy yet, then this is a better opportunity than ever because you will get the new ebook as a bonus along with the classic best selling Burn The Fat program. </p>
<p>	This offer is almost over, so I highly recommend you visit the Burn The Fat website today and jump on this deal while you still can. Tom doesn&#39;t make offers like this often, and this is one you don&#39;t want to miss. </p>
<p>	Here&rsquo;s the link again: </p>
<p>	<a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/go/holy-grail/" target="_blank">Holy Grail Body Transformation</a></p>
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		<title>How to Gain Muscle and Lose Fat at the Same Time (Limited Time Offer)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 13:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billspaced</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can I gain muscle and lose fat at the same time? That&#8217;s right up there with &#8220;How do I get six pack abs&#8221; as one of the most frequently asked fitness questions of all time. The problem is, when you ask it, you get all kinds of conflicting answers &#8211; even from experts who [...]]]></description>
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<p>	The problem is, when you ask it, you get all kinds of conflicting answers &#8211; even from experts who are supposed to know these things. </p>
<p>	So what&rsquo;s the deal? Is it really possible to lose fat and build muscle at the same time? </p>
<p>	There&#39;s now a definitive answer, which is backed by science and real world case studies: </p>
<p>	<strong>YES </strong>- you can gain muscle and lose fat at the same time! </p>
<p>	Natural bodybuilder and fat loss expert Tom Venuto has just published a new ebook on the subject that explains it in detail, called: </p>
<p>	<a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/go/holy-grail/" target="_blank">The Holy Grail Body Transformation Program</a>: how to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time</p>
<p>	You&#39;ve probably heard me speak about Tom Venuto before. I have so much respect for his work, and I think everyone should follow what he&rsquo;s doing as well&#8230; </p>
<p>	Tom has definitely hit a home run again with this new &quot;holy grail&quot; book. </p>
<p>	The Holy Grail is a 74 page ebook that is destined to set the record straight in a way that you could say it&#39;s the LAST WORD on gaining muscle and burning fat at the same time; </p>
<p>	It&#39;s impressively referenced with peer-reviewed research and frankly, it just makes sense. </p>
<p>	New discoveries in the emerging sciences of within-day energy balance, nutritional periodization, nutrient timing and natural hormonal manipulation have pointed the way to a proven method of achieving simultaneous muscle gain with fat loss&#8230; </p>
<p>	&#8230;and it&#39;s NOT what most people think! </p>
<p>	There&#39;s NO magical workout program or supplement that assures you of gaining muscle while stripping off fat. It takes hard work. </p>
<p>	This is not an easy goal to achieve &#8211; So if you&#39;re looking for magic bullets, go elsewhere. This is a serious, scientific and very strategic program. </p>
<p>	But for anyone who is serious about getting leaner AND more muscular, you just have to take a look. </p>
<p>	Here&#39;s a sample of what you&#39;ll learn inside the <a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/go/holy-grail/" target="_blank">Holy Grail Body Transformation System ebook</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Why you MUST understand &quot;energy partitioning&quot; &#8211; the fat burning, muscle-building process BEYOND CALORIES-IN vs CALORIES OUT! (page 13)</li>
<li>The keys to forcing your body to drive energy and protein INTO MUSCLE CELLS and pull calories OUT OF FAT CELLS! (page 13) </li>
<li>The power of hormones to dramatically shift fat to muscle&#8230; discover what steps you must take to achieve hormonal control for maximum muscle growth and fat loss (page 13)</li>
<li>The 4 &quot;X-Factors&quot; of concurrent muscle gain and fat loss &#8211; these are the special conditions that allow above average muscle gains while losing fat at the same time (page 9)</li>
<li>The 5 &quot;X2-Factors&quot; that influence your ability to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time; They all depend on your current body composition (lean or fat) and dieting status (dieted down or not dieted down)&#8230; Depending on which category you&#39;re in, it can totally change your approach (page 11)</li>
<li>How to choose the right body transformation goal: should you focus on burning fat, gaining muscle or doing both at the same time? (page 14) </li>
<li>How to steal the proven system of training periodization from world class athletes and apply it to your muscle-building and fat-burning goals&#8230; </li>
<li>How nutritional periodization might be the single biggest breakthrough for building muscle and burning fat at the same time &#8211; This is HUGE! (page 17-21)</li>
<li>5 post-workout nutrition strategies to improve muscle growth and optimize recovery from your workouts&#8230; (page 23)</li>
<li>Carb tapering and carb targeting strategies explained for 2010&#8230; These are the latest updates to the time-tested techniques used by some of the best bodybuilders, fitness models and figure competitors in the world (page 24-25)</li>
<li>Cycle dieting techniques under the microscope&#8230; find out which methods work and which ones will actually make you fatter (pge 27) </li>
<li>4 reasons why cardio can help you gain more muscle and lose fat at the same time, if you do it right&#8230; and why you will get weaker and smaller if you do it wrong (page 33)</li>
<li>8 carb-cycling menu plans &#8230; all DONE FOR YOU, laid out meal by meal, calculated for precision and results (appendix 1)</li>
<li>Burn the Fat Foods 2.0: &#8230; the official new calorie and nutrient data base &#8211; it&#39;s a CLEAN EATING food list &#8211; NO JUNK This is the list of foods you SHOULD eat&#8230; (appendix 3)</li>
<li>Tom Venuto&#39;s NEW WORKOUT SYSTEM &#8211; &quot;TNB&quot; Training &#8211; As Seen in Men&#39;s Fitness Magazine &#8230; the perfect way to train while following the Holy Grail nutrition plan (FREE BONUS! See bonus section)</li>
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<p>Here&#39;s the deal: </p>
<p>From now until Midnight (PST), May 13th, 2010, you can get a copy of the Holy Grail Body Transformation program ebook absolutely FREE when you purchase the Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle e-book from this web page: </p>
<p><a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/go/holy-grail/" target="_blank">Holy Grail Body Transformation System</a></p>
<p>Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle is the &quot;bible of fat loss&quot; for tens of thousands of men and women in over 144 countries worldwide and if you don&#39;t have a copy yet, then this is a better opportunity than ever because you can get the Holy Grail ebook as a bonus along with the Burn The Fat program. This offer expires on May 13th, 2010 at midnight PST and it will be taken off the market for at least a couple of months before it goes up for sale on its own, so I highly recommend you visit the Burn The Fat website now and jump on this great deal while you still can. </p>
<p>	<strong>You may have already heard of Tom&#39;s Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle book before, so if you already have it, the other way you can get his new Holy Grail program is by joining the <a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/go/burn-the-fat-inner-circle/" target="_blank">Burn the Fat Inner Circle</a> &#8211; all members there are also getting access to it this week up until Thursday the 13th. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Plus, I&#39;m giving away a whole bunch of stuff if you buy <a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/go/holy-grail/" target="_blank">Holy Grail Body Transformation System</a> by the end of the day, May 13. Check out my <a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/46491/super-bonus-promotion-buy-burn-the-fat-get-a-ton-of-free-material-from-me/">Super Bonus page</a>.</p>
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		<title>Weird Fitness Contest Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 07:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billspaced</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost everyone knows about the Biggest Loser &#8211; that reality show / weight loss contest on TV where overweight people drop ridiculous amounts of weight &#8211; like 15 or 20 lbs in a week, and 150 or 200 lbs by the time the show is over. This past January the guys at over at the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><div class='shareaholic-like-buttonset' style='float:none;height:30px;'><a class='shareaholic-fblike' data-shr_layout='button_count' data-shr_showfaces='false' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Fblog.muscle-build.com%2F46501%2Fweird-fitness-contest-results%2F' data-shr_title='Weird+Fitness+Contest+Results'></a><a class='shareaholic-googleplusone' data-shr_size='medium' data-shr_count='true' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Fblog.muscle-build.com%2F46501%2Fweird-fitness-contest-results%2F' data-shr_title='Weird+Fitness+Contest+Results'></a><a class='shareaholic-tweetbutton' data-shr_count='none' data-shr_href='http%3A%2F%2Fblog.muscle-build.com%2F46501%2Fweird-fitness-contest-results%2F' data-shr_title='Weird+Fitness+Contest+Results'></a></div><div style="clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 100%;"></div><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>Almost everyone knows about the Biggest Loser &#8211; that reality show / weight loss contest on TV where overweight people drop ridiculous amounts of weight &#8211; like 15 or 20 lbs in a week, and 150 or 200 lbs by the time the show is over. </p>
<p>	This past January the guys at over at the Burn the Fat websites completed their first ever body transformation challenge contest. </p>
<p>	But their contest was NOTHING like the Biggest Loser. </p>
<p>	In fact, Josh Ketter, the overall men&#39;s winner, and Ryan Cochrane, one of the finalists, only lost a pound. </p>
<p>	Now, you must be thinking, &quot;What the heck kind of weird body transformation contest were they running where the winner and the finalists only drop a pound? </p>
<p>	Well, it would seem weird if you thought that success at body transformation meant dropping weight on the scale. </p>
<p>	But did you ever stop to think about the difference between fat weight and muscle weight? </p>
<p>	Think about it &#8211; if those contestants on the Biggest Loser gain muscle &#8211; they get penalized, right? </p>
<p>	Penalize someone for gaining muscle? </p>
<p>	Shouldn&#39;t contestants be REWARDED for gaining muscle as well as burning fat? </p>
<p>	That&#39;s the problem with weight loss contests today and with a lot of people in the industry in general &#8211; they are obsessed with scale weight but they don&#39;t pay any attention to body composition (the fat-to-muscle ratio). </p>
<p>	Of course, some of the contestants in that contest did drop a lot of fat &#8211; 15, 20, even 25 lbs in only 50 days. But the person who dropped the most pounds was NOT necessarily voted as the winner. </p>
<p>	That explains how the judging was done &#8211; some of the winners were rewarded because they made tremendous improvements in their body composition, even though their scale weight didn&#39;t change that much. </p>
<p>	Josh lost 8 pounds of fat and gained 7 pounds of muscle in just 50 days. He only lost a pound on the scale because the muscle weight replaced the fat weight. </p>
<p>	Ryan Cochrane lost 8 pounds of fat while gaining 7.7 lbs of muscle in 50 days. His weight hardly changed. </p>
<p>	Sarah Kensington actually GAINED a pound, from 119 to 120 but her body fat decreased from 19% to a ripped 12.6%. That&#39;s a 7.9 pound GAIN in lean body mass and a 7 pound loss of body fat &#8211; remarkable for a MAN, almost unheard of for a woman! </p>
<p>	When you look at their before and after pictures, you can see that even though their weight changed by less than a pound, they TOTALLY TRANSFORMED THEIR BODIES! </p>
<p>	How? </p>
<p>	They gained muscle and lost fat at the same time! </p>
<p>	Maybe you&#39;re thinking, &quot;Wait a minute, I thought it was impossible to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time? Don&#39;t you need a calorie deficit to burn fat and a calorie surplus to build muscle?&quot; </p>
<p>	Well, yes and no. Calories do matter, but according to fat loss expert Tom Venuto, the guy who sponsored the recent body composition fitness contest, it&#39;s much more complicated than that because of things like within-day energy balance, hormonal fluctuations and &quot;energy partitioning.&quot; </p>
<p>	It was these unusual contest results that prompted Tom to dig into the scientific research on concurrent muscle gain and fat loss and create a new program that he calls: <br />
	<strong><br />
	&quot;THE HOLY GRAIL BODY TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM: How to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time&quot; </strong></p>
<p>	This is not an easy goal to achieve &#8211; So I&#39;m sorry, but I have no miracle for you. If you&#39;re looking for magic bullets, go elsewhere. This is a serious and very strategic program. </p>
<p>	Concurrent muscle gain and fat loss is the most difficult goal to achieve. </p>
<p>	That&#39;s why people call it the &quot;holy grail&quot;; because it&#39;s so elusive. </p>
<p>	BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE: IT IS POSSIBLE. </p>
<p>	I&#39;m sure you&#39;ve heard this subject debated ad nauseum on discussion forums. Those debates probably left you confused and not sure what to believe either. </p>
<p>	This new ebook sets the record straight in such a way that you could say it&#39;s the LAST WORD on gaining muscle and burning fat at the same time; it&#39;s impressively referenced with peer-reviewed research and frankly, it just makes sense. </p>
<p>	Tom Venuto&#39;s previous best selling ebook, Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle (BFFM) has become known to many as a &quot;fat loss bible.&quot; </p>
<p>	<a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/go/holy-grail/" target="_blank">Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle</a></p>
<p>	But BFFM is designed specifically for fat loss. What if you want to lose fat AND gain muscle? </p>
<p>	That&#39;s exactly why this new program was created. </p>
<p>	It&#39;s the first course of its kind that builds on the techniques of BFFM and teaches a system for gaining muscle and burning fat simultaneously, and explains the process scientifically. </p>
<p>	If you&#39;re skeptical, I don&#39;t blame you. Even I was skeptical when I heard about it. </p>
<p>	But when you see BOTH real-world case studies AND the scientific proof, it makes you want to stop and take a look. </p>
<p>	Right now the 1st edition of Tom&rsquo;s new HOLY GRAIL body transformation ebook is available for just the next 3 days in limited release. </p>
<p>	It&#39;s actually not even for sale separately yet. </p>
<p>	What Tom decided to do was offer the Holy Grail ebook as a bonus with the purchase of his Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle ebook. </p>
<p>	<a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/go/holy-grail/" target="_blank">The Holy Grail</a> ebook is available only until Thursday, May 13th, 2010) </p>
<p>	On May 14th, he&#39;s going to take the Holy Grail course off the market for a while, to correspond with some of his new customers and collect feedback and case studies to incorporate in the 2nd edition. </p>
<p>	Then <a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/go/holy-grail/" target="_blank">The Holy Grail</a> ebook will be officially re-released later this year at the regular retail price. </p>
<p>	So, this is a great opportunity to pick up Tom&#39;s fat loss bible AND get the Holy Grail ebook for free at the same time. </p>
<p>	If you&#39;d like to be in this first wave of people to try this new combined muscle-building and fat burning system, this is the ONLY way to order at the moment: <a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/go/holy-grail/" target="_blank">The Holy Grail</a></p>
<p>	Purchase a copy of Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle, and the HOLY GRAIL body transformation ebook comes along with BFFM for free. </p>
<p>I&#39;ve added in a killer bonus package, too, that you don&#39;t want to miss. <a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/46491/super-bonus-promotion-buy-burn-the-fat-get-a-ton-of-free-material-from-me/" target="_blank">Details here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Super Bonus Promotion: Buy Burn the Fat, Get a TON of FREE Material from Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 06:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billspaced</dc:creator>
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<p><strong>Buy Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle by pro bodybuilder Tom Venuto and get all this for FREE -</strong></p>
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<li>The Holy Grail Body Transformation System (learn more about this <a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/46488/how-to-gain-muscle-and-lose-fat-at-the-same-time/" target="_blank">killer fat-burning and muscle-building system here</a>),</li>
<li>Foods that Burn Fat,</li>
<li>Foods that Turn to Fat,</li>
<li>The A food B food lecture: How to get good grades on your food choices,</li>
<li>FREE Updates to the Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle,</li>
<li>How To Measure Your Body Fat in The Privacy of Your Own Home,</li>
<li>The Hardgainer Manifesto,</li>
<li>Mega Arms,</li>
<li>Muscle-Building Meal Plans,</li>
<li>Body Transformation Tracker,</li>
<li>Exclusive access to the <a href="http://forum.muscle-build.com" target="_blank">Muscle-Build.com User Forum</a></li>
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<p>I won&#39;t put a phony value on these bonuses. I will tell you, however, that I sell #7, #8, and #11 for a combined total of $74.</p>
<p>Here&#39;s how this works:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Use <a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/go/holy-grail/" target="_blank">THIS LINK</a> to buy Burn the Fat<br />
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<li>Get Bonuses #1 through #6 instantly delivered to your email inbox</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.muscle-build.com/contact/">Email me</a> with your ClickBank receipt # (put Holy Grail in the Subject line) and I&#39;ll set you up with #7 through #11. I&#39;ll ask you to fill out a form; once you do, I&#39;ll send you the bonus package.</li>
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<p><strong>Note that The Holy Grail promotion from Ton is only good through May 13</strong>. After that, he shuts it down and sells it by itself for $47 (maybe more, who knows).</p>
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		<title>How To Gain Muscle And Lose Fat At The Same Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 20:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billspaced</dc:creator>
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<p style="text-align: left;">That&rsquo;s right up there with &ldquo;How do I get six pack abs&rdquo; as one of the most frequently asked fitness questions of all time. The problem is, when you ask it, you get all kinds of conflicting answers &#8211; even from experts who are supposed to know these things. So what&rsquo;s the deal? Is it really possible to lose fat and build muscle simultaneously?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><b>Short answer: Yes, you can gain muscle and lose fat at the &ldquo;same time.&rdquo; </b></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><b>Long answer: It&rsquo;s difficult and it&rsquo;s complicated. Allow me to explain&#8230; </b></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">First we have the issue of whether you really lose fat and gain muscle at the &ldquo;same time.&rdquo;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Well, yes, if your definition of the &ldquo;same time&rdquo; is say, a month or 12 weeks. But in that case, you&rsquo;re probably not gaining muscle at the &ldquo;same time&rdquo; literally speaking, as in, right now this very moment you are reading this, or 7 days a week, 24 hours a day for months in a row.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The best explanation for what&rsquo;s really happening is that you alternate between periods of caloric surplus (anabolism) and caloric deficit (catabolism) and the net result is a gain in muscle and a loss in body fat.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">You see, if you stay in a calorie surplus, it&rsquo;s the body&rsquo;s natural tendency for body fat and lean body mass to go up together. And if you stay in a calorie deficit, it&rsquo;s your body&rsquo;s natural tendency for body fat and lean body mass to go down together.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">There may be exceptions, but the general rule is that it is very difficult to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time &#8211; the mechanisms are mostly antagonistic to one another. When it does happen, it&rsquo;s almost always the result of &ldquo;unusual conditions&rdquo; &#8211; I call them X factors.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><b>The 4 X-Factors</b></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><u>The first X-factor is &ldquo;training age&rdquo; </u>. Ever hear of &ldquo;newbie gains?&rdquo; The less trained your body is and the further you are from your genetic potential, the easier it is to gain muscle. The reverse is also true &#8211; an advanced bodybuilder with 20 years experience would be thrilled just to gain a few pounds of solid dry muscle in a year!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><u>The second x factor is muscle memory.</u> It&rsquo;s easier to regain muscle you&rsquo;ve lost than it is to gain new muscle in the first place (ergo, the fat out of shape semi retired bodybuilder who starts training again and blows up and gets ripped &ldquo;overnight&rdquo;).</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><u>The third X factor is genetics (or somatotype).</u> Ever heard of the &ldquo;genetic freak?&rdquo; That&rsquo;s the dude who sprouts muscle like weeds even when he&rsquo;s on the &ldquo;50-50 diet&rdquo; (50% McDonald&rsquo;s and 50% pizza)&hellip; and he never gets fat. (That dude chose the right parents!)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><u>The fourth X factor is drugs.</u> It would stun (or sadden) you if you knew how many people take performance and physique-enhancing drugs. I&rsquo;m not just talking about pro bodybuilders, I&rsquo;m talking about &ldquo;Joe six pack&rdquo; in the gym &#8211; not to mention those fitness models you idolize in the magazines. How did they get large muscle gains with concurrent fat loss? Chemicals.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I&rsquo;m not a gambling man, but I&rsquo;ll place a wager on this any day: I&rsquo;ll bet that in 99% of the cases of large muscle gains with concurrent large fat losses, one or more of these x factors were present.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">That&rsquo;s not all! There are actually 5 more X factors related to your body composition and diet status (the X2 factors). But I&rsquo;ll have to talk about those later.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">So you&rsquo;re not a beginner, you don&rsquo;t take roids, you&rsquo;re not a genetic freak and you have no muscle memory to take advantage of. Are you S.O.L? Well, I do want you to be realistic about your goals, but&hellip;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><b>There IS a way for the average person to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time.</b></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The Secret: You have to change your <i>&ldquo;temporal perspective!&rdquo;</i></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Traditionally nutritionists and fitness pros have only looked at calorie balance in terms of 24 hour periods. At midnight, you could tally up the calories like a shopkeeper closing out his register, and if the balance were positive, you&rsquo;d say you were in a surplus for the day. If the balance were negative, you&rsquo;d say you were in a deficit for the day.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">But it&rsquo;s entirely possible that you might pass through periods of &ldquo;within-day&rdquo; surplus where you were in a highly anabolic state (for example, you eat the biggest, highest carb meal of the day after your workout), and you were in a deficit the rest of the day.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">If you did intense weight training, and you timed your nutrient intake appropriately, it is possible that you could gain a small amount of muscle during those anabolic hours, while losing fat the rest of the day. Granted it might only be grams or ounces &#8211; but what if you kept that up for a week? A month? Three months?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">As you pan out and look at the bigger picture, what if most days of the week you were in a deficit for the entire day, and on some days you were in a surplus? If so, then isn&rsquo;t it possible that over the course of the week, you&rsquo;d have a small net gain of muscle and loss of body fat a a result of the caloric fluctuation?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">These within-day and within-week phases are called microcycles and mesocycles. If you also had a primary goal with a longer term focus of several months, say 12 weeks or 16 weeks, that would be a macrocycle.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">What I&rsquo;ve just described is nutritional periodization. Some people call it cyclical dieting. It&rsquo;s where you manipulate your calories (primarily by fluctuating carbohydrate intake, hence &ldquo;carb cycling&rdquo;) in order to intentionally zig zag your way through periods of surplus and deficit and create specific hormonal responses.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><b>The end result: muscle gain and fat loss during the same time period!</b></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I know that someone out there is having a hissy fit because I&rsquo;ve only talked about calories: deficits and surpluses. Rightfully so. Calories matter but there&rsquo;s more to it than calories &#8211; most importantly, hormones and &ldquo;nutrient partitioning.&rdquo;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">If you&rsquo;re in a calorie deficit you are going to pull energy from your body. The question is: From WHERE? If your hormones are out of whack and you&rsquo;re eating crap, you could lose more muscle than fat in a deficit and gain almost pure fat, not muscle, in a surplus!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">But WHAT IF you could manipulate within-day energy balance, use nutritional periodization AND control your hormones with food and lifestyle strategies?</p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><b>AHA! <u>NOW</u> you can see how concurrent muscle gain and fat loss are starting to look possible!</b></div>
<p style="text-align: left;">Make no mistake &#8211; concurrent muscle gain and fat loss is a difficult goal to achieve. The good news: Difficult does not mean impossible. Or as George Santayana said, <i>&ldquo;The difficult is that which can be done immediately, the impossible, that which takes a little longer.&rdquo;</i></p>
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