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Just Get Back on the Wagon
Twas the late morning two days away from Christmas, and I was navigating my shopping cart around Costco Wholesale. This was a rare occasion. For one thing, my wife had worked there for ten years and she could always pick up anything we happened to need before heading home. The... [Read more...]
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The Amazing Story of Jim Kipp – From fat to fit to national champion in less than three years
Wesley James (Jim) Kipp lives in Clifton Park, New York and like so many individuals in their mid 40s he awoke one day and discovered he was woefully overweight, out of shape and a bit confused about what to do about it. He was a few biscuits shy of 200 pounds (196) and standing... [Read more...]
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Carrie Rapp
A Look At Her Amazing Weight Loss Transformation “What inspired me to become a bodybuilder? An episode of the short lived FOX show “The Adventures of Brisco County Jr” which guest starred Cory Everson as a blacksmith. I thought to myself “Wow! She’s beautiful and... [Read more...]
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What are those judges looking at?
I have been to a couple hundred contests since the late 1980’s, all the way from local shows to the Arnold Classic and Mr. Olympia. There’s a common saying that goes, ‘the only person who’s happy with the judging at the end of the night is the winner.’ I would extend... [Read more...]
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Barb O’Dell – Loses 180 pounds of body weight; 110 of those in 365 days!
Barbara O’Dell is a bright and cheerful woman that happens to have been severely overweight her entire life. At age 41 in 2009, Barb (as she’s called) attained a bodyweight high of 320 pounds, this at a height of 5 foot 5 inches. Fast forward to 2011 and Barb O’Dell now... [Read more...]
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Parrillo Extreme Training Camp
INTENSITY & MENTAL ACUITY Recognizing that the big gains lie within “the pain zone” By Duke Nukem Then being introduced to the Parrillo approach, two Parrillo concepts are most often cited as defining the Parrillo philosophy: the complex sophistication of the Parrillo... [Read more...]
Bodybuilding
Episode 57: An Attitude of Gratitude
“Stop looking at what you ain’t got and start being thankful for what you do got” – Rihanna featuring T.I, ‘Livin’ my life.’
Thanksgiving is still exactly a month away as I write this, but here I am counting my blessings anyway. Tomorrow marks four weeks since the surgery to repair my torn right triceps, and it also happens to be the day of my second and hopefully last procedure for many years, on my left shoulder. I’m having what’s called a ‘decompression,’ which involves scooping out some of the acromion, or the underside of the shoulder socket, to free up more room. Thanks to an MRI, I learned that I had worn away nearly all of the ligaments in there over the course of a quarter-century plus of heavy training. [Read more...]
by John Parrillo
The Power of Prebiotics
The Power of Prebiotics
By JOHN PARRILLO
Prebiotics. Ever heard of them? Read on.
Prebiotics are foods or supplements that encourage the growth of friendly bacteria in the gut. They have therapeutic value for all-too-common health conditions like aging, obesity, gastrointestinal disorders, yeast infections, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, immune system slumps, and maybe even colon cancer risk.
Cliff Sheats
Full and Happy
When we think about being hungry, we think about our stomach, especially if it’s growling and rumbling. But that’s not where we actually register hunger. We register it in our heads. The link between the stomach and the brain is called the hypothalamus, a small extension of the brain just above the brain stem.
Iron Vic Speaks
Push/pull stagnation buster…Machine training percentiles… medical professionals and protein…EFAs and flaky skin… Four plateau busting tricks of the trade
Seasonal Greetings!
I am an advanced trainee looking for something new and different in my weight training. I am sick of all my various routines and strategies, none of which fire me up. As you and I both know (as does anyone that’s been in this game for a long time) the ability to hit a workout with real fire in the gut makes a huge difference. I feel like a guy that has the same six movies and I am tired of looking at the same movies over and over. I have two or three ‘in-season’ routines and two or three ‘off-season’ routines and every one of them seems old and stale. Give me something new and different Maestro!
Baz, Toronto
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