You go Girl! Want a big bench? Square up your nutrition… Bored to tears…Football fundamentals…Building a bigger gas tank

Vic Steele,

I am going to get back into fitness – not that I was ever really into it. My husband is a big fan of yours and he is fit and lean. I am fat and overweight. I want to do this on my own. I hate training with my husband. I find him overbearing and too critical. I tried the local fat girl facility, but while my husband expects too much, the trainers at this sissy spa expect too little so I never make any gains – there is a lot of talk about ‘self esteem’ and ‘being alright with being overweight’ and ‘positive self image’ at the sissy spa. I AM NOT alright with being 50 pounds overweight. BTW my husband has a whole cabinet full of Parrillo supplements and we have a full gym in our two car garage.

Linda, Flagstaff

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Crazed exercises taught by incompetent personal trainers… Protein differences…why big biceps equate to lousy lats!

Vic,

You mentioned that you periodically train at commercial gyms – you must go crazy watching these no-nothing personal trainers put regular folks through their paces. I myself get a kick out of watching the blind leading the blind. Is it me or has the art of personal training gone backwards over the past few years? Some of the stuff I see taught absolutely defies logic. It seems to me the PTs I see either baby their clients or try and kill them.

Ron, Reno

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Protein consistency…Tired all of the time… Lateral raises not lateral heaves…Can’t fight a lick!

Vic Steele,

Any tips for upping my lean protein intake? I finally got serious about the Parrillo Principle of taking in 1.5 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight per day and have been real diligent about it for the last three weeks. I cannot tell you what a difference this has made. I have never been on steroids, but I imagine this is what it feels like.  I haven’t missed eating 250 grams per day for 22 straight days. I’ve added five pounds of muscle, lost body fat and I feel amazing. Plus I have been breaking personal records in my lifts right and left. The problem is I am getting really bored with chicken breasts and canned tuna. I would love some protein alternatives – I want to keep this progress train rolling!

Arn, St. Paul

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Bench press techniques…Build the metabolism…Muscle Amino Formula™ eaten by the handful!

Hey Vic!

I train at an excellent hardcore gym here in south central Texas and have noticed that among the top bodybuilders and top lifters there are a lot of different bench press techniques. Is there a reason for this? I would think that there would be one single bench press technique that would trump all the rest – but what do I know. I thought you could help me out. I would love to incorporate a new bench press technique as I am pretty well stuck at 315 and want to compete in a bodybuilding competition next year.

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Parrillo Performance Products: timeless supplemental perfection…Lagging thighs…Boys and weight training…Cardio 101

Vic Steele,

How come you guys at Parrillo Performance Products keep selling the same old stuff – beef liver tablets, Muscle Amino™, Pro-Carb™, Hi-Protein™ etc, etc, that stuff has been around since Frank Zane was Mr. Olympia, before I was even born! Other supplement companies seem to change products every six months – so what’s up with the Old School approach? Even the newer Parrillo food products seem to use the same old stuff as the base. Are you guys behind the times?

Larry, Scranton

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CapTri® or FatTri?…Toss the Arnold Press! Beer Man…Bend-over Squatters

Steele,

I consider you a propagandist for the Parrillo Empire. You should be ashamed for pushing the Parrillo HIGH FAT diet! Saturated fat is artery clogging crap and responsible for heart disease – too much fat in the American diet is the reason we are fat and unfit. The whole CapTri^® thing is all about promoting high fat for profit and I find it irresponsible. Are you aware that in some of Parrillo’s “recommended diets” he has bodybuilders consuming 1000 calories a day worth of CapTri^®?! Or should I say FAT-TRI! Is it your goal to turn bodybuilders into heart attack victims? Because that is what you are
doing!                   Incensed in Reo, Linda

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The Parrillo definition of hard work…Best of the Best… Lose 20 pounds in ten weeks? Possible but highly improbable…The ice kreem & frosted chocolate cake bodybuilder diet… Run down in El Paso…Don’t be Hate’n!

Parrillo Brownies

Iron Vic,

How long are the typical Parrillo training sessions? I weight train for 30 minutes three times a week.  I jog or swim for 30 minutes four times a week. I got a strong hunch that the reason I have been stuck for so long is that I have fallen into a rut. I do the same things over and over and I am expecting different results

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Protein and stagnation…Fake Food Frauds… Ham-challenged

Pizza!

Hey Vic,

I could use some help. I have been reading about the Parrillo approach to protein consumption and think that maybe I should dramatically increase my protein intake in order to add lean muscle mass. In a nutshell, I have been at pretty much the same level for quite a while. I am not a competitive bodybuilder. I have a good physique. I am tall (6-4) and thin (190) with good abs. Some people think I look ‘ripped’ but I think I look skinny and scrawny. From what I read in the PPP, it seems that the best bodybuilders are taking in a lot more protein than I am.

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Building the metabolism…Turning popguns into howitzers…Rampage as Mr. T

Mr. Steele,

How is it possible to “build the metabolism?”  I understand that this is one of the premier Parrillo precepts but I don’t get it – my father is a doctor and he says the idea that you can manipulate the metabolism to any significant degree is ridiculous. He is a podiatrist and not a sports physician and I admit that he is quite a bit overweight and smokes; still, he’s a medical expert and I would like a scientific explanation. You got to admit the idea seems whacky.

Don, San Diego

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Time Compressed training…Sag Man…Protein assimilation myths…Machines versus free weights…Mitochondria & cardio

Free Weights

Vic Steele,

I am a ‘house husband.’ I work from home and watch our two kids while my wife does the corporate thing and makes the real money. I put in a lot of long hours between transporting kids all over the place and working as an accountant.  My available training time is extremely limited. Realistically I can squeeze in no more than 30 minutes of training, four to five times a week.

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