Halloween night - 30 minutes pull-up/dip super setting. Reps of 2-so 2 pull-ups, 2 dips...repeat many times. I was originally thinking of 15 minutes pull-ups,...
Supersetting is a brilliant way of increasing intensity, Pete. Soon gets you pumped - oxygen (gasp) debt (gasp)! Today on a chest/shoulder split, in addition...
Hi John, yea creatine. L-histidine has been re-evaluated. At the moment it's thought there is actually enough in your system & supplementing specifically...
Hi all, sorry that bit of spam slipped through the net. I've banned the sender. Obviously no system is 100% & I apologise for the wasted space in your inbox....
Oh yea, while I'm writing do any of you follow any of the martial arts fighting scene? Do you know anything about either Mac Danzig & Ricardo "Mad Dog"...
Thing is, I do the plyometric reps (bench press, overhead press) on a Smith machine, Pete. There's a pair of stoppers which can be set to stopĀ a droppedĀ bar...
I can see the headlines now "Vegan breaks ribs in bizarre smith machine accident!"...victim John said "I was only throwing the bar up into the air the a few...
Just finished the O Show and Supply side west. Met the company that manufactures L-Propionyl Carnitine. Met also the The head buyer for Champion nutrition...
Carnitine has some evidence in clinical studies to affect the energy systems in humans. I'm not familar with the particular product. I have seen greater...
Hi Pete! Yes, I guess so!! - depending on how heavy they were! Just returned from an all-day World vegan event, great atmosphere for this first event, masses...
Pat Reeves
pat@...
Nov 1, 2008 10:21 pm
5640
Hi Pat, it seems the guy got his machine infected with something that mailed spam to everyone on his address book. he'll be back once the issue is resolved. ...
Is there anyone on the list who does crossfit? I'm a little confused about the training protocol they employ, so if someone doesn't mind giving me a run down...
Hi all, This is a blatant plug for the new magazine I'm writing in, but at least I'm writing fitness related stuff, so I thought you might be interested. The...
Saw an article on this in M&F a coupla months ago, Pete. It seems the prime aim is to sort the men out from the boys by thoroughly damaging the body as much as...
The Natural Bodybuilding News Blog has been pdated with the following items: http://naturalbodybuildingevents.today.com NaturalBodybuildingEvents.com -...
Yea, I've read some bad things, but it appears to be taking off in the States (not sure how much 'inter-hype' that is?), so I was hoping we had at least one...
Ok- My best friend does Cross fit- He is certified in fact. He loves it and looks like one of the guys from 300- he is 55 years old. I also do a variation of...
OK Brent, first off would you might giving a brief rundown of how crossfit works (as you see it) & why you chose that over other, more established training...
Pete- I am not an expert, but my Friend lee is. All I know is that his shoulder is injured , But he is in Good shape. I have been playing with it because he...
Ha, I'm no expert on the negatives of crossfit as I don't really know enough about the actual protocol. But mainly what I've read is negative. Things like a...
Someone got around to measuring the estrogen in milk. I can't see why people complain about soya, except I've got an idea why it may occur. Imagine you are a...
man-maybe I should read through it all first, then post the whole lot, but I think this one is important. the last line pretty much says it all..."Therefore,...
Pete- I always felt that Milk would have a lot of estrogen in it. And I am talking not just contaminated milk, but whole organic range grass fed ladee ladee da...
The next question I have is does Whey protein also have a high amount of Estrogen? I would not like to take on the sacred cow of Whey protein, (no pun...
Hi Brent, I scanned pubmed, google scholar etc for whey proteins estrogen content without any luck. I might try writing to a few whey companies (Hmm, maybe I...
Interesting note on the longest live people live in Okinawa and eat a ton of Fermented soya... FWIW Live Long! Live Strong! Brent Hauver Transforming the...
Yea- Whey is the sacred cow of the fitness and body biz- heaven forbid if you mess with that. Live Long! Live Strong! Brent Hauver Transforming the Planet one...
As most of you probably know, we Americans recently went through what was probably the most important election cycle of our lifetimes, and for most of us in...