tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264042892024-03-08T16:26:26.522-08:00Fitness and Diet TipsWeight Loss, Fat Loss, Fitness, HealthYavorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605390488633838658noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26404289.post-37110420507253484352010-09-15T10:41:00.001-07:002010-09-15T10:41:40.277-07:00Muscle-up Training Tutorial: The Missing Workout Manual for Your First Muscle-upA muscle up training tutorial has always been something that I couldn’t find online. At least not something that would finally teach me how to do a proper bar muscle up. So finally this summer I got serious about training the muscle-up, among a few other exercises. This article is the result of my experience.
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<br />So the question is: why should you bother with the muscle up? Well, it is a complete upper body in itself – the only thing you need is a bar. Getting good at the muscle up will<p><a href="http://relativestrengthadvantage.com/?p=2960">muscle-up training tutorial</a></p>Yavorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605390488633838658noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26404289.post-69566163035365888492010-08-25T06:22:00.001-07:002010-08-25T06:22:39.196-07:00Video Reveals Stallone's Workout: 62 And Still Killin It in the Gym! The Sly-O-Rama Continues!Hey wassup. Just wanted to give you another quick heads up re Rambo's training - a special video with Stallone's workout. If you missed the recent pic featuring ripped Sly, here it is once again - Sylvester Stallone Ripped for His New Movie The Expendables. So yeah, the reason I am writing this quick little post is cause I got this great vid right here for you.
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<br />There you go, Sly busting his ass in the gym for the upcoming movie The Expendables. Below are some of the gut busting<p><a href="http://relativestrengthadvantage.com/video-reveals-stallones-workout-still-killin-it-in-the-gym-the-sly-o-rama-continues/">sylvester stallone expendables workout</a></p>Yavorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605390488633838658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26404289.post-85811939862510625752010-08-14T09:39:00.001-07:002010-08-14T09:39:47.230-07:00Building Muscle - The Top 7 Secrets of Gaining Lean Muscle MassThis is probably the most important thing to do in order to build muscle over time - you have to gradually increase the difficulty of your training. You see, if you don't change things up, if you don't make things harder, your body won't have a reason to adapt. Muscle growth is just an adaptation reaction to the external stress caused by the workout.
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<br />LL Cool J, on the photo above, works his ass off and consequently looks more than decent. One thing that can be learned about muscle<p><a href="http://relativestrengthadvantage.com/building-muscle-the-top-7-secrets-of-gaining-lean-muscle-mass/">gain lean muscle</a></p>Yavorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605390488633838658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26404289.post-42027579859592288922010-08-11T06:37:00.001-07:002010-08-11T06:37:15.809-07:00The Sequential Muscle-up: A Missing Link in Your Muscle-up Training?The sequential muscle-up is an important stepping stone towards achieving a true muscle up. Most people training in gyms nowadays have difficulty doing pull-ups, let alone muscle ups. If you are reading this site however, this is soon going to change for you. If you haven't read it yet, you may want to start with the article on the sternum pull-up.
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<br />There are several reasons why I’m writing a tutorial for this exercise. The cool thing about the sequential muscle-up is that it builds<p><a href="http://relativestrengthadvantage.com/sequential-muscleu-u/">sequential muscle-up</a></p>Yavorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605390488633838658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26404289.post-58677977198119959522008-11-18T03:55:00.000-08:002008-11-18T04:10:38.985-08:00Local Fitness Expert Donates Free Fitness Resources To World's Largest Health and Fitness Gift Giving BonanzaFor Immediate Release<br /><br />Local Fitness Expert Donates Free Fitness Resources To World's Largest Health<br />and Fitness Gift Giving Bonanza<br /><br />Local fitness expert Yavor Marichkov today announced a very special invite to take part in the world's largest ever fitness information gift-giving, <a href="http://www.12daysoffitness.com">www.12daysoffitness.com</a> where an estimated 500,000 people will benefit from the combined fitness expertise of over 250 personal trainers, physical therapists and nutritionists.<br /><br />Marichkov was chosen to represent Sofia, Bulgaria from among thousands of fitness experts in recognition of his specialist knowledge in the area of rapid physical transformations and is expected to make quite an impact when he releases his lastest report called Strength Size which is aimed at helping young men safely and rapidly achieve aesthetically pleasing and functionally fit bodies.<br /><br />Marichkov said "The reason I created this report is because I believe that the lack of results from training has become a real problem to so many young men who have tried all of the traditional approaches and yet still failed to achieve appreciable results. I wanted to give young men a simple, straightforward, yet seriously effective means to achieve their dream bodies."<br /><br />Marichkov continued, "what makes the release of this report so special is that it's going to be part of a much bigger and impactful program as part of Dax Moy's '12 days of fitness' program where we anticipate that over 500,000 people will receive advice and help with achieving their health and fitness goals for 2009. To have been selected for such an important role within the project is a great honor indeed"<br /><br />You can receive your own free copy of Yavor Marichkov's Report <span style="font-weight:bold;">Pullups and Chinups – from Zero to Hero</span> and hundreds of others for free by visiting <a href="http://www.12daysoffitness.com">www.12daysoffitness.com</a> and getting your name onto the gift list which will begin delivering fitness gifts worldwide from December 10th.Yavorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605390488633838658noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26404289.post-22658503812609234762008-11-17T08:38:00.000-08:002008-11-17T09:01:26.404-08:0012 Days of Fitness<span style="font-weight:bold;">Leading Fitness Experts Give The Gift Of Health To World With Biggest Ever Health and Fitness Giveaway This Festive Season</span><br /><br /><br />On Wednesday, December 10, Dax Moy and over 250 of the world's top fitness professionals will open the doors on the World’s largest ever health and fitness gift-giving, set to generate positive health for over 500,000 people this Christmas<br /><br />The program, called ’12 days of fitness’ initially began when the UK's leading fitness professional, Dax Moy, wanted to express his gratitude to his clients and offered them a gift a day for 12 consecutive days as his twist of the 12 Days of Christmas.<br /><br />Last year Moy shared this idea with fellow fitness professional Pat Rigsby and they expanded the 12 Days of Fitness to include not only their own clients but to the world at large and gave fitness gifts to over 200,000 people who signed up at the site at <a href="www.12daysoffitness.com">www.12daysoffitness.com</a>.<br /><br />This year, with the help of 250 of the world's top personal trainers, nutritionists, therapists and specialist fitness experts, the 12 days of fitness is set to become the biggest fitness gift giveaway in history with expected downloads of over 500,000 between the 10th and 22nd of December. "There’s never been another health event like this, where so many people stand to benefit from the expertise of true professionals for free” says Moy who has been working flat out to make this year’s 12 days a success.<br /><br />“Fitness professionals from around the globe have contributed hundreds of e-books, reports, videos, meal plans and other free gifts in their hope of making 2009 the year that anyone, regardless or their location, financial situation or past failures, can finally reach their fitness goals and make those New Year's Resolutions a reality once and for all.”<br /><br />Perhaps the best part of the 12 Days of Fitness giveaway is that regardless of a persons health or fitness goals, there are going to be gifts specifically designed to help them achieve success.<br /><br />"We've received gifts designed for busy mom's, elite athletes, bodybuilders, back pain sufferers and pretty much anyone else you can imagine covering everything from fat loss to rehabilitation and everything in between.<br /><br />There literally will be something for everyone this year and all of it free, making it, without a doubt, one of the most important gifts anyone will receive this year. After all, what’s more important than health?”<br /><br />The 12 days of gift giving starts December 10th but those interested are urged to visit <a href="www.12daysoffitness.com">www.12daysoffitness.com</a> right away to sign up for their free gifts.<br /><br />Once enrolled, participants will get a daily email telling them how to access each of the new gifts that are being added each day as well as a reminder on how to access previous gifts.<br /><br />To guarantee a healthy start to 2009, simply visit <a href="www.12daysoffitness.com">www.12daysoffitness.com</a> today.Yavorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605390488633838658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26404289.post-49565290834040715292007-07-04T00:48:00.000-07:002007-07-04T01:06:06.608-07:00100 Pushups<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://rickonline.us/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/boypushups.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://rickonline.us/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/boypushups.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I have always wanted to be able to do 100 pushups. I have tried several routines. Some have worked better than others.<br /><br />I tried <a href="http://www.impulseadventure.com/weights/100push.html">this</a> routine two times and it got me to around 50 pushups.<br /><br />I have also tried the routine that Pavel Tsatsouline described in his book <a href="http://www.dragondoor.com/b31.html">Beyond Bodybuilding</a>. It involved doing multiple sets of pushups every day. Some days I got to as many as 500+ pushups a day.<br /><br />The program originally called for two weeks of practice. After one week, my pushup performance went up by 10 to 60 pushups.<br /><br />My current routine involves training every other day. I do as many fresh pushups as I can (started with 9), get up and rest just a little bit and then get on the floor and do another set with one less repetition. I repeat this until I reach a set of one. Then I rest for 2 minutes and do a max set of pushups.Yavorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605390488633838658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26404289.post-66548262602839192232007-07-03T01:18:00.000-07:002007-07-03T01:31:34.688-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hersheys.com/trickortreats/activities/costumes/mummy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.hersheys.com/trickortreats/activities/costumes/mummy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Seems like the mummies of Egypt were not skinny after all. Because the people over there relied heavily on wheat in their diet, the pharaohs suffered the same diseases that the modern people struggle with.<br /><br />Diabetes, obesity and CVD's were not at all uncommon there.<br /><br />Read <a href="http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=782">more</a>.Yavorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605390488633838658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26404289.post-81207584326015808522007-07-02T03:16:00.001-07:002007-07-02T03:16:54.502-07:00Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;">Based on the book "The Demon Haunted World: Science as a candle in the dark" published by Headline 1996.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />The following are suggested as tools for testing arguments and detecting fallacious or fraudulent arguments:</span><br /><br /><li>Wherever possible there must be independent confirmation of the facts</li><br /><li>Encourage substantive debate on the evidence by knowledgeable proponents of all points of view.</li><br /><li>Arguments from authority carry little weight (in science there are no "authorities").</li><br /><li>Spin more than one hypothesis - don't simply run with the first idea that caught your fancy.</li><br /><li>Try not to get overly attached to a hypothesis just because it's yours.</li><br /><li>Quantify, wherever possible.</li><br /><li>If there is a chain of argument every link in the chain must work.</li><br /><li>"Occam's razor" - if there are two hypotheses that explain the data equally well choose the simpler.</li><br /><li>Ask whether the hypothesis can, at least in principle, be falsified (shown to be false by some unambiguous test). In other words, it is testable? Can others duplicate the experiment and get the same result?</li><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Additional issues are</span><br /><br /><li>Conduct control experiments - especially "double blind" experiments where the person taking measurements is not aware of the test and control subjects.</li><br /><li>Check for confounding factors - separate the variables.</li><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Common fallacies of logic and rhetoric</span><br /><br /><li>Ad hominem - attacking the arguer and not the argument.</li><br /><li>Argument from "authority".</li><br /><li>Argument from adverse consequences (putting pressure on the decision maker by pointing out dire consequences of an "unfavourable" decision).</li><br /><li>Appeal to ignorance (absence of evidence is not evidence of absence).</li><br /><li>Special pleading (typically referring to god's will).</li><br /><li>Begging the question (assuming an answer in the way the question is phrased).</li><br /><li>Observational selection (counting the hits and forgetting the misses).</li><br /><li>Statistics of small numbers (such as drawing conclusions from inadequate sample sizes).</li><br /><li>Misrepresenting the nature of statistics (President Eisenhower expressing astonishment and alarm on discovering that fully half of all Americans have below average intelligence!)</li><br /><li>Inconsistency (e.g. military expenditures based on worst case scenarios but scientific projections on environmental dangers thriftily ignored because they are not "proved").</li><br /><li>Non sequitur - "it does not follow" - the logic falls down.</li><br /><li>Post hoc, ergo propter hoc - "it happened after so it was caused by" - confusion of cause and effect.</li><br /><li>Meaningless questions ("what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?).</li><br /><li>Excluded middle - considering only the two extremes in a range of possibilities (making the "other side" look worse than it really is).</li><br /><li>Short-term v. long-term - a subset of excluded middle ("why pursue fundamental science when we have so huge a budget deficit?").</li><br /><li>Slippery slope - a subset of excluded middle - unwarranted extrapolation of the effects (give an inch and they will take a mile).</li><br /><li>Confusion of correlation and causation.</li><br /><li>Straw man - caricaturing (or stereotyping) a position to make it easier to attack..</li><br /><li>Suppressed evidence or half-truths.</li><br /><li>Weasel words - for example, use of euphemisms for war such as "police action" to get around limitations on Presidential powers. "An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public"</li></blockquote></div>Yavorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605390488633838658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26404289.post-1147809122364702072006-05-16T12:42:00.000-07:002006-05-16T13:01:09.956-07:00New Research on the Genetic Factors That Influence the Degree of Success of Carbohydrate-Restricted Diets<div style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday a new research paper called <a href=http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/3/1/20>Physiogenomic analysis of weight loss induced by dietary carbohydrate restriction</a> was published.<br /><br />The conclusion of the research was that, "A strong association between weight loss induced by dietary CHO restriction and variability in genes regulating fat digestion, hepatic glucose metabolism, intravascular lipoprotein remodeling, and appetite were detected."</div><br />In layman words, some people may be more successful than others in weight loss through carbohydrate restriction due to their genetic makeup, according to the paper.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.</span><br /><br />--Yavorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605390488633838658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26404289.post-1146907886701235742006-05-06T02:29:00.000-07:002006-05-10T22:19:20.810-07:00Recent Studies on Carbohydrate-Restricted DietsTwo current studies further prove that CRD's (carbohydrate-restricted diets) can be beneficial to individuals who suffer from obesity, are at risk of CVD or have type 2 diabetes.<br /><br />The first study, <a href=http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/3/1/19>Effects of a carbohydrate-restricted diet on emerging plasma markers for cardiovascular disease</a>, concludes that, "a diet based on restricting carbohydrates leads to spontaneous caloric reduction and subsequent improvement in emerging markers of CVD in overweight/obese men who are otherwise healthy." <br /><br />The other study, <a href=http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/3/1/16>Control of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes without weight loss by modification of diet composition</a>, also is in favor of CRD's and states that, "Altering the diet composition could be a patient-empowering method of improving the hyperglycemia of type 2 diabetes without weight loss or pharmacologic intervention."<br /><br />The findings of the studies clearly contradict the prescriptions of the USDA and its <a href=http://www.ohsu.edu/healthyaging/caregiving/images/food_pyramid.gif>food pyramid</a>. It is time for a general reconsideration of these prescriptions. After all, obesity has skyrocketed since their introduction.Yavorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605390488633838658noreply@blogger.com2