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Whether or not you’re a football fan there is a very good chance you’ll be heading to a Super Bowl party this Sunday.

And as you are fully aware, these parties can be VERY hazardous to your waistline. But hey, it’s not hard to keep the pounds from packing on while watching (or ignoring) the Colts vs. the Saints.

Here are three Super Simple tips to keep you slim this Sunday:

1) Take a 15 minute walk during halftime to stimulate your metabolism and improve digestion

2) Limit alcohol consumption. Not only are these “empty calories”, but they also cause you to make poor food choices. And if you’re hungover on Monday, well, you’ll make poor food choices the day after the game, too!

3) Sure, you can enjoy some of your favorite “guilty pleasures” but you MUST avoid hanging around the snack table nibbling on everything in site.

BONUS TIP: Oftentimes when we feel hungry it is our body craving the proper nutrients it needs to be fueled with. That’s a great reason to take a Whole Foods based multi-vitamin like Prograde Nutrition’s VGF 25+ ( hyperlink to http://brayfitness.getprograde.com/vgfwomen OR http://brayfitness.getprograde.com/vgfmen )

See, it’s not so hard! Enjoy the big game.

Yours in health,

Phil

PS -  Yes, I’m a proud Prograde partner and I really believe in their Whole Foods based multi-vitamin ( hyperlink to http://brayfitness.getprograde.com/vgfwomen OR http://brayfitness.getprograde.com/vgfmen )

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Originally posted 2009-08-31 16:59:58. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

High Protein Recipe: Thai Pork Burritos

Ingredients:

• 1 pound lean ground pork
• 2 tablespoons grated ginger
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced
• 2 cups coleslaw mix with carrots
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 teaspoons ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 4 10-inch flour tortillas, warmed
• Fresh cilantro, chopped

Cooking Directions
Heat large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add pork, cook, crumble and stir until pork is no longer pink, about 3-4 minutes. Add ginger, garlic, onion and coleslaw mix and stir-fry with pork for 2 minutes, until vegetables are wilted. Stir constantly to blend all ingredients well, about 1 minute. Spoon equal portions of mixture onto warm tortillas, garnish with cilantro, roll up to encase filling and serve.

Serves 4.

Serving Suggestions
The Thai flavor profile continues to grow in popularity—and these Thai-flavored wraps will become a family favorite. Serve with a cucumber salad.

Nutrition Facts

• Calories 435 calories
• Protein 30 grams
• Fat 12 grams
• Sodium 1169 milligrams
• Cholesterol 57 milligrams
• Saturated Fat 3 grams
• Carbohydrates 50 grams
• Fiber 4 grams

Recipe courtesy of: TheOtherWhiteMeat.com

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Originally posted 2009-10-22 08:49:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

If your pecs are a weak body part, or, if you’ve simply hit a progress plateau in your chest development, then this high intensity chest training program will pack slabs of muscle mass on your chest after just 3-4 workouts – and I guarantee it. This is a high intensity bodybuilding workout for advanced bodybuilders only. (Beginners don’t even think about it…)

I’m currently on workout 3 of 4 in this pec routine and the results have been so impressive that I decide to write it up for you before I even finish the final workout next week.Considering I’m on a calorie deficit in a cutting phase, I’m especially impressed with the increase in my chest size and development after 3 workouts. You’re not going to gain much if any muscular body weight if you are in a caloric deficit, but NO DOUBT, you can improve the development of a muscle group even while cutting up. This is a perfect example. I’m going to return to this program again for sure on my next mass phase. This program is called…

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Originally posted 2009-08-15 00:04:51. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Every culture has its myths and bodybuilding is no exception. Like most myths, most are nine parts fantasy and one part truth, though of course, some myths have no truth to them at all. I have spent much of my career attempting to expose myths surrounding bodybuilding and topics that relate to it, such as drugs, nutrition and supplementation etc.

For example, one of my more popular articles that was published “back in the day” in Muscle Media was entitled “Nutritional myths that won’t die” which focused on myths surrounding protein and athletes. Classics such as “athletes don’t need additional protein” and “high protein diets are bad for you” as well as others were covered and debunked.

Please click here to read the full article…

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Originally posted 2009-06-12 22:47:12. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Healthy Recipe: Char-grilled Swordfish on Warm Avocado Corn Salad

Serves: 4 person(s)

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins

The delicious flavor combinations and the healthy fats in the fish, avocado and olive oil make this a dish that will satisfy your taste buds!
Suggestions:

* Swordfish and other higher-mercury fish should be limited to an occasional fish dish, particularly for children and women of child-bearing age. In pregnancy and nursing, swordfish and wine may need to be avoided – check with your health practitioner.

Ingredients:

• 4 swordfish steaks (about 5 oz each) *
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 shallot, chopped
• 2 small to medium corn cobs, kernels removed (can be substituted with about 8 3/4 oz. canned corn)
• 1/2 red bell pepper, finely diced
• 1 small to medium avocado, diced (about 5 oz)
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh coriander
• 1/4 cup white wine *
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
• 1 light spray of cooking spray

Directions:

Lightly spray a non-stick frying pan, then heat on high, and sear the swordfish for 1 to 2 minutes or until starting to soften. Remove from pan. Cover with foil and keep warm in a low oven.

Add the shallot, corn, and red bell pepper to pan and cook, stirring for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the avocado, coriander and white wine. Cover and steam for 1 minute or until heated through.

Place avocado-corn mixture on heated plates and top with swordfish. Add lemon and vinegar to the pan and whisk into pan juices. Pour over the fish and serve immediately.
Variations:

* You can replace swordfish with salmon, sole or haddock, if desired. Note: These variations are not included in the nutritional analysis.

Author:

Fresh Finesse
Fresh Finesse

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Originally posted 2009-07-14 00:23:17. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

If your pecs are a weak body part, or, if you’ve simply hit a progress plateau in your chest development, then this high intensity chest training program will pack slabs of muscle mass on your chest after just 3-4 workouts – and I guarantee it. This is a high intensity bodybuilding workout for advanced bodybuilders only. (Beginners don’t even think about it…)

I’m currently on workout 3 of 4 in this pec routine and the results have been so impressive that I decide to write it up for you before I even finish the final workout next week.

Considering I’m on a calorie deficit in a cutting phase, I’m especially impressed with the increase in my chest size and development after 3 workouts. You’re not going to gain much if any muscular body weight if you are in a caloric deficit, but NO DOUBT, you can improve the development of a muscle group even while cutting up. This is a perfect example. I’m going to return to this program again for sure on my next mass phase. This program is called…

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Originally posted 2009-08-12 18:47:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Ok Men, here’s the question…

“Does sex actually LOWER testosterone…and your ability to build muscle?”

We all know that raising your “T” levels can DRAMATICALLY increase your libido as well as pack on layers of thick new muscle, right?

So is your “love life” holding you back from some KILLER gains in the gym?

I mean, what about the “old school” BOXING rule of not having sex the night before your fight?

Was it because it took the “lion” out of the fighter? Made him WEAKER?

Actually, this was a question that bodybuilding expert and “hormone enthusiast”, Jeff Anderson took head on.

And he’s the PERFECT guy for the job!

After all, Jeff’s best selling program “Optimum Anabolics” IS focused primarily on naturally increasing your body’s levels of Growth Hormone and testosterone (by as much as 1,000%!)

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But it wasn’t EASY finding an answer!

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After tracking down several endocrinologists and urologists, all of them just shrugged their shoulders and told Jeff they “didn’t know the answer”.

Sheeesh!

You’d think guys who are supposed to be experts in healing E.D. and low “T” levels would have at least a CLUE about this, right?

So Jeff dug deeper…

He called up a friend of his who is a a world-renowned researcher in hormone replacement therapy and after a long discussion, they came up with the DIFINITIVE answer…

YES! sex CAN reduce your “T” levels AND your muscle gains!

I’ll explain WHY in a second, but…

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Here’s what’s MOST important…

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I’m ALSO going to give you Jeff’s SECRET to not giving up your love life in order to have MORE MUSCLE!

Ok, follow along…

Testosterone is a VERY important hormone for gaining muscle.

You knew that, right?

Well in order for your body to optimize output, you MUST have enough of the mineral ZINC in your body.

Zinc is an essential nutrient for your internal “T-Factory” and your body uses it up very rapidly but doesn’t store very much in reserve.

Therefore, zinc must be replenished DAILY, but…

…our diets these days are naturally DEVOID of zinc due to our poor choices AND the degradation of our food supply from poor farming methods (don’t get me started!).

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But here’s the kicker…

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We men also lose zinc during sex!

We lose up to 1mg of zinc for each “happy ending” we have…and even MORE while sweating (so sweaty sex is basically a “zinc SLAYER”!

Ok, so if you’ve been following along…

Sweaty sex = Zinc Deficiency = Low Testosterone Levels = Less Muscle

Ok, now the solution (and NO…the answer is NOT to stop having sweaty sex!

First, testosterone is a “supply and demand” hormone so you’d damn well better be using a program that triggers natural “T” release.

Actually, this is the entire basis of Jeff’s “Optimum Anabolics” program because he reveals a unique method for naturally increasing test0ster0ne and gr0wth horm0ne through what he calls “hormone triggering”.

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You can check out Jeff’s best selling “Optimum Anabolics” at:

Click To Become A “T-Machine”

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Bottom line, you MUST be providing your body with the “need” for more “T”.

That’s what Jeff’s program was SPECIFICALLY designed to do with his breakthrough “triggering” technique.

Fortunately, having more sex ALSO creates a “need” for more “T” so it’s just a matter of SUPPORTING your own natural production and Jeff covers this in detail in his book.

(BTW…feel free to use this excuse with your partner if things have been a bit “slow” lately – “Really honey! It’s for my health!)

Next, make sure you’re supplementing with about 15-25mg each day of zinc picolinate.

It’s best to take it at night on an empty stomach, right before you go to bed.

This will make sure you have adequate levels of the “raw nutrient” to optimize natural testosterone production…

…and of course, BUILD MORE MUSCLE!

Phil

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P.S. – As you can tell, I’m a fan of Jeff’s Optimum Anabolics program.

The before and after’s on his website PROVE that NATURALLY increasing “T” using his method WORKS…BIG TIME!

Go see for yourself at:

Click To Become A “T-Machine”

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Originally posted 2009-05-15 15:26:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it’s the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a business person. – Anthony Robbins

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Originally posted 2009-06-03 19:43:09. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Deadly Bodybuilding Myths You Don’t Know Part 2…Click here for part 1

By Vince DelMonte

Bodybuilding Myth #4

Low reps are for size and high reps are for cutting.

Your muscles do not have much personality – they are either growing, shrinking or staying the same.

If you want your muscle to grow then gradually force your muscles to do more work and outperform your last workout’s performance. If you are content with the size of your muscles right now then this is easy – just keep doing what you are doing. And to make the muscle smaller, this is even easier – simply do not train it.

You can not pick certain exercises to get a muscle ‘cut’ or make a muscle ‘huge’ – this theory holds no water. Muscle ‘cuts’ are a reflection of two criteria on the body: pure muscle size and low levels of body fat (in the single digits). So if you want to build massive muscles get ready to apply the fundamental principle of progressive overload. And if you wish to get ‘cut’ and ‘ripped’ be prepared to drop your body fat levels into the single digits.

Next time you hear someone say, “I just lift light weights to get toned,” then pat them on the back and point them in the direction of the cardio room as a better option. Light weights do not build muscle, period. They will burn calories and that’s all. You’re better off maximizing your time by burning calories running or doing jumping jacks. And if you see someone with the goal to get bigger and they are a cardio junkie – grab their hand and lead them to the heavy weights.

Bodybuilding Myth #5

Monday is chest day, Tuesday is Leg day, Wednesday is Back day…

Splitting up a routine is preached like ‘gospel’ and is rarely on trial or questioned as the way to structure a muscle building routine.

And sure, splitting up a routine is fine and has some benefits BUT it is also the fastest way to over-train and burn out. Remember that you do not get stronger in the gym – you get stronger and bigger when you go home, rest, sleep, eat and FULLY recover.

To SUPERCOMPENSATE from your previous workout your muscles are not the only things that must experience a full recovery. Do not neglect the fact that you are taxing and depleting your central nervous system, hormonal system, and immune system – systems that, in fact, take longer than your muscles to recover.

Just because your muscles say, “OK we feel fine, let’s train again,” you must still experience a FULL recovery prior to attempting to stimulate your muscles again for more muscle growth.

Consider this practical example. What is the best way to cure a sickness? By taking an entire bottle of aspirin in one sitting? Or taking smaller dosages at more frequent intervals? I hope you agreed with the second solution. So what is the best way to build muscle? Taking one huge dosage per muscle group per week? Or taking smaller and more frequent dosages on a muscle group?

Bodybuilding Myth #6

Shock’ your muscle and keep them ‘guessing.’

This has got to be one of the silliest and most misleading statements ever made (no hard feelings because in theory it can be convincing). Interestingly, the people who used to give me this advice must have been ’shocking’ or ‘tricking’ their muscles the wrong way because they had no muscle mass on their bodies to back up that statement.

If you think about this myth long enough you might start to laugh. Do you think you can really change your exercises and training routine to ’surprise’ your body and get a different reaction out of them?

Your muscles do not have outside eyes that reward you with new muscle growth if you ‘confuse’ them. Your muscles understand MOVEMENT and that’s all – push, pull, curl, extend, contract or release – that’s it. You can be lifting bags of sand or dead lifting 400 pounds and the action on your back is the same – your knees bend and your trunk flexes. So where is the shock? Why would your back muscles say, “Holy Macaroni Batman, you’re lifting with an Olympic bar and not sand bags anymore. Better pack on some muscle.”

Or maybe you can switch up the order of your routine by hitting a weak body part twice in the week. If you only train your arms once in the week and then ’strategically’ throw arms in twice one week they will be ‘confused’ and ’shocked’ into growing. Please! Your muscles operate on laws of science, not on laws of trickery.

Forget trying to shock, confuse, trick or ‘keep the muscle guessing.’ The only thing that will be shocked and confused is the person messing around with this theory who has no clue why their body has not changed in a month since they started this magic show.

About the Author:

Vince DelMonte is the author of No Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets To Insane Muscle Gain found at http://www.VinceDelMonteFitness.com

He specializes in teaching skinny guys how to build muscle and gain weight quickly without drugs, supplements and training less than before.

© 2006-2008, Vince DelMonte Fitness. All rights in all media reserved. You may reprint this article so long as the article and author bio are reprinted intake and all links are made live. This article may never be sold individually or as part of a package.

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Originally posted 2009-07-26 15:34:55. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

A total of 10 Sabah hulksters made it through to the finals of the Mr Malaysia 2009 Bodybuilding Championships being held at the New York Hotel in Johor Bahru, Johor.

Oswald Jebing, who competed in the Master category, was the only casualty for the 11-man team from Sabah.

He failed to book a spot in the final six after judges were less than convinced of his physique during the pre-judging session yesterday.

Sabah team manager, Joannes Staneslous said the competition this year is very tough with lots of really good athletes competing from all over the country.

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