Posted December 31, 2009 
Comments(0) I hope everyone has a wonderful, festive and fun evening tonight! May 2010 bring much happiness, wealth and MOST especially, HEALTH!!!
God Bless!
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Posted December 31, 2009 Comments(0) 1. Write down your goals
2. Make a plan
3. Execute!
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Posted December 30, 2009 Comments(0) “The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.” – John Ruskin
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Posted December 29, 2009 Comments(0) I subscribe to Dr. Mercola’s newsletters and found this recent article to be quite interesting. Of course, I thought farm raised salmon and corn fed beef was not good…but canned tomatoes, microwave popcorn and conventional apples????
Read below!
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Avoid These 7 Foods and You’re Off To A Healthier New Year
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
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Posted December 29, 2009 Comments(0) These transformations are crazy!
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Posted December 28, 2009 Comments(0) Interesting. Check this out. I should write my own article!
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20 ways to get healthier for free
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Posted December 28, 2009 Comments(0) “He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.” – Lao Tzu
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Posted December 24, 2009 Comments(0) Hello all!
I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! This year it’s a bit tough as my mother is back in the hospital. I woke up to a crying mother very early this morning and JUST got home from driving early to the hospital this morning. (It’s 12pm) There are many things to do still. I […]
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Posted December 23, 2009 Comments(0) 
Chest Exercises for the Pec Deprived
So if there was just ONE bodypart that you really wanted to improve…one bodypart that ALWAYS ends up first in your training routine…what would it be?
I think chances are pretty good that it’s your CHEST!
I mean, having that thick gladiator-like chest just screams power and strength.
So if you’re in a chest training rut…gains on bench press have come to a screeching halt…or maybe you’re just plain bored with your chest training right now…
Nick Nilsson (a.k.a. the “Mad Scientist” of exercise) has just come out with a new book called “The Best Chest Exercises You’ve Never Heard Of.”
I think the name says it all 
Sample Exercise #1…
Low Pulley Push-Ups
Push-ups are obviously a classic exercise – when you think bodyweight training, it’s usually one of the first exercises you think of.
But, of course, he’s got a new twist on the regular push-up that will just TRASH your pecs…much better than regular push-ups even though the exercise is pretty much exactly the same!
So here’s the deal…you’ll be using the cable-crossover setup (you can also hitch a couple of training bands to objects about 10 feet apart – that works great, too).
You’re going to be doing push-ups with the two pulleys pulling your arms apart – this outwards tension puts extra tension on the pecs because even though your hands are planted on the ground, your pecs have to fire to keep the cables from pulling your hands out from under you!
This means you’re pushing up AND you’re fighting outwards pull. Double trouble…
So set about 20 to 40 lbs or so on the cross-over stacks and attach the single handles. You can add more if you need it once you figure out how this works.
Sample Exercise #2…
One Arm Braced Dumbbell Bench Press
The one-arm dumbbell bench press is a great exercise for developing balance as well as increasing neural drive to one side of the body, similar to like when doing a one-arm dumbbell row.
Here’s the thing, though…when doing a 1 arm dumbbell press with just one dumbbell, you have to make the movement more of a straight up and down type movement in order to keep your balance, which bring the triceps and shoulders into play a whole lot more, taking the emphasis off the pec.
So why brace your non-working arm? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of doing a one-arm bench press movement?
Not at all!
You still get the balance and neural drive benefits but it allows you to use more weight, get more reps and use a movement with a wider arc, more in tune with what the pecs need.
Here’s the setup…a ball (or bench), a dumbbell (Using a 105 lb dumbbell in the video below) and a power rack. The safety rails are set a few feet off the ground. You can mess around to figure out where the best spot is for those for you.
This demo shows the exercise being done in the power rack, which allows you to brace your non-working hand under a safety rail so that you can counterbalance the weight of the dumbbell.
You can use pretty much ANY solid object or bar to brace your non-working hand, though. You can load up a Smith machine bar with some weight and set to the proper height…you can use the handle of a bench press machine…even a railing! Use your imagination here and don’t think for a second that if you don’t have a rack, you can’t do this exercise…the key is just having something to brace your non-working hand under.
Sample Exercise #3…
Lying Side Dumbbell Flyes
If you’re training with just free weight, it can be tough to find an exercise that really targets the inner pecs to get that pec cleavage thing going. This one is all about hitting that peak contraction position that really targets the inner pec area.
THIS exercise gets around the problem of having no cable equipment to hit that inner chest area by using just a dumbbell and a bench…it’s all about how you position your body.
And that’s pretty easy, too. You just lie on your side on the bench with your shoulder off the end, holding the dumbbell in one hand. You should be far enough up on the bench that your arm is hanging off the end, i.e. the end of the bench is a few inches from your armpit. You’ll see this best in the video below.
Nick Nilsson, also known as the “Mad Scientist of Exercise,” has been training and innovating unique and powerful new exercises and training techniques for more than 18 years. He’s published 9 books on weight training, including his most recent – “The Best Chest Exercises You’ve Never Heard Of”
Posted December 22, 2009 Comments(0) When I am active – I am HUNGRY! In fact, when I’m ‘dieting’, I eat throughout my whole day! Check out this study!
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Movement Comes With Appetite
ScienceDaily (Dec. 21, 2009) — A body that is provided with food too often gets caught up in the maelstrom of a lack of exercise, obesity and ultimately diabetes. The […]
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