Archive for May, 2010

Brief Exercise Reduces Impact of Stress on Cell Aging, Study Shows

ScienceDaily (May 26, 2010) — Exercise can buffer the effects of stress-induced cell aging, according to new research from UCSF that revealed actual benefits of physical activity at the cellular level.

The scientists learned that vigorous physical activity as brief as 42 minutes over a 3-day period, similar to federally recommended levels, can protect individuals from the effects of stress by reducing its impact on telomere length. Telomeres (pronounced TEEL-oh-meres) are tiny pieces of DNA that promote genetic stability and act as protective sheaths by keeping chromosomes from unraveling, much like plastic tips at the ends of shoelaces.

A growing body of research suggests that short telomeres are linked to a range of health problems, including coronary heart disease and diabetes, as well as early death.
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FLEX BIKINI MODEL SEARCH ONLINE VOTING STARTS JUNE 1

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Mark your calendars or set an e-mail reminder: the FLEX Bikini Model Search Online is BACK! And thanks to our title sponsor SuperPump, it’s gearing up to be bigger and better than ever! Beginning on Tuesday, June 1, voting for Month One begins.

Last year, more than 400 bikini babes entered and more than 550,000 — that’s over a half million! — of your votes sent six insanely hot monthly winners into the 16-woman finals of the FLEX Bikini Model Search Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada during Olympia Weekend. The overall winner, Amanda Latona, received an exclusive contract with Weider Publications and appeared in the 2010 FLEX Swimsuit Issue. (Check out our 2010 Swimsuit Issue behind-the-scenes videos: Day 1 | Day 2)
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Victor Conte on Boxing, USADA, Steroids, Blood-Doping, EPO

I’m now a part of the anti-doping movement. I’m trying to help those at WADA [The World Anti-Doping Agency,] and, USADA [The United States Anti-Doping Agency] to develop more effective anti-doping policies and procedures. And that’s what I’m doing now, and I’m very outspoken about it.

The difference is that here is what people fail to realize, and that’s that from 1984, which is when I founded BALCO, and until the year 2000 — so, for 16 years — I did things the right way. The only thing that I did was to do comprehensive blood and urine testing of athletes, and to develop individualized nutrition programs for them.

But it got to a point, for me — and this doesn’t make it right, because it was certainly wrong, and it was certainly a mistake — but I had gotten to a point where I thought differently. I had gotten to a point when I realized that Olympic officials and those that control major league football and baseball were enabling, harboring, and, promoting this culture of drug use in sport. And I made the bad decision to join that culture. It was a huge mistake, and I wish now that I had never done it.
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The 2010 NPC Bill Grant Bodybuilding & Figure Classic July 17th
by Bill Grant

Over 10,000 Athletes Competing in SportsFest – Promoter and Master of Ceremonies will be Legendary Bodybuilder Bill Grant, Mr. America and Mr. World. Bill Grant appeared in the new release of “Pumping Iron” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and has also been featured in numerous movies, television shows and commercials.

The 5th Annual NPC Bill Grant Bodybuilding and Figure Classic will be held at Cedar Beach Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 1:00 PM. It is part of the Lehigh Valley Sports Fest, a sporting event drawing thousands of athletes and spectators from around the globe. Admission is FREE for all spectators.
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Lance Armstrong: Novitsky’s Next Victim!
by John Romano RxMuscle.com

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong now has the pleasure of having not only the United States Oakley-Lance-Armstrong3Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) looking up his ass, but also the former IRS agent, turned FDA special agent, who was the lead investigator in the BALCO case, Jeff Novitzky. In addition to USADA’s investigation, Novitzky has focused the forces of the Food and Drug Administration’s criminal investigations unit on Armstrong to look into whether or not he took performance enhancing drugs when he won cycling’s most prestigious race. Novitzky, who made a name for himself in the press spending tens of millions of dollars chasing Barry Bonds out of Cooperstown, became famous in the BALCO case which involved numerous top professional and Olympic athletes, many of whom went to jail, were discredited, or ended their careers.
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Study Reveals Long-term Advantages of Fast Initial Weight Loss

Lose weight fast for lasting results suggests new study

If you thought the best way to lose and maintain weight was the slow and steady approach, think again. A new study by Lisa Nackers and colleagues, from the University of Florida in the US, suggests that the key to long-term weight loss and maintenance is to lose weight quickly, not gradually, in the initial stages of obesity treatment. Their findings1 are published online in Springer’s International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Successful weight loss in obese individuals is defined as a reduction of 10 percent or more of initial body weight maintained for at least a year. The jury is still out, however, as to whether fast or slow initial weight loss is the best approach for long-term weight control in obese patients. On the one hand, there is evidence that losing weight slowly initially results in continued weight loss, reduced risk of weight regain, and successful long-term weight loss maintenance. On the other hand, it has also been shown that the greater the initial weight loss in obese patients, the larger the total weight loss observed longer term.
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The Truth About Acai Berry
by John Romaniello

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past 3 years, you’ve hard of this “magical” berry. Every time you open a magazine, there it is, looking at you all seductively. You can’t read anything related to diet or fat loss without it showing up.

So let’s get the facts all straightened out.

To put it in terms that are more interesting—at least to me—Acai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee), is sort of like the Kim Kardashian (pronounced card-ASS-ee-in) of the anti-oxidant world; that is, they’ve both been around for a while, but until about two or three years ago, no one really knew about it.

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, Acai (and Kim) exploded into the mainstream.
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Anti-Aging Supplements May Be Best Taken Not Too Late in Life

ScienceDaily (May 24, 2010) — Anti-aging supplements made up of mixtures might be better than single compounds at preventing decline in physical function, according to researchers at the University of Florida’s Institute on Aging. In addition, it appears that such so-called neutraceuticals should be taken before very old age for benefits such as improvement in physical function.

The findings from rat studies, published in the journal PLoS ONE, have implications for how dietary supplementation can be used effectively in humans.

“I think it is important for people to focus on good nutrition, but for those of advanced age who are running out of energy and not moving much, we’re trying to find a supplement mixture that can help improve their quality of life,” said Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Ph.D., senior author of the paper and chief of the biology of aging division in the UF College of Medicine.
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High-Intensity Interval Training is Twice as Effective as Regular Exercise
by Ethan A. Huff

(NaturalNews) Recent research is indicating that traditional approaches to exercise that involve spending hours in the gym every day may not be the best way to stay strong and healthy. Interval training, a high-intensity type of workout that was originally created for Olympic athletes, may actually be twice as effective as regular exercise, and it can be done in a fraction of the time.

Most people are familiar with workout regimens that claim to build strength and endurance in mere minutes a day. Though seemingly deceptive, there may be more truth to such claims than one would have originally thought, depending on the technique. A few minutes of strenuous exercise a couple days out of the week is actually more effective than spending an hour or two every day in the gym.
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Lack of Sleep Negatively Impacts Glucose Metabolism
by Matt Cahill

Posted by Matt Cahill on May 25th, 2010 and filed under Featured Articles, Research Updates, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry from your site

sleepI’m pretty sure you’re well aware of the importance of a good nights sleep with regards to in-gym performance and post-gym recovery, but it also plays a huge role in body composition. In fact, some brand new research from the Leiden University Medical Center in Holland has suggested that just one night of bad sleep can upset insulin sensitivity even in otherwise healthy subjects.
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‘Stress’ Protein Could Halt Aging Process, Say Scientists

ScienceDaily (May 24, 2010) — Scientists in the UK and the U.S. have discovered that a protein which responds to stress can halt the degeneration of muscle mass caused during the body’s aging process.

HSP10 (Heat Shock Protein), helps monitor and organise protein interactions in the body, and responds to environmental stresses, such as exercise and infection, by increasing its production inside cells. Researchers at Liverpool, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of California, found that excessive amounts of HSP10 inside mitochondria — ‘organs’ that act as energy generators in cells — can halt the body’s aging process by preserving muscle strength.
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TMZ Jay Cutler Post Emanates Sheer Jealousy by the Mainstream
by Joe Pietaro

TMZ is hardly an outlet that should be taken seriously, as should the people that follow it. But when the bodybuilding takes notice that one of their own is being attacked, natural instincts begin to kick in. ‘The National Enquirer” of television and the Internet posted two recent photos of Jay Cutler in their ‘You Might Want to Rethink’ department with the following caption, “Former human Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler shows off what he unwillingly did to his body at some muscle event in the UK Friday,” which set off a shitstorm of comments from their fans/followers.

Before we go any further, the unnamed ‘TMZ Staff’ member who put this crap up on their website (http://www.tmz.com/2010/05/22/mr-olympia-jay-cutler-muscle-photo/#comments) didn’t even have the balls to do it under their name. In less than 24 hours, there has been an accumulation of seven pages of reader’s comments, one as feeble as the last.
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What Happened To British Dragon Steroids?

British Dragon is a manufacturer of various types of anabolic steroids. For many years, they were one of the most recognized names in these sorts of drugs, and were almost thought to be an authority on them. However, various sorts of legal trouble occurred, and the company was completely restructured sometime between 2007 and 2008. Today, they have reformed and are seeking to be viewed as a legitimate pharmaceuticals manufacturer. Despite that, though, the name British Dragon remains synonymous with the steroid black market, and many people continue to believe that their products were far superior to those of many other companies.
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Mystery NFL players help build case against Canadian HGH doctor

Canadian doctor Anthony Galea was charged Tuesday with illegally treating current and former NFL players with unapproved drugs including human growth hormone (HGH).

Three NFL players, two active and one retired, are cited in the criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Buffalo. The affidavit includes testimony from a cooperating witness who was arrested entering the country from Canada and later told authorities about a future meeting with a professional athlete from the Washington area for a treatment session. Galea would go to U.S. cities to meet athletes in hotel rooms or their homes. Galea’s assistant, Mary Anne Catalano, was stopped entering Buffalo with HGH and vials of “foreign homeopathic drugs.”
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Muscle Mass in Elderly Boosted by Combining Resistance Exercise and Blood Flow Restriction

ScienceDaily – For years, researchers have known that resistance exercise training — such as weightlifting, in which muscles work against gravity or another force — can be one of the most effective ways to fight the debilitating muscle loss caused by aging.

But many older people are unable to get the full benefits of such training because they suffer from conditions such as arthritis that prevent them from lifting enough weight to stimulate muscle growth. And, while younger men and women continue to produce significant amounts of muscle protein for hours after a resistance exercise workout, seniors receive a much smaller post-workout benefit.
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