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Date Published 10-02-2005

October Newsletter 2005

In this month's issue...  Editor's Note - by Robert DiMaggio  E-Book - Beginning Fitness & Bodybuilding  New Articles - Training, Diet & Nutrition  Featured - Ag-Guys.com  Monthly Article - 5 Simple Steps For Ridding Yourself Of Back Pain  Expert Q & A - by Tom Venuto, Anthony Ellis & Lee Hayward  Merchandise - IronMagLabs Anabolic-Matrix Rx  Exercise of the Month - Towel Pull-Ups  Marc's Fitness Zone - How Much Water Should You Drink Per Day?  Site Sponsors- Please visit! ..................................................................................................................................................................  Top Editor's Note Hello Fellow Bodybuilders & Fitness Enthusiasts, We are happy to announce that we were able to donate $400 to the Red Cross Katrina Fund last month. Thank you to everyone that contributed to our donation effort! I hope you all have a Happy Holloween (don't eat too much candy!) Yours in Fitness, Robert DiMaggio - Owner/President ..................................................................................................................................................................  Top Featured E-Book Beginning Fitness & Bodybuilding - by Marc David Dieting and working out but making absolutely zero progress really sucks – I should know, because I started training when I was 16, but never got any decent results until I was in my 30’s! If you’re a frustrated beginner like I was, or if your body has looked the same for months or even years, even though you’ve been dieting and working out hard, then this may be the most important letter you will ever read. After years of stagnation, I suddenly made more progress in just 90 days than I had in the entire time since I started training… just by correcting a few “newbie mistakes” and by making a few simple changes to my diet and exercise program. It took me 16 years of trial and error, making dumb beginner mistakes, before I finally stumbled onto these amazing fat loss and muscle growth secrets. Then it took another 1100 man-hours for researching, writing and compiling these strategies and techniques into the most effective system for beginners ever to burst onto the bodybuilding and fitness scene. This new program is designed so you can learn it quickly, even if you're a complete "newbie", (in fact, it’s ideal for beginners), plus it's amazingly fast and effective. Best part: You won’t believe how easy it is! All you have to do is be willing to make a few simple changes to your diet and workout program that I will teach you. Then, within just weeks, you will be leaner, stronger and more muscular than you’ve ever been before, 100% guaranteed, or the entire system is yours FREE just for trying it! click here for your free ebook! ..................................................................................................................................................................  Top October Articles Risk To Benefit Ratios of Extreme And Controversial Fat Loss Techniques by Tom Venuto Gain Herculean Muscle Mass and Power Fast! by Dennis Weis How to Lose the Most Fat and Build the Most Muscle in 30 Days by Nick Nilsson Is a calorie just a calorie? by Lyle McDonald ..................................................................................................................................................................  Top Featured AG-Guys carries all of your research chemical needs. Unlike other fly by night sites or ones that started up last week, AG-Guys have been in business for three years. "J" at AG- guys took it over about 1 1/2 years ago, and basically runs a top notch operation. They hope to earn your business by continuing to provide top quality products at fantastic prices, as well as the best customer service in the industry. They use high-quality European products rather than low-grade Chinese compounds. Give www.ag-guys.com a try and you will be impressed and you will help support IronMagazine at the same time. ..................................................................................................................................................................  Top Monthly Article 5 Simple Steps For Ridding Yourself Of Back Pain By Jesse Cannone Millions of people suffer from back pain unnecessarily when there is actually a very simple solution, according to Jesse Cannone , certified personal trainer and back pain specialist. "Unfortunately, many people are led to believe that back pain is normal and were all supposed to experience it... well, thankfully, that’s not the case. Eliminating back pain is not nearly as difficult as most people think or are led to believe... it can actually be easy!" says Cannone. Here’s the simple system that MUST be followed if you are looking for real, long-term, lasting relief: 1. Identify the cause – nearly all of the treatments people receive for back pain only focus on the symptoms and the healthcare professionals zoom in on only the problem area. The real key in eliminating back pain is to find out exactly what’s causing the problem... and most of the time it’s not even the back! 2. Address both the cause and the symptom – the best approach is a combination of treating the symptoms for pain relief while also addressing the underlying cause. 3. Be aware – many people suffering from back pain are not in tune with their bodies and during their treatment they do not realize what is working and what is not. In order to achieve long-term relief you have to understand how your body works, what’s causing the problem, and what changes have to be made to correct it. 4. Consistent Focused Action - achieving success in anything requires consistency and focused action. Most people with back pain won't make the time to work on their problem each day... instead they take pain killers which mask the pain and allow them to cause more damage while they continue with their life. 5. Don't do what doesn't work - we already know that most traditional treatments for back pain don't work.... why waste your time, energy, and money? The real key to eliminating back pain is to identify the true cause of the pain and then address it with a combination of treatments to treat both the cause and symptoms. Over 80% of all back pain is caused by muscle imbalances... NOT a lack of pain killers or surgery! Fid out what's going on in your body and take action. Click here to find out more about back pain... ..................................................................................................................................................................  Top Expert Q & A by Tom Venuto      Difference between "percentage of body fat" and "body mass index"? Get the answer here! by Anthony Ellis      How do you eat 6 meals a day in the real world? Get the answer here! by Lee Hayward      Appropriate work-out routine for females? Get the answer here! ..................................................................................................................................................................  Top Merchandise Anabolic-Matrix Rx       If you want to naturally increase your testosterone levels without using prohormones or steroids, which inhibit your own testosterone production, Anabolic-Matrix Rx™ is your best choice without a doubt. Our formula is completely unique and it's designed to stimulate the pituitary gland to secrete LH (Leutenizing Hormone) using the highest quality Tribulus Terrestris which signals the testes to produce more testosterone. Tribulus has been shown to increase LH levels up to 186% and Testosterone levels up to 40%! Featured Customer Testimonial "I purchased 3 bottles from Bodybuilding.com in June. I have been experiencing some ED and my testosterone level was diagnosed low at 158 and 178 for the past 6 months. After completing all three bottles of my purchase, I was scheduled to see my urologist on July 19th and my doc ran more tests for a "test" and other things such as my prolactin levels and so forth. Today, I had my appointment and my doctor told me that my testosterone levels were normal at 423, and he does not recommend treatment! What's more amazing is that he blew the product off and said that it would not help me at all. LOL, the dummy was wrong. Wow guys, this had made my day and its all due to the Matrix."   - Andre go to store... ..................................................................................................................................................................  Top Exercise of the Month - Towel Pull-Ups by Patrick Ward Often times there are us "freaks" in the gym that care more about silly things like grip strength then we do about things like "pumping our muscles up". If you are one that likes to "pump up" stop reading right now as you will probably dismiss this article as stupid. However, if you are one of those freaks that cares about grip strength and being a real machine read on.... I really enjoy working my grip. I think having a shattering grip is a fantastic thing. Aside from hammering it out with my captains of crush grippers (Ironmind.com) I like to do my pull ups with an added difficulty other than the normal plates hanging off a hip belt. I enjoy towel pull ups as they really blow up the grip. There are two ways that I like to do towel pulls: 1.) Soft Bar lifting (the easier of the two) - For this I simply take a towel (usually two towels) and wrap them around the bar. I then grab onto the bar where I wrapped the towels. The difficulty here is that instead of just holding the bar I have to now hold on through the two towels (which also will end up rolling on you if you aren't holding tight enough). 2.) Hanging towel pull ups (the hardest way) - Here is the real tough way to do towel pull ups. Take two towels (one for each hand) and toss them over the pull up bar so that you have two equal sides (of each towel) hanging off the bar. From there grab onto the hanging towels (one in each hand) and hold on for dear life as you attempt to do pull ups. If you want to make it a little easier try using some duct tape around the bottom of the two even ends to help keep it tight together (this is easier but not as fun). Once you get good try adding weight. ..................................................................................................................................................................  Top Marc David's Fitness Zone How Much Water Should You Drink Per Day? I’m always amazed at how many people seem to know the answer to this question yet in practice they fail. Everybody I’ve talked to seems to know that 8-12 glasses of water a day is the recommended standard. But if I ask them how many glasses of water have you consumed today? The answer is usually none. Or the other standard answer at a corporate environment “does coffee count?” While 8-12 glasses of water is great for the average sedentary person, many of us are fitness conscious or on the pursuit of some type of bodybuilding physique. With that in mind, I think the new standard for us should be 1-2 gallons of water a day. As a bodybuilder, you are putting much more nutrients, food, supplements, and other stuff into your body. What your body does not use, it must rid itself of by any means necessary. Usually it does this via water. So drinking plenty of water becomes a necessity. Increasing protein puts a strain on your body and drinking lots of water can keep things “moving.” Creatine monohydrate supplementation requires a lot of water. Creatine is all about cell volumization. Making sure your cells are completely hydrated helps with the volumization process. NO2, a hemodilator, requires water. Many other supplements require water as a transport and a flushing method. The side effects of drinking too little water are an excess buildup of certain chemicals. Creatine can leave behind some buildup that overtime, becomes a bit hard to pass. Putting such a strain on the body is also self-defeating. But don’t get me wrong, it’s not just about Creatine and NO2. It’s about making sure you are hydrated. Being properly hydrated has it’s benefits other then just the flushing methods and cell volumization discussed above. Your state of alertness is affected by your hydration levels. Performance in the gym by a hydrated body is enhanced. Your body is roughly 70% water. It makes sense to hydrate it. Drinking water is not just for hot days. It’s for intense workouts in the gym. In fact, being hydrated has that perpetual pump that is so sought after. There can be too much of a good thing. Drinking water to excess leads to water intoxication, referred to as hyponatremia. As you consume water, blood plasma increases and dilutes the salt content of the blood. While this is happening, you lose more salt by sweating. Consequently the amount of salt available to the body tissues decreases and over time, the loss interferes with brain, heart and muscle functions. Water intoxication is more commonly found in endurance athletes. Drink plenty of water per day, but just keep in mind, there can be too much of a good thing. Being properly hydrated is necessary for optimum performance in the gym and for keeping your body performing well. click here for your free ebook! ..................................................................................................................................................................  Top Site Sponsors ..................................................................................................................................................................  Top IronMagazine.com - Bodybuilding & Fitness Magazine IronMagazineForums.com - Bodybuilding & Fitness Community IronMagLabs.com - Bodybuilding Supplements