Nutrition

Physique Coaching Registration is LIVE!!

January 27, 2010 · 3 Comments

Are You Ready to for Me to Teach You EXACTLY How to Get Your Best Physique? I don’t know much about cars, relationships, or finance, but I do happen to know a lot about Physique Enhancement and the training, nutrition, cardio, and supplementation that goes with that. And I should… I’ve been studying and doing this stuff for over 20 years now! But here’s the thing: I didn’t work so hard to learn everything I could about nutrition and training so I could get lean, build some muscle, & look good struttin’ around on the beach! (Ok, maybe that was my... [Read the full story]

Exercise

How Much Cardio is Too Much Cardio?

January 20, 2010 · 2 Comments

How much is too much? We all know that cardiovascular exercise (or simply cardio) burns fat. Sure, some types and methods of doing cardio burn more fat than others, but it’s pretty safe to say cardio burns fat. Although not quite as unanimous or commonly known, cardio can burn muscle. But the key word in that statement is CAN. The fact is, burning muscle by doing too much cardio is not a real concern for most people, but let’s take a closer look. We Want It to be True It’s been well documented by a number of studies that we humans are inherently biased people, whether we... [Read the full story]

Health & Wellness

New Research Shows Surprising Dangers of Sitting!

January 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I just finished reading a VERY interesting article from the British Journal of Sports Medicine that discusses how detrimental sitting is to our health. Of course we already know that failing to exercise is not good for us — that’s a no-brainer. But this article (technically a press release) specifically talks about the (shocking) difference in how our body responds to sitting as opposed to simply standing and/or moving around a bit. Recent research is consistently showing that even the most minor of movements can do wonders for preventing the physiological decline that we suffer when... [Read the full story]

Q & A

Better BCAA Supplement: Chain’d Out or Xtend?

December 15, 2009 · 1 Comment

Scivation Xtend vs ALRI Chain’d Out Question: Based on the ingredients, which is better product — ALRI Chain’d Out or Scivation Xtend? Thanks. Nick E. from San Ramon, CA Answer: That’s a good question, Nick, as these products are rather similar. So let’s take a closer look, shall we? Scivation Xtend Ingredients The exact ingredients and their amounts are straightforward with Scivation Xtend. Serving size: 11.5 g Total BCAA’s per serving: 7.1 L-leucine: 3.5 g L-isoleucine: 1.8 g L-valine: 1.8 g Other Ingredients: L-glutamine: 2.5 g Citrulline Malate: 1... [Read the full story]

Dr Clay Show

Quit Being So Damned Optimistic!

October 14, 2009 · 1 Comment

Contrary to the title of this post, I’m all about being optimistic. In fact, I could even be described as very optimistic myself. Quit being so happy... loser. So you can imagine my surprise when I read a recent study that shows that optimism may actually be a hindrance to your weight loss efforts! My initial thought was “these researchers have lost their minds… and they MUST be pessimists!” (Come to think of it, was I being pessimistic by thinking that? Hmmm…) I figured you would find this interesting like I did, so I made an episode of the Dr Clay Show about... [Read the full story]

Bodybuilding & Figure

The Body Shop Volume 2: Physique Evaluations by Dr Clay

December 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

TMuscle.com (or T-Nation as many of us know it) just posted my latest installment in a (monthly, I think) series I’m doing called The Body Shop. Tim In these articles I thoroughly evaluate the physiques of few lucky TMuscle readers. Plus I give them pointers on how to improve their physique to its maximum potential. Here are a few excerpts from Body Shop Volume 2: Sample of Tim’s evaluation: “You already have a good physique, but you could have a great physique. So let me give you a few pointers that’ll help to bridge that gap. Your clavicles (shoulders) are just... [Read the full story]

Q & A

Better BCAA Supplement: Chain’d Out or Xtend?

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Finishing with High-Rep Pump Sets

Weight-training Question: Say on a day when i do arms, would it be such a bad thing to drop and hit 2 sets of say pushups, each set until failure? To fully exhaust my tri’s ? Although i can do alot of pushups, so i would end up doing way over 10, but would this high rep last chance exhaustion really help out...

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How Far Should You Lean Forward on Low Pulley Cable Rows?

Question: When doing low pulley rows how far forward should the torso lean? i’ve seen vids of arnold doing them and he goes pretty much all the way forward. in other vids i’ve seen the guys stay almost completely upright. i know you really can’t always train like these guys, but what is the...

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