Friday, December 08, 2006

Friday's Video - Inspiration

Here's a GREAT video. Super inspirational...pass it on to a friend and have a great weekend.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Great Salmon Recipe

Here's a great recipe for Garlic Dill Salmon that I found in the new Yahoo Food section. Just add some veggies and you'll be good to go!

Garlic-Dill Salmon
Serves: 4

Ingredients
1. 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2. 3/4 cup fresh orange juice
3. 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
4. 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
5. 4 (7 ounce) salmon fillets

Nutrition Info - 4 servings

Calories: 388 kcal
Carbohydrates: 5 g
Dietary Fiber: 0 g
Fat: 21 g
Protein: 40 g


Cooking Directions
1. In a medium baking dish, combine the garlic, orange juice, lemon juice and dill. Place the salmon, skin side up, in the marinade and refrigerate for up to 3 hours. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Discard half of the marinade and bake the fish in the remaining sauce until cooked through, about 15 minutes.

Alwyn Cosgrove is a Bad Man.

I've been doing Alwyn Cosgrove's Afterburn II Fat Loss Training program. It is pretty tough but I was able to make it through the first 4 weeks and I felt like I was hitting my groove. However, yesterday I had to change up the rep ranges in the complexes from 8 reps to 4 reps. This coincides with an increase in weight. That coupled with new exercises at lower rep ranges later in the workout (more heavier weight), plus intervals, and the introduction of these devilish things Alwyn calls finishers (we talked about those when Alwyn was on Max-Out Radio) left me EXTREMELY sore this morning when NPR (National Public Radio) woke me up at 6:00am.

With these adjustments in the program Alwyn as arranged for me to become reacquainted with every muscle fiber in my trapezius (he's a bad man).

In regards to fat loss the program is dynamite. My wife even made some comment last night about how I was getting "skinny". I proptly corrected her that the proper term was "lean" not "skinny" (she'll ruin my reputation tossing around the s-word like that!)

Have a great day,
MR

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Resveratrol - The New CLA??

The past couple weeks resveratrol has been all over the news. It's popularity and the research that has been done on it makes me think if CLA. CLA? You may be thinking "But CLA is a fat and resveratrol is a phytochemical how are they similar? "

The thing is that a lot of the early work (research) on CLA was done in animals (mainly mice/rats). What we found out with more research is that CLA can turn a fat mouse into Mighty Mouse no problem but it doesn't do the same things in humans. I'm not knocking CLA because studies have shown that it can be an effective agent in the fight against body fat at about 3.5g/day but it hasn't worked in humans like it does in mice.

I wonder if resveratrol will be similar. Below is a quote from a recent NY Times article:

"Resveratrol has been shown, in mice, to double their endurance They also have a reduced heart rate and energy-charged muscles, just as trained athletes do, according to an article published online in Cell. “Resveratrol makes you look like a trained athlete without the training,” author Dr. Auwerx said in an interview.

If this would work in humans this would be incredible! Right? I'm not going to start celebrating quite yet. Plus another thing to mention is that the dosages of resveratrol that they are giving mice are HUGE compared to the average dose of a resveratrol supplement (for humans). In fact the only company that I've found whose product gives a large dose of resveratrol is Rez-V by Biotest. I would guess that if you are looking for the results that they are finding with mice that you would need to take large doses (like they do with mice) and not the small ones found in most supplements.

I'm intrigued by resveratrol. I'm going to start taking it myself. I figure the worst case scenario would be that my health greatly increases. We can sometimes get caught up in all the body composition / performance excitement that has been surrounding resveratrol but forget to realize that resveratrol have been shown to have great health benefits in HUMANS.

And if you're not into taking the supplement....have a glass of red wine. You'll get some resveratrol (not nearly as much as if you supplemented), you'll raise your HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol), but you'll temporally put a stop to fat burning (nobody said it was a perfect world).

Thanks to Aaron W for sending me the NY Times article.

Have a great day (and plan your meals!),
MR

Monday, December 04, 2006

Weight Training Below Freezing, Biggest Loser, and Marty

The new Max-Out Radio has been released.

This episode contains an interview with Marty Gallagher. Marty is a world renown powerlifter and author. Listen to my interview with him along with a look at caffeine research, and how to cook oatmeal while you sleep at the Max-Out Radio Website.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Accurate Thinking

This week's Friday's Focus of on Max-Out Radio was about applying Napolean Hill's theory of Accurate Thinking to you physique development and health. You can download it at the Max-Out Radio Website.