Tom Platz: The greatest legs on earth

Tom Platz, known for his famous legs and his incredible work ethic. His work ethic is out of this world, he is a great bodybuilder and has done many things to where he is now. In an interview, he spoke about sleeping on peoples couches because he came to this country with 50$ and a plane ticket. He was dedicated, and wanted to because one of the best bodybuilders of all times. With that being said, I will post a video of him practicing hypnosis, he also explains how it develops his bodybuilding lifestyle.



Now that is insane!

Popeye's spinach: 5 things to know

1 Popeye's predilection for spinach when he needed a strength boost wasn't artistic license. It contains muscle-enhancing compounds beta-ecdysterone, which can increase muscle size and strength, and octacosanol, which promotes strength.

2 One 3-ounce serving contains 20 calories, 2 grams of protein, 3 grams of carbs, 0 grams of fat and 2 grams of fiber. It also contains 160% of the RDA for vitamin A and 510% of the RDA for vitamin K.

3 Three cups contain 3 mg of iron. To maximize uptake, eat spinach with foods high in vitamin C. Add strawberries, oranges or grapefruit to a spinach salad, or make this dressing: Whisk 1/4 cup fresh-squeezed orange or grapefruit juice with 2 tablespoons olive oil.

4 Spinach is rich in the amino acid glutamine, which raises growth-hormone levels and levels of protein-synthesis-boosting leucine in muscle tissue, decreases muscle breakdown and helps maintain your immune system.

5 Teeth feel gritty or squeaky after eating spinach? That's a result of oxalic acid bonding with calcium and being deposited on your teeth. Not to worry, a quick tooth-brushing should do the trick.

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Taking weight gainers: Bloating

Do you think you're getting your money with weight gainers? Yes, the ones purchased and used by many teenagers all over the world. First things first, you always have to look at the nutrition facts or supplement facts on weight gainers.

Some weight gainers have 50g of protein, and 150g of carbs, which brings the ratio to 1:3. That's a pretty good ratio. Well, you're probably thinking, it's cheap! Why not buy it?

On supplement facts, the ingrediants have to be lowest from the highest to smallest amount. Example: Whey protein isolate, Whey protein concentrate, Lecithin, Sucralose, Artificial Flavor, Aspartame.

In that weight gainer, whey protein isolate would be the protein with the highest concentration in the overall weight gainer. What you don't know is that it's not all protein, you think it's legit protein so you can get big and wide.

In 1 gram of protein, 200mg might be actual protein and the other 800mg is full of fat, sugar, etc. Most of that sugar is LACTOSE. That's what causes you to bloat, not because of all the carbs in the weight gainer, it's because of the lactose that shouldn't be there. That's why you have to stay away from unknown supplement companies.

Be safe, and buy the right protein for yourself!

Front delts for teens

The front delts typically are not an area most trainers have trouble bringing up. After all, the front delts get hammered on incline presses. But that doesn't mean you should skip training them altogether. A great mass-building shoulder exercise that hits the front delts-not to mention the middle delts, and even the upper pecs-is the barbell shoulder press performed with the bar in front of your head. This is a great way to build up the delt/pec tie-ins.

* Alternatives Smith machine shoulder presses, machine shoulder presses

FRONT-OF-THE-PACK DELT WORKOUT

EXERCISE                  SETS    REPS

Barbell shoulder presses    4     6-10

Barbell upright rows        3     8-12

Dumbbell lateral raises     3     8-12

Rear delt raises            3    12-15

-Jim Stoppani, PhD

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