August 2012

Create an Unbeatable Mind and Body

Photo by SEALFIT

Navy SEAL Mark Divine teaches you how to develop physical strength and a steel will. If you thought Zen meditation and busting your ass in Navy SEAL type training had nothing in common, then let us introduce you to retired Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine. Divine is the creator of SEALFIT Training Center in Encinitas,… read more

The Hidden Wonders of Creatine

A few years ago, creatine was under attack by misinformed alarmists fretting over the supplement’s use by young athletes. Wrongly blamed for the premature deaths of collegiate wrestlers who applied disastrous dehydration methods to cut weight, creatine was high on the hit list of those hand-wringing purveyors of the “mommy state.” And it continues to… read more

Get Phat with Fat

HEALTHY FATS AND OILS CONTINUE TO ASTOUND RESEARCHERS WITH THEIR ABILITY TO AID EVERYTHING FROM WEIGHT MANAGEMENT TO BRAIN HEALTH. HERE’S THE SCOOP.   Eating fat makes you fat: It used to be gospel. Now, we know better. The bias against all types of dietary fat was drilled into us in the 1970s. That’s when… read more

Get An Olympic Body

INCREASE YOUR ATHLETIC VERSATILITY AND CREATE A LEANER, HARDER PHYSIQUE WITH THESE TRAINING TOOLS THAT YOU CAN USE IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD. Train like an elite athlete with GNC’s new line of Pro Performance equipment. Sprinters, swimmers, decathletes, gymnasts — all the great athletes you’re watching at the 2012 Summer Olympics — what do they… read more

How Soy Became Super

THE DAYS OF BODYBUILDERS AND OTHER ATHLETES AVOIDING SOY PROTEIN ARE OVER. HERE’S THE LATEST RESEARCH ON THIS POWER-PACKED, PLANT-BASED NUTRIENT. The once-maligned protein is now a sports-nutrition staple. Here’s why. If you’re taken by sensational headlines, you may have been swayed by the countless negative stories about soy foods and protein: that it can… read more

The Hardgainer Rules

HAVING TROUBLE PACKING ON MUSCLE? FOLLOW THESE TRAINING AND NUTRITION LAWS TO JACK UP YOUR GAINS AND ADD QUALITY POUNDS. Skinny? Hit a plateau? Want more muscle? Follow our 20 laws and add 15 lb of lean mass in only 15 weeks. Getting big isn’t easy. Never has been. But some find it harder than… read more

The Perfectionist

TALKING WITH OLYMPIC LEGEND MITCH GAYLORD, THE FIRST U.S. GYMNAST TO EVER RECORD A PERFECT 10.   Olympic Gold Medalist Mitch Gaylord set a new standard in U.S. gymnastics. Gymnastics definitely gave me the mind-set — as far as being competitive and goal-oriented and driven — that I’ve taken into business and other things I do… read more

Market Muscle

PHYSIQUE PRO CRAIG “HOT COMMODITY” CAPURSO IS A WALL STREET TRADER WHOSE ATHLETIC PROWESS AND COVER-MODEL PHYSIQUE IS ALWAYS MONEY.   Craig “The Hot Commodity” Capurso is a futures trader and IFBB competitor who just may have the best body on Wall Street. Those “Masters of the Universe” who populate Wall Street may have nerves… read more

The Road Warrior

THIS “ROAD WARRIOR” LOST HIS EXCESS BAGGAGE AND BECAME A FIRST-CLASS HEALTH ADVOCATE.   Frequent flying fattened him up. Here’s how he lost the excess baggage. Carrying an extra 100 lb of luggage on a flight is exhausting — and costly! Most airlines charge you upward of $50 for overweight bags. But what if the… read more

Bone Building with Creatine

HOW CREATINE CAN HELP STRENGTHEN BONES AND ALLEVIATE SYMPTOMS OF OSTEOPOROSIS. This sports supplement may help prevent osteoporosis. Is creatine part of your supplement regimen? For decades, bodybuilders and other athletes have used this nitrogenous organic acid, made up of the three amino acids arginine, glycine and methionine, to supply their muscles with energy to… read more