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I'd like to start a little discussion today about carbohydrates... and in particular, "white foods" as well as potatoes. One reason I wanted to mention this is because so many health and fitness professionals trash talk potatoes about being a bad carbohydrate choice because of the high glycemic index. Some even say such ridiculous things as "avoid any and all white carbohydrates".

There are two common fitness goals - to gain muscle mass and to lose body fat. Unfortunately, for the most part, the two goals are at opposite ends of the spectrum.

When it comes to the question of how to build big traps the discussion starts and finishes with deadlifts.

If you tell the average nutritionist you are on a high protein diet because you are an athlete they will often reply, "oh you don't want to do that, you don't need it and it will lead to kidney disease" without a single decent study to back up their claim! In this article I want to address once and for all the protein myth as it applies to what the average person is told when they tell their doctor that he or she is following a high protein diet.

I am going to let you in on something really shocking. Cholesterol is not the major culprit in heart disease. I know this may be hard to believe after all we have heard about the dangers of high cholesterol from our doctors, and the media. But the truth is, it is not the cholesterol levels themselves or the cholesterol containing foods that are the culprits in heart disease, it is those foods and any other thing that causes inflammation in your body that is the major cause of heart disease.

How to build big calves… it's a question that I wondered about for many years as a kid, being born with calves like string beans. After much experimentation, what I finally realized was that high volume works great for calves

Most people who read my articles and e-books know me as a science guy who likes to quote studies and apply research to everyday problems such as weight loss, bodybuilding, and other health and fitness related topics. However, sometimes you have to step back from the science and look at the bigger picture to help bring people back into focus, so they can see the forest for the trees, so to speak.

If any of you remember reading the March 2003 issue of Life Extension magazine you should recall the long list of potential medical, performance and anti-aging effects of creatine. The article outlined the substantial body of research that found creatine may be helpful with diseases effecting the neuro muscular system, such as muscular dystrophy and may have therapeutic applications in aging populations, wasting syndromes, muscle atrophy, fatigue, myopathies, Parkinson's disease.

A unique ab workout that doesn't contain your typical boring stomach exercises - theres no crunches or situps here!

The three most important mistakes to make when building muscle: - Missing out on the Cardio, Overtraining the Biceps and Triceps, Not focusing on getting stronger, this article explains why!