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Ten Reasons Why Runners Sh...

by Charles Poliquin 1/31/2012 4:00:10 PM If you like to run and have been struggling to increase your mile pace or need a boost in short sprint speed for the final kick, strength training is the answer. Athletes in endurance sports such as swimming, cycling, rowing, or skiing cross-country will also benefit from strength training. To read the rest of the article click on this link ...

Get Anabolic With Sprint I...

12/29/2011 9:24 AM Get the best anabolic response from exercise by performing sprint intervals and heavy strength training. Exercise causes physiological stress, and two common pitfalls of training are putting too much or too little stress on the body because lead to a catabolic, muscle degrading environment. Intense sprint intervals will trigger a cortisol stress hormone response, but if you program your...

Avoid Aerobic Training! Pe...

Perform resistance training and avoid aerobic training to increase strength and improve overall health. There’s a wealth of emerging evidence that resistance training, especially the kind that includes ground-based exercises such as squats, is better for preventing diabetes and improving insulin health than aerobic training. Additionally, resistance training will produce a leaner body composition and...

Top Ten Reasons to Eat Bre...

6/7/2011 9:55 AM      Breakfast eating is not a new topic for the Poliquin readership, but because it is so very vitally important to every aspect of your success including getting the body you desire, it is time to revisit the issue with a focus on relevant research.   I attach so much importance to breakfast that it actually dictates the venues I choose to hold PICP and BioSignature courses. I...

Avoid Soy and Dairy and De...

Eliminate soy and dairy from your diet and decrease prostate and breast cancer risk. Soy and cows’ milk have been shown to increase the growth rate of breast and prostate cancer cells indicating it’s prudent to avoid both in your diet.  Soy contains phyto-estrogens called isoflavones, which are plant-based chemicals that mimic estrogen in the body.  They work in a similar way to manmade chemicals...

Take BCAAs and Arginine fo...

Take BCAAs and arginine after training to increase anabolic response. And if you performed exhausting exercise or have very low body fat, throw some carbs into the mix for best results. BCAAs, or the Branched-Chain Amino Acids, are made up of leucine, isoleucine, valine, lysine, and they are essential for muscle building and recovery. Arginine is another important amino acid that supports protein synthesis...

How to Counter The Many Ne...

by Charles Poliquin 11/8/2011 4:35:40 PM   Aerobic training has many negative health effects, and being as more than 45,000 people ran the New York City Marathon on Sunday, this topic is more important than ever. Aerobic training stresses the adrenals, chronically raises cortisol, may lower testosterone, may hinder reproduction, can shrink reproductive organs, causes oxidative stress, and results in...