Author L Rea's
CORE Performance
Truth for Excellence in Physique &
Performance
March 2005
Interviews
by Matt Reynolds
Glenn Pendlay is a guy you’ve probably never heard of. Unless you’re into hanging out with Exercise Physiology or Kinesiology professors or actually attend those strength symposiums, then you most likely have no idea who he is. But if you do know anything about the aforementioned subjects, then you know exactly who he is. He’s one of the best…ever.
by CORE Performance
Author L Rea has always been on the cutting edge of athletic performance.
Learn about the introduction of the most effective supplement of 2005 -- and its
discontinuation a week later. Author shares details of his travels to Mexico and
Thailand as well. And finally, we have some expert guidance on appropriate
antiestrogen selection.
Question and Answer
Is it a good idea to stack boldenone and nandrolone? Will
stacking interleukin-15 with insulin-like growth factor turn even
the most ordinary physique into a freak show?
Training
by Yuval Goldstein
Common wisdom has it that once a muscle was exercised intensely
using resistance training, it should not be exercised again until
it has completely recovered. This is considered especially true
when a muscle was exercised to failure for several sets, or when
eccentric movements were used for added intensity. What I am about
to suggest in this article goes against this commonly held dogma.
I suggest that advanced trainers only use, on an
occasional, infrequent basis, a technique whereby they will
exercise relatively small muscles, such as the biceps or triceps,
twice a day, both times in an intense manner. I call this
technique a "twist" double-split. It takes advantage of the fact
that muscles partially recover after a few hours even when worked
very heavily, as is the case with advanced training. This
technique has worked very effectively for me, where I have reached
plateaus in the training of these muscles. In this article I will
attempt to explain its raison d’etre and explore its
mechanisms of action.
by Don Alessi
Training, like so many other bodybuilding "fads" goes in and
out of fashion. It’s rare that any one of these fads ever captures
the attention of exercise scientists. Over the last 10 years
partial range of motion training referred to as "partials" has
been studied for its ability to produce strength gains. The irony
is that bodybuilders also swear that the same system produces size/hypertrophy gains. The trouble is, proving that it forces size
gains above and beyond any other system, has to this point, eluded
exercise scientists. (That shouldn’t surprise you though, these
were the same dorks that took almost 50 years to prove anabolic
steroids enhanced athletic performance.) So will partial training
become an institution or will it follow the route of the thrust
press, the ab roller and Hot Skinz into bodybuilding extinction?
You be the judge.
by Gavin Laird
Recuperation or recovery can be split in to several
sub-categories. Russian sports scientists have long classified
recuperation as being either pedagogical (stemming from the
training plan), medico-biological (including tactile and
pharmacological means) or psychological (mental recuperation).
Most advanced strength athletes use all three classes of
recuperation whether they know it or not but there is a definite
tendency amongst Western European and American athletes to neglect
pedagogical and psychological restoration in favour of gross
overuse of medico-biological means.
Nutrition
by Dennis B Weis
Steve "Tower" Henneberry, a star on the former "American Gladiators" television program, goes for peak performance in the kitchen by preparing what he calls One-Step High-Protein Meals. One of his all-time favorites is called G.L.O.P. (Get Lots of Protein). Here is his jealously guarded, almost secret recipe for G.L.O.P.
by David Greenwalt, CSCS
I want you to consider a common female client. She's a woman
about 5'5" and 185 pounds. A combination of a mostly sedentary
lifestyle, quick-fix, processed foods and consistent excessively
low calories has resulted in an incredibly stubborn fat loss
scenario. Not only has it created a stubborn fat loss scenario
but her ability to add body fat is remarkably strong. Most would
believe there is simply no possible way she could be 185 pounds
eating mostly low calories. While it's true the average obese
American created their own obesity by being a huge overconsumer,
a sedentary glutton if you will, many are able to maintain their
level of obesity with the following formula in very precise
ratios: starvation + binges + sedentary lifestyle.
by Author L Rea
As of late it seems that I have been getting more and more
questions about soy protein and my reasons for suggesting that
athletes, and especially male athletes, avoid it like a bad blind
date. As such I would like to offer some broader insights upon
this evil substance. In truth, with the exception of
post-menopausal women, there just is no valid reason to suggest
that the evils of soy food or protein use out weight the benefits.
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