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Healing tendon injuries with nutrition

Healing tendon injuries with nutrition Written by Joachim Bartoll, January 2016Classic Muscle Newsletter, March 2016 (issue #18) Tendon injuries can be one of the worst hurdles for anyone who regularly participates in exercise or sports. They heal slowly and can seem to last forever, and the current therapies to treat them don’t seem to be very effective. While minor muscle injuries are more common than tendon injuries, such as strains or sprains, they often […]

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How I lead my life

By Joachim Bartoll / January 1, 2016 / Health and Fitness, Motivational / Self-Help, Personal Blog / Training, Life & Opinions / 11 minutes of reading

How I lead my life Part 1: the daily structure and my rules for living by Joachim Bartoll, January 1, 2016Classic Muscle Newsletter, March 2016 (issue #18) Over the last year, I’ve got dozens of questions about how I structure my days and if I have any valuable tips and strategies to keep productive, lean, healthy and fit in my forties.So, I decided to make a little series about the structure of my typical

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Thumbless Pressing – For Wrist, Elbow, and Shoulder Injury Prevention

By Joachim Bartoll / November 20, 2015 / Body Transformation / Bodybuilding, Health and Fitness / 3 minutes of reading

Thumbless Pressing For Wrist, Elbow, and Shoulder Injury Prevention Written by Joachim Bartoll, November 20, 2015Classic Muscle Newsletter, January 2016 (issue #16) How do you grip the barbell when doing the bench press and the shoulder press?There are two different approaches; the regular grip with the thumb “wrapped” around the bar, and the thumbless grip (aka “false grip” or “open grip”), where you place your thumb beneath the bar and together with your fingers.There

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Long-Term Fasting – Why Would You Want To?

By Joachim Bartoll / July 3, 2015 / Fasting / Dry Fasting, Health and Fitness / 10 minutes of reading

Long-Term Fasting 5, 7 and 10 days of fasting. Why would you want to? By Joachim BartollClassic Muscle Newsletter, August 2015 (edition #11) Fasting for 5, 7 or even 10 days have experienced a re-birth within the health- and fitness community as of late. While the majority of people unfamiliar with its positive health effects still frowns upon the thought of going without food, more and more people is getting interested in fasting, including

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Testosterone, Part 2: benefits of testosterone and crushing some myths

By Joachim Bartoll / June 8, 2015 / Body Transformation / Bodybuilding, Health and Fitness / 11 minutes of reading

Testosterone Part 2: benefits of testosterone and crushing some myths By Joachim Bartoll, June 2015, for Classic Muscle Newsletter, issue 11 In the first part we looked at our production of testosterone and the three forms of circulating testosterone within our bodies.When people speak of testosterone, most of us picture its masculine effects, such as larger muscles, more body hair and a deeper voice. However, that is only a small part of what testosterone

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Testosterone Part 1: What it is and how it is made

By Joachim Bartoll / May 4, 2015 / Body Transformation / Bodybuilding, Health and Fitness / 7 minutes of reading

Testosterone Part 1: What it is and how it is made By Joachim Bartoll, May/June 2015, for Classic Muscle Newsletter, issue 10 Testosterone is a 19-carbon steroid hormone belonging to the androgen group. It’s made from cholesterol (like all sex hormones) and its immediate precursor is DHEA. On average, a healthy man’s body will produce about 7 mg of testosterone a day, but not all of that Testosterone can be used by our bodies.

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Regain Your Passion – How to Feel Excited About Life

By Joachim Bartoll / February 2, 2015 / Health and Fitness / 5 minutes of reading

Regain Your Passion How to feel excited about life Written by Joachim Bartoll, February 1, 2015 – previously published for online publicationRe-published in Classic Muscle Newsletter, January 2016 (issue #16) We live in a world where we go from doing one thing to another without much of a thought. We rarely stop to think and reflect about what we have accomplished, what we have contributed, and what get us excited and keep us motivated.

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