Supplements we use – Part 1: my top tier supplements

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Supplements we use The most common and popular supplements when working with clients Part 1: my top tier supplements By Joachim Bartoll, June 2015, for Classic Muscle Newsletter, issue 10 (this article is outdated, but might still be beneficial) What is the first and most frequent question you get asked as a trainer, whether it’s from a new client, a guy or a gal at your expo booth, or someone walking up to you …

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

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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 / / 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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Red Meat, Salt, Eggs, and Other Goodness!

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RED MEAT, SALT, EGGS, AND OTHER GOODNESS Destroying the dogma from the clueless age of Big Pharma Written by Joachim Bartoll, November 2014 – previously published for online publicationRe-published in Classic Muscle Newsletter, January 2016 (issue #16) When I got into nutrition in the mid- and late 80’s, the low-fat craze had just begun and it skyrocketed during the 90’s. Fat intake should be kept low, preferable around 10 % of total calories or …

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The importance of Vitamin B12

By / / Diet and Nutrition / 2 minutes of reading

Vitamin B12 is known as the energy vitamin and if there’s one vitamin that older people are frequently low in, it’s vitamin B12. In one study, 15% of adults older than 65 had clinically low levels – and most researchers and nutritionists think the number is much higher. As we get older we make less stomach acid and you need a protein found in the gastric juice called intrinsic factor in order to absorb …

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Simple ways to make the chest dip awesome

By / / Body Transformation / Bodybuilding, Health and Fitness / 2 minutes of reading

In Sweden, we have a discipline called Athletic Fitness, dating back to 1994. You compete in a physique-round followed by a strength-round and finally an endurance-round. In the strength-round you have to do as many repetitions you can in the pull-up and the dip.In the dip, you need to go deep as a frikkin’ clown, with shoulders way below 90 degrees with your biceps touching you forearms. Idiotic, yes.Now, in training, this is never …

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An easy way to structure Metabolic Conditioning Work

By / / Body Transformation / Bodybuilding, Health and Fitness / 3 minutes of reading

In 9 out of 10 times, your strength training workout should be programmed for increasing your strength and/or muscle mass, even when you’re on a diet. Lifting heavy with building muscle in mind is what built your physique and it is what will keep your muscle mass from withering away during a diet. With that said, there are ways to still be lifting weights and simultaneously burn a ton of fat. Doing some metabolic …

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Periodization Made Easy

By / / Body Transformation / Bodybuilding / 4 minutes of reading

Periodization simply means that you divide the year into different phases. These phases are then planned in a way that you reach your peak performance at a specific time – such as the start of a season, a competition or a physical test. In the majority of cases we talk about five levels of planning, although there can be a sixth one (the Olympic cycle). The levels are: The Yearly CycleAll levels of planning …

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Our addiction culture – why praise might be holding you back

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Acceptance, followed and surpassed only by praise, are two of the most addictive and potentially destructive ‘drugs’ around. The great majority of us are already under their spell – just look at social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram and the continuous hunt for likes, comments, praise and acceptance. As the old saying goes, “praise is something children cry for and grown people die for.” Of course, there’s nothing wrong with giving or …

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Dags Att Växa

By / / Body Transformation / Bodybuilding / 1 minute of reading

One of my most popular published muscle building programs for BODY Magazine. A lot of the methods used here are also present in my book ‘The Maximum Muscle Guide’ from 2009. It was written during November of 2010 and published in the January 2011 issue of the Swedish Bodybuilding magazine BODY. I wrote for BODY Magazine during 2006 to 2011.

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