Fat Loss Tip – Vegetables are your best friend.

Posted by on Jan 22, 2010 in documentary, drug free, fat loss, Pauline Nordin, vegetables | 7 comments

One of the nutrition principles that helped me achieve the greatest condition of my career was the inclusion of lots of vegetables during my pre-contest preparation. The lower my calories dropped, the more vegetables I consumed and the leaner I became! Vegetables, especially the green crunchy ones, are like negative calories and you can not over eat them. They provide a lot of food volume with...

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Fat Loss Tip – Calorie Reductions

Posted by on Jan 19, 2010 in body composition, calories, diet, drug free, fat loss, nutrition | 6 comments

One of the main components in the fat loss equation is calories. You need to be mindful of how many calories you are taking in each day. If you are not showing the results you desire it is likely you need to eat fewer calories but be careful, calorie cuts should be made with a scalpel not a hatchet. Don’t do a dramatic cut all at once or you risk committing metabolic suicide. You need to...

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Physique Transformation Tip

Posted by on Jan 18, 2010 in body composition, drug free, fat loss, muscle, transformation | 0 comments

Muscle and fat are two different tissues. Contrary to what you may have heard you can’t turn fat into muscle and conversely if you stop working out, muscle will not turn into fat. If you are over weight and your main emphasis is fat loss you still need a strong muscle building component to your plan (This goes for women too!). Don’t feel you need to lose fat before you focus on...

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Max-OT Cardio Tips

Posted by on Jan 15, 2010 in body building, cardio, drug free, Max-OT | 33 comments

Remember not to over complicate Max-OT cardio. The goal of Max-OT style cardio is to work out of your comfort zone for 16-20 minutes. You need to be “huffing and puffing” throughout the session. Simply put, if you complete 16 minutes and it feels easy then you are not working hard enough. Don’t worry too much about what program setting you choose, what machine you are on or how...

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Heavy Dumbbells = Diminishing Returns

Posted by on Jan 13, 2010 in body building, drug free, dumbbells, Max-OT | 7 comments

I’ve had an evolution of thought over the years about using heavy dumbbells for pressing movements, both chest and shoulder. The shoulder training clip I just posted on my new YouTube page brought it to mind so I thought I would share it.Though dumbbell movements are an excellent compound choice of exercise and they fit squarely within the Max-OT principles I feel there is a diminishing...

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Q&A – Creating a Caloric Deficit

Posted by on Sep 24, 2009 in body composition, cardio, documentary, DVD, fat loss, Max-OT, nutrition | 4 comments

Q:I just viewed the DVD “I Want to Look Like That Guy” and it was awesome!!! I do have one question…. I noticed that on the diet schedule that was on the DVD, Stuart’s calories went way down there at the end…. Question is did he stay on the same 5 day Max-OT training and cardio during that time? I ask because I have been warned that if I take my caloreis to low and...

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