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As a fitness guru wannabe, I spend alot of time reading books and websites on fitness.  This article is going to be nothing but book recommendations and links.  Enjoy!

Books to Read

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The New High Intensity Training: The Best Muscle Building  System You’ve Never Tried by Ellington Darden

Great book about High Intensity Training.  Darden gives you the science behind it and some specifics regarding workouts.

A Flat Stomach ASAP by Ellington Darden

A plan for getting you to a flatter stomach. Incorporates some High Intensity Training principles.

Bigger Muscles in 42 Days by Ellington Darden

A 42 day plan for growth using High Intensity Training.

Massive Muscles in 10 Weeks by Ellington Darden

A case study in body part specialization using High Intensity Training principles.

Everything  You Need to Know about Fat Loss by Chris Aceto

The Bible of Fat loss science.  A must read if you are serious about understanding nutrition as it relates to fat loss.

Understanding Body Building Nutrition & Training: Practical, Quick Reference, Answers to Common Bodybuilding Challenges by Chris Aceto

A wonderful book on body building nutrition and training.  Another must read if you are serious about this topic

Web Sites

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Discuss Bodybuilding

A great forum site where people ask questions and get answers regarding many different body building topics.

RTP Blog

Adam Waters’ blog site that launched accountability blogging to the forefront.  Not much on information, but extremely high on inspiration.

Bodybuilding.com

A wealth of articles on the topic of bodybuilding.

The Fitness Herald

The blog of my mentor, Carlos DeJesus.  Carlos is a former World Champion Natural Bodybuilder.

Bodybuilding Secrets Live

The blog of my good friend and inspiration, Marc David.

 

This is something I will do monthly.  I will post a list of books that I recommend along with websites that I recommend as well.  All you fitness guru wannabes should take note!

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M8:D47 (D664) What about pain?

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The Muscle Building Fat Burning Video Blog #105
August 20, 2009

 

         

 

What's on my mind today?

I’ve been doing some thinking lately and have come up with a few interesting conclusions regarding pain.  I am not talking about the debilitating, unable to walk  type of pain.  I am talking about the type of pain you get from an intense workout or how your lungs burn during an extreme cardio workout.

How long?

When you walk barefoot in your house and stub your toe, how long does the pain last?  Generally it passes rather quickly.  You might be left with a bruised toe, but the pain itself subsides as fast as it started.  It is the same way with the pain you get during a lift.  Yes, it hurts to push yourself past the burn, but that pain subsides.  It goes away quickly.

How much?

You obviously need to pay attention to the intensity of the pain you are feeling.  There is the pain of going past the burn during a lift and there is the pain of an injury.  Both are different kinds of pain and they are obvious as to which is which.  Pay attention to pain from an injury because it is an indicator that you need to stop what you are doing.  However, the pain you get while taking a lift to failure is something you want to go beyond.  Push yourself hard and you will see gains.

How often?

Each time you do a lift you are going to feel pain if it is done correctly.  Your job is to push beyond that pain.  Working at this level of intensity is required to get good, consistent gains.  Yes, you are going to be sore after pushing your body this hard, but the results should be worth it to you.  If they are not, maybe this isn’t the right thing for you to be doing?

What is failure?

Finally, you are trying to take the set to failure.  What is failure anyway?  I strongly believe the point of failure is completely influenced by your mental attitude.  Yes, the muscle has a point where it will be unable to move the weight another repetition, but is that where you quit every time?  I am suggesting that most of us quit sooner than we should.  We let our brain stop us before our body does.  Do me a favor.  The next time you are in the gym, do not pick a stopping point (ie. 8 repetitions).  Just pick a weight and do the exercise until you can’t move the weight any more.  I call this “doing all the repetitions.”  That’s right, do them all.  Don’t stop until you can’t move the weight another repetition.  Don’t let your brain stop you, let your body stop you.  You will have to be ready to go beyond the pain that you feel, but it will be worth it.  Give me this favor for the entire workout and then let me know what you think.

 
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Today was an extremely intense 1 hour cardio session from CTF. 
 

 
 

Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING!

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