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Training
	To Hell and Back in Four Minutes Flat Want to know what the most efficient fat burning program is? For over a decade research has argued in favor of the Tabata method. Tabata Training is a form of interval training originally developed by Izumi Tabata in 1996 at the National Institute of Fitness and Sport in Tokyo.
	Post-Contest Rebound How to use this anabolic phenomenon to work with you and not against you. So you decided to commit to entering your first bodybuilding competition. You’ve planned out your 16 week diet protocol, which will get you as lean as you have ever been. You’ve structured your training program methodically, which coincides with your nutrition and cardio outline perfectly.
	No Gym? No Problem – Outdoor Training for the Fitness Enthusiast Do you have a job that has you sitting inside all day long while the beats down? To many this may seem like justification to skip the gym in order to avoid spending anymore time inside.
	Rest-Pause Training Are you looking for a way to put on muscle fast? One of the best ways to stimulate growth is to stimulate muscle fibers that may have gone a bit stale in your regular training. It may be time to abandon your regular 6 to 8 rep sets and start incorporating a set extending technique most commonly known as the Rest-Pause Set.
	Four Pains You Shouldn’t Ignore Consistent training and exercise have numerous benefits for your physical and mental health. Over time, however, your body can begin to exhibit signs of wear and tear caused by consistent training.
	The Lean Mass Plan for the Hard Gainer Beach season may be here already, but it’s never too late to get into bathing suit form by developing an effective and efficient plan. If you are what some would call “lanky” or a “hard gainer,” beach season diets that are posted everywhere will be of no use to you and your overactive metabolism.
	Stress-less – Weigh Less: The Stress-Free Fat Loss Stack Everybody has a certain amount of stress in their lives. It’s basically unavoidable and can be caused by a number of factors: school, work, family and relationships. It is said that 80-90% of illnesses are linked to stress.
	The Science of the Box Jump Are you tired of endless steady-state cardio sessions that seem to be getting you nowhere in terms of gains? Do you wish you could cut your cardio time in half, and still see the striations and cuts from head to toe?
	The View from Both Sides: BOSU Ball Training and Core Strength Are you looking for a new effective method for attacking your core muscles to improve your overall strength? Do you think you are running out of options? Well, have you ever looked over into the corner of the gym and wondered what that semi-spherical piece of equipment was for?
	Making Friends with your Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Anyone that’s ever experienced a partial or complete tear of their ACL shares a common understanding of a very specific pain and the road to recovery (not to mention a unique hatred for any popping sounds!)
	What’s in Your Cup? Soccer Training for the World Cup Like any high intensity sport, soccer requires a combination of muscle endurance and explosive power. A program that caters to these demands can help a player excel on the field...
	Cardio For Bodybuilders & Fitness Enthusiasts As a trainer, I am often asked about the benefits of cardiovascular training where bodybuilding and fitness are concerned. Most bodybuilders’ goals are to build muscle mass and shape and definition.
	The Ultimate Physique Audit It’s that time again. That mind-numbing, stress-inducing, number-crunching time of year. It’s tax season! But if you have enjoyed the winter and early spring seasons with all their holidays, paper may not be the only place you want to start crunching numbers...
	Post Show Blues: What They Are and How to Avoid Them Your first show or contest should be one of the most exciting and admirable achievements in your weight training career. Just one day requires sometimes more than a year of preparation, and at least 13 weeks of low carbohydrate and mind-bending dieting, and what seems to be a life of dedication...
	Whatever Happened to Big and Strong? To begin my discussion on training cooperation, I want to provide you with a briefing on periodization. Typical gym progress should more or less follow this typical program design: Hypertrophy, Strength, Endurance, and finally ...
	Top 4 Tips to Get Your Head in the Game Get the most out of your time in the gym with these top tips. How many times have you been told to listen to your body and accept its aches and pains? How many times have you thrown this advice straight out the window? Now, how many times has your own mind told you to sit one out because you just weren’t in the mood, or were tired, or hurt? How many times have you ignored your own advice? Trying to train without mental preparedness can lead to disaster, but there are many ways to avoid this feeling. Beginning with proper supplementation with a good pre-workout product like ALLMAX’s and a potent antioxidant like R-ALA will keep your body AND mind begging for more.
	New Year, New You: Reshaping Your Body with the ALLMAX Femme Line The holiday season has come to an end, and I regret to inform you that I failed to follow any of the helpful tips I provided you with in Beating the Holiday Weight Gain. With my next season around the corner, I am going to have to pull out a bag of tricks that includes a new training program and dieting regimen. Fortunately for me, ALLMAX nutrition has a hand in filling this bag with the Femme product line, developed specifically with the female body in mind.
	Strength in Numbers: The Benefits of Volume Training (VT) Playing with your training numbers is one of the best ways to avoid hitting plateaus. Whether you switch up your reps, sets or even rest times, you are causing your body to play a guessing game that instigates muscle growth. For example, periodized Volume Training (VT), a method of training that typically incorporates a high number of sets per exercise or per muscle group, promotes the growth of lean muscle.
	OVERCOMING OBSTACLES – ALLMAX ONLINE REPRESENTATIVE BATTLES on every single aspect is simply essential for maintaining health. Just ask Steven Mott, DIABETES WHILE BODYBUILDING As any bodybuilder or fitness enthusiast knows, controlling what goes into your body and what goes on inside of it is essential for optimal performance and results. But for some, keeping a close watch ALLMAX NUTRITION Online Representative – an aspiring bodybuilder who happens to be diabetic.
	Drop It Like It’s Hot: Maximizing Your Muscle Potential With Drop Sets Having trouble putting on the size you want? Well, are you drop setting? If not, maybe it’s time you re-examined your training. If you want to maximize your muscle-building potential, you must work to activate every muscle fibre in a single set.
	Fit For the Stage: Hypertrophy Specific Training (HST) in Fitness In the off-season, competitors look to put on the size they lost during their last cutting cycle. They incorporate many training mechanisms to ensure they have a solid foundation of muscle the next time they cut. Hypertrophy specific training or HST is a scientific technique used by many competitors who want to rebuild following a gruelling season.
	All Out for Strength - Complex Endurance Training Many individuals training for strength would laugh at the thought of incorporating endurance training into their program. But I call them fools. The benefits of endurance training are endless.
	No More Excuses: EIA and Endurance Reaching cardio vascular fatigue before muscular fatigue? You may have what is known as Exercise Induced Asthma or EIA. Common among athletes, EIA hinders your ability to train intensely and can progress over time. Your training however, does not need to stop. In fact, if you think you are suffering from EIA, it may be time to turn it up a notch with HITT intervals and ALLMAX Caffeine. Not sure what EIA is? Here are the facts.
	Beach Body Ready with HIIT High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is, one of the best ways to lean out and tone up. The benefits of this type of training are endless. First and foremost it is time efficient, leaving little to no room excuses.
	Your Guide to Blasting Your Lower Abs Getting that rocking six pack you see in fitness magazines takes time and focus. I intend to put you on the path to success with a couple hints. Find out how to get your ab training on track now!
	Intervals to Success Interval training is the practice of working both the aerobic and anaerobic systems of the body together in order to achieve a leaner tighter physique. Through active recovery you ensure that your body’s heart rate stays in or above the fat burning zone (anaerobic) for the duration of your cardio training.
	Living the Dream with Glutamine Training plateaus can occur for many reasons. The most common causes include, program staleness leading to a lack of motivation and interest, poor nutrition leading to a lack of energy and consequently lower motivation and interest, and finally physiological and psychological fatigue, linked directly to exhaustion.
	It's All Yours Baby The gym is your haven. It is your place to escape the grind of the day-to-day, the stress of life, and the annoyances of your co-workers, family and friends.
	Building A Stage Worthy V-Taper in No Time! An athlete attempting to gain muscle understands the value of nutrition. This is why ALLMAX Nutrition has engineered Muscle Maxx Muscle Building Protein to include muscle building as well as muscle repair ingredients making sure you gain the size you need in the about the same time it would take you finish the shake. And as I learned first hand, time and nutrition don’t always agree with one another.
	The Workout Remix With LEUTOR: Why Speeding Things Up Can Help Maximize Gains When muscles begin to burn and fatigue sets in, your body begins to cry for help. Your mind tells you to keep going, to keep pumping out reps. Are you going to listen to your mind? Or did you remember your LEUTOR⁷⁰? ALLMAX Nutrition’s LEUTOR⁷⁰ is an anabolic response catalyst intended to help you rep through the burn on your way to lean mass gains. Want to feel a real pump? Combining LEUTOR⁷⁰ with a workout remix can have you tearing through muscle tissue like it’s your job.
	Blue Line to Blue Line with CreMAGnaVol Your muscles didn’t come equipped with a built-in battery charger, so you can’t expect them to perform as if they did. ALLMAX has therefore re-invented the way you take creatine with CreMAGnaVol. Incorporating CreMAGnaVol into your hockey training can make the difference between first and second string.

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Nutrition
	Know your Oils Have you ever been out for dinner, ordered a salad and skipped on the olive oil in an attempt to make a healthier menu selection? This is a common amateur mistake when it comes to attempting to consume the essential fatty acids (EFA) your body needs to perform everyday functions.
	Looking To Boost Testosterone? BCAAs Can't Be Beat The phrase – "no pain, no gain" – isn't one that people like to experience, but often that's the way it turns out. Even if you don't feel the pain during your workout, an intense weight training session (or even a long, strenuous cardio session) can leave its mark days afterward through feelings of soreness.
	CLA Being Used to Fight Childhood Obesity In a recent study conducted by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on overweight and obese children over a seven-month period, researchers found that subjects taking supplements containing conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) experienced less fat accumulation than the placebo group.
	Study Finds Fish Superior to Chicken for Weight Loss When you're looking to drop a few pant sizes, food choice matters. While portion control and exercise are obviously also major factors, eating the right kinds of foods can make or break your diet plan more than anything else.
	Think You’re Too Busy To Bulk? Think Again. I spend a lot of time on fitness forums answering questions and checking out the latest trends in training. And one of the most common questions I see, especially around this time of year, involves how exactly one finds the time to bulk amid the demands of school, sports and work.
	The Rocket Science of Fat Loss Fat loss may seem like rocket science, but it doesn’t have to. If you are looking to shake that stubborn last ten pounds, or see that fourth row in your abdominals, all you may have to do is pick up the intensity. Why? You may ask. Well, intense exercise is associated with a tremendous amount of fat breakdown.
	Tricks of the Trade: Staying On Track Post “Diet” Season If you spent the last month focusing hard on your diet and training, you should be seeing improvements to your war-torn holiday physique. As such, your “diet” should now be seeming more like a lifestyle than anything else. Staying on track from here on in may appear to be the trickiest part to staying on the right path. But this adjustment doesn’t have to be tricky. It’s actually quite simple, as long as you got the tricks to staying on track.
	ALLMAX ALLWHEY - A Delicious and Nutritious Protein Boost!!! If you or any of your friends have ever pursued resistance training as a hobby for any significant length of time, you're likely familiar with the world's most popular muscle-building supplement: protein powder. Though there are countless types of supplements available for every fitness goal imaginable, protein powder tends to be the most common.
	Carbohydrate Depletion and Loading Well, summer is finally here. You’ve made it – through the rigors of your winter bulk and through the epic ordeal of spring cutting. And as the beach calls to you, it’s time to show off.
	Protein and BCAAs – A Potent Combination Life is all about choices. Burgers or hot dogs, boxers or briefs, squats or deadlifts. But does everything have to be either one, or the other? Maybe before, but not anymore.
	Arginine, A Hearts Best Friend The growing rate of obesity in North America has done nothing but contribute to the increasing number of reported heart ailments. Poor nutrition and inactive lifestyles are at the center of this health concern lending to irregular blood pressure, poor blood circulation, and malfunctioning tickers.
	Why Dieting Shouldn't Suck You’ve heard the horror stories in the past – of body builders, figure and fitness competitors eating nothing but plain boiled chicken and streams greens for weeks on end. Low fat, no sodium, little taste.
	Above And Beyond With Beta Alanine If you’re serious about fitness, you know that every second counts, which means you can’t afford to be spending long hours on the treadmill. Luckily, there is an alternative – High Intensity Interval Training.
	When It Pays To Cheat You've probably heard that cheaters never prosper. And while that's the case most of the time – sneaking a peek at someone else's SAT answers is bound to blow up in your face later on - you may be able to bend the rules regarding your body.
	Filling Up On Less - The No B.S. Guide To Curbing Your Appetite Hungry? Recent studies have found that regularly consuming protein throughout the day can keep you feeling fuller longer than carbohydrates and fats alone, in turn helping keep you and your physique in check.
	PROFESSIONAL TRAINING SECRETS REVEALED: TOP QUALITY MUSCLE GAINS! If you’ve been stuck in the past, grinding out set after mindless set thinking that brute force is your key to muscle growth, think again. Progressive and easy-to-follow techniques the pros use are now within your reach.
	Alcohol For Athletes? Octacosanol Breaks The Rules So You Can Break Plateaus Your workouts are intense and focused, and your form is picture perfect. In addition to this, you're doing plenty of work in the kitchen as well - eating plenty of nutritious meals with lean proteins, complex carbohydrates and healthy fats. You're doing everything right to put yourself on a path towards a remarkable recomposition of your body. You've even made some major concessions, including swearing off of sweets and alcohol.
	Where to Draw the Line: When Training Is No Longer Fun The subconscious mind can either be a powerful tool or a weapon of mass destruction when it comes to training. Intense training whether it is on the field or in the gym creates a larger physical and mental demand than our bodies are designed for which can wreak havoc on psychological systems.

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Recipes
	Trail Mix Protein Bars These bars are a great combination of trail mix, a granola bar and protein bars and will answer the call for many of those cravings while providing you with essential protein packed full of flavor and nutritious ingredients.
	Strawberry Chia Pudding The humble Chia, Salvia hispanica and Golden Chia, Salvia columbariae, have been cultivated in South America and coastal California for hundreds of years, and is still highly valued as a nutritional food source.
	Summer Delight Summer is almost upon us and it's time to enjoy some seasonal fruits. This is a light, fresh, creamy dessert with an added protein boost.
	BBQ Chicken Pizza While traditional pizzas can be laced with high calorie ingredients, our BBQ chicken pizza is a healthier version of what you might normally find on a restaurant menu.
	“Chocolate” Chip Cookies Craving cookies? Try our carob chip cookies! They taste similar to your mom’s homemade chocolate chip cookies but have a healthier spin on them.
	ALLMAX ISOFLEX Protein Blueberry Pancakes Smooth and creamy protein pancakes that are a great snack or breakfast option.
	ISOFLEX Oatmeal Raisin Peanut butter Chocolate Cookies These cookies turn out moist and taste delicious for when you need a quick snack on the go!
	ISOFLEX Protein Snacks These two recipes are trail-mix style bars that pack an awesome amount of protein and good healthy fats. They keep you feeling fuller longer and are great to have on hand for the active individual.
	Protein Halloween/Fall Pucker-Up Squares Enjoy these delicious protein squares made with ALLMAX Nutrition ISONatural Protein.
	Food that Tastes Great and Helps you Look Great, Too! No one likes to see summer go, but as fall approaches there are plenty of reasons to be happy. For many, colder weather means the return of bulking season, a time to develop size and strength before cutting for summer. The tail end of the year also brings with it fall and winter sports, which means that athletes who spent all summer training hard will get a chance to show just how much all of those squats and deadlifts will pay off.
	ALLMAX EMERGENCY OPTIONS FOR ATHLETES With just a few more days left in the holiday season, it's getting down to crunch time -- do you have the will power to stay dedicated to your diet or will the tantalizing treats of family gatherings and parties prove too powerful and lure you in? It can be quite a battle to stay focused on eating what's right for your body and performance with so many delicious dishes around. Concentrate on your goals – you may want to push more weight on your squat, but you don't want that weight to be coming from a spare tire around your waist. Even on short notice, you can still whip up some satisfying and slimming treats, thanks to a little ingenuity and some ALLMAX products.

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