Saturday, 10 July 2010

0 2010 NPC Jr. Nationals Figure Results and Photos

2010 NPC Jr. Nationals Figure
June 17th - June 19th, 2010
Rosemont, IL

2010 Overall Champions:
1. Josie Zamora
2. Sara Hurrle
3. Chelsea Morgenstern
4. Dana Fallacara

Class A
1. Dana Fallacara
2. Tiana Gonzalez
3. Gloria Keplinger
4. Shala Singer
5. Maria Aracena
6. Mandy Henderson
7. Tina Bozman
8. Valeri Potts
9. Vicki Biberian
10. Elsie Velasquez
11. Jennifer DiDonato
12. Roxanne Bowens
13. Chelsea Hall

Class B
1. Josie Zamora
2. Ashley King
3. Shelly Albetta
4. Lacy Smith
5. Tara Green
6. Michelle DeRosa
7. Sandra Lombardo
8. Betsy DiGiovanni
9. Trina Liberatore
10. Stephanie Theobald
11. Brittany Ramsey
12. Rosalou Traughber
13. Laura London
14. Chazz Anderson
15. Gretchen Boniecki
16. Melissa Riske
16. Latoya Bigelow
16. Keisha Pedigo
16. Lauren Popich
16. Jennifer LaGuardia
16. Stephanie Sweeney
16. Melissa Cashdollar
16. Heather Misra
16. Kerri Valentino

Class C
1. Chelsea Morgenstern
2. Jackie Hoppe
3. Joanne Murphy
4. Nancy Tremblay
5. Amanda Zawojsky
6. Lara Abend
7. Dana Freitas-Ronquillo
8. Jodi Marchuk
9. Brittany Staples
10. Jennifer Robinson
11. Ivonne Acosta
12. Christine Mader
13. Aneta Yanga
14. Kaylen McKenzie
15. Angela Kegler
16. Carmen Demske
16. Lori Pavesi
16. martha peterson
16. Lindsay Sollers
16. Nicole Stewart
16. Christy Watt
16. Nicole Kreiser

Class D
1. Sara Hurrle
2. Jennifer Ruoss
3. Mikaila Soto
4. Meredith Berthelson
5. Jennifer Richards
6. Heather Dees
7. Sue Knott
8. Katie Peterson
9. Vanessa Rahn
10. Jena Robertson
11. Heather Ruelan
12. Katerina Tarbox
13. Ryan Everson
14. Mary Dent
15. Kendra Mcadams
16. Amy Bien
16. Kasie Dawson
16. Laura Kline
16. Kisha Wilson
16. Christine Barron
16. Cheri Wohleber
16. Laura Bailey
16. Jenny Pumphrey
16. Sonya Garner
16. Simone Maybin
16. Ginger Redeker
16. Ginger Haas
16. Pamela Robinson
16. Nicole Pearson
16. Rauchelle Schultz
16. Debbie Lipski
16. Christine Favazzo
16. Teresa Cruz
16. Jennifer Marchetta
16. Amy McDougall
16. Teale Mueller
16. Genie Simmons

Class E
1. Mona Muresan
2. Makecia Whitfield
3. Elizabeth Earhart
4. Kara Hoover
5. Katie Heath
6. Holly Powell
7. Marla Moore-Mondie
8. Debra Goodman
9. Chaya Boone
10. Janae Veal
11. Amanda Steinmetz
12. Christy Hill
13. Cynthia Glickman
14. Inez Sabczak
15. Nicole Meyer
16. Tammy Megas
16. Jennifer Hunter
16. Mari Bosse
16. Nichole Devincentis
16. Kat Viger
16. April Hunter
16. Charlie Holt

Class F
1. Amy Puglise
2. Diana Kliebert
3. Michelle Beck
4. Kimberly Lairet
5. Zonzie McLaurin
6. Bridgette Pace
7. Tricia Bailey
8. Amanda Bollinger
9. Melanie Rucker
10. Amy Jo-Palmquest
11. Melissa Binkley
12. Marty Hames
13. Julia Lauzen
14. Jennica Kidd
15. Rebecca Book
16. Sheila Langosch
16. Jessica Jimerson
16. Jennifer Ritchie
16. Niki Kutrumanes
16. Allison Perry
16. Gwen Hawley
16. Colleen Smith
16. Jennie Boyd
16. Shawn Hektor
16. Becky Youngberg
16. Dawn Hinz
16. Stephanie Gruner
16. Melissa Merritt
16. Lindsey Pridgen
16. Tana Donadio
16. Jacklyn Hart
16. Ryan Althoff
16. Amy Sedlatschek

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0 2010 IFBB New York Pro Figure Results and Photos

2010 IFBB New York Pro Figure
July 9th - 10th, 2010
New York City, New York

1. Cheryl Brown *
2. Dana Fallacara *
3. Terri Turner *
4. Josie Zamora
5. Gina Trochino
5. Gennifer Strobo
7. Meriza DeGuzman
8. Ann Titone
9. Marcy Porter
10. Candice John
11. Jelena Abbou
12. Tivisay Briceno
13. Chelsey Morgenstern
14. Jennifer Migliacci
15. Holly Beck
16. Jeni Briscoe
16. Rosalind Vanterpool
16. Stacy Wig
16. Magdalena Wilk
16. Jennifer Woodruff
16. Juliana Malacarne
16. Kimberle Trowbridge
16. Christina Casoni
16. Angela Mraz
16. Marie Newman
16. Vicki Nixon
16. Jennifer Hernandez
16. Katherynne Ramirez
16. Caroline Hernandez
16. Tammy Strome
16. Michelle Mayberry
16. Nicole Coleman

* Qualifies for the 2010 IFBB Ms. Figure Olympia

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0 The 7 Granddaddy Laws of Weight Training

While you have most likely already laid out your personal training program, knowing and understanding the "7 Granddaddy Laws" offers a great insight into reviewing your training and making sure you are always progressing...

1 Principle of Individual Differences.


A tendency people have, when they start working out, is to copy, the “big guy” in the gym or the most fit girl on the treadmill, and expect to have the same results as they have been struggling for.

Unfortunately that is not always whats going to happen, and after a period of time, they get more and more desperate, because of the lack of results.

Strength training, is not only a question about lifting weights, but also a learning in how to listen to your body. How to feel your body. And how to get most out of your genetic blueprint. We are all born with our differences, for some people, its very easy to build muscles, and for others very difficult. You can make a big step on the way, by listening to your own body, read some science, and not always believe in Gym Science.

2 Overcompensation Principle

This is a very simple principle, but yet very important. Muscle fibers grow in size in response to training. An example is calluses in your hand, what happen if you use your hands a lot ? You get more calluses on your hands. the same goes for muscle fibers

3 Overload Principle

If you always have the same amount of weight and use the same amount of reps in your exercises, your improvement will stop according to your body's adaption, and to the amount of stress you put to your body thru weight and reps.

To improve further you have to go beyond the point which your body already has adapted to.

One way is to add more and more weight for each time you work out, and thereby put more stress to your muscles and body.

This you can do, to a certain point, until your body cannot recuperative, and you will end up over training , or just get used to the stress.

At this point in your training, you should go to a split system, example, front and back, a 2 split. Later even a 3, 4 or 5 split. because your body will demand it to go even further. If you stay In the same training regimen, you will hit a plateau or being over training. other way to keep improving I will mention later in this article.

4 SAID Principle

Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands. if you want to go for increased muscle mass, you train for increased muscle mass, if you want endurance you go for endurance, or if you want to improve your cardiovascular system, you train your heart and lungs by doing cardio, not by doing heavy weights.

This principle tells you to train after what your goal is.

A general rule in weight training is 12-15 reps is more like endurance, 6-12 is muscle mass, and finally 1-6 is strength. Keep that in mind when you plan your work out,and remember to take principle number 1 into consideration as well.

5 Use/Disuse

Use or lose it, that's simple, if you train to a certain point, and stop training, you will by time loose all what you have been fighting for. an actually it goes faster than you think. But the good point is, that our muscles have a memory, so it does not take so much time to get back to it again.

Certain training systems as the HST systems uses this principle based on that the strength curve drops much fast than your mass curves. Which means after a break you train with less weight but you still have the same size.

6 Specificity Principle

This principle means you start out with fundamental training, basic work out, and by time you move on to more specific work out. We all have our weak muscles and spots. example you have been working out for 3 years and have develop great upper body, but your legs are behind. there for to reach your final goal, you have to specify and go more in depths with your leg training, and include some squats for example.

7 GAS Principle.

General Adaptation Syndrome

This principle states, that after a period of hard high intensity training, a period of low intensity training, or a complete rest period must occur, In order to recover your body.

This is very important in order for the muscles to heal and recover and to be fully strong and recovered for the next period of high hard intensity training.

There can be a little confusion because some tissues and cellular component, may not need any rest at all. But muscles especially when heavy weight training has occurred, need time to recovery, and you do not necessary go that heavy next time you work out.


These principles offer a good guideline next time you plan your work out, keep them in mind and use them wisely.


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Thursday, 1 July 2010

0 2010 NPC Jr. Nationals Women's Bodybuilding Results and Photos

2010 NPC Jr. Nationals Women's Bodybuilding
June 17th - 19th, 2010
Rosemont, IL

2010 Overall Champion: Marina Lopez

Heavyweight
1. Jannifer Scarpetta
2. Sateash Berge
3. Yvonne Edmunds

Light Heavyweight
1. Sara Mathison
2. Amanda Micka
3. Laurey Heinrich
4. Jennifer Palazzo
5. Susan Haiges
6. Carrie Walend
7. Jennifer Harris

Middleweight
1. Jessica Simonet
2. Gail Auerbach
3. Michelle DeVere
4. Robin Gizzi

Lightweight
1. Marina Lopez
2. Amber Clemons
3. Amy Schmelling
4. Natalie Barnett
5. Hillary Williams

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0 BCAA’s Boost Protein Synthesis in Muscles

Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) can increase the body’s skeletal muscle growth in combination with resistance exercise, according to a new study (Acta Physiol (Oxf). ePub 2010 May 28. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1708.2010.02151.x). Researchers from the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences sought to distinguish between the influence of resistance exercise and BCAA on key enzymes involved in the regulation of protein synthesis in skeletal muscle. Nine healthy adults received either a mixture of BCAAs or flavored water before performing unilateral resistance exercise on two separate occasions. Muscle biopsies were taken from both resting and exercising muscle before, immediately after and one hour after exercise.

Phosphorylation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway was enhanced in exercising and resting muscle to a greater degree with BCAA supplementation. Also, BCAA intake increased the phosphorylation of the enzyme p70(s6) kinase, compared to resistance exercise alone. Exercise alone and with BCAA supplementation attenuated phosphorylation of the eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2) in exercising and resting muscles.
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0 Olympic Gold? A New Effect of Caffeine Boosts Performance

New research shows increased muscle performance in sub-maximal activities, which in humans can range from everyday activities to running a marathon.

With no current regulations in place, the scientists from Coventry University believe their findings may have implications for the use of caffeine in sport to improve performance.

The scientists present their work at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting in Prague on Wednesday 30th June 2010.

“A very high dosage of caffeine, most likely achieved via tablets, powder or a concentrated liquid, is feasible and might prove attractive to a number of athletes wishing to improve their athletic performance”, explains lead researcher, Dr Rob James.

“A small increase in performance via caffeine could mean the difference between a gold medal in the Olympics and an also-ran”, he added.

Caffeine is not currently listed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as a banned substance at any concentration in blood or urine samples. Before 2004 WADA did set a specific level over which athletes could be banned, but this restriction was removed.

Muscle activity is divided into maximal, where the muscles are pushed to full capacity such as in sprinting or weight lifting, and sub-maximal, which covers all other activities.

A member of the team, Jason Tallis, tested the effect of caffeine on both the power output and endurance of soleus muscles (lower leg muscle) in mice, under both maximal and sub-maximal activities.

He found that a caffeine dosage of 70 µM enhanced power output by ~6% during both types of activity. This effect in humans is likely to be very similar, according to the researchers.

“70 ?M caffeine concentration is the absolute maximum that can normally achieved in the blood plasma of a human, however concentrations of 20-50 ?M are not unusual in people with high caffeine intakes”, explains Dr James.

Resultant caffeine in blood plasma (70?M maximum) may act at receptors on skeletal muscle causing enhanced force production. Scientists already know that ingestion of caffeine can increase athletic performance by stimulating the central nervous system.

Additionally, 70?M caffeine treatment increased endurance during sub-maximal activity, but significantly reduced endurance during maximal activity.

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0 Nutrex Being Sued for Using Amphetamines in Products

Nutrex advertises its dietary supplements as “all natural,” but uses drugs in them, including an amphetamine, which is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, according to a class action in Passaic County Court.

The class sued Nutrex Research, its president and founder Jeffrey A. McCarrell, and its vice president and co-founder Jens Ingenohl, all of Oviedo, Fla.

The two men “formulated the product,” and sell them as “Lipo-6 Hers,” “Lipo-6 Black” and “Ignite,” according to the complaint.

The class claims Nutrex pushes the products as “sports nutritional supplements” that “burn fat and allow people to lose weight … as a result of the cocktail of natural stimulants and other ingredients.”

But the key ingredient in all the products is a substance called “methylsynephrine,” which is “another name for a prescription drug called Oxilofrine,” according to the complaint. It adds that Oxilofrine is “a stimulant drug of the amphetamine class” that was developed and “used to treat low blood pressure.”

Oxilofrine “is a metabolite of methoxymethamphetamine,” commonly known as PMMA, which is “an illegal designer drug that is considered a banned substance in numerous countries” and has “been responsible for deaths of numerous people,” according to the complaint.

The class claims that Oxilofrine “is considered a performance-enhancing drug” and “is classified as a banned substance by both the World Anti-Doping Agency and the United States Anti-Doping Agency.”

It claims that “testing of [Nutrex's products] by gas chromatography confirms” the presence of Oxilofrine.
The fact that “methylsynephrine equals Oxilofrine … is common knowledge in the sports nutrition industry, given the suspension of numerous athletes” who took products containing it, and then tested positive for banned substances, according to the complaint.

They plaintiffs say that Nutrex knows about the problem, but continues to “falsely advertise” that its products are “all natural,” that they do not affect blood pressure and that they do not contain banned substances.
The class seeks damages for fraud. It is represented by Donald Boshada with Milstein, Adelman & Kreger of Elmwood Park, N.J.

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