Politablog

The holidays are over and it’s the time of year to start celebrating a new beginning. That’s right its almost 2010 and it’s time to start thinking about that all important goal that you have been putting off because it would make a great new years eve resolution.

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Supplementation has become a staple of the strength training industry.  There are a million and a half companies out there with millions of products to pump you up overnight it seems.  Sometimes it’s hard to sort the bullshit from the good shit.  Mostly everyone knows the 3 main things to take: a protein, a creatine, and a good multi vitamin. How come a good BCAA supplement is not at the top of the list?

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I like most Americans suffer from a lack of sleep. We simply have way to much going on in the day, and simply not enough time to do it. When did life become so hectic? Without a doubt if you get a full night sleep every night you will feel much better day in and day out. A good night’s sleep with help you feel more alert, responsive, and overall a much happier person throughout the day. If you train for any kind of sport sleep is vital to your recovery time, your body needs to rest to rebuild all the damage you do in the gym.
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I have heard it over and over again that milk is bad for you, most recently
I heard it from my 81 year old grandma. Now wait didn’t she grow up in the
era of milk does a body good? This got my mind wondering and lead me to some
research on if I should be consuming my normal gallon of milk a day.

My research led me to some pretty interesting information on the bovine growth
hormone (rBGH) they give cows.
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Anywhere you work you will hear it; I am going to go get a cup of coffee. Sometimes people have a huge thermos of it. Take a walk down an urban side walk, what do you see, I would say probably one coffee shop for every 100 people. The coffee craze in America is out of control. Everyday there is a new Star Bucks or local chain popping up. This has me wondering what are the benefits to drinking coffee rather than caffeine which we all know is the main reason we all drink it.
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It’s Friday night and it’s time to find something to do. If you are like me, a mid twenties man (or women, not like me) most of the time there is only one option. We all filter down to the bar in some flash cloths trying to impress the opposite sex. I would say that 99.9% of the time this includes some if not copious amounts of alcohol. Generally this night is followed by a terrible night’s sleep, and a almost unbearable head ache the next day, yes you are hung over, but also you may have ruined your previous day’s workout.
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Source: FDA

Important Supplement recall notice.

The trust we put into food and drug companies is outstanding.  Do we really know what goes on in the factories of where our supplements are made? For that fact do you even know, we are so busy checking what is in our supplements, have we ever checked to see in which country they are produced?
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As IronBar Fitness’s first supplement review, I have chosen to go over the top supplement in my diet and in a lot of opinions’ on of the top protein supplements out there. Everyone knows if you are going to take a supplement you might as well start with protein. Which protein should you take? I recommend Optimum Nutrition’s 100% Whey Gold Standard.

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