Have you made a New Year’s resolution to exercise more this year but you just can’t get motivated to stick with the program? Have you ever thought about learning to clog? Clogging is great exercise and you can burn 500 calories an hour while you’re having fun doing it.

There are free online clogging lessons geared to the very beginning clogger with slow, repetitive YouTube lessons. The lessons are progressive, teaching the style of clogging and the basic steps that you can learn at your own pace at home. Not only will you get great exercise, but you’ll feel good about yourself in mastering the basic steps on your own and laying the foundation to be able to progress to intermediate or even advanced clogging.

If you want to be held accountable and be assured that you complete the lessons, why not invite a friend to learn with you? That way you can both get the foundation that you need to progress to the intermediate phase and have a blast doing it. When you become proficient at the basic steps, you can both join a local clogging group, rather than doing it alone. You won’t feel like a fish out of water because you’ll already know the basic steps and you will be able to keep up with the rest of the group.

Another suggestion is to learn to clog as a family unit. Clogging is very family oriented, great exercise, and allows you to spend quality time together. Heaven knows, we need more family oriented activities. Learning together and realizing your accomplishments can be so rewarding.

Have you seen the cloggers on “So You Think You Can Dance” or “America’s Got Talent”? Who knows? I may see you on one of these shows in the near future and I hope I can say you got started because you read this article.

One of the most common side effects of the ice cube diet is extreme hunger. You’re definitely going to feel the hunger pangs, especially if you went into the diet right away. It’s very important that you should at least give your body some time to get used to eating less food. Perhaps a week before you start on your diet, you should already start to cut down on your caloric intake.

You may also experience a little dizziness and lack of energy as your body adjusts. You will soon get that energy back. There are also others who experience moodiness primarily due to the change in eating habits and decreased caloric intake.

Almost every dieter goes through this phase. However, the good thing about these fresh frozen hoodia cubes is that their primary function is hunger control. Over time, with help of the ice cube diet, your brain and body will be retrained on how to eat, when to eat, and when you’re full. It’s a very good way of kicking a bad dietary habit and saying goodbye to unhealthy dishes.

Does the Ice Cube Diet Work?

Around 111 women participated in an independent study conducted by Desert Labs. These women wanted to lose weight but had suffered through their share of dietary struggles. For 40 days they were given instructed to take one fresh frozen hoodia cube daily.

After the study’s conclusion, more than 80 percent lost a lot of weight from their body and over 50 percent loved the healthy effects of the ice cubes in their lives. Most of all, over 80 percent of them didn’t mention any harmful side effects they felt during the tests.

Simply put, the ice cube diet works. However, because every person has his or her own unique composition, results may vary. Some may lose weight faster than others. There are also a number who will not see any weight reduction, in which case further medical tests should be conducted. There’s a good chance that an underlying issue such as a thyroid problem may be causing the hindrance.

Surely, you will find some negative ice cube diet reviews on the Internet-there will always be haters-but one thing is for sure; it does its job superbly.

It’s time to stick on a diet that truly works. The ice cube diet is a revolutionary method of losing weight minus the discomforts, side effects, and cravings. It’s cheap, reliable, and potent.

In 1965 a man named Joe Gold had a simple dream. His dream was to open a gym in Venice California. He did this and called the gym Gold’s Gym. Today, Gold’s Gym is the largest fitness club chain the world and is the symbol for bodybuilding gyms.

Gold’s Gym Internation, Inc. began with a single gym located in Venice, California. This gym would become the center of the bodybuilding sport in the United States. The original slogan for Gold’s Gym was no-frills gym for serious weightlifters. However, over the years they have changed that slogan so they can appeal to a more broad class of consumers. The new Gold’s Gym has a variety of classes that appeal to everyone. Classes that are offered range from group exercises, Pilates, yoga, and spinning, and of course, it isn’t a Gold’s Gym without personal trainers and pure weightlifting.

The primary income the company makes is from selling franchises and operating the company-owned gyms. They also make money off of selling apparel and accessories with the Gold’s logo. The Gold’s logo, a bald-headed weightlifter holding a barbell, was created in 1973 by Ric Drasin who was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s training partner for four years.

Since the creation of the Gym in 1965 the company has changed hands several times. Joe Gold sold the company for $50,000 in 1970. The company has just changed hands to the TRT Holdings company in 2004 for about $160 million dollars.

The reason Gold’s first gym is considered the icon for bodybuilding gyms is because of the migration of the bodybuilders from “Muscle Beach” to the Venice location. The reason many bodybuilders love Gold’s Gym in Venice, California is because Gold himself had designed and built all the equipment himself and it was some of the best equipment in the world.

The sport of bodybuilding first got its big recognition through the 1977 moved, Pumping Iron, which featured bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger and was shot at Gold’s Gym. This movie brought the sport of bodybuilding to the world, and also showed the future actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the future greatest bodybuilding gym, Gold’s Gym.

It opened a simple gym in Venice, California and has now grown to a major company with over 600 gyms in 27 countries and 42 states. It also can brag that it claims some 3 million members worldwide. Not to bad for a simple bodybuilding gym created by a man who would only stay with the company for five years.

Pyroglutamate is the basic form of pyroglumatic acid and it can be found in small portions in the body. It is considered to be an uncommon amino acid derivative and it especially serves an important role in the nervous system, specifically in the proper functioning of the brain.

Since pyroglutamate is predominantly found in the brain, it has the capacity to pass through blood and brain barriers thus enabling it to reside in the cerebrospinal fluid and the blood.

Other names for pyroglutamate include: Adjuvant, acid lactam, Alpha-aminoglutaric, Amino Mass, arginine pyroglutamate, Arginine Pidolate, Deep Thought, glutimic acid, glutamic acid lactam, glutiminic acid, Mental Edge, PCA, Piraglutargine, pyroGlu, pyroglutamic acid, pyrrolidon carboxylic acid, 2-oxo-pyrrolidon carboxylic acid.

There are several benefits that can be derived from pyroglutamate. It is known to improve the capacity of the brain to retain information and is thus helpful in maintaining a sharp memory. It also increases alertness and learning capacity. Another benefit from pyroglutamate is that it increases the ability of a person to concentrate and is effective in reducing anxiety and depression.

Pyroglutamate can be naturally derived from fruits, as well as dairy and meat products. The presence of pyroglutamate in these food products increases nitric oxide production which enhances blood flow and therefore causes a better delivery of nutrients and oxygen to the muscles. With this, a potent neurotransmitter is increased which is closely associated with the memory.

When arginine binds with pyroglutamate, arginine pyroglutamate is formed. With the presence of arginine, natural growth hormone is stimulated. This is one of the fastest and safest ways to enhance growth as a replacement to highly effective growth enhancement treatments. Arginine promotes protein synthesis, in return causing a speed and increase in muscle growth.

In 1981, arginine pyroglutamate was put on the spotlight by Italian researcher A. Isidori M.D., and some of his colleagues in the University of Rome. In a study that was conducted, arginine pyroglutamate combined with lysine was found ten folds more effective in increasing levels of human growth hormones.

These are the most common effects of arginine pyroglutamate:
• Improves the brain’s cognitive function
• Improves sexual functions
• Improves circulatory system
• Improves blood flow
• Improves protein synthesis

Working per se, Pyroglutamate has been found effective in increasing memory levels on alcohol-induced memory deficits among humans. Recently it has also been found helpful in decreasing states of dementia. Pyroglutamate significantly increased attention span and psychological performances among patients tested.

Indeed, pyroglutamate proves to be beneficial in improving memory skills and treating moderate cases to severe cases of memory loss and dementia.

Are there really foods that make you grow taller? Believe it or not what you eat does affect your height…

So what are the best foods?

One of the most critical elements to helping you grow is getting enough calcium. While many people advocate consuming a lot of dairy products for this, dairy has a lot of negative health effects which cancel out the benefits.

Vegetarianism is best

I would strongly recommend you get calcium through a vegetarian diet, and some of the better foods are raw green vegetables, figs and almonds.

What about protein?

It’s a common myth that vegetarians don’t get enough protein but this is absolutely false. Nuts, seeds and legumes contain all the protein you need. However, make sure to soak them for at least 1 hour before eating to make them more easily digestible. If you don’t then they can be very taxing on the bodies’ digestive system.

Raw fruits and vegetables

These are the best foods that make you grow taller and they should make up the bulk of your diet. They will give you all the other vitamins and minerals your body needs day to day. While you also must eat nuts, seeds and legumes, make sure fruits and vegetables are your primary diet.

WHEN YOU EAT makes a huge difference…

Snacking more frequently as opposed to eating several huge meals throughout the day is the way to go; this will help your metabolism speed up and your body will produce more human growth hormones (HGH) which in turn helps you grow.

Water is CRITICAL

Along with a vegetarian diet make sure to drink plenty of water, as this helps your muscles grow better and in turn you will get taller.

What to avoid AT ALLCOSTS…

Caffeine

Stay away from caffeine because this prevents your body from assimilating the calcium you get. If the body can’t absorb the calcium than it can’t grow-it’s that simple.

Smoking and alcohol

Likewise don’t smoke or drink alcohol because they both disrupt your body’s hormones and therefore prevent you from reaching your full potential.

Grow taller pills and drugs

These have proven to have potentially damaging health effects and really don’t help you grow taller either. Let’s not forget, they usually cost you an arm and a leg and it’s just better to steer clear of them.

Don’t forget exercise…

No matter how healthy you eat, you simply will never reach your potential without doing exercise to gain height. This will assist your body in producing more HGH, and working out also tends to give you a straighter spine which should add 2-3 inches by itself.

The bottom line…

Assuming you are eating plenty of natural fruits and vegetables then you are in good shape. These are the foods that make you grow taller, and make sure to stay away from white bread, fatty and oily and processed foods. Use these height growth tips to achieve your goals now.

Let’s also start by saying that you don’t have to run post cycle therapy………you also don’t have to wipe your ass after taking a dump: it’s just a really really good idea to do these things

The first thing we need to understand is what is going on with our bodies when we’re taking anabolic steroids:

Exogeneous anabolic hormones (or derivatives of anabolic hormones) are being brought into your system. This causes the body to take a number of responsive actions. The first and foremost (as you already know) is increased muscle mass. Unfortunately, other things are also going on that aren’t so great

When an enzyme or hormone is brought exogeneously into the system, chemical balances shift around to attain a certain equilibrium. This is a chemical concept known as Le Chatelier’s Principle of Chemical Equilibria. In a nutshell, your body will increase production of estrogen, cortisol, and other hormones in response to heightened testosterone levels, while simultaneously slowering (or completely stopping) natural production of testosterone. Biologist call this negative feedback…….biology sucks doesn’t it?

Le Chatelier’s Principle for the scientifically impaired:

Let’s pretend A and B react to make C (can’t get much simpler than that).

A + B ——–> C

So we have a mixture containing A, B, and C. According to LeChatlier’s principle, if we add more C to the mixture, the amounts of A and B will increase. If we remove some of the C from the mixture, A and B will decrease. And if we were to add A, B, or a combination of the two, C will increase. Still with me here? Good.

What’s going on when we come off a cycle:

Ok, so while we’re on the cycle, are natural test production is going down to compensate for the exogeneous test intake, and our production of other steroid hormones (i.e. Estrogen, Cortisol, etc.) is going up to compensate for the heightened test levels. When we come off a cycle, we cease intake of exogeneous testosterone. In other words, we have very low test levels, and very high cortisol and estrogen levels: it’s the EXACT OPPOSITE of what we had while starting our cycle.

REMEMBER Le Chatelier’s Principle because this is where it gets really important. When we have an excess of one hormone, the others will start shifting around, to attain a certain equilibrium. Ok, I’m gonna say it (and bold it) again because it’s just that important. When we have an excess of one hormone, the others will start shifting around, to attain a certain equilibrium. It is a very common misconception that we want to eradicate estrogen . High estrogen levels play an integral part in Post Cycle therapy. That’s right, you want to welcome high estrogen with open freaking arms, but there’s a trick to it. And that trick is the almighty SERM (Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator).

SERM’s: the foundation of post cycle therapy:

Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators are (and damn well should be) the foundation for any proper post-cycle therapy plan. A post cycle therapy plan without them, isn’t a PCT plan: it’s a bunch of crap you decided to take after doing a cycle. The purpose of a SERM is to block the negative effects estrogen, while your hormone levels go back to equilibrium.

SERM’s are prescription drugs, and are NOT SOLD IN SUPPLEMENT STORES. In fact, there are only 3 ways ( can think of) in which you can obtain a SERM:

1) Through a Doctor’s Prescription.

2) Through the Black Market (a.k.a. illegally)

3) As a research chemicals intended for use in lab rats.

The Different SERM’s:

Tamoxifen (Nolvadex):

Reputation: Most popular SERM for post cycle therapy

Pros: Cheap. Effective for gyno prevention.

Cons: Heptatoxicity. Studies have shown it to lower IGF levels (I don’t feel like citing, but it’s about 20% decrease…IMO no biggie).

Popular Dosage (for a 4-week cycle): 40/40/20/20

Note: Tamoxifen Citrate is less potent, and should be dosed at an extra 30%.

Clomiphene Citrate (clomid):

Reputation: Second most popular. Usually taken the first week or so to speed up Testosterone recovery with Tamoxifen being taken the whole therapy.

Pros: Better than Tamoxifen for HTPA regernation. Less heptatoxicity. Does not lower IGF.

Cons: Less effective against gyno. Can cause emotional issues. May Cause blurred vision. Hot Flashes.

Popular Dosage (for a 4-week cycle): 100-200mg/100mg/50mg/50mg

Toremifene:

Reputation: Very popular on this board

Pros: Much less toxic.

Con’s: $$$$$expensive$$$$$

Popular Dosages (for a 4-week cycle): 120-240mg/120mg/60mg/30mg

Raloxifene:

Reputation: Very effective against gyno

Pros: Strong protection against gyno. Less toxic than Tamoxifen.

Con’s: Cost Restricting. Can cause abnormal blood clotting in the eyes, lunges, and legs. May also cause hot flashes trouble breathing, and blurred vision.

Popular Dosages: (for a 4-week cycle): 120-240mg/120mg/60mg/30mg

Moving down the post cycle therapy Hierarchy: Cortisol Control

Excess cortisol can be damaging to your newly found muscle mass. Because of this, it is a good idea to use something to block or lower the excessive cortisol levels. Always start high, and taper your way down. Here’s what we have to work with:

B-Androstenetriol (b-triol): This is one of the better cortisol suppressors. It has a terrible oral bioavailability, and should be taken transdermally. Dosages range from 25-50mg every 12 hours.

Methyl B-Androstenetriol (mb-triol): This is an enhanced version of b-triol designed for oral use. Found in the following products: Retain (by Anabolic Xtreme), Restore (by ALRI), Thyrogen-X (by ALRI)

7-Hydroxy-DHEA: Another potent cortisol suppressor with great oral bioavailability. Found in the following products: Lean Xtreme (by Designer Supplements), Reduce XT (by SNS)

7-oxo-DHEA (7-keto-DHEA): Still a decent contender, this has a terrible oral availability and an even worse half life (2 hours). This is best taken transdermally, where such effects can by bypassed.

Cissus: Unlike the above, the components of Cissus do not suppress Cortisol, but rather block cortisol receptors (better than Nandrolone or Dianabol according to some studies). Dosages vary significantly (pending extracts). SuperCissus by USPLabs is a high quality Cissus product.

Branched Chain Amino Acids: These should be a staple to begin with, but are a great anti-catabolic that mitigates the muscle-wasting effects of cortisol.

At the bottom of the post cycle therapy hierarchy there’s AI’s, Test Booster’s, and other ‘natural’ anabolics

Way too many different things going on in here to go into too much detail. Just a word of caution (and this is my personal opinion), but if you’re post cycle plan starts to look like a constitutional amendment: you’re over-doing it. And the worst part is if something goes wrong, you won’t have a damn clue what caused it.

Honorable mentions of this part of the hierarchy:

Jungle Warfare (by ALRI)

MassFX (by Anabolic Xtreme)

Hyperdrol (by Anabolic Xtreme)

Ecdysterone/Turkesterone

Creatine Monohydrate

Can you tell I was bored after work today?

Many people may not know whether they can afford to buy Vitamin K. In fact it is very expensive nutrition. That is why nature has provided enough and deficiency is generally not common. Do not worry too much. However it is better to know the consequences in case of deficiency and prevention is better than care.

If you want to buy Vitamin K, the best source is the natural food. Meat products especially liver and eggs are rich in Vitamin K. Carrot, broccoli, spinach and soy beans are also having Vitamin K. Fermented yoghurt is another source of Vitamin K. However it is not precisely known the quantum of this nutrition in each and every natural food. That is the reason for many people to go in favour of genuine Vitamin K supplement.

If you want to buy Vitamin K supplement, you should bear in mind the following.

Do not go for cheap products. Vitamin K is very expensive. The natural form of Vitamin K is the Vitamin K2. It is synthesized in our large intestine with certain bacteria. It is called menaquinone. One should have at least 180 mcg of this vitamin twice a day. Look out for dosage when you select the product.

Do not go for only Vitamin K supplement. Go for multi nutrition supplement. This is because multi nutrition only will guarantee strong liver and intestine that can synthesize this vitamin.

Do not go for ordinary capsule and go for enteric coated format when you buy Vitamin K supplement. This will guarantee that this expensive nutrition reaches the pancreas and the full benefit is derived. Thus you will see value for money.

Daily I take a fantastic nutrition supplement that includes Vitamin K also along with 70 other natural herbs and salts in enteric coated format. This is the holistic approach to get synergy of the nutrition. Visit my website before you buy Vitamin K.

Upon hearing of a safe and quick diet, “guaranteed” to shed those unwanted pounds in mere days, many immediately think that it’s too good to be true. Why not, when over the years, hundreds of regimens have advertised the same thing with no results, or worse, causing even more serious health problems. Today, people are less easily fooled. But the question remains: Is there really a way to quickly, safely lose weight in mere days?

The answer is a resounding YES. Known as the Fool’s Diet, this weight loss program promises to get rid of those pounds in 14 days. Before you scrap this diet for another gimmick, check out why the Fool’s Diet Weight Loss Program is different from all others, and why it might just be the answer to your dieting needs:

* The regimen follows a cycle of 14 days, wherein the food you will eat will be plotted out. Contrary to other regimens which work on making you eat less to the point of starving, this program actually allows you to eat a variety of foods, from lean proteins to starchy carbohydrates.

* The foods that you are allowed to eat in this diet are mostly those that you can get from your local supermarket. There’s nothing exotic there that you will have to pay loads to get.

* The program is so easy to follow, thus the name Fool’s or Idiot’s Diet. You only have to make sure that your meals consist of fruits, proteins, and a bit of carbohydrates.

* It’s not expensive since most of the foods you can get at your local grocer.

* You will definitely see the effects within a few days. However, you must maintain the diet so that your weight loss will continue.

Personally, I think the best part of this program is that it actually tells you to eat until you are almost full. Unlike other programs wherein you’d probably faint from hunger by the end of the day, this program actually doesn’t make you suffer while giving you great

results.

I often hear from folks who are wondering what types of meat they can eat on the medifast diet. One popular inquiry concerns steaks. People want to know whether you can eat it, how large the portion sizes would be, and how often you get to have this food. I heard from someone who said “will I ever get to eat steak on medifast? It’s my favorite food and I can not imagine life without eating it regularly.”

The answer to this questions is that you can eat steak. But you’ll need to eat a certain kind. And at a certain time. I’ll explain this more below.

Eating Steak For Your Lean And Green Meal: In addition to five of the diet’s prepackaged meals, you’re allowed one larger, main meal each day that you make or provide yourself. That meal should consist of lean protein and low glycemic vegetables. How many ounces of that protein you get depends on how lean that protein is. For example, if you’re eating a meat which is over 95 percent lean, you can have six ounces of it. If you’re meat or protein is over 85 percent lean, you can have five ounces of it. Needless to say, you will have to choose lean cuts in order to make this work. Obviously, the more marbled and fatty the meat is, the higher the fat content you can expect.

Lean cuts of steak are eye round, sirloin, and shoulder. T bone is also considered relatively lean. Steaks like prime rib, rib eye, and beef tenderloin contain more fat. If you are going to splurge and eat a fattier cut of meat, then you’ll have to eat less of it. I will admit that I sometimes slip to less lean cuts of meat. But, when I do, I will put this in stir fries, soups, or stews so that I can use less. In other words, the meat is not the main attraction but you have enough so that you can taste and enjoy it.

If you’re going to have a traditional meal of a larger cut of steak with your salad or vegetables on the side, you can choose a meat which is labeled extra lean. You can easily see this by looking at the nutritional information on the side of the package. Also, I find that you can often just cut any visible fat off of even lean cuts to save even more fat that way. Since I’ve become used to eating leaner foods, I actually find excess fat or grease a bit too much so I actually prefer consuming leaner cuts of meat now. So to answer the question posed, yes you can have steak on your lean and green meal, but to enjoy more of it, you’ll want to choose lean cuts.

Getting a new puppy is always an occasion for joy, but for first-timers, it can also be stressful. Of course, you want to get everything right, so that you and your new best friend can enjoy many happy years together, and that means training your puppy to become a good canine citizen. Before you get going on obedience training, though, start with house training.

How It’s Done

You might think that house training is going to take forever, but the reality is that if you follow these twelve basic steps, you’ll get the job done quickly – probably in just a few weeks.

1. Be Consistent

There is more than one way of house training a puppy. Just make sure that whatever approach you take, you stick with it.

2. Have a Routine

Dogs are happiest when they know what to expect, and what’s expected of them. So set specific times for meals. Then, about half an hour after your puppy has eaten, put him outside, and wait until he’s done his business. Then bring him back in.

3. Be Watchful

Puppies need to be closely supervised, especially during house training. You should keep your puppy with you, and keep an eye out for signs that he needs to go potty (walking in circles is a tip-off).

4. Don’t Ask for Too Much Too Soon

A puppy is not going to be able to control his bladder or bowels for very long. In fact, when you first bring your puppy home (usually at around 8 weeks of age), you can expect that he’ll need to go outside every couple of hours. As he matures, he’ll have more control.

5. Plan for Frequent Trips Outdoors

If you can, take your puppy outdoors hourly, at least for the first few days. This way, you’ll dramatically reduce the chances of accidents in the house, and you’ll also be increasing the number of opportunities you have to reinforce the idea that you want him to do his business outside.

6. Separate Potty Time from Play Time

Don’t hang around outdoors once the potty break is over – bring the puppy inside right away. You can go right back out to play in a few minutes if you like, but what you’re trying to do is reinforce the idea that the yard is where he’s supposed to pee and poop.

7. Pick a Spot

You’ll have greater success if you choose just one place in the yard for potty trips (it will make cleaning up easier, too). Always lead the puppy to one spot. His nose will tell him that this is the right place.

8. Pick a Phrase

When you take the puppy to the spot you’ve chosen, tell him “Go potty,” or another phrase you’ve chosen. Eventually, he’ll go to his special spot in the yard just by being told, without needing to be led.

9. Make Good Things Happen

Praise your puppy and give him a treat once you’re back in the house – not while he’s doing his business in the yard. You don’t want him to think he’s being praised for peeing or pooping; otherwise, he’s not going to understand why he’s not praised when he does it in the house. What you’re teaching him is that if he does his business outside, something good will happen when get gets back indoors.

10. Don’t Feed Before Bed

Two hours before it’s time to turn in for the night, take away the water dish, and don’t offer any treats. This way, the chances of accidents during the night can be reduced.

11. Use a Crate

When you can’t be at home, put your puppy in a crate. Most dogs are reluctant to eliminate where they sleep. Just make sure that the crate isn’t so big that the puppy decides that one area is for sleeping, and another for eliminating. Before crating, make sure he gets a potty trip out to the yard, and when you get back, take him outside again.

12. Never Punish

Don’t punish your puppy for accidents. Some dogs take a bit longer than others to house train, but if you punish, you run the risk of the puppy trying to hide his mistakes from you.

The Final Word

House training a puppy takes a bit of time and effort, but it needs to be done. Just be consistent, praise and reward your puppy, and you’ll probably be pleasantly surprised at how quickly it can be accomplished