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Spot reduction is a myth... except when it works. Here's how target stubborn body fat stores with specialized training. Spot reduction is impossible. You can’t lose fat predominantly in a specific area just by training that area. This is something every personal trainer or coach who’s worth a...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — About 8 to 10 million Americans over age 40 have an overabundance of cloned white blood cells, or lymphocytes, that hamper their immune systems. Although many who have this condition — called monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL) — do not experience any symptoms, a new study...

By Leo Shveyd, Co-Owner of Advanced Wellness Each of these topics deserve their own blog post. That being said, I thought I would be remiss if I didn’t at least mention them here. Electrical Stimulation Electrical stimulation uses electrodes that are connected to or around the injured site...

By Leo Shveyd, Co-Owner of Advanced Wellness The Importance of Blood Flow in Healing In the simplest terms, healing happens when increased blood flow circulates throughout the body (especially when directed to the injured tissue/area). Blood brings healing nutrients to the site of injury and...

The Effects of Lipidated Curcumin There are a few health supplements that nearly everyone should take, especially as they reach their middle years. Here's one of them. Western medicine has its problems. One of them is spending more time treating the symptoms rather than figuring out how to...

The Dead-Man-Walking Cholesterol Lipoprotein (a), a type of diet and exercise-resistant cholesterol, can cause heart attacks in otherwise healthy men. Here's how to fight it. High Lipoprotein (a) – Dead Man Walking? Warning: Lipoprotein (a) and all this info is disconcerting stuff. You know how...

A Doctor's Guide Tired? Getting fat? Having issues in the bedroom? Here's everything a man needs to know about hormones, drugs, supplements, and his willy. Dave is a lifter. He’s healthier than the average Westerner and he does most things right when it comes to training and diet. Sure, he...

SHOULD YOUR ARM WORKOUT CONTAIN PARTIAL REPS? A cool study from 2019 should have changed the way all of us train arms (at least triceps), but for some reason didn't. It compared partial reps to full-range reps and found that the former seemed to duplicate the effects of occlusion training (blood...

Maintaining a healthy bodyweight is all about balancing the calories we eat with the amount that we burn as energy, but new research has found a new genetic cause of obesity. Those with a genetic variant that disables the SMIM1 gene find it harder to reach this balance, because they expend less...

Without optimal insulin sensitivity, much of that protein (and everything else) you eat gets delivered to fat storage rather than muscle, and much of the time that fat happily resides around your waist. While your instinct might be to adopt a low-carb diet, it doesn't fix the problem. What's...

As US Army veteran and IFBB Pro, Jeremy Potvin is recovering from a partial distal bicep tendon rupture with a technique known as Blood Flow Restriction training or BFR to get back into flexing shape, M&F takes a closer look. “Blood Flow Restriction training safely prevents low-oxygen blood...

In our quest to put a spring back into our step, many of us scour the internet looking for the latest supplement that promises to motivate our mornings and disrupt our doldrums, but rather than eying up the latest innovations, take the time to observe the simple oats. Here’s why. 1. Avoid Blood...

If there is a knock on the lifestyle of the physique community, it’s that they often put more of an emphasis on aesthetics than health and longevity. That’s just one more reason to start supplementing with fish oil. Numerous studies have shown that it improves cardiovascular health in several...

What are some of the more exotic and rare compounds that you ladies and gentlemen have tried througgt your years of gear use??? And if you could expound upon what they were and what results did you all have from them and what sides you had with them. And what were your favorite ones and why.

Dear lord I'm going on 41 years of juicing this year. I don't know when I got so old. I should be posting up pics of the 41 year journey, but I need to do a lot of searching for the pics. I have never really had any problems yet. Except minor things CPK level went sky high one time, felt like...

As science peels back the layers of human physiology, a groundbreaking approach has emerged that can unlock your body’s full building potential. The blood flow restriction training technique allows you to enjoy high-intensity training benefits without lifting heavy weights. While...

Muscle soreness is a common condition most bodybuilders experience after engaging in physical activity, particularly when they perform exercises that their body is not accustomed to or at an intensity level beyond their usual routine. It causes pain, discomfort, stiffness, and tenderness to the...

Support muscle growth on the days you aren’t in the gym. By Kris Gethin Active recovery describes the activity you do when you’re not crushing your muscles with resistance training. Hiking through woodlands, cycling down mountains, swimming laps, or taking a yoga class are all examples of...

Try these night-time high-rep sets to induce rapid muscle growth. By Tony Estrada Let’s face it: If this article supported a theory that drinking bull semen guaranteed the drinker five pounds of new lean muscle mass each week, more than a few of us would try it. If it really worked, I’d...

WHAT IS BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTION TRAINING (BFR TRAINING)? All athletes (and pretty much everyone else) are always looking for the next best thing, the thing that allows them to get to that next level and take their performances to new heights. One of the more prolific topics of the last year in...