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		<description><![CDATA[I’m Going To Share A Secret That Sounds Interesting (at first)… But Will Then Make You Angry Like Me… 
It’s not your fault that it’s a struggle to experience a jaw-dropping body transformation.
I would argue that the supplement, bodybuilding and diet mafia are responsible for your problems by hiding the truth from you.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>I’m Going To Share A Secret That Sounds Interesting (at first)… But Will Then Make You Angry Like Me… </strong></p>
<p><em>It’s not your fault</em> that it’s a struggle to experience a jaw-dropping body transformation.</p>
<p>I would argue that the supplement, bodybuilding and diet mafia are responsible for your problems by hiding the truth from you.</p>
<p>It’s the same as pharmaceutical companies that are keeping you sick by treating the symptoms and never treating the actual cause of the disease.  As you know, the reason they do this is because they want us to be sick so that we will continue to buy medications.</p>
<p>Lots of clients I initially consult with can’t understand why they can’t change their physique.  They think they have bad genetics, a messed up metabolism or it has something to do with their age. Let me make something crystal clear to you right now &#8211; it’s not your fault, and I’ll explain why in a moment.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><em><strong>I Wish…</strong></em></span></p>
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<p>…that you just landed from Mars, and could <strong>avoid</strong> every muscle magazine, diet book and every supplement ad. If you were able to stop listening the magazines paid spokesmen and buying into their lies…</p>
<p>You would immediately have an <strong>UNFAIR ADVANTAGE</strong> during your body transformation and over the rest of the world out there.</p>
<p>You would <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>easily</strong></span> be able to <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>double</strong></span> your progress in <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>half</strong></span> the amount of time…</p>
<p>Hopefully you don’t have to learn the hard way and waste thousands of hours and thousands of dollars on books, products and pills orchestrated by marketing geniuses.</p>
<p>That’s one reason I created my website.   I got fed up with all the hopeful and frustrated people literally wasting their hard-earned money on bogus and useless bodybuilding supplements and short term gimmicks. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>I even see my own family and friends (some of them are even personal trainers) getting screwed by the greedy marketers in the fitness mafia who are selling JUNK that only leaves you further from your goals while they laugh all the way to the bank. </strong></span></p>
<p>1. I’m angry with the WEIGHT LOSS MAFIA:</p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffff66;"><strong><br />
Here is a list of diets that have made MILLIONS of dollars yet have a 90% failure rate…</strong></span></p>
<ul style="padding-left: 40px;">
<li>Low Calorie Diet</li>
<li>Atkins / Low Carb Diet</li>
<li>Low Fat Diet</li>
<li>South Beach Diet</li>
<li>Detox Diets</li>
<li>Weight  Watchers</li>
<li>Jenny Craig &amp; NutriSystem</li>
<li>Acai Berry Diets</li>
</ul>
<p>Can  you say overwhelming and confusing?</p>
<p>There is so much misinformation in the weight loss and diet industry it’s sickening.   In order to finally lose your belly fat and completely change the course of your health, you must forget all of the worthless information that is in the media today. <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">If any of these diet  programs worked so well would our planet be so overweight and unhealthy?</span></strong> Think about this for a moment &#8211; as a society we have never eaten like this in history yet we are more unhealthy than we have ever been.</p>
<p>Here  is the reality – 90% of all the diet books at your book store are the <strong>EXACT same</strong>.  You want to know the secret to writing a best  selling diet book?  It’s simple…</p>
<p>Be  DIFFERENT!</p>
<p><em>You need to be  only <strong>slightly</strong> different! </em></p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">All you need is ONE UNIQUE HOOK and you have an instant bestseller.  90% of your content can be the exact same as the last best-seller as long as you have a <em>catchy  name</em> with a <em>unique hook</em> that has  not been published before. </span></strong></p>
<p>So if 90% of the diet info is the exact same as the last book – what makes you think that the 10% difference is the magical and miraculous solution this time?  Come on, you’re smarter than that.</p>
<p>2. I’m angry with the SUPPLEMENT MAFIA:</p>
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<p><span style="background-color: #ffff66;"><strong><br />
I recommend you stop wasting hundreds and thousands of dollars on the following so-called muscle building supplements.</strong></span></p>
<ul style="padding-left: 40px;">
<li>NO-Xplode</li>
<li>Animal Pack</li>
<li>Muscle Milk</li>
<li>Syntha-6</li>
<li>Super Pump 250</li>
<li>Cell Mass</li>
<li>Hydroxycut Hardcore</li>
<li>Lipo 6</li>
<li>Higher Power anything</li>
<li>SciVation Xtend</li>
<li>True Mass</li>
<li>Anabolic Halo</li>
<li>NaNO Vapor</li>
<li>L-Glutamine Powder</li>
<li>Bulgarian Tribulus</li>
<li>Fountain of Youth Human Growth Hormone</li>
<li>Acai bull shit juice aka glorified fruit juice</li>
<li>Max CLA</li>
<li>L-Tyrosine Powder</li>
<li>HMB Fuel</li>
<li>CLA All Natural</li>
<li>Myostatin Blocker</li>
<li>Liver Tablets</li>
</ul>
<p>…do you really want me to keep going? I think you  get the point.</p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffff66;"><strong>Almost all bodybuilding supplements DON’T WORK and are a complete joke filled with artificial flavours, fillers, binders, glue, chemicals and poor absorption rates that costs a supplement company $3-10 to produce and sell for $50-100!</strong></span></p>
<p>Here’s how it works.  If you want to create a commodity product (low cost and high profit) then your cost for practically ANY supplement (protein powders are more expensive) is about $3 on average.  If you’re paying more – you’re getting ripped off.  If a supplement company is paying about $10 on average then it’s actually half decent!  Crazy eh?</p>
<p><strong>So to summarize &#8211; it costs the mafia $3-10 to make.  They sell it to retailers like GNC or your local supplement story or online store you buy from for about $23-24.  They sell it to you for $50-100!  You see why the supplement mafia is laughing all the way to the bank? </strong></p>
<p>Want  to know the scary part?  The next new supplement designed just for you,  has the <strong>same crap</strong> in it that the last supplement had in it and  the cycle will never die until we stop becoming suckers.</p>
<p>3. I am angry at the Bodybuilding Mafia aka Muscle Rags…</p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffff66;"><strong><br />
You’ve read all the major bodybuilding and fitness magazines, books and videos that rehash the same old BS each and every month…</strong></span></p>
<ul style="padding-left: 40px;">
<li>Flex</li>
<li>Iron man</li>
<li>Muscular Development</li>
<li>Muscle &amp; Fitness</li>
<li>Musclemag International</li>
</ul>
<p>…and  others</p>
<p>Every bodybuilding magazine is owned and operated by a supplement company, which is why these mags look like massive supplement catalogs.  <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The pages are filled with drug abusing bodybuilders who tell you to train for up to 2-hours a day that only leads to muscular losses. </span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Every bodybuilding magazine claims they have the answers. But in fact, it is their job to keep the real answers from you so you continue to buy the supplements on the next page. </span></p>
<p>Follow their advice to gain weight, build muscle and increase strength, and you’re guaranteed only one thing. 6 months from today, you will look just like you do now! And you’ll be pissed off.</p>
<p><strong>Imitating the training pro bodybuilders works for the genetically gifted and drug user but  has no practical relevance for average people like you and me.</strong></p>
<p>People who are without gifted genetic potential, and don’t  want syringe scars in our butts.</p>
<p>Not only is this training advice useless, but it  will cause over-training, injuries and illness.</p>
<p>The so-called “experts” will not tell you that drugs and genetics were responsible for curing their problem of being a hardgainer.  They claim it’s the supplements and “better training.”</p>
<p>Give me a break!</p>
<p><strong>Even The “Free” Sites Are Not Spot Clean…</strong></p>
<p>Heck, even the best free bodybuilding sites on the Internet have hidden intentions.  I won’t mention any names but do you ever wonder how a “free” bodybuilding site can afford to pay it’s writers $2,000 to $3,000 an ARTICLE?  Or how they can afford to put half their staff on six-figure contracts?  One word: SUPPLEMENTS.  Free bodybuilding sites are cleverly disguised supplement stores.  I’m not saying it’s right or wrong &#8211; I just want you to be aware of what’s happening and why they are so happy to give you free content.  They know you’ll buy their brand new supplement that has 10x bigger profit margins than selling books and DVD’s &#8211; it’s easy money for them.</p>
<p>And this is why I get mad at people who say, <em>“I can get the same information for free at so-and-so site.” </em> I won’t argue, some of the free sites hire the best fitness authorities in the world and deliver some of the best content which I think is great.  Heck, some of the guys are even my close friends.  Just be aware that every one of their articles is cleverly disguised around marketing supplements to support their programs when their programs would work just as well without the supplements.</p>
<p><strong>Is Everyone Out To Scam You…?</strong></p>
<p>There are a small handful of magazines and supplements who still follow a moral compass and I applaud those individuals who have our best interests in mind.  I have nothing against companies profiting and making money as long as their is greater value exchanged to the end-user.</p>
<p>Ever since my eyes were exposed, I vowed to never hide behind stock photography; a well crafted sales page that over promises and under delivers or a cleverly disguised supplement store.</p>
<p><strong>Behind all the deceit, greed and scams in the fitness market, I swore that I would be in the small handful of honest and passionate fitness trainers who make their living helping people, just like you, transform their lives with a no-nonsense approach. </strong></p>
<p>I wouldn’t be able to continue crusading against the mafia, almost 3-years later, <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">If I was scamming people.  You would not be reading  this letter because I would have been out of business almost 3 years ago. </span></strong></p>
<p>Anyways, the good news is you’re finally here and you can avoid the problems above by sticking with us. You know that I am the one website that will tell it to you straight.</p>
<p><strong>I’m Not Trying To Twist Your Arm…</strong></p>
<p>I’ll admit &#8211; my No-Nonsense system is definitely not for everyone.  It’s not for wimps, over-analyzers, complainers, know-it-all’s or tire-kickers. It requires a level of commitment and seriousness that most just can’t cut.  The truth is that my stuff will <em>work </em>extremely effective if you fall into the following categories;</p>
<p>1. You’re angry.  Not just at the mafia but angry and frustrated about your current level of progress.</p>
<p>2. You’re sick and tired of spinning your wheels and looking the way you do in the mirror.</p>
<p>3. You’re fed up with this ridiculous plateau you’ve hit and you know you deserve more for how hard you work.</p>
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		<title>The Best Ab Exercises</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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When it comes to getting a solid six pack, doing the right ab exercises is crucial. You can spend hours doing needless sit-ups that aren&#8217;t really going to have all that much benefit, much to your disappointment. Taking the time to choose smart ab exercises will save you not only gym time, but a great [...]]]></description>
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<p>When it comes to getting a solid six pack, doing the right ab exercises is crucial. You can spend hours doing needless sit-ups that aren&#8217;t really going to have all that much benefit, much to your disappointment. Taking the time to choose smart ab exercises will save you not only gym time, but a great deal of frustration as well. In this article we will discuss the best lower ab exercises and the best home ab exercises as well.</p>
<p>The best movements for the abdominal muscles are going to be ones that reduce your overall stability. The reason for this is because this will require all your muscle tissues, even the ones deep within the core, to contract in order to maintain balance. When you perform regular sit-ups, for example, they are really only going to target the more superficial muscles; one that will still help, but not get you near the results you could be seeing.</p>
<p>So what ab exercises are ones that reduce your balance?</p>
<p>Basically, anything done on an unstable surface is going to get the job done. This would include movements such as walking across a balance beam, performing one leg squats, one arm shoulder presses, or bent over dumbbell rows standing on one leg and of course, utilizing an exercise ball for any laying abdominal movement you perform. Working on a BOSU ball and stability ball ab exercises are also excellent options. As long as you have a set of free weights and stability ball then these would qualify as your best home ab exercises as well.</p>
<p>By far the most effective lower ab exercises are hanging leg raises while you use your lower abs to rotate your pelvis which is the secret to performing this effectively. Lying leg raises, lying leg raises on a 45 degree incline and cable crunches are also rock hard ab exercises.</p>
<p>Another area you might want to venture into with your <a href="http://muscle-mass-weight-gain.com/yoursixpackquest.html" target="_self">ab exercises</a> are those that utilize heavy weights.</p>
<p>While this will not necessarily get you &#8216;cut&#8217; so that all your individual muscles are showing &#8211; that takes having low levels of body fat, what weighted movements will do is help further build the muscle tissue and make your abs &#8220;pop&#8221;.</p>
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<p>The more muscle mass you have, the faster your metabolic rate will then be, so in an indirect way, that could in fact help you burn off excess body fat.</p>
<p>Furthermore, doing weighted movements will also increase your strength greatly, reducing the risk of injuries from any other type of exercise you may attempt. Weighted ball crunches with a stability ball on your chest is my favorite home ab exercises.</p>
<p>When choosing when to perform your ab exercises, if you are looking for performance, do them on a separate day from all your other work. Just like any muscle group, you want to be fresh when you do them.</p>
<p>If, on the other hand, you are more just doing them to help build some strength, but more to round out your exercise program, then you should be doing them at the end of your workout session. This will prevent them from fatiguing early, because they are going to be predominately used in all the other lifts you perform (heavy squats for example).</p>
<p>In many cases this rule can be bent though. For example, if a client comes to me and their abs are the weakest muscle group then performing them at the end of the workout makes no sense because they will be pre fatigued from the workout and you will not be able to train them as intensely so prioritizing your abs at the start of the workout can become the exception in this case.</p>
<p>So, next time you are creating your workout and are picking out ab exercises, keep these points in mind. Having good dedication to performing these exercises on a regular basis and then following a clean diet based around raw vegetables and proteins are the two main components to developing that six-pack you&#8217;re hoping for.</p>
<p>Carlos Larsen</p>
<p>Recommends <a href="http://muscle-mass-weight-gain.com/NNMB.html" target="_self">No Nonsense Muscle Building</a> &amp; <a href="http://muscle-mass-weight-gain.com/yoursixpackquest.html" target="_self">Your Six Pack Quest</a> to bulk up or lean up over the next few months, but ONLY if your ready.</p>
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		<title>The Secret To 6 Pack Abs</title>
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Everywhere you turn, someone&#8217;s promising the next secret to getting 6 pack abs. Some of these so called &#8217;secrets&#8217; have some degree of accuracy, while others, not so much. Deciphering which are the best methods to getting 6 pack abs is going to be critical to your having success with this goal.
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Everywhere you turn, someone&#8217;s promising the next secret to getting 6 pack abs. Some of these so called &#8217;secrets&#8217; have some degree of accuracy, while others, not so much. Deciphering which are the best methods to getting 6 pack abs is going to be critical to your having success with this goal.</p>
<p>The biggest area you need to focus on when trying to obtain 6 pack abs is going to be on your diet. Like it or not, the old saying that &#8216;abs are made in the kitchen&#8217;, is probably one of the most truthful statements in the fitness industry. If your diet isn&#8217;t in line, your stomach is going to show it.</p>
<p>So, what should you be doing with your diet?</p>
<p>First, ensure you are getting enough protein. Not only is protein going to form the key building blocks you need to build muscle tissue, but it&#8217;s also going to provide you with a better feeling of fullness than eating just carbohydrates alone would for example. Protein is more &#8220;expensive&#8221; than any other macronutrient meaning that your body will burn more calories breaking down protein compared to carbs and fats.</p>
<p>Next, don&#8217;t be afraid of dietary fat that comes from primarily monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats such as olive oils, fish oils, a mix of nuts, natural peanut butter and avocado. While it&#8217;s true that eating fat will increase your calories fast, as long as you keep it between 20-30% it can be one of the best things to get 6 pack abs fast. The important point here is that dietary fat helps keep your insulin level stable, which, when high enough can actually cause fat gain itself.</p>
<p>Furthermore, dietary fat will keep you feeling the fullest for the longest duration in time; longer than both protein or carbohydrates would. Interestingly, some diets high in fat can get you 6 pack abs fast because your body learn to metabolize fat for energy.</p>
<p>So, while you do need to watch it, be sure you are getting <em>some</em> in your diet.</p>
<p>Finally, when it comes to carbohydrate intake and getting <a href="http://muscle-mass-weight-gain.com/yoursixpackquest.html" target="_self">6 pack abs</a>, you want to focus most of your carbohydrate intake around the post workout period.</p>
<p>Why?</p>
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<p>The biggest reason for this is because this is when your body is going to need those carbohydrates the most and will really suck them up into the muscle tissue. When you eat them at this time, it is least likely that they will turn into body fat.</p>
<p>Additionally, consuming carbohydrates during this period will also help to aid with muscle recovery and repair, so that means less down time from the gym for you.</p>
<p>If getting 6 pack abs fast is your goal than each meal you should consist of 1-2 cups of raw vegetables to control insulin levels, improve absorption of your protein and flood your body with vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants.</p>
<p>So, if you are aiming to get 6 pack abs in the coming months, have a good hard look at your diet. That is the big secret that must not be overlooked if you are to succeed.</p>
<p>Carlos Larsen</p>
<p>Recommends <a href="http://muscle-mass-weight-gain.com/NNMB.html" target="_self">No Nonsense Muscle Building</a> &amp; <a href="http://muscle-mass-weight-gain.com/yoursixpackquest.html" target="_self">Your Six Pack Quest</a> to bulk up or lean up over the next few months, but ONLY if your ready.</p>
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		<title>The 5 Main Problems With Supplements</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supplement discussion, specifically bodybuilding supplements, is a touchy subject for a guy like me.
I didn’t realize how much “abuse” I would take when I exposed the “supplement industry” a few years ago and then went on to recommend some of the “basic” bodybuilding supplements I DO use.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Supplement discussion, specifically bodybuilding supplements, is a touchy subject for a guy like me.</p>
<p>I didn’t realize how much “abuse” I would take when I exposed the “supplement industry” a few years ago and then went on to recommend some of the “basic” bodybuilding supplements I DO use.</p>
<p>LOL</p>
<p>I guess this can be perceived as “hypocritical.”<br />
Fair enough. I’m like you and can get easily frusturated with the conflicting supplement advice and advertisements out there and it’s hard for ME to find people I should trust too.</p>
<p>The supplement industry is loaded with fraudulent claims, bogus products that sometimes aren’t even what they claim to be, and lots of ineffective products (even when they ARE what they claim to be).</p>
<p>Despite these problems, I’ve always contended that there ARE a handful of useful products out there, and certainly some honest companies mixed in with the abundant scam artists.<br />
Today’s discussion will be around <a href="http://www.vincedelmontenutrition.com/" target="_blank">Prograde Nutrition</a>, the one company I’ve found that is actually honest and sells only research-proven products.</p>
<p>This company has been in the making for about 4 years now, and was built by a group of fitness professionals whose main goal was to try to fight against the problems in the supplement industry and offer an honest solution without the hype and without the loads of products that have no research behind<br />
them and don’t work.</p>
<p>Let’s discuss some of the typical problems with supplements, and how to avoid them and choose the right products that will actually get you results.</p>
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<p><strong>Problem #1 with supplements:</strong> Ever since the passing of the 1994 Dietary Supplement and<br />
Health Education Act (DSHEA) in the US, supplements have been excluded from federal regulation.</p>
<p>One of the negative aspects of this is that certain unscrupulous companies could now pretty much get away with putting anything they wanted in the bottle because it did not have to undergo quality control testing to make it to market. Their label didn’t even have to match what was in the bottle, since nobody is policing them.<br />
The only way to catch these companies was for independent testing firms to run tests on their own dime to find out which companies are honest and which are fraudulent.</p>
<p>Prograde solved this problem by requiring that all of their products go through High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) testing to guarantee what they say is in the bottle is TRULY in the bottle, and delivers the desired results.<br />
Their manufacturing plant is also a GMP certified manufacturer &#8211; “A” rated facility to assure quality.</p>
<p><strong>Problem #2 with supplements: </strong> One of the other major problems I’ve had with the supplement industry are falsely hyped up claims about “miraculous” results with their products giving you the false hope that your body will turn into a fitness model’s within a couple weeks of using their “miracle pill.”</p>
<p>Well, we all know by now that most of these products do very little, if anything to actually create results in the body. Even if some of them have minor positive effects, it does not address the underlying cause of the problem in the first place, and results will never last in the long run without lifestyle changes to both your exercise and nutrition habits as a whole.</p>
<p>In response to this, the founders of Prograde made sure there was absolutely no hype or ridiculous claims… only a very limited line of the most effective research-backed products without any BS or confusing “stacks”.</p>
<p><strong>Problem #3 with supplements. </strong> Most people overlook this problem when buying vitamins and supplements. The fact is that your body does not properly absorb nutrients from artificial sources as is common with many supplements and vitamins.</p>
<p>Once again, I asked the founders of Prograde to respond to this. I was happy to find that their products are actually extracted from whole-food sources instead of artificial sources, meaning better absorption in your body.</p>
<p>They even purchased a 2500-acre farm in mineral rich soils in sunny Florida where all of their raw materials are grown. I must say…I’m impressed!<br />
<strong>Problem #4 with supplements:</strong></p>
<p>Another problem I have with typical supplements is this…</p>
<p>The normal scenario when someone buys supplements is that they may go to their local supplement/vitamin store and they are given advice by some high school kid making $7/hr who has no education whatsoever in nutrition.</p>
<p>Do you really want to put your health in the hands of some kid who is simply telling you that you need to get such and such supplement because he saw something about how great it was in a magazine advertisement?</p>
<p>Once again, the founders of Prograde solved this problem by assuring that all of their products were designed by professionals in the industry — dietitians and nutritionists who carefully analyzed which products actually are beneficial and which are a waste of time and money. They then narrowed their line of products down to only a handful of the most effective.</p>
<p>They also have decided that their products will never be sold in stores because they don’t want unqualified store clerks with no education in nutrition to recommend products for your health. That’s why you can only obtain them from their website, so you know you’re getting them from qualified professionals in the industry.</p>
<p><strong>Problem #5 with supplements:</strong> The problem is quite simply this… YOU DON’T NEED THEM for optimal health, IF you’re eating right.</p>
<p>The fact is, you don’t need supplements as long as you eat a well rounded diet full of unprocessed whole natural foods, lots of variety, high nutrient density, lots of fruits, veggies, whole unrefined grains, eggs, beans, nuts, seeds, organic meats, fish, etc, etc.</p>
<p>The problem is that most people don’t have time or don’t make enough of an effort to eat this type of optimal diet with proper balance and super-high nutrient density.</p>
<p>In this case, I concede that supplementation has many benefits for people who struggle to eat right all of time and may be missing many essential nutrients.</p>
<p>To solve this problem, the founders of a<a href="http://vincedelmontefitness.getprograde.com/" target="_self"> Prograde Nutrition</a> have actually formulated their men’s and women’s formulas with extracts of natural whole foods instead of synthetic sources. They even use whole food extracts from broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, wheat grass, alfalfa, artichoke, chorella, kale, collard greens, papaya, grapefruit, tomato, omega-3’s, and dozens more.</p>
<p>Well, I think that’s enough for today.</p>
<p>I’ve been using these supplements for the past 12 months and although I can’t say they have performed miracles, I have not been sick in over a year, my recovery is incredible, and I never suffer from energy lows.</p>
<p>Carlos Larsen</p>
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		<title>The Truth About Bodybuilding Supplements</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was younger, around 22 years old, and first getting into bodybuilding and trying to get as big as possible I was the guy buying every single new powder, pill and potion that promised miracles.
I was spending $200 a month on stuff like:

 Creatine powders, pills and liquids…
 Pre and post workout protein powders
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I was younger, around 22 years old, and first getting into bodybuilding and trying to get as big as possible I was the guy buying <strong>every single</strong> new <em>powder, pill and potion</em> that promised miracles.<img class="alignright" title="bodybuilding-supplements" src="http://www.muscle-mass-weight-gain.com/pics/supplements.jpg" alt="bodybuilding-supplements" width="255" height="300" /></p>
<p><strong><em>I was spending $200 a month on stuff like:</em></strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Creatine powders, pills and liquids…</li>
<li> Pre and post workout protein powders</li>
<li> Pre bed protein powders</li>
<li> Weight gain protein powders</li>
<li> Testosterone boosters</li>
<li> Branch chain amino acids</li>
<li> Glutamine</li>
<li> NO2 formulas (which were just new on the scene)</li>
</ul>
<p>And probably some other ones I’m forgetting…</p>
<p>I won’t lie.  At first, it was really exciting buying the latest “breakthrough” bodybuilding supplement.</p>
<p>I remember one ad promising <strong>“7 pounds of solid muscle in 7 days”</strong> and that was one of the <strong>tame</strong> ones so it sounded more believable.</p>
<p>My Mom always said I was <strong>gullible. </strong></p>
<p>Maybe you can relate?</p>
<p>After dedicating myself to a strict supplement routine and <strong>choking back</strong> mysterious mixtures and drinks that were supposed to give the physique of my dreams I noticed the only thing changing was the amount of money adding up on my credit card.</p>
<p><strong>I didn’t notice a single <em>friggin </em>difference in muscle size. </strong></p>
<p>That’s when it stopped getting exciting and started becoming <em>very frustrating. </em></p>
<p>Eventually I ran Vince Delmote&#8217;s Muscle Gaining Guide which showed me how to eat and train and I gained 19 pounds of lean muscle mass in the very first month I took his advice.</p>
<p><strong>And his advice didn’t include any magical bodybuilding supplements.</strong></p>
<p>I was getting ripped and muscular <em>without</em> supplements.  Go figure.</p>
<p>Vince Delmonte revealed to me that some Utah Senator, Orrin Hatch, is the guy to thank for all the wasted money I flushed down the toilet because he chose not to regulate the supplement industry so that bodybuilding companies (and any supplement company can put anything they want in the bottle without FDA approval).</p>
<p><strong>The God’s Honest,<br />
No Nonsense Truth is this…</strong></p>
<p><em> 90% of the bodybuilding supplements on the market <strong>Don’t Work!</strong></em></p>
<p>In this next video I’m going to share with you from the Bigger, Faster, Stronger documentary you’re going to discover that <span style="text-decoration: underline;">most supplements cost LESS than three dollars to produce.</span></p>
<p>Want to know their <strong><em>dirty little secrets?</em></strong></p>
<p>Watch this video to find out how they are getting away with blatantly lying to you and robbing you out of your hard earned money.</p>
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<p>As you’ll see, the supplement company does not care about you.  Sure, maybe a  <strong>small handful</strong> of companies have <strong>half-decent</strong> products but <strong>why</strong> look for a solution from an industry that has failed to earn our trust over and over?</p>
<p>In my Inbox, I get a lot of feedback defending the “good guys” in the supplement industry and I would like to believe there are some really high quality products out there but when I see a video like this, I really lose all my trust and hope.</p>
<p><strong>After watching that video, I have 3 questions for you… </strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>1. How do you feel about supplement companies being able to make products for $1-2 and than selling them to you for $60?</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>2. What do you think of the supplement industry being unregulated and not needing FDA approval?</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>3. Why do you justify buying supplements when you know that supplement companies can easily put out low quality products?</em></p>
<p>It’s no wonder the supplement industry is a <strong>24 BILLION dollar industry</strong> &#8211; anybody can make them and we keep buying them because we’re pathetically desperate!</p>
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<p><strong>My Philosophy On Bodybuilding Supplements:<br />
</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Even IF certain supplements are high in quality, I never expect them to work miracles.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>2. I’ll ask myself, “<em>What am I trying to get this supplement to do that my training, diet and lifestyle can not?”</em></strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3. I’ve lost 90% of my trust in the supplement industry.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>4. I’m so skeptical that even when a new product comes out and it’s from someone I trust, I’m not even interested in <em>looking into it</em> because I’ve wasted enough time and money in the past only to be disappointed.  I never did like rejection.<br />
</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">5. I know that my body is not getting what it says on the actual bottle and I can’t believe what the store owner says because (for the most part) they just want to sell you the product they have the biggest profit margins.  I know this because I used to date a girl from GNC who explained how each month they made an inflated commission to promote the “product of the month.”</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>6. I’ve never seen a friend muscle up on supplements or hear someone say, <em>“I got big because of this supplement…”</em> Have you? Seriously, all the guys I know who are really muscular and strong have at least one of the following commonalities…</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>they either have amazing genetics.</li>
<li> they have used drugs.</li>
<li> they have a true love for good old fashioned training.</li>
<li> they live and breath a healthy bodybuilding lifestyle.</li>
<li> they have been consistent and committed to their goals since they started.</li>
<li>they are not afraid of hard work and have put in their <em>dues. </em></li>
</ul>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">7. Lastly, you just don’t know what you’re putting in your body. You don’t &#8211; no matter what it says on the bottle -how in the world do you really know if it’s good or bad?</p>
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<p><strong>Lets Be Honest..</strong></p>
<p>Do you think any company is going to admit the truth about their<strong> absorption rates</strong> and <strong>manufacturing process?</strong> Why gamble your health and money on supplements if you’re not confident in the return you’re getting for your investment?</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Instead, I would encourage you to put your efforts into the 90% that DOES work.</span><img class="alignright" title="healthy_body" src="http://www.muscle-mass-weight-gain.com/pics/healthy.jpg" alt="healthy_body" width="259" height="323" /></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. A structured and progressive training program.<br />
2. A healthy and balanced eating plan.<br />
3. A lifestyle that provides 8 hours of sleep each night.</p>
<p>If there is anything you get from reading this email, it is the message that you <span style="text-decoration: underline;">don’t need to waste your money on useless and potentially damaging and dangerous supplements ever again.</span></p>
<p>Want to know the <strong><em>scariest</em></strong> part about the supplement industry?</p>
<p>The next new supplement designed<strong> just for you</strong>, has the <strong>same crap</strong> in it that the last supplement had in it and you’ll probably buy it.</p>
<p>I really hope <strong>not</strong> because after you start following Vince&#8217;s program you’ll have lots of more money in your pocket to start spending on all the women (or your special someone) who are suddenly giving you lots of attention!</p>
<p>Click on the link below to grab your copy today</p>
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<a href="http://www.muscle-mass-weight-gain.com/NNMB.html" target="_self">No Nonsense Muscle Building</a> &lt;—- Get Your ULTIMATE Healthy Body Today</p>
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