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Name: scooby1961

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Books: Cryptonomicon, Einstein's Dreams, and anything Asimov ever wrote. I read a lot, probably one book every two weeks - keeps my brain from turning to mush :)

Movies: Dont watch TV ever, I'm too busy making videos :) Love good SciFi movies that make you think - like Serenity. I cant watch scary, gory movies - period. I can handle about one hollywood "blockbuster" movie about every 2 years, I dislike the hollywood formula as much as I dislike the Ballywood formula :)

Music: Wide, wide variation depending on mood. For driving, I like classical. For background music, bluegrass, Mama Cass, Enya, or Deep Forest. For dancing, either happy music or shoutcast channels "PulsRadio" or "TechnoBase.FM". I actually dont have music on that much, maybe 15-60minutes a day. I find I appreciate it more when i listen to it less.

Hobbies: triathlon, cycling, bodybuilding, home workouts, health, nutrition, science, aviation

Bodybuilding has done a lot for me the last 30 years and I want to give back to the community that has given me so much. Bodybuilding has become such a big-corporate moneymaker that people seem to have forgotten that at its core, bodybuilding is a very simple, inexpensive sport. You dont need to spend lost of money on supplements, eBooks, website subscriptions, expensive gym memberships, or fancy equipment to build an amazing physique. You can do it at home with a cheap weight set from a garage-sale. Thru my free website, free videos, and free forum, I show you how to build the body of your dreams - for free! Washboard abs and a muscular body are available to all regardless of financial means.

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scoobysworkshop.com A lot of people are promoting interval training. Are you just wasting your time with old fashion walking, biking, and swimming? You'd think so from listening to everyone. Is interval training the best way to quickly lose that 20lbs of fat to get ripped abs? Benefits of interval training - burns more calories in less time - improves acceleration - improves speed - increases endurance Curious thing though, if interval training burns far more calories in the same amount of time why is it that the all the big health advocacy organizations like AHA recommend brisk walking rather than intervals as the best way to lose weight??? Its because there are other factors to consider when deciding what the best form of carido is! As an example, I'm an endurance athlete, I do half Ironmans and double century bike races. I can tell you from first hand experience that you can't prepare for an 8 hour 200 mile bike race by just doing 4 minute tabata intervals. Nothing increases cycling endurance like TITS (Time In The Saddle). Interval training is a small but very important part of performance training in serious athletes. The biggest problem with interval training is the high potential for injury - especially with the overweight and undertrained! The reason that brisk walking is the #1 best way to for the average person to lose weight is that #1) you can do it anywhere anytime. You dont even need to change clothes to do it nor do you need to shower afterward. You can do <b>...</b> HIIT, fastest way...
scoobysworkshop.com Rather than get involved in the endless and fruitless arguments about the difference between a stiff legged dead lift and a romanian dead lift, I have SDL - Scooby Dead...
scoobysworkshop.com You hear a lot of conflicting info when it comes to the subject of how to breathe while lifting weights. Many books say to exhale when you are lifting and inhale while you are lowering. Many people say that you should hold your breath or use the valsalva maneuver to get a max lift. I'm going to show you the problem with each of these before I tell you how I suggest you breathe. Proper Breathing...
scoobysworkshop.com A lot of people want exercises to target their inner pecs so they can hold pens and pencils between their massive pecs. Here are my top three exercises to target the inner pecs: . . . Thats right, there ARE none! Let me explain. Last week we talked about exercises that target upper and lower pecs. Muscles are attached to a different bone on each end so they can pull and cause motion. The pecs attach on the upper arm and then either to the collarbone (upper pecs) as shown below, or the sternum (lower pecs). Incline type exercises work the upper pec, the part attached to the collarbone as shown above. Because the exercises listed below work upper pecs, the part attached to the collarbone, they do absolutely nothing for inner pecs: incline dumbbell press incline barbell press incline fly military press (if using backrest) dumbbell shoulder press (if using backrest) low cables pushups with feet raised Now lets look at the lower pec, or the part attached to the sternum as shown below: At least now we have a chance of working the inner pec because the lower pec attaches to the sternum where the inner pec can be found. As mentioned last week in upper and lower pecs, the motions that works this lower pec are the neutral angle like in a bench press or the decline plane like in a decline press. The following exercises will make the lower pec, the part attached to the sternum, bigger: mid-pec flat dumbbell fly flat dumbbell press flat bench press mid height <b>...</b> Target inner pecs...
scoobysworkshop.com So what exercises work lower pecs and which work upper pecs. My standard answer to beginners is not to worry about it and just do a good all-around chest workout. But since you REALLY want to know, lets talk about it. First thing to notice is that the upper pec is really small compared to the lower pec and the thing this immediately tells you is that for chest mass, you want to work the lower pecs. The pecs are one muscle but they attach at different points which leads to the upper and lower pecs. The part of the pecs that attach at the collarbone are the upper pec and the pecs that attach to the sternum are the lower pecs. Now there are three basic types of chest exercises: 1) Those where you exercise in the plane perpendicular to your body, that is, as your elbows move closer together their relative position between your head and feet doesn't change. Exercises like dumbbell flys and bench press are this type. 2)Those exercises where your elbows move upward toward your head as they get closer together. Exercises like incline dumbbell press are of this type 3)Those exercises where your elbows move downward toward your feet as they get closer together. A decline press is a typical example of this. So, which of these types of exercises is going to work out upper pecs and which is going to workout lower pecs. Lets do some visualizing here. Lets look at the upper pec again: Imagine the upper pec muscle here flexed and contracted, which way would that move <b>...</b> Upper/Lower Pec...
scoobysworkshop.com Rolled over, stooped, hunched shoulders is a common problem with beginning and intermediate bodybuilders. We are going to talk about what causes it and how to fix it. Often its not a posture issue which can be fixed just by thinking about it and holding yourself in a certain position but rather a muscular imbalance. Here is an example of what it looks like: Bad posture is never good for the body but its equally bad for the appearance and rolled over shoulders is no exception. If your shoulders are rolled over, it makes your chest looks smaller, your shoulders narrower, and makes you look ape because of the what happens to your arm positioning -- more on that later. In bodybuilders, rolled over, hunched shoulders is often from an exercise induced muscular imbalance. The most common way this happens is with people who just do bench press and bicep curls. They get these huge strong pecs but don't develop any muscles on their back to help counteract the pecs so their shoulders get pulled forward forward and toward each other causing their torso to cup forward. If you are not sure if over-strong pecs are your problem, check this out. Stand relaxed with your hands at your sides and then look where your thumbs are pointing. If your chest, shoulder, and back muscles are well balanced then your thumbs will point forward or slightly inward. If when standing at rest your thumbs point inward so you are dragging your knuckles then you muscles are seriously out of <b>...</b> Fixing Hunched,...

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