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Secret Training Tip #235 - The Most Powerful Tricep Workout That You Will EVER Do Looking for a workout to shred your triceps from top to bottom? This workout features 3 unique exercises that take your triceps from a complete stretch to a mindblowing contraction.

FACT: To get big arms you need to work the triceps HARD.
FACT: I'm going to tell you how to work the triceps HARD and SMART.

If you've ever read articles on arm training, you've probably learned that the tricep muscle makes up about 2/3 of total arm mass. The bicep, while being a great "show" muscle, is actually relatively small!

That's all well and good, and just blindly doing tricep exercises without a plan may net you some results, but to really maximize your triceps (as I mentioned above) you need to work them SMART.

So if you really want to stretch your T-shirt sleeves to the max, take a crack at this workout. It contains three of THE most powerful tricep exercises I've ever used. Not only that, these exercises are arranged strategically to literally FORCE the activation of many more muscle fibers in the triceps, leading to greater muscle growth and strength FAST!

The best part is, this workout requires very little in the way of specialized equipment!

In the next section, I will tell you about the three exercises (with a link at the bottom to use for pictures of the exercises in action as well as more detailed instructions). Then, I'll tell you how the exercises work together to help you blast your triceps into next week!

EXERCISE #1 - Bodyweight Tricep Extensions - 2 sets of 8 to 12 reps

EXERCISE #2 - In-Set Superset of Lying Tricep Extensions and Close Grip Bench Press - 3 sets of 6 to 8 reps

EXERCISE #3 - Bench Dips - 2 sets of 10 to 12+ reps

Take 90 seconds rest in between each set.

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EXERCISE #1 - Bodyweight Tricep Extensions

2 sets of 8 to 12 reps

For this exercise, you will need a horizontal bar/edge about 2 feet off the ground. You can use a Smith machine bar, Universal bench handles, a railing, the edge of a chair or table, or even an Olympic bar set in the power rack with the safety rails a few feet off the ground will work. Essentially, any horizontal bar that is 1 to 2 feet off the ground will do. It should have some clearance underneath it so you have somewhere to put your head.

This exercise has a demonstration video at the link below as well as more detailed instructions and pictures, including how to make this exercise easier or harder. It is HIGHLY recommended to see the pics and video before trying the exercise.

-Stand in front of the bar, about a foot back from it. Place
your hands about 6 inches apart with a thumbless (false) grip.
-Step back a few feet, letting your body straighten out as you do so.
-Keep your abs tight so that your body stays supported
-Now lower your entire body forward, bending only at your elbows, so
that your head ducks under the bar as though you are trying to
do an overhead tricep stretch.
-Keep your elbows tucked in close the whole way.
-Keep your entire body tight and stiff. The only movement
should occur at the elbows.
-Extend back up using your triceps.

This exercise will build up the long head of the triceps (which runs along the undersides of the arm) as well as give your triceps a great stretch.

EXERCISE #2 - In-Set Superset of Lying Tricep Extensions and Close Grip Bench Press

3 sets of 6 to 8 reps

** One rep of each exercise (1 extension and 1 press) counts as one total rep for our purposes here. **

This is a unique type of Superset where you basically mesh two different exercises into a single set - preferably one isolation exercise and one compound exercise.

For this Superset, we'll be using EZ Bar Lying Tricep Extensions and Close Grip Bench Press (with the same EZ Bar). Use a weight you would normally be able to do about 12 reps with for Lying Extensions on their own.

In a nutshell, you will do one rep of extensions then one rep of close grip presses, alternating reps until you can no longer do any reps of the extensions. At that point, you finish with as many reps as you can do of the close grip presses. It's a very intense technique!

This type of Superset maximizes training intensity and allows you to work several different aspects of the muscle at the same time, dramatically increasing workout efficiency.

This exercise is best done lying on the floor (especially if you are training alone) rather than on a bench. If you have a spotter to hand you the weight at the start and grab the weight for you when you're done, you can do these on a flat bench.

Start with a rep of the Lying Tricep Extension. Lower the bar to your forehead then extend back up. Now do a single rep of the Close Grip Press, lowering the bar to your lower rib cage area then pressing back up. Now do another extension, then another press. Repeat until you can no longer do any extensions with good form. Now finish with as many presses as you can do with good form. That's one set!

EXERCISE #3 - Bench Dips

2 sets of 10 to 12+ reps
(the number of reps you're able to get will depend on the body position you use for the exercise)

You can use a bench (or even an ordinary chair) for this one. Start by sitting on the bench. Place your hands on the bench right beside your glutes with your fingers curled over the front edge. It will almost look as though you are sitting on your hands.

Where you set your feet will affect how hard this exercise is. The easiest position is with your feet flat on the floor a foot or two away from the bench. Your knees will be bent.

To make this exercise harder, move your feet further away from the bench (you can straighten your legs). This forces your triceps to take up more of your bodyweight. Your next position after that is with your feet up on a bench with your legs straight. You may even with to try it with your feet on a bench that is higher than the one you have your hands on.

But if you're REALLY looking for a challenge, move your bench so that it's facing a wall (about 2 or 3 feet away). Instead of resting your feet on the floor or on a bench, place your feet flat ON the wall. That way, the only thing holding you up is your legs pushing back HARD directly against your triceps as you do the exercise. The contraction you will feel in your triceps will be so strong and painful that it's almost cruel!

To start the exercise, move your butt forward off the bench a few inches. Now dip your upper body down as though scraping your back along the front edge of the bench. Push yourself back up, squeezing the triceps hard.

EXERCISE PICTURES

http://www.fitstep.com/Misc/Newsletter-archives/issue42-triceps.htm

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Why This Workout Is So Effective:

As I said above, the key to building the triceps is to work them hard AND smart. If you're familiar with "Positions of Flexion" training by Steve Holman, you'll recognize these concepts.

We start the workout with an exercise that puts the triceps in a stretched position. The stretch position has two main benefits - the first is what is called the myotatic reflex (a.k.a. stretch reflex).

When the muscle is placed under tension in the stretched position, a quick change in direction causes more muscle fibers to activate than normally would. This change in direction should NOT be a bounce but almost a twitch. So when you get to the bottom of the Bodyweight Tricep Extension, get the stretch in your triceps then change direction quickly (but DON'T bounce!!)

The second benefit of the stretch position is in helping to stretch the fascia surrounding the muscle. Fascia is basically a connective tissue "pillowcase" that holds a muscle in place. Fascia is tough and restricts muscle growth. Stretching helps loosen the fascia and make room for the muscles to grow.

For information on fascial stretching, check out this article:

How Stretching Can Explode Your Muscle Growth
http://www.fitstep.com/Misc/Newsletter-archives/issue10.htm

Now we move to the second exercise(s). The In-Set Superset combines two movements into one exercise. The Extensions provide another stretch-position exercise for the triceps (this stretch position is not as complete as the overhead position from the first exercise, though) and the press gives you a compound exercise that allows the shoulders and chest to help push the triceps harder.

Completing each set with a burn-out on the presses will REALLY light up your triceps.

Now we move to the coup-de-grace: the Bench Dip. With this exercise, we are looking for a MAXIMUM contraction. The position that your arms are in (behind your body) is the position where ALL the muscle fibers of the triceps are in optimal position for peak contraction. Just keeping your arms straight and trying to touch your hands behind your back will demonstrate that.

After the stretch-position movement and the double-trouble of the In-Set Superset, you hit the triceps with the hardest contraction they are anatomically able to achieve.

Let me tell you right now...if you've not felt your triceps swell up like balloons before, this combination of exercises will do it! And, you'll acheive huge gains in tricep muscle development very quickly!

Once again, here is the link for pictures of the exercises in action:

http://www.fitstep.com/Misc/Newsletter-archives/issue42-triceps.htm

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Cutting Through The Hype Of Supplement Ads - No Punches Pulled A hard-hitting look at the techniques that advertisers use to separate you from your hard-earned money. With this insider knowledge, you will never get ripped off again! PLUS, I'll tell you how you can get a sample bottle of an excellent (and legitimate) new supplement at no charge.

I'll start with the bottom line: you don't NEED supplements to burn fat or build muscle. The human body can function and make excellent athletic progress on nothing but quality food and proper training.

But you CAN use supplements to help the process along faster. The real key is knowing what works, what is garbage, and when an advertiser is simply trying to take your money.

Let me put it this way...in a recent muscle magazine, I counted 120 pages of full-page (in some cases 3 to 6 page), high-powered supplement ads. If you were to buy all these products, you'd be laughing all the way to the bank...laughing maniacally, because you'd have to rob it in order to pay for all those supplements!

There ARE good supplement manufacturers who make good products...they put in what they say they're putting in and don't try to fool you with advertising. But this article is about the BAD ones and it's more fun to talk about them...

So what sneaky tricks do advertisers use to separate you from your money?

1. Unprovable Testimonials

How many times have you seen testimonials like "I lost 10 pounds in a week" or "I gained 20 pounds of muscle in a month." These testimonials prey upon the desire in all of us for fast and easy results. Who wouldn't want results this quickly? After all, if this person did it, I should get those same results too, right?

To me, this is like a car commercial that uses special effects to catch your attention then has an official disclaimer like "car should not be driven underwater" or "does not imply resistance to meteor strikes." It looks and sounds cool but you know it's just not real - you want to believe but...

And believe me, I would LOVE to think that results like this are possible with just a supplement. But how do you prove that those results even happened? You can't. How do you prove it was due to that supplement? You can't. How do you know the person wasn't "on" something? You can't. And how do you get your money back when it doesn't work? You can't.

About 10 years ago, I did an experiment on myself to see just how much weight I could gain in a week (keep in mind, I was just aiming for total bodyweight, which includes muscle, water and fat). By going on a very strict diet and training program for 2 weeks then completely reversing everything and loading up, I was able to gain 25 pounds of bodyweight in 7 days. And I owed it all to the incredible new supplement I was taking called Hydrogen Dioxide (a.k.a. H2O).

Here's the full story on that:

How I Gained 25 Pounds in One Week
http://www.fitstep.com/Misc/Newsletter-archives/issue24.htm

2. Before and After Photos

Before and after photos can be very inspiring and offer proof that a product works. Or they can fool you like the time Homer Simpson opened a can of beer that had just been in a paint shaking machine.

Here's a before and after picture technique you can try at home:

Your Before Picture:

- slouch as much as you can
- let your gut hang out and down, push it out if you can
- bow your shoulders in, hunch your back over, and bow your knees in
- stand directly square to the camera so you look as wide as possible
- frown or look miserable
- have a messy, unflattering hairdo
- wear the most unflattering clothing you can find - make sure the clothes highlight every bulge
- don't flex or tighten up anything - make yourself feel as flabby as possible

Your After Picture:

- stand up straight and tall
- suck in your gut and flex your abdominals
- keep your shoulders back
- look happy and wear a big smile
- stand slightly sideways (tilting your body at angle makes it look thinner)
- wear flattering clothing and have your hair neat
- flex all your muscles and keep everything tight

You can make quite a change in yourself pretty quickly!

Lastly, have a look at this article - it's an expose on before-and-after photo techniques. The 5 minute transformation shown here will ensure you NEVER look at those pictures the same way again.

http://www.t-mag.com/nation_articles/227tc.html

3. Pay An Athlete To Get Fat Then Pay Them To Get Back In Shape

It is a little-known fact that some supplement companies have been known to actually pay well-trained athletes to stop training and get fat. Why? To get a really awful-looking "before" picture.

Then, when the athlete starts training hard again, eating right and, of course, taking their magic supplement, they get into great shape very quickly. The goal is to convince you that it was the supplement that was the key to the transformation, not the fact that it was a well-trained athlete in the first place. But an average person is NOT going to be able to make a transformation like this, no matter how good the supplement is.

When you're already a well-trained athlete, you can make dramatic changes to your body extremely quickly (as evidenced by my own 25 pounds in a week weight gain I talked about above). To me, it's like telling a professional boxer that he can only punch with his face for a few rounds. When he starts up with the fists again, he's going to make a pretty rapid improvement!

4. 6 Page Special Ad Reports

Have you ever started reading an article in a magazine only to realize partway through that you're being sold a supplement? These styles of ads are VERY common - informative enough to make you believe it's the magazine itself writing the article but, lo and behold, the best solution to the topic in the "special report" is the supplement they're trying to get you to buy.

Note to supplement companies: even a good product can be wrecked with too much slick advertising.

5. Misrepresenting Legitimate Scientific Studies

Here's the set-up: take an ingredient that showed some positive results in an isolated scientific study that has nothing to do with actual weight training, e.g. malnourished toddlers in Lithuania showed an increase in lean tissue when given nutrient "X".

Now assume that the same results will also happen in a 200 lb healthy male athlete. Tell people that nutrient "X" is backed by scientific studies. They know that you're not going to actually READ those studies!

Here's the kicker... now include 10 mg of it in your product when the effective dose in the toddlers was actually 1000 mg!

And here's a fun way to kill an afternoon: call up these companies and ask them to send you copies of the studies they've used to prove their supplements are effective. I've done that...they don't stay on the line very long. Oh, they've sent me "studies," but where I went to school, legitimate scientific studies don't generally include price lists.

6. Name Your Product Similar to a Drug and Claim It's "Almost Illegal"

Luckily for them, it's not illegal to be useless. If the only thing a product has going for it is a mashed-up name similar to a drug, pack up your underwater car and go driving through a meteor shower. It's going to be a long day.

7. Proprietary Formulas

I have no problem with people keeping the lid on the specifics of an effective formula to keep others from copying it. But when that is used an excuse to include next to nothing of the active ingredients that actually do anything...

You see, I don't want to pay for a pill that is 95% methylbullcrapsomethingorother and 5% active ingredient. When the phrase "proprietary formula" is used, the manufacturer doesn't legally have to say exactly how much of each of the ingredients is in the formula.

The best part is when the scientific study they used to prove their product works shows a dose of 5 grams is needed to be effective and their serving size/pill size is only 1 gram...AND they have 10 other ingredients listed as being in the pill.

8. Professional Bodybuilder Testimonials

Because I'm quite sure that a pro bodybuilder weighing 280lb at 4% bodyfat really gained all that muscle from a couple of scoops of some fruity powder that is supposed to give you a better pump.

9. The "Latest" Supplement

There was a time when the AMC Pacer and the Gremlin were the "latest" cars to come off the assembly line. Just because something is the "latest" doesn't mean that it actually works.

The current craze: Nitric Oxide (a product that is supposed to increase circulation to muscles, resulting in a greater "pump"/blood flow to the muscles for increasing muscle growth). Let me put it this way...I've tried it, I've researched it and don't waste your money on it.

The only way it'll work is if you mix it with something else that DOES work (like creatine, for instance). Then you're just paying extra for the privelege of combining the two supplements.

You want a better pump? Drink more water - that's what blood primarily is. The better hydrated you are, the greater your blood volume will be. Need proof? One of the primary dangers of diuretic use for reducing water levels to show muscles better is thickening of the blood, which basically is reduced blood volume. The more water you have in your body, the greater your blood volume will be and the stronger your pumps will be.

Heck, if you REALLY want to build muscle, half your day should be spent sloshing around because you've drank so much water!

10. "Eat What You Want And Still Lose Weight"

Chances are, a product like this contains something to speed up your metabolism (most likely a herbal stimulant) and/or something to block the absorption of fat or carbs. You will probably lose weight but you may be a nervous insomniac with debilitating cramps and greasy diarrhea. What a great way to promote good health!

Conclusion:

Bottom line, I have no problem with supplements or supplement ads that are legitimate. What I do have a problem with (and you probably gathered this from the article) is the way people are manipulated through clever advertising into spending their hard-earned money on useless products. It gives weight training a bad name makes even good products look suspicious.

You see, a supplement can only do so much - it can only SUPPORT what you're doing with your weight training and nutrition. If your training program or nutrition don't work without supplementation, no supplement is going to fix that.

I use supplements every single day. They can help tremendously in your training, especially when you use supplements that are effective and have proven to be so! There are plenty of good supplements and good manufacturers out there (more on that below)!

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SUPPLEMENT REFERENCE EBOOKS

Bodydbuiling writer Will Brink has two of the best supplement review books on the Internet. If you're interested in learning more about which supplements work, which don't and which manufacturers you can trust, I highly recommend checking out his books:

Diet Supplements Revealed
http://www.fitstep.com/goto/fat-loss-supplements.htm

Muscle Building Nutrition
http://www.fitstep.com/goto/muscle-building-nutrition.htm

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THE SAMPLE PRODUCT - No-Cost, 30-Day Supply!

In a time when new supplements keep popping up all over the place, one of the first supplements be scientifically proven to work (creatine) has been given a new shot of power!

I wrote about this supplement (a creatine supplement by the name of Hyper Gain) in a past issue of BetterU News. It's the first 100% bioavailable creatine compound with 100% stable uptake and zero toxic conversion (several of the problems with regular creatine include poor absorption rates and possible conversion into a toxic byproduct called creatinine).

I've used Hyper Gain and found it to be VERY effective. And now I've arranged with AS Research (the maker of the product) to give you a 30-day supply so you can try it out for yourself. There is a shipping and handling charge to receive the complimentary bottle, just f.y.i., but it's well worth it - a bottle of Hyper Gain normally retails for $89.95 (you will also learn how to get a major discount on that if you decide to continue with Hyper Gain once you're done with your 30-day supply).

Click this link right now to read more about Hyper Gain and find out how to get your complimentary 30-day supply now:

NOTE: This offer has since been changed to buy one, get one free.

http://www.fitstep.com/goto/hyper-gain-sample.htm

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Training Equipment Review - The AMP Bar This multi-functional bar is one of the most versatile pieces of equipment I've reviewed. Learn if the unique features of this bar can take your training to the next level.

Versatility in equipment is king!

One of the first things I think about when I try a new piece of training equipment is "how many exercises can I do with this?" I look at a bar or a machine or a bench and think to myself "what else can this be used for other than what it's supposed to be used for." I like to know that I'm getting more than just a one-trick pony when I buy a piece of exercise equipment.

Well, when it came time to test the AMP Bar (which stands for Articulated Multi-Purpose Bar), I found out that the maker of the bar had been thinking the same thing! The sheer variety (and effectiveness) of the exercises I was able to perform with the the AMP Bar was FAR more than that of a regular barbell and rivaled that of a multi-gym station costing many, many times more.

And, of course, being who I am, I naturally took the exercises that the maker listed and came up with a bunch more...

Now, because the design of the bar is so unique, it is tough to describe in words. You can view pictures of the bar here:

http://www.monsterbars.com/forearm_bar_007.htm

The bar itself consists of three separate pieces. The main piece looks like a typical straight bar but with a couple of vertical posts on it. Attached to these posts on the main piece are two other bars that are moveable and removable. You can angle these extra bar attachments to dramatically alter the mechanics of exercises and provide very unique patterns of resistance.

Also included in the frame of the AMP bar is a hole that you can fit the end of a barbell through. This feature is used for Barbell T-Bar Rows (one of my favorite back exercises).

So what does all this mean for you?

It means you can use this bar to challenge your muscles in ways they've NEVER been challenged before. The exercises and unique patterns of resistance will allow you to build muscle more effectively and accomplish it with a much greater variety of exercises. This variety is vital for complete and balanced muscle and strength development. Variety also keeps your workouts from getting boring, which is EXTREMELY important!

Here is a list of exercises demonstrated on the manufacturer's site:

T-Bar Rows
45 Degree Handle Upright Rows
Counterweight Resistance Curls
45 Degree Handle Shrugs
Hammer Curls
Tricep Extensions
Push-Ups (using the bar as a base to grip on)
Forearm/Wrist Curls

Here is a short list of a few of the other exercises that I've done with the AMP Bar:

One Arm Rows
Suitcase Deadlifts
Bent-Over Rows
Bench Dips
Bodyweight Tricep Extensions
Front Delt Shoulder Presses
Partial Hack Squats
Partial Deadlifts
One Legged Calf Raises

The Plus Side:

1. The AMP Bar has a very good weight capacity and is well-constructed. I've loaded the bar with over 300 pounds for shrugs and deadlifts and it's rock solid. There's room for several more weight plates on top of this as well. You don't need nearly this much weight for the majority of the exercises you'll be doing with the AMP Bar, though. This bar will last a lifetime.

2. The unique angles that the moveable handles allow for mean you can use leverage to generate more resistance in the exercises. Think of it this way...is it going to be harder to hold a 10 pound weight right in your hand or to hold a long stick with a 10 pound weight at the end of it? The placement of the weights really does a good job of changing the leverage of many of the exercises, making them more effective (the barbell curls, especially).

3. You can remove the extra handles and do almost any straight bar exercise as well. Because the main piece of basically just a straight bar with a couple of posts attached, it functions just like a regular straight bar. The posts make the bar more versatile, however, allowing you do exercises like hammer curls and overhead tricep extensions with a neutral grip (palms facing in).

4. The AMP Bar also comes with an attachment that allows you to mimic the excellent Forearm Bar that the company also makes (previously reviewed in a past issue of BetterU News).

http://www.fitstep.com/fitness-equipment-reviews/equipment-reviews/the-forearm-bar-review.htm

The Downsides:

1. The trickiest thing about this bar is learning how to properly use it. Once you get familiar with it, how it works and how much weight you need to add onto each weight post, it becomes easy but it can be intimidating getting started simply because it does have so many ways it can be used.

My advice: take some time and just play with it when you get it. Move the handles, change the weights, do each of the exercises for a few reps to get an idea of how they work with this bar. Basically, just get a feel for it before you try and use it in an actual workout. That way, you won't feel pressured to try and figure it out while the clock is ticking on your rest periods.

2. Adding heavier weight plates (35 to 45 pounders) to the angled bars can be a challenge but really, the only time you'll be adding plates like that is when you're setting up for shrugs or partial deadlifts. This can be easily worked around by laying the bar on the ground with the angled posts pointing up in air. When the weights are on, you can just roll the bar back over.

Conclusion:

When it comes right down to it, the downsides of the AMP Bar are minimal - any piece of equipment (even a dumbell) has a learning curve on how to use it. The advantages you get from the bar really outweigh the negatives.

The unique design and multitude of exercises available to you with the bar make it an excellent investment not only for a commerical gym but especially for a home gym user who has free weights and is looking for a greater variety of exercises to do at home.

Click this link to learn more about the AMP Bar:

http://www.monsterbars.com/forearm_bar_007.htm

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7 Top Fitness Newsletters Guest Article by Marc David

I've been involved for what it seems like full-time fitness for 16 years. Over the years (certainly since 2003), I've extensively examined my own success and the success of others for "keys" to success. Why? Because I'm a big believer in this concept:

***Success Can Be Duplicated***

That depends simply upon finding a plan that works and then working the plan that you found.

I'm gonna save you some time in looking. :-) I'm about to reveal my findings.

You see, there are some universal keys to "making it work" with any fitness program. Now, quite obviously, I can't thoroughly explain each of them in this short article. So, what I'm going to do is list them with a brief explanation, and then provide you with a completely fr.ee resource for each of them that will give you greater insight. These are resources that I've learned wheelbarrows full of wisdom from the information contained in them. Out of the 3 billion and growing websites on the planet, you can't go wrong with these.

There are seven cream of the crop online fitness newsletters...

1. Marc David's - Beginning Bodybuilding Success begins with an "understanding". That is, you figure out the basics, you learn about such concepts like nutrition, training and supplements and with that insight, you propel yourself to even great heights. Everything fitness is based on fundamentals. Learn those fundamentals and you'll get past the beginner stages.

** Marc David has a free PDF report entitled, "Top 12 Beginner Mistakes" which you can download at

http://www.fitstep.com/freebooks/other/top12-beginner-mistakes.pdf
(right-click on the link and choose "Save Target As")

** Additionally, I recommend you check out the free mini-course entitled, "Beginning-Bodybuilding: What Every Beginner Should Know But Probably Doesn't".

http://www.fitstep.com/goto/beginning-bodybuilding.htm

** For a really quick start, I'd recommend listening to some fitness audio that covers topics on nutrition, training and supplements in a nice but short question and answer format. Most of the audio is only 5 minutes per topic. Take a look at http://bodybuildinglive.blogspot.com

2. Tom Venuto's - BurntheFat - While Tom does sell a nutritional bible that sets the gold standard in quality fitness books, he doesn't stop there. BurntheFat's newsletter is crammed full of content each week. I'm amazed that Tom keeps it up week after week with top quality information. I'll be the first to admit he's a mentor to me. His tag line "The Honest Fitness Site" is entirely true!

** If you need to learn about building muscle or burning body fat, you will find Tom's short newsletter to be invaluable. Grab a copy at

http://www.fitstep.com/goto/burnfat.htm

3. Kyle Battis' - HomeGymSecrets Another one of those NSCA-CPT guys (for those who don't know, that is a serious personal training certification), Kyle does a sensational job of giving out the goods. He writes articles and answers questions in a non-typical format. That means he writes to you like you were the only person in the room. Plus he's got this weekly audio series that is short, to the point and just plain powerful.

** Kyle Battis has put together a home gym secrets newsletter that reveals how to build an effective home gym. There's also great tips on nutrition, training and he breaks up some of those nasty myths too! You can download a free copy of it at

http://www.fitstep.com/goto/pfc.htm

4. Jon Benson's - FitOver40 Jon is the "king of the hill" when it comes to making a life change and solving his own problems. Jon examines his own situation and proves that it's never too late to make changes at any age that are significant. His newsletter is passionate and leading in bodybuilding and fitness for those over 40. However, I find it valuable regardless of your age.

** If there's one "expert" on working out when you are older, it's Jon. His newsletter and information is an eye-opener for those who just think after 40 it's over. Nothing could be further from the truth. See what Jon has to say at

http://www.fitstep.com/goto/fitover40.htm

5. Lewis Wolk's - AtoZ Fitness Exceptional information is just the start. Somehow this guy convinced many experts (including myself) to contribute weekly articles. You'll find featured articles on health and fitness, recipes, workout tips and tricks and so much more. First class authors contribute to A to Z Fitness weekly. There's so much content, you might as well print it out.

** There is a short mini-course entitled "6 Simple Steps to Success in 6 Days: You will learn how to transform your self image into a solid reality using a simple (but effective) step by step method & start getting real results in 30 days.. Just go to

http://www.fitstep.com/goto/allstars-cb2.htm

6. David Grisaffi's - Firm Your Abs The problem that most people run into is this: they don't have any idea how to get a 6 pack of abdominals. They rush out and buy more fat burner pills and the latest in ab technology. What they don't do is find information. David is a top-notch personal training who focus on the abs and techniques that you can use to show them off.

** David has a great "16 Tips To Maximize Your Fat Loss" report. You can grab a complimentary copy at

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7. Nick Nilsson's - BetterU News - Nick is the creator of the "Best Exercises You've Never Heard Of" series. He does a bang up job on book reviews and his weight training and fitness newsletter is just one of those you'll read, file away and refer back to again. Nick's given me some real neat exercises I've used that nobody in my gym has ever seen. The more you know, the easier it becomes. He's even got things you can do on the road if you travel a lot. Pack your suitcase extra heavy and make your lats bigger.

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