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Long-time Muscle & Fitness columnist Clarence Bass, a lawyer and bodybuilding champion,
has been called "the most articulate and well-read spokesman in America for an all-round
fitness lifestyle." Author of ten books, he believes in combining weights, aerobics and
sound nutrition to achieve total fitness and permanent fat loss.
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New articles in May:
1) Take
Charge Launch Up-Up and Away (Listen to Clarence talk about fitness and
Take Charge)
2) Fifty-Year Study Shows Blood
Pressure Bodyweight Connection
3) FAQ(9):
Are Fish-Oil Supplements as Good as Fish?
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("...No low-carb diets here; he did it with
lifestyle eating habits that he's maintained for decades. Even more
impressive is that he recently turned
70 and has kept his body fat in the single digits since that first book.")
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Continuing
interest:
**Balanced Diet
Best for Weight-Loss Maintenance
**Exercise Rejuvenates Failing Hearts: Function Improves Regardless of
Age
**Calorie Restriction Doesn't
Extend Life, NIA Study Suggests
**Maximize Calorie Burn
with Weight Intervals: Short, Hard Series Beats Traditional Wt. Training
**Ski Erg Renews Competitive Zeal
**
Light & Heavy Weights Equally Effective for Building Muscle -
Specificity Principle Prevails for Strength
**
Diet
Sodas Linked to Diabetes
**
Same Day
Weights & Aerobics - More Efficient and More Productive
** Muscle Talk:
The Metabolic Benefits of High Intensity Exercise
**
Exercise: Mother Nature's Waste Recycler (Cell Renewal Mechanism)
** Nuts Improve Diet Quality & Help Prevent Weight
Gain
** Bending
The Aging Curve (Commentary):
Using Exercise to Keep Us Young & Fit
** Expanding Role for Sleep -
Obesity and Diabetes
** Joe Weider Changed My Life
** Eat Hearty
Breakfast, Lose Weight - And Keep It Off
** Training Frequency: Twice a
Week, Four, Six?
** US News &
World Report Ranks 25 Diets - Mediterranean Diet Tops My List
**
Is Aerobic Training Best For
Fat/Weight Loss?
**
New DVD - Sergio Oliva The Myth
(Posing, Training, Competing, Awards, Interview
** Tribute to Sergio Oliva
** Great Expectations (our award-winning book):
What it's about--reader comments--NM book awards finalist.
 | Success Stories
1. A family story
2. Physique competitor
reports results with and without carbs (6-Year Update)
3. Woman runner starts winning
after weight training. New Goal: Olympic Team
4. Father Jim: 60 years of training - and
counting |
| Success Stories (2)
1. Scottish Bodybuilder Trains Less - and Thrives
2. Once-a-week Training Works For Busy Family Man
3. Tabata Protocol Produces PR in Rowing
4. Diet Change Helps Aspiring Golfer
5. Challenge Fires-Up Doc's Workouts
6.
Eclectic Approach Produces Gains During Recuperation
|
| Success Stories (3)
1. Lifetime Of Lifting Produces Archery Gold
2. Runner Sees Dramatic Change in Leanness After Adding Weight
Training
3. Transformed by evo lifestyle
|
| Success Stories
(4)
1. Fired Up By Gains After 60
2. Patience Key to Losing Last Stubborn Fat Deposits |
| Success Stories
(5)
1. Therapist Walks
Talk
2. Tina Finds Her Sport - at 55 |
| Success Stories
(6)
Husband Reads, Wife Loses 50 pounds |
| Success
Stories (7)
Head Trainer Changes Gear
The Full Tabata/5K Story
Lifestyle Change Surprises Doctor |
| Success
Stories (8)
Senior Aussie Archer Conquers New Bow
Success Story: Leanness Put Wind at Your Back
Skydiving Lady Loses 60 pounds
Traveler Fights Family History of Heart Disease
Lifestyle Controls Rare Diabetes |
| Success
Stories (9)
Mariam Power (All-around School-Girl Athlete, Powerlifting
Champion, Physique Model)
From Athlete to Fat Man and Back
He's A New Man!
Fitness Training Strengthens Father-Son Bond
Husband Spreads Addiction
Contest Condition in Five Weeks
|
| Success
Stories (10)
Trigger Point Therapy Relieves Back Pain
Law Professor Thrives On Short,
Efficient Workouts
Abs Like Bruce Lee - at 13 |
| Success
Stories (11)
From Bruce Lee to the Hulk
Ownership Principle Sparks Norwegian Lady's Success
Saving Johan's Hip
A Truck Driver's Story: On The Road To Fitness
Norwegian Lady One Year Later: Building on Successes
|
| Success
Stories (12)
Surgeon/Athlete's Extreme Challenge
Barbell Aerobics
Strategy Works
UK Security Expert Discovers Tabata Protocol |
| Success
Stories (13)
Nine-Year-Old from Heaven
|
| From The Desk Of Clarence Bass
Articles are divided into ten categories to make them more accessible:
Diet and Nutrition, Strength Training, Aerobic Exercise, Fat Loss and
Weight Control, Fitness and Health, The Age Factor, Physiological Factors,
Psychology and Motivation, Personalities, and Lifestyle. Many
articles fall under more than one category. The
numbers refer to the order of posting.
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DIET AND NUTRITION
6. Dieter's Dilemma
7. Creatine Works
15. Peak Shape - at 60 (with 4 new photos)
18.
Add A Little "Good Fat"
19.
The Zone gets mixed Reviews
20. Don't Add "Good Fat" To A Bad Diet
24. Chef Jeff Goes Nuts!
26b. How Many Calories Do You Need?
40.
Fiber and Weight
Loss
45. Volumetrics: Weight Loss
Breakthrough
57. Stop Counting, Focus on Foods, New
Guidelines Recommend
64. Potpourri: High Protein Diets,
Metabolism & Lifting Belts
73. AHA Raises Fat Intake Limit, Adds
"Good" Fat
78. Eggs Are Back - In A New And Improved Form
79. The Story On Soy
80.
The Warrior Diet & Workout
81.
Avoid High Protein Diets, Says AHA
82. A New And Improved Food Pyramid
90. A Carb/Cancer Connection?
93.
More Water
94. Could Dr. Atkins Be Right After All?
96.
Another View: Drink When You're
Thirsty
99. The Plain Water Advantage
103.
Atkins Diet Controversy Continues
109.
Every Body Loves Whole Grains
115.
New Light On The Glycemic Index
116.
The Art Of Choosing Bread
126.
I'm a Flexitarian
127.
New Peanut Butter!
132.
Benecol: Better Butter
137. Facts On Carbs For
Active People and Periodization of Nutrition
149.
USDA's New Pyramid Tailors Diet to Age and Physical Activity
150. What To Eat After Exercise, An
Update
151. Study Triggers New Enthusiasm
For Diet In Age of Statins
153.
Simple Diet Patterns for Good
Health
158. High Carbs + Protein or Healthy Fat
for Your Heart - and Waistline
173.
Every Meal Counts
+ Exercise Counters High-Fat Meal
179. Harvard Study Says: Eat Fish
(The Obesity Connection)
201. Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
205.
The Bible of
Evolutionary Fitness: Primal, Practical, Playful
208. The Most Anabolic Diet - Real
Food
212. Low Carb Diet Back--Again
227. Pass The Nuts! Nuts Increase Fat Burn
and Reduce Health Risks
232.
Calories Matter, But
Instinctive Behavior Matters More (Carbs also Matter--to the Brain)
240.
Sports Recovery
Sensation: Skim Milk & Cereal
243.
More Evidence Every
Meal Counts: Landmark Study Shows Impact of Sugary Foods on Arteries
244. Evidence Piles Up: Fish Oil CV
Benefits
248.
High-Fat Diet Reduces
Endurance 50% - In 9 Days
249.
Good-and Bad-News for Low-Carb,
High-Protein Dieters
255.
How Much Protein Can Muscles
Use
256.
The Brain Factor in
Obesity & Weight Control (brain shrinkage, diet switching, midnight eating)
259. Fish Oil Slows
Aging - New Evidence Omega 3 Revitalizes Brain Cells
262. Genes and Diet Choice - (Why
Genes Are Not the Answer)
263. Cutting Saturated Fat Alone Not
Enough - Replace Bad Fat with Good
272. Training on Empty - Still a
Bad Idea
276.
Mediterranean-Style Diet Good For Brain & Heart; Foods Work Together
279. The Problem With Omega-6
286. The New Evolution Diet: Art
DeVany, "Grandfather" of Paleo Movement, Launches His Book
288. Red Meat Risky, Studies Find
294. Exercise Curbs Appetite:
Mechanism Uncovered--How Your Gut Says I'm Full
295. Whole
grains Fight Abdominal Fat
297. Pre-Workout Snacks Increase Calorie
and Fat Burn
305. Harvard
Study Confirms Ripped Diet Philosophy
316. Small Calorie Reductions =
Large Weight Changes
328. US News &
World Report Ranks 25 Diets - Mediterranean Diet Tops My List
329.
It's The Fat That Matters; Calories Add
Fat that Doesn't Always Show Up On Scale
334. Study: Red Meat Is Bad For
You (Healthy Options are Many)
335. Eat
Hearty Breakfast, Lose Weight - And Keep It Off
341. Balanced
Diet Best for Weight-Loss Maintenance
345. Calorie Restriction Doesn't
Extend Life, NIA Study Suggests
348. Nuts Improve Diet Quality & Help
Prevent Weight Gain
(New in January)
354. Diet
Sodas Linked to Diabetes
(New in April)
|
| STRENGTH TRAINING
3.
Keep That Spring (explosive strength movements help)
5. Guru of Quantum Strength (sports-scientist practices what he preaches)
8. Periodization: Still The Best Way
15. Peak Shape - at 60 (with 4 new photos)
21. One Set Or Many Sets?
22. New Evidence on Sets Controversy
23.
Soreness, What Does It Mean?
29.
A HIT Manifesto
34.
Lift Slow or Lift Fast, That Is The Question
44. HIT Advocate Stops Training To Failure - And
Gains!
47. The Hardest Situp
48. The Price Of Overtraining
49. A Small Experiment with Chin-Ups (Synaptic Facilitation)
51. Power Hooks and Powerpins:
Terrific Little Lifting Tools
59.
Father of Aerobics Pumps More Iron
62.
Pavel's Ladder - Follow up to Article
49 on Chin-Ups
63. Sticking Point? Try Fractional
Plates
64. Potpourri: High Protein Diets,
Metabolism & Lifting Belts
65.
The Russian Kettlebell
Challenge
66. Lift Slow or Say No?
72. Kettlebells Are A Blast - If You're Careful
74. Lifting Wisdom From Tommy Kono (Commentary)
75. Squats: Full or Parallel?
76. Matt Furey's Royal Court of Bodyweight
Exercises
80. The Warrior Diet & Workout
87. Experiment/Change by Laszlo
104.
Weights and Arthritis - Good & Bad
108. Dangers of Heavy Lifting
- Laszlo Talks Back to The Wall Street Journal
119. Weights For Kids
143.
Tommy Kono Knee Bands Trial
144.
Training in Strange or
Unusual Circumstances
145. The Forest and The Trees
163. Hardgainer Publisher (Stuart
McRobert) Writes Magnum Opus
167.
Biomarkers - Has this book stood the test
of time?
177.
Overly-Strict Training Is
a Motivation Killer
192. Weight Training Reverses Almost 40 years of
Molecular Aging - in Six Months
203. Athletes Winning Over Age
207. Evidence of Anti-Aging
Power of Exercise (Telomeres & Special Role of Strength Training)
221. Get Weird and Get Wired - Unusual
lifts
222. Aerobics Marks 40-Year
Anniversary
228. Legacy of Iron
228. Brooks Kubik Story:
The Story Behind Legacy of Iron
230. Forget Heavy, Think Effort:
Muscle Fiber Activation & Rep Range
235. Aerobics, Do You Need It?
Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week
237. Too Much Sitting Is Risky - Even For
People Who Train
239. McGuff's Brief Muscular
Effort and Maffetone's Slow Aerobics, Never the Twain Shall Meet?
246. Strength and
Fitness Fight Cancer Independently
251. New York Times Gets
Lifting Right - Almost (Progressive Resistance Without Progress)
252. Lifting With Effort - Many Ways
254. Legacy of
Iron: Clouds of War [The Legacy book becomes a series]
260. Aerobics Combats
Mental Decline, Once-weekly Lifting Improves Cognitive Skills
264. More Support For
Effort-Based Training - Even Light Resistance Builds Muscle If Lifted To
Failure
275. Strength
Training Good For The Brain
281. Light Weights Build Muscle -
Study Provides Proof
282. Combined
Strength & Endurance Training Best for Heart
283. Change Your Lifestyle, Change
Your Life
284. Big Tummies Cause Diabetes
287.
Combination - Weights and Aerobics -
Best for Diabetics
297. Pre-Workout Snacks Increase Calorie
and Fat Burn
302. Bending
The Aging Curve
(Book Commentary):
Using Exercise to Keep Us Young and Fit
303. Miller's Masterpiece (Commentary)
and Article: Olympic Weightlifting: For Athletes and Non-Athletes, Young and
Old
309. Cross-Training Doesn't Work -
Unless it's Weight Training
310.
Intensity, What Is
It? Intensity, Failure, Rep Range, Muscular Endurance, Specificity
311.
One More for Effort Based Training
312. Volume Threshold in Muscle
Building (1 Set vs. 3 Sets)
314. One Rep Max
(1RM) Meaningless for Most People (How much you can lift once and for reps
is fixed)
315. Aerobic Exercise Beats Weights
for Reducing Belly Fat
318.
Resistance Training Helps Keep the Brain Fit
319. Fatigue-Pump-Not Necessary for Strength
Gains
322. Strength Training
Builds Endurance!
323. Muscle Carries Aerobic Punch
324. Resistance Training
Builds Muscle--and Mitochondria
327. Chaos Training
338. Same
Day Weights & Aerobics - More Efficient and More Productive
339. Physical Activity - All Kinds
- Boosts Brain Power (Running - Weight Training - Washing Dishes)
340.
Study: Light & Heavy Weights Equally Effective for Building Muscle -
Specificity Principle Prevails for Strength
342. No Such Thing As Cardio!
343.
Strength Training or Aerobics, Which
is Best to Prevent Diabetes & Cognitive Decline?
346. Muscle Talk:
The Metabolic Benefits of High Intensity Exercise
349.
Is Aerobic Training Best For
Fat/Weight Loss?
(New in February)
351. Maximize
Calorie Burn with Weight Intervals: Short, Hard Series Beats Traditional Wt.
Training
(New in March)
352. Training Frequency:
Twice a Week, Four, Six?
(New in March)
|
| AEROBIC EXERCISE
1. Heavyhands Revisited (Is strength-endurance a unique form of fitness?)
10. Forget The Fat-Burn Zone (What's best for fat burn & fitness?)
11. In Search Of The Ideal Aerobics Routine
12. Intervals For Fitness & Fat Loss (Q&A with Dr. Pat O'Shea)
15. Peak Shape - at 60 (with 4 new photos)
30. Escaping The Fat-Burn Zone (High/Low Intensity Aerobics)
59. Father of Aerobics Pumps More Iron
84. 500m Distance Reignites Rowing Zeal
88. Rowing: Follow-up to Article #84
106. One Year Older - and Faster (2003
Rowing Update)
110.
If You Think You
Can....... (Update to Article 88)
112. Tabata vs. GXP
121. Challenge At Birmingham - British
Indoor Rowing Championships
125. New Heavyhands!™
134. Breakthrough - Success is Sweet
136. The
Perfect Mile: Lost Lesson From First 4-Minute Mile
139. Train Your Brain
140. Row & Flow (Psychology of Optimum
Performance in any sport)
152.
Sprints
Build Endurance! (Intensity Trumps Volume)
164
Running to the Highest Peak - and the
Deepest Valley
182. Aerobic Exercise Pumps Up Your Brain
203. Athletes Winning Over Age
204. Reboot Your Brain With Exercise
205. Bible of
Evolutionary Fitness: Primal, Practical, Playful
211.
Intervals For (Almost) Everyone
215. Drugs produce marathon mice
- with exercise (and without)
222. Aerobics Marks
40-Year Anniversary
235. Aerobics, Do You Need
It? Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week
237. Too Much Sitting Is Risky -
Even For People Who Train
238. Short Hard Intervals
Improve Insulin Action - 7.5 Minutes a Week Helps Ward Off Diabetes
239. McGuff's Brief
Muscular Effort and Maffetone's Slow Aerobics, Never the Twain Shall Meet?
246. Strength and Fitness
Fight Cancer Independently
260. Aerobics Combats
Mental Decline, Once-weekly Lifting Improves Cognitive Skills
261. Go Hard and Go Home - Intervals My
Way
266. The Awesome Power of
Exercise - More Help For Schizophrenics - and the Rest of Us
267.
Interval Training
Reduces Arterial Stiffness
271. Brief Peak Exercise Has
Continuing Metabolic Effect - Prolonged Exercise Burns Muscle - Fit Burn
More Fat
274. Physical
Activity Matters, Fitness Matters More
281. Light Weights Build Muscle -
Study Provides Proof
282. Combined
Strength & Endurance Training Best for Heart
283. Change Your Lifestyle, Change
Your Life
285. PACE: Beyond Intervals
287.
Combination--Weights and Aerobics--Best for Diabetics
291. Walking: Wonder Drug
for Your Brain--An Emerging Story
296. Exercise Proves Amazing
Rejuvenator
299. Sub-Max
Intervals Everyone Can Use
300. Interval Sprints for Teens -
Improvements with 15% of Exercise Time
302. Bending
The Aging Curve
(Book Commentary):
Using Exercise to Keep Us Young and Fit
304. High Intensity Intervals May be
Single Best Exercise--30 seconds more effective than 3 minutes
309. Cross-Training Doesn't Work -
Unless it's Weight Training
313. Study Finds Calorie-Burn
Up 14 Hours after Vigorous Exercise
315. Aerobic Exercise Beats Weights
for Reducing Belly Fat
318.
Resistance Training Helps Keep the Brain Fit
322. Strength Training
Builds Endurance!
323. Muscle Carries Aerobic Punch
324. Resistance Training
Builds Muscle--and Mitochondria
325.
Miracle-Gro for the Brain--Exercise, BDNF, and Learning
326. Short, Hard Intervals for
Type 2 Diabetes
327. Chaos Training
336.15 Minutes Daily Exercise Minimum
Needed to Extend Lifespan: 15 Minutes Adds 3 Years
338. Same
Day Weights & Aerobics - More Efficient and More Productive
339.Physical Activity - All Kinds
- Boosts Brain Power (Running - Weight Training - Washing Dishes)
342. No Such Thing As Cardio!
343.
Strength Training or Aerobics, Which
is Best to Prevent Diabetes & Cognitive Decline?
344.
Exercise Rejuvenates Failing Hearts: Function Improves Regardless of
Age
346. Muscle Talk:
The Metabolic Benefits of High Intensity Exercise
347. Barbell Aerobics Strategy Works--Train Low, Train High Approach Works For Rowers--How Much Training Is Too
Much?
349.
Is Aerobic Training Best For
Fat/Weight Loss?
(New in February)
352. Training Frequency:
Twice a Week, Four, Six?
(New in March)
353. Ski Erg Renews Competitive Zeal
(New in April)FAT LOSS AND WEIGHT CONTROL
6. Dieter's Dilemma
9. Male Belly and Female Thigh Fat
10. Forget The Fat-Burn Zone (What's best for fat burn & fitness?)
12. Intervals For Fitness & Fat Loss (Q&A with Dr. Pat O'Shea)
13. Fat Loss Mother Nature's Way
14. Weight Control Masters (Secrets of people who lose weight - and keep it off))
19.
The Zone gets mixed Reviews
30.
Escaping The Fat-Burn Zone (High/Low Intensity Aerobics)
40.
Fiber and Weight
Loss
41. The Comfort Factor
45. Volumetrics: Weight Loss
Breakthrough
69. Shutdown Your Fat Genes - Turn on Your Thin
Genes
70. Ownership Principle at Work (Lawyer explains
how he lost almost 50 lbs.)
85.
Harnessing Our "Mean Genes"
86. Fat-Gain Triggers
92.
Stomach Hormone Foils Weight Loss
Efforts
94. Could Dr. Atkins Be Right After All?
101.
Holiday Eating
103.
Atkins Diet Controversy Continues
109.
Every Body Loves Whole Grains
111. Ultimate Fitness - Truth?
115. New Light On The Glycemic Index
116. The Art Of Choosing Bread
117. French Prove Calorie Saver Rule
119. Weights For Kids
120. Diet, Exercise & Coping Strategies - For
Your Personality
126. I'm a Flexitarian
135. Laszlo's Letter to Obese Friend
142. Fit But Fat Risky
149.
USDA's New Pyramid Tailors Diet to Age and Physical Activity
156. Creeping Obesity Gains Momentum
158. High Carbs + Protein or Healthy
Fat for Your Heart - and Waistline
159.
Holiday Pounds Forever
176.
Overweight Kills
178.
Mindless Eating
179. Harvard Study Says: Eat Fish
(The Obesity Connection)
186.
Pay Attention When You Eat
190. RETHINKING THIN: The New
Science of Weight Loss - Book
Commentary
194.
Calorie Reduction With and
Without Exercise
199.
Uniform Eating Goes Mainstream
206. Belly Fat May Be Deadly--How to Get Rid of
It
211.
Intervals For (Almost)
Everyone
213.
Lose Slow or Regain Fast
216. Small Changes Foster Permanent
Weight Loss
223.
Huge European Study Confirms
Belly-Bulge Risk
226.
Obesity Gene: Inclination,
Not Destiny
227.
Pass The Nuts! Nuts Increase Fat Burn
and Reduce Health Risks
232.
Calories Matter, But
Instinctive Behavior
Matters More (Carbs also Matter--to the Brain)
233. Walking Combats Creeping
Obesity
247. Talking Back To
Time On Exercise
& Weight Control
249.
Good-and Bad-News for Low-Carb,
High-Protein Dieters
253.
More Talk-back on Exercise and Weight Control
256.
The Brain Factor in
Obesity & Weight Control (brain shrinkage, diet switching, midnight eating)
262.
Genes and Diet Choice
- (Why Genes Are Not the Answer)
271. Brief Peak Exercise
Has Continuing Metabolic Effect - Prolonged Exercise Burns Muscle - Fit Burn
More Fat
272.
Training on Empty - Still a Bad Idea
279. The Problem With Omega-6
284. Big Tummies Cause Diabetes
94.
Exercise Curbs Appetite:
Mechanism Uncovered--How Your Gut Says I'm Full
295.
Whole
grains Fight Abdominal Fat
297.
Pre-Workout Snacks Increase Calorie
and Fat Burn
305.
Harvard Study
Confirms Ripped Diet Philosophy
313. Study Finds
Calorie-Burn Up 14 Hours after Vigorous Exercise
315. Aerobic Exercise Beats Weights
for Reducing Belly Fat
316.
Small Calorie Reductions =
Large Weight Changes
317.
Weight Loss is a Dynamic Process
328.
US News &
World Report Ranks 25 Diets - Mediterranean Diet Tops My List
329. It's The Fat That Matters; Calories Add
Fat that Doesn't Always Show Up On Scale
335. Eat
Hearty Breakfast, Lose Weight - And Keep It Off
341.
Balanced
Diet Best for Weight-Loss Maintenance
348. Nuts Improve Diet Quality & Help Prevent
Weight Gain
(New in January)
349.
Is Aerobic Training Best For
Fat/Weight Loss?
(New in February)
351. Maximize
Calorie Burn with Weight Intervals: Short, Hard Series Beats Traditional Wt.
Training
(New in March)
355. Expanding Role for Sleep
- Obesity and Diabetes
(New in April)
357. Fifty-Year Study Shows Blood
Pressure BMI Connection
(New in May)
FITNESS AND HEALTH
16.
Cooper Clinic 4th Visit at 60: Clarence's Health "Incredibly Good"
17.
What's Your Homocysteine? (News you can use about your health)
18.
Add A Little "Good Fat"
20. Don't Add "Good Fat" To A Bad Diet
26a. Tips For Out-Of-Shape Individuals
28. What's Your Real Age?
37. Balancing the Risks and Rewards of Exercise
39. Challenge Your Mind, As Well As Your Body
46. Syndrome X, The "New" Heart
Disease Risk
48. The Price Of Overtraining
53. Anti-Aging Medicine: Wave of The
Future Or Wrong Turn?
55. Cooper Clinic Physician Fights Aging With
Diet and Exercise (Response to 53)
59.
Father of Aerobics Pumps More Iron
61. Evolutionary Fitness
73. AHA Raises Fat Intake Limit, Adds
"Good" Fat
77. Don't Bend To The Terrorists - Fight Back
With Exercise
81. Avoid High Protein Diets, Says AHA
89. Healthy Lymph System, Healthy Body
90. A Carb/Cancer Connection?
91.
Greater Fitness/Longer Life
93. More Water
95.
Inflammation More Important Predictor of Heart
Attacks Than Cholesterol
97.
Learned Optimism
99. The Plain Water Advantage
104.
Weights and Arthritis - Good & Bad
105. Coronary Calcium Score and Stress
Management
108. Dangers of Heavy Lifting
- Laszlo Talks Back to The Wall Street Journal
109. Every Body Loves Whole Grains
111. Ultimate Fitness - Truth?
128. Back To Cooper Clinic
129. The Indomitable Pax Beale: Heart Cripple
to BB Champ
130. Moving Away From Joint
Pain: The Value of Exercise
132.
Benecol: Better Butter
137. Facts On Carbs For
Active People and Periodization of Nutrition
138. Fitness Potpourri:
Lifestyle v. Genes, Recovery Discovery, Master Gains
142. Fit But Fat Risky
146.
Grow Or Decay, Your Choice
148.
Anti-aging Medicine Evolves:
Age Management
151. Study Triggers New Enthusiasm For
Diet in Age of Statins
152.
Sprints
Build Endurance! (Intensity Trumps Volume)
154.
Prestigious Medical Journal
Highlights Predictive Power of Fitness
155.
You've Got A Bladder Problem!
161.
Miracle in Houston (Walking on New Hip Day of Surgery--3,
6, 12 month, & 5 year updates)
170. "Healthy" Fat People at Risk
171. Exercise Capacity and
Longevity - in Women
176. Overweight Kills
180. Exercise Improves Heart Function
(More Fitness & Less Fat = Stronger Heart)
182. Aerobic Exercise Pumps Up Your
Brain
183.
Exercise,
Wonder Drug That Keeps Giving: Protects Eyes
184. Leanness Trumps Calories,
Reduces Cancer Risk (Eat All You Want, But Burn All You Eat)
188. New CTA Heart Test Improves Risk
Assessment
191.
Results of Clarence's 9th visit
to the Cooper Clinic
192.
Weight Training Reverses Almost
40 years of Molecular Aging - in Six Months
193. Testosterone and Lifestyle
200. Live Fit, Live Long
201. Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
204. Reboot Your Brain With Exercise
206.
Belly Fat May Be Deadly--How to Get Rid of
It
207.
Evidence of Anti-Aging
Power of Exercise (Telomeres & Special Role of Strength Training)
209.
Miracle of Movement
211. Intervals For (Almost)
Everyone
214. 20-year
Anniversary Visit to Cooper Clinic, Dallas, Texas
215.
Drugs Produce Marathon Mice - With exercise (and
Without)
218. Get Moving Your Way
219. Lifestyle Changes
Work
222. Aerobics Marks 40-Year
Anniversary
223.
Huge European Study Confirms
Belly-Bulge Risk
225.
Prehabilitation (Prehab) -
What it is and why you want it
231.
The Importance of Sleep
233.
Walking Combats
Creeping Obesity
235.
Aerobics, Do You Need It?
Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week
237. Too Much Sitting Is Risky -
Even For People Who Train
238.
Short Hard
Intervals Improve Insulin Action - 7.5 Minutes a Week Helps Ward Off
Diabetes
239.
McGuff's Brief
Muscular Effort and Maffetone's Slow Aerobics, Never the Twain Shall Meet?
246.
Strength and
Fitness Fight Cancer Independently
249. Good-and Bad-News for Low-Carb,
High-Protein Dieters
258.
Exercise: The
Fountain of Youth (Live well longer & smarter, with less stress)
260.
Aerobics
Combats Mental Decline, Once-weekly Lifting Improves Cognitive Skills
261. Go Hard and Go Home - Intervals My
Way
266.
The Awesome Power of
Exercise - More Help For Schizophrenics - and the Rest of Us
267. Interval Training
Reduces Arterial Stiffness
273.
Testosterone
Linked to Heart Problems, Improvements in Strength, Muscle Mass, Mobility--Study Halted
274.
Physical Activity Matters, Fitness Matters More
275.
Strength
Training Good For The Brain
283.
Change Your Lifestyle, Change
Your Life
284.
Big Tummies Cause Diabetes
285. PACE: Beyond Intervals
287.
Combination - Weights and Aerobics -
Best for Diabetics
290.
Exercise
Boosts Resistance to Colds--A Two-Edged Sword
291.
Walking: Wonder Drug for
Your Brain--An Emerging Story
296. Exercise Proves Amazing
Rejuvenator
299.
Sub-Max
Intervals Everyone Can Use
300. Interval Sprints for Teens -
Improvements with 15% of Exercise Time
301. Next Medicine
(Book Commentary): A New Model for Health Care (Health before
Repair)
306. Fight Back Against Too Much Sitting -
Your Job May Be Killing You, Say Researchers
318.
Resistance Training Helps Keep the Brain
Fit
320.
Exercise Overcomes 30
Years of Aging - Intensity More Important than Duration
325.
Miracle-Gro for the Brain--Exercise, BDNF, and Learning
326.
Short, Hard
Intervals for Type 2 Diabetes
332.
Exercise: Mother
Nature's Waste Recycler (Cell Renewal Mechanism)
333. Another
Reason To Keep Moving (Effect On Blood Sugar)
336. 15 Minutes Daily Exercise Minimum
Needed to Extend Lifespan: 15 Minutes Adds 3 Years
339.
Physical Activity - All Kinds
- Boosts Brain Power (Running - Weight Training - Washing Dishes)
343.
Strength Training or Aerobics, Which is Best to Prevent Diabetes & Cognitive
Decline?
344.Exercise Rejuvenates Failing Hearts: Function Improves
Regardless of
Age
355. Expanding Role for Sleep -
Obesity and Diabetes
(New in April)
357. Fifty-Year Study Shows Blood
Pressure BMI Connection
(New in May)
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| THE AGE FACTOR
2.
The Metabolism Myth
3.
Keep That Spring (explosive strength movements help)
4.
Superstar of Successful Aging
15.
Peak Shape - at 60 (with 4 new photos)
16a Never-before seen photos of Clarence at ages 41, 48 and 60.
26c. The Competitive Edge
28. What's Your Real Age?
35. Living To 100 (commentary)
39. Challenge Your Mind, As Well As Your Body
58. The Necessity of Intensity
59. Father of Aerobics Pumps More Iron
110.
If You Think You
Can....... (Update to Article 88)
138. Fitness Potpourri:
Lifestyle v. Genes, Recovery Discovery, Master Gains
139. Train Your Brain
142.
Fit But Fat Risky
146.
Grow Or Decay, Your Choice
147.
Bass & Winett Compare Views
on Age Factor
148.
Anti-aging Medicine Evolves:
Age Management
149. USDA's New Pyramid Tailors Diet to Age and Physical Activity
160. Great Expectations: Attitude,
Exercise, and Aging
167. Biomarkers - Has this book stood the
test of time?
182.
Aerobic Exercise Pumps Up
Your Brain
192. Weight Training Reverses Almost 40 years of
Molecular Aging - in Six Months
200. Live Fit, Live Long
203. Athletes Winning Over Age
207. Evidence of Anti-Aging
Power of Exercise (Telomeres & Special Role of Strength Training)
241. Bergquist's Second Wind
Captures Ups & Downs of Ageless Athletes
242. Secrets of the Blue Zones:
Where and Why People Live Long and Well
250. Jack LaLanne: Live Young Forever
257.
The Centenarian Who Never Grew Old
258. Exercise: The
Fountain of Youth (Live well longer & smarter, with less stress)
259. Fish Oil Slows
Aging - New Evidence Omega 3 Revitalizes Brain Cells
274. Physical
Activity Matters, Fitness Matters More
289. Lessons From Olga and Ed, Dynamic Duo of
Ageless Muscle
296. Exercise Proves Amazing
Rejuvenator
298. More Ageless Muscle: Horst David,
75-Year-Old Elite Gymnast
302. Bending
The Aging Curve
(Book Commentary):
Using Exercise to Keep Us Young and Fit
303. The
Longevity Project--Personality Traits and Long Life
320. Exercise Overcomes
30 Years of Aging - Intensity More Important than Duration
345. Calorie Restriction Doesn't Extend
Life, NIA Study Suggests
352. Training Frequency:
Twice a Week, Four, Six?
(New in March)
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| PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS
2.
The Metabolism Myth
23. Soreness, What Does It Mean?
39. Challenge Your Mind, As Well As Your Body
58. The Necessity of Intensity
64. Potpourri: High Protein Diets,
Metabolism & Lifting Belts
85. Harnessing Our "Mean Genes"
86. Fat-Gain Triggers
123. The Breakout Principle
139. Train Your Brain
166.
New Thinking About Lactic Acid
199. Uniform Eating Goes Mainstream
202. Balance - Unappreciated,
Misunderstood - and Neglected
204. Reboot Your Brain With Exercise
206. Belly Fat May Be Deadly--How to Get Rid of
It
207. Evidence of Anti-Aging
Power of Exercise (Telomeres & Special Role of Strength Training)
224. A Nap Helps You Connect the Dots - and
More
230. Forget Heavy, Think
Effort: Muscle Fiber Activation & Rep Range
231.
The Importance of Sleep
247.
Talking Back To Time On Exercise
& Weight Control
248. High-Fat Diet Reduces
Endurance 50% - In 9 Days
253. More Talk-back on Exercise and Weight Control
255. How Much Protein Can Muscles
Use
256. The Brain Factor in
Obesity & Weight Control (brain shrinkage, diet switching, midnight eating)
259. Fish Oil Slows
Aging - New Evidence Omega 3 Revitalizes Brain Cells
262. Genes and Diet Choice - (Why
Genes Are Not the Answer)
264. More Support For
Effort-Based Training - Even Light Resistance Builds Muscle If Lifted To
Failure
266. The Awesome Power of
Exercise - More Help For Schizophrenics - and the Rest of Us
271. Brief Peak Exercise
Has Continuing Metabolic Effect - Prolonged Exercise Burns Muscle - Fit Burn
More Fat
273. Testosterone
Linked to Heart Problems, Improvements in Strength, Muscle Mass, Mobility--Study Halted
275. Strength
Training Good For The Brain
276.
Mediterranean-Style Diet Good For Brain & Heart; Foods Work Together
279. The Problem With Omega-6
281. Light Weights Build Muscle -
Study Provides Proof
282. Combined
Strength & Endurance Training Best for Heart
289. Lessons From Olga and Ed, Dynamic
Duo of Ageless Muscle
291. Walking: Wonder Drug for
Your Brain--An Emerging Story
94. Exercise Curbs Appetite:
Mechanism Uncovered--How Your Gut Says I'm Full
296. Exercise Proves Amazing
Rejuvenator
304. High Intensity Intervals May be
Single Best Exercise - 30 seconds more effective than 3 minutes
306. Fight Back Against Too Much Sitting -
Your Job May Be Killing You, Say Researchers
309. Cross-Training Doesn't Work -
Unless it's Weight Training
310.
Intensity, What Is
It? Intensity, Failure, Rep Range, Muscular Endurance, Specificity
311.
One More for Effort Based Training
312. Volume Threshold in Muscle
Building (1 Set vs. 3 Sets)
313. Study Finds Calorie-Burn
Up 14 Hours after Vigorous Exercise
314. One Rep Max
(1RM) Meaningless for Most People (How much you can lift once and for reps
is fixed)
316. Small Calorie Reductions =
Large Weight Changes
317. Weight Loss is a Dynamic Process
319. Fatigue-Pump-Not Necessary for Strength
Gains
322. Strength Training
Builds Endurance!
323. Muscle Carries Aerobic Punch
324. Resistance Training
Builds Muscle--and Mitochondria
325.
Miracle-Gro for the Brain--Exercise, BDNF, and Learning
332. Exercise: Mother
Nature's Waste Recycler (Cell Renewal Mechanism)
333. Another Reason To
Keep Moving (Effect On Blood Sugar)
340.
Study: Light & Heavy Weights Equally Effective for Building Muscle -
Specificity Principle Prevails for Strength
342. No Such Thing As Cardio!
346. Muscle Talk:
The Metabolic Benefits of High Intensity Exercise
354. Diet
Sodas Linked to Diabetes
(New in April)
355. Expanding Role for Sleep
- Obesity and Diabetes
(New in April)
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| PSYCHOLOGY AND MOTIVATION
26c.
The Competitive Edge
52.
The Inner Drives and Motivations of
Average Lifters (Competing with Ixtal)
56. The Ownership Principle - Still
Working 12 Years Later
68. The Key To Success: Sisyphus Revisited
71. Full Range of Motive: The Psychology
of Lifelong Lifting
77. Don't Bend To The Terrorists - Fight Back
With Exercise
84. 500m Distance Reignites Rowing Zeal
97. Learned Optimism
100. The New "Positive
Psychology"
107. Owners and Victims
122. Motivate Yourself
140. Row & Flow (Psychology of Optimum
Performance in any sport)
147.
Bass & Winett Compare Views
on Age Factor
160. Great Expectations: Attitude,
Exercise, and Aging
165. Self –Regulation: Long-Term
Motivation for Exercise Training
169. Baby Steps Into The
Unknown (Lessons from Dean Karnazes' Ultra
Marathon Man)
178.
Mindless Eating
185. Change or Die (Formula for Life
Altering Change)
198. Great Fit: A Tale of Two Books by
Kevin Vost
232. Calories Matter, But
Instinctive Behavior Matters More (Carbs also Matter to the Brain)
238. Short Hard Intervals
Improve Insulin Action - 7.5 Minutes a Week Helps Ward Off Diabetes
247.
Talking Back To Time On Exercise
& Weight Control
252. Lifting With Effort - Many Ways
253. More Talk-back on Exercise and Weight Control
262. Genes and Diet Choice - (Why
Genes Are Not the Answer)
269. The Wisdom of Len
Schwartz - Beyond Heavyhands™
272. Training on Empty - Still a
Bad Idea
280. The Mind of Tommy Kono
303. The Longevity
Project--Personality Traits and Long Life
304. High Intensity Intervals May be
Single Best Exercise--30 seconds more effective than 3 minutes
306. Fight Back Against Too Much Sitting -
Your Job May Be Killing You, Say Researchers
353. Ski Erg Renews Competitive Zeal
(New In April)
354. Diet
Sodas Linked to Diabetes
(New in April)
|
| PERSONALITIES
25. John C. Grimek, An Inspiration For The
Ages
27.
The Blond Bomber Online
32.
Muscletown USA (commentary)
33.
Dorian Yates: The Ultimate Bodybuilder (commentary)
36.
Ed Coan, The Mozart of Strength (commentary)
38.
Paul Anderson, King of the Squat
42.
Roy Hilligenn, a Marvel at 29, 54 - and
Now, at 77 (Hilligenn has died)
43. The Evil Russian Touches Down in
Albuquerque
50. The Vost Visit - A Personal Consultation
With Clarence Bass
52. The Inner Drives and Motivations of
Average Lifters (Competing with Ixtal)
54. Take It From Tiger
55. Cooper Clinic Physician Fights Aging With
Diet and Exercise
56. The Ownership Principle - Still
Working 12 Years Later
60.
Dave Draper Book Brims With Wit and
Wisdom
61. Evolutionary Fitness
67. Persistence Pays - A Profile of
National Master's Champion Bill Brian
74. Lifting Wisdom From Tommy Kono (Commentary)
83. Chasing The Hawk:
George Sheehan,
M.D.(and my Dad)
114. AOBS Reunion Dinner in Pictures
118. Beyond The Universe - The Bill Pearl
Story
124. The Arthur Jones/Nautilus Story
- New Book by Ell Darden - Latest on Arthur Jones &
High-Intensity Training
129. The Indomitable Pax Beale: Heart Cripple
to BB Champ
131. Jim Park: The Image on the
Hi-Proteen Canister
133. Conversation with Leonard
Schwartz, M.D.
141. Quantum Strength Author Pat O'Shea Dies
157. Ed Corney, Still Great at 64 (Repost of
Article with Ed's new website)
162. Denie's Doodles
(About Denie Walter and Computer-Enhanced Photo)
163.
Hardgainer Publisher (Stuart
McRobert) Writes Magnum Opus
164. Running to the Highest Peak - and the
Deepest Valley
168.
Kevin Vost - The Albuquerque Experiment:
A Six-Year Follow-Up Report
169. Baby Steps Into The
Unknown (Lessons from Dean Karnazes' Ultra
Marathon Man)
174. Bowerman And The Men of Oregon
(Biography of famous coach and Nike cofounder, commentary)
175. Brothers of Iron
(Weider brothers autobiography)
181. Austrian Sports Climber - Pure Muscle - Visits Land of
Enchantment
187.
Norbert Schemansky Biography
189. Bruce Wilhelm Chronicles Stories of
Lifting Giants: Ken Patera and Pat Casey
195. Clarence and Laszlo Click in Photo Shoot
for our New Book - help us select a cover photo - your picks and pans
196. Great Expectations Cover - How We
Selected the Photos
210. Clarence among Invited Guests at
AOBS 25th Reunion
214. 20-year
anniversary visit to Cooper Clinic, Dallas, Texas
217. Bryan Bowker, Elite Endurance
Athlete (interview)
220. Ben Weider Dies
222. Aerobics Marks 40-Year
Anniversary
228. Legacy of Iron
228. Brooks Kubik Story: The Story Behind Legacy of Iron
229. Remembering Arnie Jensen
234.
Dr. Jan Todd, Former "Strongest Woman in World"
inducted into Fitness Hall of Fame
236.
Bernarr MacFadden, American
Physical Culture Mogul
241. Bergquist's Second
Wind Captures Ups & Downs of Ageless Athletes
245. Surpassing Expectations: Our
weekend with Carol and Clarence Bass
250. Jack LaLanne: Live Young Forever
254.
Legacy of Iron: Clouds of War [The Legacy book becomes a
series]
257.
The Centenarian Who Never Grew Old: Reflections on
the amazing life of Joe Rollino
265. John North Declares War On Multiple Myeloma
- Audacious, Wonderful, Uplifting
268. Dr. Leonard Schwartz, Inventor
of Heavyhands™, Gone at 84
269. The Wisdom of Len
Schwartz - Beyond Heavyhands™
270.
Father of Arizona Irongame: Johnny Gibson
1921-2010
277.
Two-Day Consultation Report - Going From
"Knowing" to "Knowing How"
278. Legends of the Iron Game:
Bill Pearl's Reflections on the History of Physical Culture & Strength
Training
280. The Mind of Tommy Kono
286. The New Evolution Diet: Art
DeVany, "Grandfather" of Paleo Movement, Launches His Book
289. Lessons From Olga and Ed, Dynamic Duo
of Ageless Muscle
292.
Jack LaLanne 1914-2011
293. Harry Paschall and His Alter Ego
Bosco
293.
Legacy of Iron series kicks into high gear; more about Harry
Paschall
298. More Ageless Muscle: Horst David,
75-Year-Old Elite Gymnast
303. Miller's Masterpiece (Commentary)
and Article: Olympic Weightlifting: For Athletes and Non-Athletes, Young and
Old
304.
Showtime at Joe and Betty Weider Museum of
Physical Culture
308.
Black Iron: The John
Davis Story
321.
Bob Delmonteque - 1919-2011
330. John North Has Died
331. Wayne Gallasch Wins Rowing Gold in New
Zealand
337.
Robert Kennedy has died
348.
Tribute to Sergio Oliva
(New in December)
350.
The Iron Game has Lost a Friend:
Norm Komich 1944-2013
(New in February)
356.
Joe Weider Changed My Life
(New in April)
|
| LIFESTYLE
26a. Tips For Out-Of-Shape Individuals
41. The Comfort Factor
113.
Intervals For Life And
Fitness
120. Diet, Exercise & Coping Strategies - For
Your Personality
107. Owners and Victims
122. Motivate Yourself
123.
The Breakout Principle
134.
Breakthrough - Success is Sweet
138. Fitness Potpourri:
Lifestyle v. Genes, Recovery Discovery, Master Gains
146.
Grow Or Decay, Your Choice
201. Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
202. BALANCE: Unappreciated, Misunderstood - and Neglected
205. Bible of
Evolutionary Fitness: Primal, Practical, Playful
214. 20-year anniversary
visit to Cooper Clinic, Dallas, Texas
219.
Lifestyle Changes
Work
224. A Nap Helps You Connect the Dots - and
More
242. Secrets of the Blue Zones: Where
and Why People Live Long and Well
259. Fish Oil Slows
Aging - New Evidence Omega 3 Revitalizes Brain Cells
263. Cutting Saturated Fat Alone Not
Enough - Replace Bad Fat with Good
276.
Mediterranean-Style Diet Good For Brain & Heart; Foods Work Together
277. Two-Day Consultation Report -
Going From "Knowing" to "Knowing How"
283. Change Your Lifestyle, Change
Your Life
284. Big Tummies Cause Diabetes
286. The New Evolution Diet: Art
DeVany, "Grandfather" of Paleo Movement, Launches His Book
291. Walking: Wonder Drug for
Your Brain--An Emerging Story
298. More Ageless Muscle: Horst David,
75-Year-Old Elite Gymnast
301. Next Medicine
(Book Commentary): A New Model for Health Care (Health before
Repair)
303. The
Longevity Project--Personality Traits and Long Life
306. Fight Back Against Too Much Sitting -
Your Job May Be Killing You, Say Researchers
334. Study: Red Meat Is Bad For You
(Healthy Options are Many)
345. Calorie Restriction Doesn't Extend
Life, NIA Study Suggests
355. Expanding Role for Sleep
- Obesity and Diabetes
(New in April)
357. Fifty-Year Study Shows Blood
Pressure BMI Connection
(New in May) |
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