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Never, Ever Give Up – Arthur Boorman’s Inspirational Transformation

Arthur Boorman was a disabled veteran of the Gulf War for 15 years. He was told by his doctors that he would never again be able to walk on his own.

Arthur couldn’t do traditional, high impact exercise, so decided to try yoga after reading an article about WCW World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page doing yoga.

When Dallas heard about Arthur’s story, he was so moved he began emailing and speaking on the phone with Arthur throughout his journey, encouraging Arthur to keep going and to believe that anything was possible. Despite doctors telling him walking would never happen, Arthur remained persistent. He fell many times, but kept going.

Arthur quickly grew stronger and began losing a tremendous amount of weight! Using DDP’s specialized workout, he greatly improved his balance and flexibility. This gave him hope that maybe someday, he would be able to walk again.

His story is proof that we should not place limits on what we are capable of doing, because we often do not know our own potential. Niether Arthur, nor Dallas knew what he would go on to accomplish, but this video speaks for itself. In less than a year, Arthur completely transformed his life. If only he had known what he was capable of 15 years earlier.

Take control of your life and pursue your dreams. Hopefully, this story can inspire you to follow your dreams, whatever they may be.

Anything is Possible!

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Bodybuilding Video

Free Online Documentary – World’s Strongest Man

This video features a fascinating look into the strong man competitions and the various competitors fighting for the title of strongest man in the world.

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Bodybuilding Video

Jim Cordova Explains the Importance of the Negative in Weight Training

The gym is one of the few places where focusing on the negative can make you twice as successful. To understand what I mean, you first need to know what lies behind every repetition that you perform.

Every repetition consists of three phases. The concentric phase which is lifting the weight to transition or peak contraction phase, which is the midpoint, and eccentric phase which is lowering the weight. In other words, each repetition consists of a positive, midpoint, and negative.

The positive portion is easy to identify as it’s what you’re most familiar with. It’s the primary action of the exercise that you perform. For example, during pulling movements the positive portion of the rep occurs when you pull the weight toward your body. The negative occurs when the weight moves away from and back to the starting point. During pushing movements, the positive portion of the rep occurs when you push the weight away from your body and the negative occurs when the weight moves towards you.

Most people tend to focus only on the positive portion and pay little mind to the negative. You want to do the complete opposite. Generally, the negative portion of every repetition should move slower than the positive. At the very least you should move at the same pace as the positive. Never should you move faster by allowing the weight to fall back to the starting position. Doing such is asking for an injury simply because you’re allowing the muscle to relax and then suddenly contracting it to catch the weight.

Whenever you perform an exercise you’re going to want to focus on the negative especially since it is just as beneficial as the positive. Arguably, even more so. You may have noticed that when you perform a slow controlled negative repetition it tends to burn more and is very intense. That should tell you something. It’s very effective in terms of stimulating muscle growth and development. In fact, the negative portion of a repetition has been shown to have a greater impact on the hormones that lead to muscle growth and development, even more so than the positive. The negative has been shown to produce more micro trauma in the muscle. In other words, it breaks the muscle down more. The whole objective of resistance training is to break down the muscles so that they grow back stronger and more developed.

Lastly, by focusing on the negative you become twice as efficient during your workout since you’re essentially doing twice the work. Focusing on the positive is only half the repetition. So focus on the negative and I guarantee it will have a positive impact on your results.

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Shoulder Training with Jim Cordova and Strengthening the Rotator Cuff

Jim Cordova is a world-ranked drug-free bodybuilder that demonstrates excellent intuitive wisdom in his workouts. In this video he details his secrets to massive delts and powerful healthy shoulders.

He sticks to the basic exercises when training shoulders and mixes a variety of factors, such as rep range, frequency, volume, and exercise order, just to subject the muscles to new forms of tension.

He starts most shoulder workouts with presses, though occasionally starts out with the side delts first. When performing presses, he sticks to the standard upright angle. High incline presses really hammer the delts as it’s a very natural movement. Generally, he does not lockout when performing presses but rather keeps the weight moving maintaining constant tension on the sweet spot of the muscle. This blasts the muscle and brings it to failure much earlier. He does this for many sets to failure. Keeping the weight moving subjects the muscle to even more stimulation than locking out or squeezing does and will cause you to fail much quicker.

Cordova might train his shoulders only once every two weeks during a power building phase. At other times when focused more on development and a good pump he will not go so heavy and workout shoulders twice a week.

A excellent overlooked exercise is the single armed upright row with a dumbbell. It’s an outstanding exercise for a great pump in the side delts. It’s also easier on the rotator cuff as there is less of a chance of shoulder impingement and is much more natural.

Jim Cordova claims that working the rotator cuffs has helped not only his shoulder training, but the training of every other part of his upper body as well. When using a lot of power and force in the major shoulder exercises, the major muscles tend to really assist in the functions that the rotator cuff would ordinarily perform. This in turn causes the rotator cuffs to weaken and atrophy. This puts you at jeopardy of tearing a rotator cuff muscle even during the most mundane tasks of daily life. To prevent this Cordova does 4 or 5 exercises for the rotator cuff muscles. He claims this has worked very well and that his shoulders feel much stronger then they did prior to rotator cuff training. Those tiny muscles need to be worked thoroughly just as the larger muscles do. Strengthening these tiny muscles will make you stronger in the all the core lifts which will allow you greater progress.

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Bodybuilding Video

Dorian Yates Blood and Guts Training Routine

Six time Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates shows us a real mass building training routine. This is high-intensity  training at its best. Typically, for each exercise there are two warm up sets to get the blood flowing and prevent injury, followed by one all out set at max intensity.

Nutritionally, Dorian recommends 1-1.5 grams of protein per pound of body weight. Generally, you will need about twice the amount of carbohydrates as proteins to ensure that the body uses the carbs for energy and the protein for tissue repair. If you don’t have enough carbs, proteins will then be used for energy. This is not only a more inefficient form of energy, but it robs the proteins of doing their muscle building work. If, however, you start gaining too much body fat, back down on your carb intake.

Complex carbohydrates are always best, except after a workout. Following a workout, simple carbohydrates are best for quickly restoring your energy stores and promoting an insulin spike. Don’t forget you still need to consume fats as well. A good ratio for fats is approximately 30% of your daily protein intake.

Episode 1 – Chest and Biceps

Episode 2 – Back

Episode 3 – Dorians Tips

Episode 4 – Delts and Triceps

Episode 5 – Legs


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Body Video

Free Online Documentary – Pumping Iron

Pumping Iron is a 1977 docudrama about the world of bodybuilding focusing on the 1975 IFBB Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia competitions. Pumping Iron documents the “The Golden Age” of bodybuilding, a time when competitors still looked like Greek gods with perfect mass, size, symmetry, and definition. Shot during the 100 days leading up to the Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia competitions and during the competitions themselves, the film focuses largely on Arnold Schwarzenegger and his competitors, Lou Ferrigno and Franco Columbu, but also includes plenty of appearances of Mike Katz, Ken Waller, Ed Corney, Serge Nubret, and other famous bodybuilders of the era.

This film propelled Arnold Schwarzenegger into the public spotlight and finally gained him a real notoriety outside of bodybuilding circles. Arnold had already won the Mr. Olympia title six times in a row and this film documents his training for his seventh victory before planning to retire and pursue his acting career.

The documentary was co-directed by Robert Fiore and George Butler.

Watch the entire Pumping Iron movie online for free!

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Nutrition Video

Mimi Kirk is PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian, and She’s Over 70!

Mimi Kirk was declared by PETA to be the Sexiest Vegetarian over 50. A very flattering award, but Mimi Kirk is not in her 50s, she is 74! She was born in 1938! She credits her plant-based raw food vegan diet as the secret to her health, longevity, and youthful appearance. She stopped eating meat at the age of 32 then went completely raw vegan at the age of 69.

For those considering switching to a similar diet, Mimi recommends starting gradually. Begin with a green drink every morning, either a smoothie or a fresh juice. From there slowly start eating more salad and vegetables and phasing out dairy. It might sound like a big change, but it’s what made Mimi Kirk the hottest grandma out there.

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Free Online Documentary – Naturally Curing Disease Caused by the Modern American Diet

The highly processed modern American diet has generated an onslaught of degenerative diseases. Cancers plague the world like never before and modern medicine is virtually worthless in combating it. In truth, degenerative diseases and cancers need not exist. The can be completely prevented and even cured by following a health plant based diet. Follow along as a teenage boy discovers some startling truths about health and the medical establishment.

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See How a 70 Year Old Woman Stays Amazingly Youthful with Raw Vegan Diet

Annette Larkins is an amazingly youthful 70 year old women that glows with health and has a flawless complexion. She attributes her healthy good looks to the way she eats. She grows her own food fruits and vegetables in her backyard, even collecting rainwater to drink and water her plants.

During the 60s she became a vegetarian and later a raw vegan, despite her husband owning a meat store. At first she stopped eating meat, then she stopped eating cooked food. Her raw vegan diet now consists of raw fruits and vegetables (including juices), nuts, grains, and sprouts.

You can learn more about her at her website www.annettelarkins.com.

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How NASA Scientist Ray Cronise Lost 30 Pounds in 6 Weeks

Former NASA scientist Ray Cronise tried countless popular diets to lose weight, but all failed. So he put his NASA brain to work analyzing his desired weight loss goals and discovered the completely overlooked aspect of thermodynamics in fat loss.

Cronise explains, “The current paradigm of losing weight is diet versus exercise, calories in, calories out. What I was able to do was figure out that another big part is the environment we’re in. Our body temperature remains constant and it takes a lot of energy to keep it that way, no different than heating your house.”

With this theory in mind, he effectively doubled his weight loss rate by exposing his body to cold, forcing his metabolism to start burning at full blast in order to heat his body. Taking cold walks, cold showers, and drinking cold water enabled him to lose 30 pounds of fat (fat, not weight) in six weeks!

You might think you’re burning lots of calories when you sweat profusely during rigorous exercise, but Ray believes it’s possible to burn way more calories when you’re cold. All in all, Ray lost 50 pounds of fat and has successfully kept it off.