My Intro:
I have listened to Daniel Gastelu's (Ph.D., trainer, researcher, author) Seminar series on Developing Awesome Muscles and I believe there is a good deal of information of value in there for bodybuilders, powerlifters, physique athletes and even those looking to just get ripped.
These are free to stream or download and packed with information. They range in time from as little as 15 minutes to as much as an hour...on average being 30 minutes. (I will show you how to cut 33% of the time off if your time is precious.) There are no ads and no fluff.
I want to know if anyone would be interested in listening to the segments Daniel has presented, one at a time and discussing them...I will answer any questions anyone has about the content. I am corresponding and will be talking with Daniel and if there is anything anyone wants to know more about, I am sure I can get him to cover it.
There are 22 topics from supplementation and nutrition for fat loss and muscle gains to some specific methods and techniques for maximal performance and development.
I will highlight the key points as I see them and try to clarify anything that I feel is presented in a complicated fashion.
Everyone else is free to do the same as well as discuss the points, ask questions, debate, and together work out practical scenarios for applying these things to our training to get the most of the cutting edge science that is presented.
P.S. Daniel builds on ideas as he goes through the series and I feel that listening in order is very helpful in getting some of the insights he sharing.
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Here is the Eleventh audio in the series. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/fatlosssuppscast.htm February 2006
38 minutes
In this week's show, Dan Gastelu continues his focus on weight loss using the Dynamic Nutrition for Maximum Performance nutrition approach.
In this seminar, Dan reviews "fat loss" supplements and talks about how a core supplement program is the foundation of muscle building, performance, and fat metabolism. Dan discusses nutritional/metabolite fat loss supplements, pharmacological fat loss supplements, as well as whey/dairy proteins, protein powders, supplements with multiple benefits, and his own excellent Creatine Super Feature series of articles on Bodybuilding.com.
Dan also covers arginine, other amino acids, a synergistic approach to burning fat, high-protein breakfast and appetite control research, as well as cortisol, ghrelin, metabolic syndrome, CLA, chromium, carnitine, acetyl-L-Carnitine, a carnitine article on Bodybuilding.com, and choline.
Also treated are lipotropics, calcium, green tea, EGCG, caffeine, appetite control, 5-HTP, tyrosine, phenylalanine, 7-KETO DHEA, ephedra/ephedrine HCl, Yerba mate, cocoa extract - theobromine, Bitter orange - synephrine, chitosan, and the fact that weight loss is best achieved under medical supervision.
Highlights:
To supplement right you must first eat right! May take a few weeks to re-acclimate body when everything is in place
A Meal replacement is not really a supplement...it replaces a meal
Why are you taking the supplement...what do you want it to do..decide that first
Enhance fat burning? Block fat? Control appetite?
Categories:
--Nutritional:
--- Multivitamins & Minerals
--- Protein
--- Creatine - pure forms not leading to water retention, spares Arganine
--Dietary Nutritional Supplements
--- Acytl-l Carnitine 1-3 grams
--- Amino Acids that stimulate GH
--- Lipotropics to defat the liver - Choline,
--- Adequate Calcium intake
--- Cinnamon, Cayenne, Green Tea, Caffeine....
--- Appetite control - tyrosine, phenylalanine
--Dietary Pharmacological Supplements
--- Appetite control - 5-HTP
--- 7-KETO DHEA
--- ephedra/ephedrine HCl - biochemical acclimation - preconditions indicating not ok to take
--- synephrine
Low Dose ephedra
Ephedra has side effects
Put pharmacologicals last on your list! Under DR. supervision.
Chitosan
Insulin, glucagon, cortisol, leptin, ghrelin
If you want to talk about anything you hear...post a comment in this tread! Remember this is a moderated forum so comments may not immediately appear.
There are 22 topics in this series and I will put the links to them in here later...