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		<title>What is the Correct Dosage For Each Steroid?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 04:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each steroid has that “sweet spot” where the dosage really kicks in and makes a difference. For example, if you take 10 mgs of dianabol, you might see some results, but if you took 50…WOW. And it’s more than just the increased amount that makes the difference. If you took 100mgs of dianabol you might [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Each steroid has that “sweet spot” where the dosage really kicks in and  makes a difference.   For example, if you take 10 mgs of <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/dianabol-d-bol.html" target="_blank">dianabol</a>,  you might see some results, but if you took 50…WOW.  And it’s more than  just the increased amount that makes the difference.  If you took  100mgs of <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/dianabol-d-bol.html" target="_blank">dianabol</a> you might get better gains but the sides effects would be so bad it  wouldn’t be worth it.  30-50 is that &#8220;sweet spot.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/primobolan.html" target="_blank">primobolan</a> is  mild so you’d need a higher dosage than, let’s say, <a href="http://www.drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/testosterone-cypionate.html" target="_blank">testosterone</a>.    People can see good gains on as low as 250 mgs of test, whereas 250  mgs of <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/primobolan.html" target="_blank">primo</a> would barely be noticeable. You&#8217;ll need 400 mgs.  That&#8217;s when you start  to see what it can do.</p>
<p>But how does this work when combining steroids?</p>
<p>The truth is, these dosage rules cease to apply when mixing  three,  four, or more compounds.  In other words, that magical 30 mg mark of  dball doesn’t matter if you’re also using  50 mgs of  turinabol!     Also, there’s a cumulative effect so it gets to the point where its  really a matter of the TOTAL amount of EVERYTHING that’s will determine  results.  And in that regard it’s fair to say, anything over 1000mgs a  week is overkill.  And that includes orals.  People don’t realize that  50 mgs of an oral a day is an additional 350 mgs of drug.  That ain’t  exactly sprinkles on your ice cream cone.  It’s a lot of drug!  And they  all count.</p>
<p>Now, as mentioned, some drugs are stronger than others, so wouldn’t a <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/primobolan.html" target="_blank">primo</a>/<a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/anavar-oxadrin.html" target="_blank">var</a> cycle require more total mgs than a Test/<a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/anadrol.html" target="_blank">anadrol</a> cycle?  The answer is, yes …but not really.    You see,  it isn’t so  much the dosage as what the drugs due.  The <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/primobolan.html" target="_blank">primo</a>/<a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/anavar-oxadrin.html" target="_blank">var</a> is likely to build as much muscle as the Test/Drol cycle but with a lot  less water weight and consequently less size and less strength.   So it  all depends on what you want.</p>
<p>Persoanlly, I feel that more than 2 injectables is a waste.  It isn’t  like we have  <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/deca-durabolin.html" target="_blank">deca</a> resceptors and <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/halotestin.html" target="_blank">halo</a> receptors.    They all do the same thing, just in slightly different  ways and with different side effects.   They’re all androgenic and  they’re all anabolic.  So what’s the point of combining  5 steroids to  get  an andro/anabolic ratio that can be obtained with TWO steroids at  the same total dosage?    Using less compounds will also give a better  understanding of how you react to a particular compound.</p>
<p>So keep it simple.   A lot of the old timers used just <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/dianabol-d-bol.html" target="_blank">dbol</a> and made great gains and many of the pros I’ve known use just one  injectable and one oral.  These days with high tech supplements it’s  possible to use LESS than ever and make BETTER gains!</p>
<p>So don’t fall into the trap of thinking more is better and that a  steroid needs a certain amount to work.  They all work together and it’s  the TOTAL amount that matters.  And how hard you bust your ass in the  gym!</p>


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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There once was a time when steroids were the stuff that pharmaceutical companies sold. (Yeah, believe it or not!) And naturally, there were always some enterprising individuals who got a hold of them and sold them for profit. It wasn’t that hard. That’s because they were legal. Once they were deemed controlled substances everything changed. [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There once was a time when steroids were the stuff that pharmaceutical  companies sold.  (Yeah, believe it or not!) And naturally, there were  always some enterprising individuals who got a hold of them and sold  them for profit.   It wasn’t that hard.  That’s because they were legal.   Once they were deemed controlled substances everything changed.    (Thank you Joe Biden).</p>
<p>Steroids were far more difficult to get and far more expensive.   This  also led to an interesting and disturbing trend in the black market –  fake steroids.   Dealers would  fill vials with either diluted versions  of whatever compounds they had (usually <a href="http://www.drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/testosterone-cypionate.html" target="_blank">testosterone</a>)  mix it with some cooking oil and sell it as whatever you wanted.  Want  some <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/primobolan.html" target="_blank">primo</a>?   Here ya go – <a href="http://www.drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/testosterone-cypionate.html" target="_blank">testosterone</a> and Wesson.  Want some <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/deca-durabolin.html" target="_blank">deca</a>?   Here ya go – same shit.  And if they ran out of <a href="http://www.drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/testosterone-cypionate.html" target="_blank">testosterone</a>,  oil was all you got.   Saccarin tablets were a good substitute for <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/dianabol-d-bol.html" target="_blank">dbol</a> and <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/winstrol.html" target="_blank">winny</a> – especially if you ordered from some classified ad in the back of a  magazine.   These slimeballs would take your money and run – and  probably buy some real steroids for themselves.</p>
<p>But around this time there were more and more bodybuilding enthusiasts  who were interested in the chemistry of steroids.  This led to an  obvious conclusion.  Why sell fakes when you can manufacture the real  thing for pennies?!?!   And you can get REPEAT customers.  Thus was the  beginning of what was known as “Undergroud Labs.  “</p>
<p>The truth be told, these companies weren’t labs at all.   In fact, they  were usually a couple of guys brewing the stuff up in their kitchens.     And much like the bootleggers of the 1930’s  they were  gangster hero’s  to those who wanted to get  their fix anyway they can.</p>
<p>Then something called the internet came along and it changed everything  once again.    With the added competition, the quality of each lab was  on the line and everyone using the products could meet on message boards  and discuss it.  This knocked the  UG Lab trade into high <a href="../../store/Protein-Products/GEAR-p36.html" target="_blank">gear</a> and only the strong survived.</p>
<p>Today, there are still scammers, rip off artists and crappy labs that’ll  sell to unsuspecting noobs to make a fast buck.  But  in general, a  quality lab is  a true find.</p>
<p>So how does this stuff compare to pharm grade?  The reality is, unless a  test is done (which are not only expensive but uncertain since quality  can differ one batch to the next.) there’s no way of telling for  certain.</p>
<p>Pharm grade is ALWAYS “pharm grade” and for that reason some people will  still seek  out the legit brands.  But since labeling has become far  more sophisticated, there’s no way of telling if your Pharm grade is  actually the real deal!  It could be UG in a fake bottle – at an extra  price tag.</p>
<p>In some cases, there are some products which are  actually made in a  real lab and sold in Asia, and THAT is  then resold on the black market.   Think of it as a generic brand.  It must pass inspection,  but it’s  still not EXACTLY the same, just as  Wallmart cola isn’t exactly  Coca-Cola.  But it’s always good Mon Cherie!   And for that reason many  experienced users opted for that.  But today, even those connections are  drying up.</p>
<p>So what’s a self respecting juice junkie to do?   Simply go with a  reliable source.  An experienced user will know real <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/primobolan.html" target="_blank">primo</a> from <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/equipoise.html" target="_blank">eq</a> and a smart lab wouldn’t try to pass one off for the other.  They can  make more money doing it legitimately.   There have been tests on some  UG labs  products that have actually rated HIGHER than the required  dose.  And why not?  The stuff is dirt cheap to make so it makes sense  to develop a good reputation and customer service.</p>
<p>Just make sure the people you deal with ARE reliable.   It can still get  pretty ugly out there.</p>
<p>The days of Shering <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/primobolan.html" target="_blank">primo</a> and UpJohn test and Ciba <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/dianabol-d-bol.html" target="_blank">dianabol</a> are over for the most part.  But between good UG labs and advanceents  in supplementation,  today’s <a href="../../store/Protein-Products/GEAR-p36.html" target="_blank">gear</a> hound can make gains better than ever.  You just have to know where to  shop!</p>


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		<title>Pretty Amazing, Isn’t It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson Montana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s incredible when you stop and think about it, but bodybuilding hasn’t been around for all that long.   Sure, it’s roots stem back to the beginning of the 20th century but way up until the 1980’s it was always regarded as some weird subculture hobby. Not too many people even thought about lifting weights.  But [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s incredible when you stop and think about it, but bodybuilding hasn’t been around for all that long.   Sure, it’s roots stem back to the beginning of the 20<sup>th</sup> century but way up until the 1980’s it was always regarded as some weird subculture hobby. Not too many people even thought about lifting weights.  But those who did, got laid a lot more. :  )</p>
<p>It was the film <em>Pumping Iron</em> that started what today, is an accepted part of  remaining healthy, strong and muscular. But it’s still reserved for a select few.  It still takes work and commitment.</p>
<p>Obviously, the use of anabolics have completely changed the game.  And the availability through the internet has made its use more commonplace than anyone ever thought was possible.  Instead of looking  fit, it’s possible to look like a god.  In 1950 Charles Atlas was considered to have the ultimate body.  Today, he’d  be considered just another guy at the gym.</p>
<p>We’re still in the embryonic stages of knowing how this advantage will play out.  The theories are twofold.  If drug use is overdone, we’re going to see a lot of damage.  But if done right, we’re going to see (and already are seeing)  guys remaining  young and strong into their 40’s, 50’s 60’s…and…who knows?</p>
<p>Another HUGE advantage is with supplements.  Remember, the advent of vitamins is just about 60 years old.  That changed everything.  Suddenly, people never had to suffer from a deficiency of any kind.  That’s difficult to fathom in this day and age, but at one time it was commonplace.</p>
<p>Using supplements has always been a part of the bodybuilders protocol. Whatever provided an advantage was tried and tested. Some helpd.  Most didn’t.  But still, they tried.</p>
<p>It was in the 80’s and 90’s that  there was a ton of bogus supplements all pretending to act like steroids.  (Since steroids were so difficult to get at that time).   And although there’s still  a lot of crap out there, there have been some astounding advances.  Today’s lifters have an advantage so great, we don’t even know where it will lead with constant use, but the promise is pretty exciting.</p>
<p>So between new training equipment, the availability of gear and state of the art supplements, will this lead to a generation of physical marvels never before possible?   It already has.  Maybe you’re one of them.</p>
<p>Pretty cool, isn’t it?</p>


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		<title>THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING An Interview With Don Howorth by Nelson Montana It can be said that bodybuilding consists of two distinct eras. Before Arnold Schwarzenegger, and after. Prior to Pumping Iron which brought this once quirky cult activity to the fore of the public&#8217;s consciousness, bodybuilding was not understood or accepted. Its participants were freaks and [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING</p>
<p>An Interview With Don Howorth</p>
<p>by Nelson Montana</p>
<p>It can be said that bodybuilding consists of two</p>
<p>distinct eras. Before Arnold Schwarzenegger, and</p>
<p>after. Prior to Pumping Iron which brought this once</p>
<p>quirky cult activity to the fore of the public&#8217;s</p>
<p>consciousness, bodybuilding was not understood or</p>
<p>accepted. Its participants were freaks and outcasts.</p>
<p>It was an activity that attracted followers not</p>
<p>because it was popular, but in spite of it. No one</p>
<p>rose in the ranks in the hope of having a career as a</p>
<p>bodybuilder. No such thing existed. It was a labor of</p>
<p>love&#8211; with heavy emphasis on the labor.</p>
<p>By the early 1960&#8242;s things started to change.</p>
<p>Bodybuilding began to slowly develop a larger following</p>
<p>while still remaining small enough to maintain its</p>
<p>&#8220;underground&#8221; status. The enthusiastic bodybuilding</p>
<p>fans who followed their heroes&#8217; exploits in the pages</p>
<p>of Mr. America and Muscle Builder magazines were well</p>
<p>aware which small select group of men had the very best</p>
<p>physiques on the planet. By the year 1967 rolled</p>
<p>around, it was obvious one of those men was Don</p>
<p>Howorth.</p>
<p>Don had what many believed to be the ideal shape &#8211;</p>
<p>similar to Frank Zane in aesthetics but with 20 1/4</p>
<p>inch arms, an unparalleled lat spread and an awesome</p>
<p>pair of shoulders that were his trademark. Yeah, those</p>
<p>shoulders &#8212; huge cantaloupe delts that spread so wide</p>
<p>it looked as if he needed to turn sideways to walk</p>
<p>through a doorway. At a time when the slightest bit of</p>
<p>muscle was an oddity, Don Howorth possessed Super Hero</p>
<p>proportions. What&#8217;s especially interesting is that it</p>
<p>would be unlikely that any bodybuilder today wouldn&#8217;t</p>
<p>say Don had as near a perfect body as can be imagined.</p>
<p>And what may be even more telling is that there</p>
<p>probably isn&#8217;t a person alive today, man or woman,</p>
<p>bodybuilder or not, who wouldn&#8217;t agree.</p>
<p>Don burst onto the bodybuilding scene as one of the</p>
<p>Weider stable of stars. He, along with such</p>
<p>dignitaries as Larry Scott, Chuck Sipes, Harold Poole,</p>
<p>Bill McCardle and Dave Draper, dominated the top ranks</p>
<p>of bodybuildings&#8217; elite. Much like the aforementioned men, Don had more</p>
<p>than a great physique. He also had the classic good looks that Weider prized when he was still trying to convice a reluctant public that muscles had “sex appeal.”</p>
<p>Howorth started to get noticed when in</p>
<p>1962 he promptly won the Mr. Los Angeles, followed by</p>
<p>the Mr. California title in 1963, and finally, the</p>
<p>coveted Mr. America, where he obliterated the</p>
<p>competition with his ungodly width tapered which into an</p>
<p>impossibly narrow waistline. He was destined for</p>
<p>greatness. Yet instead of cashing in on his fame and good looks, just</p>
<p>as bodybuilding was becoming a national phenomenon, he</p>
<p>walked away from it all, never to return. You won&#8217;t find any Don</p>
<p>Howorth training courses or supplements that he</p>
<p>endorsed or even a website promoting his former glory.</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s just the way he wants it.</p>
<p>Today, just shy of his 70th birthday,(Born Nov 6th 1934) Don Howorth is</p>
<p>still around, still in shape, and still calling his own shots. In this</p>
<p>exclusive we explore the mind</p>
<p>and the enigma of the man affectionately known to his</p>
<p>fans as &#8220;The Duke of Delts.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">IM:</span> Hi Don, thanks for taking the time to talk with Ironman.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">DH: </span>Hi Nelson. You&#8217;ll have to speak up, I don&#8217;t hear</p>
<p>very well. Then again, I&#8217;ve heard it all already, know</p>
<p>what I mean?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">MI:</span> Absolutely.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Im: </span>There are a lot of things to cover about your</p>
<p>career&#8230;</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> Wait a minute, tell me something first&#8230;what prompted you to pull</p>
<p>my name out of a hat?</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">MI:</span> Well, Don&#8230;believe it or not, I was at the</p>
<p>Brooklyn Academy of Music in September 1967 when you</p>
<p>won the Mr. America contest.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> Ha! You&#8217;re the second person in the last couple of</p>
<p>days who told me that. I didn&#8217;t think anyone remembered</p>
<p>that far back. It&#8217;s been a long time past. I guess if</p>
<p>you live long enough you become a &#8220;legend.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">MI:</span> When you stepped out on stage, it was obvious to</p>
<p>me, the contest was all over.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> Thanks for saying so, but the funny thing about</p>
<p>that contest was I heard during the pre-judging I was</p>
<p>losing to Rock Stonewall (great name!) so before the</p>
<p>night show, I ate an entire pot roast. I felt like I</p>
<p>was going to pop! But it filled me out and I won the</p>
<p>show.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> That’s when you really started getting noticed. It seemed like you were on the cover of every magazine.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> I was getting attention but by the time the “America” came and went, I knew by I was about to stop the</p>
<p>competing. And of course, dealing with Joe Weider was</p>
<p>always a pain in the ass.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> I was going to ask you about that. What was your</p>
<p>relationship like with the Weiders?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH: </span>I don&#8217;t want to upset anyone, but I just didn&#8217;t</p>
<p>like to bow down to anybody, you know? I don&#8217;t like</p>
<p>being &#8220;used.&#8221; Even when I competed in the AAU, I</p>
<p>resented the fact that weightlifting was a part of the</p>
<p>judging. I told the officials that they should put some</p>
<p>of those fat ass weightlifters in posing trunks and see</p>
<p>how well they do! My attitude was bad sometimes. It was the same with Weider. I didn’t want to play by his rules.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM: </span>What about working as a Weider model? You were in</p>
<p>dozens of photo ads for the magazines. Did that pay</p>
<p>well?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> I never got a damn dime for any of that! Nobody got</p>
<p>paid in those days. We just did it for the recognition.</p>
<p>Weider kept saying &#8220;Look what I&#8217;ve done for you!&#8221; I</p>
<p>said; &#8220;What have you done?! You made $26,000 on the</p>
<p>last show and I can&#8217;t even get any free supplements</p>
<p>from you!&#8221; I had to go to Rheo Blair for my</p>
<p>supplements, which were much better anyway.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM: </span>What about the training articles? Did they pay? I guess I should ask, were they</p>
<p>actually written by the bodybuilders or were they all</p>
<p>ghost written? Obviously that was the case with Arnold</p>
<p>and Sergio since they could barely speak English.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> I wrote my own articles, but once they got hold of</p>
<p>them you wouldn&#8217;t know it. I was never paid for that</p>
<p>either.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">MI: </span>You mentioned Rheo Blair. How much of difference</p>
<p>did Rheo&#8217;s diet plan and supplements make?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> Oh, a big difference. Rheo was so smart. People</p>
<p>thought he was crazy advocating a low carb, high</p>
<p><a href="../../store/Protein-Products-c28/">Protein</a> and high fat diet and of course that&#8217;s what</p>
<p>they&#8217;re using today. Actually, Carlton Fredricks was</p>
<p>recommending the same thing back in the 1930&#8242;s so it&#8217;s</p>
<p>nothing new. But I think supplements are about seventy</p>
<p>percent of the whole thing. When I started using his</p>
<p><a href="../../store/Protein-Products-c28/">Protein</a> with cream, that&#8217;s when I really started</p>
<p>growing. I put on some fat too, but you have to put on</p>
<p>some fat to put on size to get bigger. I also used</p>
<p>vitamin C, digestive enzymes and powdered liver.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM: </span>Powdered liver&#8230;yum! How&#8217;d you get that down?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> Hey, we didn&#8217;t have many options. When I trained</p>
<p>at Vic Tannys, I used to go to the pet shop and buy the</p>
<p>wheat germ oil they sold for dogs! That&#8217;s how crazy it</p>
<p>was. We were all experimenting.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> What about diet. Did you lose a lot of weight</p>
<p>prior to a show?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH: </span>I never lost more than 3 pounds before a show. I</p>
<p>wanted the weight! Back then, we didn’t get sloppy in the off season. There was no off season! We were always in shape. Right up until contest time</p>
<p>I&#8217;d eat up to two pounds of meat, a quart of raw milk,</p>
<p>a quart of cream and</p>
<p>two to three dozen eggs a day.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Did you say three DOZEN eggs?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> Yep, yolks and all. That&#8217;s what you want. The fat</p>
<p>in the egg yolk is a natural precursor to <a href="http://www.drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/testosterone-cypionate.html">testosterone</a>.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> How much mass did you put on at that time?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> I don’t remember how much I gained for the show, but overall, I started at 160 and ended up at my highest weight of 235.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> You&#8217;re known as a disciple of Vince Gironda. Was</p>
<p>he a big influence on you?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH: </span>Yeah, he taught me about diet and posing but he</p>
<p>never really trained me. In many ways I got bigger by</p>
<p>doing what Vince told me NOT to do! I came from the</p>
<p>Pasadena gym which was owned by Gene Mozee and Vince&#8217;s</p>
<p>gym was like Stonehenge compared to that &#8212; very old</p>
<p>fashioned. The lat pull down was the one originally</p>
<p>made by Jack LaLanne back in the 40&#8242;s.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> What was an example of your training like back</p>
<p>then?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> I was always a hardgainer. I worked out up to three</p>
<p>to four hours a session, six to seven days a week. When</p>
<p>preparing for the Mr. California, I trained twice a</p>
<p>day. I did up to 40 sets a bodypart.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Forty sets?!?! WOW! I guess the term “overtraining “ didn’ t exist then! It sure seemed to work though. I suppose those who had the</p>
<p>genetics to tolerate that much volume excelled, and those who</p>
<p>couldn&#8217;t tolerate it&#8230;well, it didn&#8217;t matter anyway.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> It was too much, but nobody knew. Someone would</p>
<p>say;&#8221; Reg Park built his chest by doing 30 sets of</p>
<p>bench presses,&#8221; so I did forty. Later on I found out</p>
<p>Reg never did more than ten or twelve sets. (Laughs)</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> You retired in 1967, just as bodybuilding was</p>
<p>becoming big. Why stop then?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> It&#8217;s funny to hear you say that, because I had no</p>
<p>idea it was growing in popularity beyond our little</p>
<p>circle and of course no one thought it would become</p>
<p>what it is today. People asked me why I didn&#8217;t do the</p>
<p>Olympia, but who in their right mind would go up</p>
<p>against Sergio? He was unbeatable. I would have to wait</p>
<p>until Sergio retired the way Zane held out until Arnold</p>
<p>stepped down. But I was burned out by that point. I</p>
<p>was 32 years old, I wasn&#8217;t making any money. I was</p>
<p>working a full time job as a film editor. Plus, a lot</p>
<p>of people today have a hard time comprehending how</p>
<p>bodybuilding wasn&#8217;t accepted. People treated you like</p>
<p>you had no brain and I didn&#8217;t care for that particular</p>
<p>attitude. I enjoyed bodybuilding but there was just no</p>
<p>future in it. I also got sick of worrying about always</p>
<p>looking in top condition. I got tired of always trying</p>
<p>to be pumped and maintaining a 29 inch waist. Once I</p>
<p>realized I didn&#8217;t have to spend every waking hour</p>
<p>thinking about building muscles, I felt as if I&#8217;d been</p>
<p>liberated.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM: </span>You also had the perfect look for the movies. Since</p>
<p>muscle stars were coming back, why didn&#8217;t you pursue a</p>
<p>career in acting?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> I did a couple of things but the movie business is</p>
<p>crazy and the people in it are crazy. I&#8217;m a private</p>
<p>person and I didn&#8217;t want it.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Any regrets?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH: </span>I don&#8217;t think you can do that in life. I want to</p>
<p>look ahead and do my thing. These days I train some</p>
<p>people and work with kids who are into sports.</p>
<p>Another reason I quit competition was because I felt I</p>
<p>needed to find myself. It was the 60&#8242;s and attitudes</p>
<p>were changing. We were searching and exploring new</p>
<p>philosophies and spirituality. This was the hippie</p>
<p>generation and there was more acceptance for things</p>
<p>that were different and that lifestyle suited me. I</p>
<p>wanted to try new things. I lived the part &#8212; had long</p>
<p>hair and did some experimenting with marijuana. I</p>
<p>even applied it to training to see if it would help in</p>
<p>my focus. Unfortunately, it wasn&#8217;t as tolerated as it</p>
<p>is now and I got nabbed with some stuff and paid the</p>
<p>consequence. That took four years out of my life, but I</p>
<p>survived it, for better or worse. A lot of the guys</p>
<p>didn&#8217;t make it.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Speaking of experimentation, the 60&#8242;s were the</p>
<p>time when steroids began being used, which in some ways</p>
<p>explains the sudden leap in muscularity from the pros</p>
<p>just 10 years prior. There&#8217;s an understanding that the</p>
<p>dosages used were minuscule compared to today&#8217;s</p>
<p>competitors, yet a lot of younger people still can&#8217;t</p>
<p>believe you and Scott and Draper could get so muscular</p>
<p>on such low doses. So let&#8217;s clear the air&#8230; exactly what were</p>
<p>the typical dosages of that time, or more specifically,</p>
<p>what did you use?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> I think what people don&#8217;t realize is, we made such</p>
<p>good gains on such low dosages because we worked our</p>
<p>asses off! Today, everybody&#8217;s relying on the drugs. Put</p>
<p>some of these guys today through the ball busting</p>
<p>workouts we did and they&#8217;d never make it. Personally,</p>
<p>I used a fairly large amount of <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/dianabol-d-bol.html">dianabol</a> &#8212; ten</p>
<p>milligrams a day before the Mr. America contest.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM: </span>Ten milligrams? That&#8217;s it? That&#8217;s two pills! Guys</p>
<p>today take up to 20 pills a day along with a thousand<br />
or so milligrams of injectables.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH: </span>At one point I used 20 mgs a day but then I started</p>
<p>to retain a lot of water. We heard things about it but</p>
<p>didn&#8217;t really know much. Some people said that it</p>
<p>didn&#8217;t increase strength, but that was bull. I took 5</p>
<p>mgs of <a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/anabolic-androgenic-steroids/dianabol-d-bol.html">dianabol</a> for 4 weeks and my bench press went</p>
<p>from up thirty five pounds! I noticed I recovered a lot</p>
<p>faster and got great pumps. But I never took any</p>
<p>injectables. I never even knew about them. The only</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tnbmedicalsupplies.com/">injection</a> I ever had was when I was in the Navy and I</p>
<p>didn&#8217;t like it! (Laughs)</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Did you experience any side effects?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH: </span>I think it was such a small amount, I never noticed</p>
<p>any problems.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">MI:</span> A lot of people consider the 1960&#8242;s the heyday of</p>
<p>bodybuilding. Dave Draper has spoken about it being a</p>
<p>&#8220;magical&#8221; time. Did you get that sense at the time, or</p>
<p>is this just a rosy nostalgic perspective?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> I think everyone looks back at their youth as the</p>
<p>most impressionable period. For me it was the 50&#8242;s.</p>
<p>But as far as bodybuilding back then, if anything, it</p>
<p>was looked down on. I didn&#8217;t like that. People would</p>
<p>ask if I was a football player and when I told them I</p>
<p>was bodybuilder they&#8217;d say, &#8220;What&#8217;s that? A</p>
<p>weightlifter? They didn&#8217;t even know what a</p>
<p>bodybuilder was. But it was a personal thing for me.</p>
<p>Also, women used to look at me in disgust. Every now</p>
<p>and then you&#8217;d find someone who liked it. One time a</p>
<p>friend of mine picked up a couple of stewardesses and</p>
<p>we finally got them back to our apartment. When I took</p>
<p>my shirt off, one of them was totally turned off while</p>
<p>the other one was like a dog in heat! They started out</p>
<p>saying that bodybuilders can&#8217;t have sex, so I said,</p>
<p>bring a couple of more friends over so they can take</p>
<p>over once I&#8217;m through with you! (Laughs)</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Are you aware that you still have a lot of fans?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH: </span>Until very recently I had no idea. I&#8217;m bowled over</p>
<p>that so many people remember. We never got any</p>
<p>recognition back then. I&#8217;m amazed more people know of</p>
<p>me now than they did back then.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Guys like you and Larry Scott are like the Babe</p>
<p>Ruths and Lou Gehrigs of the sport!</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> That blows my mind. It&#8217;s incredible to even think</p>
<p>about that. When Artie Zeller passed away, I went to</p>
<p>the service &#8212; everyone was there. Even Arnold was</p>
<p>there. And someone came up to me and asked `Are you Don</p>
<p>Howorth?&#8221; I said, &#8220;Yeah, what&#8217;s left of me.&#8221; It was a</p>
<p>woman who said she had my pictures up in her garage</p>
<p>when she trained. I didn&#8217;t know women worked out with</p>
<p>weights back then. But I&#8217;m starting to get a little</p>
<p>sense of it all. I was recently chosen as the first</p>
<p>inductee into the Muscle Beach Hall of Fame.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Are you still training?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> Yeah, I still do about an hour and a half a day,</p>
<p>five days a week. I haven&#8217;t gone for more than three</p>
<p>days without working out in twenty years. I have to. I</p>
<p>hardly bench press anymore but yesterday I was working</p>
<p>with 225. Of course, that used to be my 25 rep warm up!</p>
<p>But I feel great, and I want to stay away from doctors</p>
<p>because I don&#8217;t trust most of them. I&#8217;m afraid if I</p>
<p>went to one he&#8217;d tell me I&#8217;m already dead!</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> (Laughs) Yeah, wise up &#8212; you&#8217;re supposed to be</p>
<p>long gone!</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> Right! But when the docs last checked my heart it</p>
<p>sounded as strong as a freight train. He said to me; Do</p>
<p>you exercise? I said, &#8220;Yeah &#8212; a little.&#8221;</p>
<p>(At this point, Don was distracted by his cat.)</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH: </span>Sorry, my cat is acting up. I had to have him</p>
<p>neutered. He&#8217;d get in trouble every time he got a</p>
<p>stiff one.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Who hasn&#8217;t!?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH: </span>(Laughs) Yeah, we&#8217;ve all done that.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM: </span>The one question our readers would not</p>
<p>let me get away without asking is; what was your delt</p>
<p>training program?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> People think I&#8217;m naturally wide but that&#8217;s not</p>
<p>really true. I mostly did many, many years of presses</p>
<p>behind the neck.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> A great exercise, and one which, incidentally,</p>
<p>was once believed to widen the shoulder blades. But</p>
<p>these days it&#8217;s shunned. A lot of exercise experts say</p>
<p>it&#8217;s stressing to the rotator cuff.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> Well, I started developing some shoulder problems</p>
<p>and scar tissue recently from all the years of heavy</p>
<p>presses behind the neck.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Well, you&#8217;re seventy!</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH: </span>(Laughs) Yeah, I guess I&#8217;m starting to get old!</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Anything else for the delts?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> I also liked dumbell presses. I also avoided shrugs</p>
<p>because the traps build up fast and they make you look</p>
<p>less wide. Looking wider was always the look we went for. Today,</p>
<p>it&#8217;s different.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> You obviously had the genetics for great delts,</p>
<p>but what was the toughest bodypart to develop?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> Thighs! I trained them real hard, mostly with Hack</p>
<p>Squats. Lots of them. They didn&#8217;t have the machines</p>
<p>like today though. We even had to do hacks without a</p>
<p>machine, just holding the bar behind the back of our</p>
<p>legs. A lot of guys didn&#8217;t concentrate on leg training</p>
<p>back then but I wanted them better. I was squatting</p>
<p>with 425.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> When you were working out up to two hours a day,</p>
<p>you weren&#8217;t doing any cardio were you?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> Ha! What a joke! I used to work out with as little</p>
<p>as a 20 second break between sets. Who needs cardio when you’re doing that?</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM: </span>That&#8217;ll get your heart rate up!</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> That&#8217;s right. Weight training is anaerobic AND</p>
<p>aerobic. You don&#8217;t have to run. If you do too much</p>
<p>cardio, your metabolism goes CLUNK. I&#8217;d also work abs</p>
<p>every day. In my spare time I&#8217;d tense and pose them.</p>
<p>Even while driving, I&#8217;d grab the steering wheel and</p>
<p>suck in a press down hard to tighten the abs.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Any opinions on the current state of</p>
<p>bodybuilding?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> Guys compete today to make money, but in the 60&#8242;s</p>
<p>we did it because it was in our heart. I started</p>
<p>working out because I got tired of everybody kicking my</p>
<p>ass! When I got bigger, nobody picked on me. I went to</p>
<p>the IronMan a couple of years ago and when I saw these</p>
<p>guys posing all I could think was `what&#8217;s wrong with</p>
<p>their stomachs?&#8217; These guys have a twenty inch arm and</p>
<p>a forty inch gut! They couldn&#8217;t even suck their guts</p>
<p>in from all the junk they take&#8230;growth hormone,</p>
<p><a href="http://drugsprofiles.com/growth-hormone-and-peptides/insulin.html">insulin</a> and all that crap. It doesn&#8217;t look human. It</p>
<p>looks terrible. They all</p>
<p>train the same, they all take the same drugs, they all</p>
<p>use the same diet, the same equipment, so they all look</p>
<p>the same. After 10 minutes, I walked out. It&#8217;s much</p>
<p>easier today. The supplements are better&#8230;you don&#8217;t</p>
<p>even have to get a tan! It comes in a bottle! We would</p>
<p>sit out in the sun which would drain us and then we&#8217;d</p>
<p>work out for two hours. It&#8217;s a different world.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Well, on that note let me ask you this&#8230; If you</p>
<p>could do it all over again&#8230;. would you rather be</p>
<p>starting out now?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> No. I&#8217;ll take my day. I wouldn&#8217;t want it any other</p>
<p>way.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Any last words of advice for our readers?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH:</span> You have to have a plan. If you just want to throw</p>
<p>the weights around a little for fun, that&#8217;s fine. But</p>
<p>if you really want to excel, you have to know what</p>
<p>you&#8217;re doing and focus on accomplishing your goal.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s the key.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">IM:</span> Don it&#8217;s been a treat. I think you&#8217;ve given our</p>
<p>readers a lot to think about. Thank you so much for</p>
<p>your time.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">DH: </span>My pleasure.</p>
<p>At one time, a body like Don Howorths was</p>
<p>misunderstood, even disdained. Forty years later, his</p>
<p>classic look epitomizes manly perfection. It took the</p>
<p>world almost half a century to figure out what our iron</p>
<p>ancestors knew all along. A symmetrical body hewn from</p>
<p>hard work is a thing of beauty. Chiseled muscle is</p>
<p>timeless. In that regard, Don Howorth was ahead of his</p>
<p>time. He is truly one of the greats of the game. It&#8217;s</p>
<p>just that a lot of people didn&#8217;t know it. Including</p>
<p>Don Howorth. #</p>


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<td valign="top"><strong>Cooked Calves In Under  3 Minutes</p>
<p>Nelson Montana<br />
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<td valign="top"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How are your calves? Mine suck. Actually, by normal people&#8217;s standards, they&#8217;re pretty good. But by bodybuilding standards&#8230;well, let&#8217;s just say that Dorian Yates wouldn&#8217;t be intimidated by a toe-to-toe comparison.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So if my calves are only &#8220;so so&#8221;, what makes me qualified to write an article on calve training? Doesn&#8217;t it make more sense to hear from someone with extraordinary calves? Ironically, anyone with outstanding calve development is the last person to be  giving advice on improving the lower leg. They&#8217;re the ones who have it easy &#8212; the lucky few  born with lots of fast twitch fibers in the lower legs.   That&#8217;s because, more than any other muscle group, the size and shape of one&#8217;s calves is  determined by heredity. People with a genetic disposition for shapely muscular calves need only to walk and their calves will look good. Bastards.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the rest of us mere mortals, it&#8217;s different. Like most bodybuilders, my calves  have always resisted growth&#8211;so much so that not too long ago they bore a striking resemblance to a pair of pool cues. It was pitiful! I&#8217;ve had to battle for every centimeter of growth but despite all the effort, nothing</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">seemed to help. I tried everything. Then it hit me. It was so simple. (As most &#8220;discoveries&#8221; are.)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After years of trial and error, I finally found the secret to adding precious muscle tissue onto those stubborn soleus.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HEEL UP&#8211;HEEL DOWN&#8211;WHAT ELSE?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let&#8217;s face it, the calves are pretty limited in the way they can be trained. Everything is a toe raise of some sort. Add into the mix that they don&#8217;t provide a satisfying pump, as is the case when working the chest or arms. They just burn. The key to killer calves isn&#8217;t in the exercises, but in the method in which they&#8217;re employed.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are two theories to calve training. Because the muscle group consists of mostly slow twitch (red) muscle fibers, the potential for growth is limited. Slow twitch muscles are designed for endurance, leaving the presumption that the calves should be trained with high reps. The opposite school of thought is: because the calves are used to performing thousands of reps each day (walking and running) they need to be &#8220;shocked&#8221; with low reps and heavy weight. &#8220;Light&#8221; work won&#8217;t work since the thick ankle bone and Achilles tendon are capable of withstanding tremendous pressure, therefore it stands to reason that working the calves with a heavy load would be necessary. Both theories are valid. Both theories are flawed.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GET IT OVER WITH!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It&#8217;s been my experience that calves respond best when worked quickly.  That doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean that the reps should be fast.  Instead, the total reps should be condensed into as little time as possible.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That&#8217;s the key.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It may be hard to believe that any workout session that lasts for only a few minutes can be very effective. Yet, in the case of calve training, it&#8217;s not only possible&#8211;it&#8217;s preferable.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here&#8217;s how it&#8217;s done.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pick only one calve exercise.  (I prefer the seated calve raise.)  Your goal will be to reach 75 reps.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use a weight that you would normally choose for a twenty rep set.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete the 20 reps  and continue until you can&#8217;t do another rep.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rest just long enough for the burning to subside (no longer than 10 seconds) and continue with as many reps as possible, even if it&#8217;s only 5 reps at a time.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Proceed in this fashion until you reach the target goal of 75.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That&#8217;s it! Total time? Under 4 minutes. Granted, it&#8217;s a very painful four minutes, but four minutes nonetheless.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WARNING!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may  feel a tinge of guilt that the routine took so little time but you&#8217;ll have a different point of view the next day when your calves are aching like they&#8217;ve never ached before! Do not be tempted to do more work! Wait and see. If you&#8217;re still able to walk, you either didn&#8217;t go heavy enough or you allowed too much time between &#8220;sets.&#8221; </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once you&#8217;re able to tolerate this routine, increase the number of reps to 100. Once that becomes too easy, (which I wouldn&#8217;t count on happening in the near future) add more weight.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found this routine to be, by far, the most effective method for packing some well earned muscle onto the calves. Even the hardest gainer can add size and shape to their lower leg  as long as they can tolerate the torture required to &#8220;keep going&#8221; and complete the work out in as short  a duration as possible. But make no mistake about it&#8211;when following this program it&#8217;s going to feel as if someone is pouring acid on your calves! (And who says calve training can&#8217;t be fun?)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now you don&#8217;t have any excuses. Four minutes is nothing! But a great pair of calves is a most envious &#8220;finished touch&#8221; to the complete physique. If this routine worked for me, (stick leg Nellie) it can work for anyone. Give this four minute workout a try for a month  and see for yourself if it doesn&#8217;t make a dramatic difference in the size and shape of your calves.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even if your calves aren&#8217;t your best bodypart, there&#8217;s no reason they can&#8217;t look good. All it takes is 4 minutes a week. And a high tolerance for pain.</span></td>
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		<title>Supplementation For &#8220;Enhanced&#8221; Bodybuilders</title>
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