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6 Weeks Out Video

By AdvancedGenetics.ca | July 4, 2010

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9 Weeks Out Video

By AdvancedGenetics.ca | June 14, 2010

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Chris’ Off-Season Diet

By AdvancedGenetics.ca | June 14, 2010

Meal 1 - 5 whole Omega-3 eggs and 4 egg whites

Meal 2 - 50 grams whey isolate in water and 2 tablespoons all natural almond butter

Meal 3 (pre-workout) - 7oz chicken or shrimp (cooked) and 1/2 cup raw almionds or cashews and 1.5 cups white rice

Meal 4 (post-workout) - 50 grams whey isolate with 70 grams waxy maize in water

Meal 5 - 8oz lean red meat or salmon with a green salad (1 tablespoon of macadamia nut oil and one tablespoon vinegar as dressing)

Meal 6 - 50 grams whey isolate in water and 2 tablespoons all natural almond butter

One-two cheat meals per week is allowed.

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Chris’ Contest Diet

By AdvancedGenetics.ca | June 14, 2010

Meal 1 - 50 grams whey isolate in water and 1.5 tablespoons all natural almond butter

Meal 2 - 7oz chicken or shrimp (cooked) and 1/3 cup raw almionds or cashews

Meal 3 - 50 grams whey isolate in water and 1.5 tablespoons all natural almond butter

Meal 4 - 8oz lean red meat or salmon with a green salad (1 tablespoon of macadamia nut oil and one tablespoon vinegar as dressing)

Meal 5 - 50 grams whey isolate in water and 1.5 tablespoons all natural almond butter

Meal 6 - 5 whole Omega-3 eggs and 4 egg whites

One cheat meal per week is allowed.

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Muscle Groups Work Harder During a Set if You Focus on Them

By Advanced Genetics | May 31, 2010

In the gym there’s no exercise that trains only the muscle group you want to stimulate. Other groups are always involved. That’s why it’s not so easy to achieve directed growth of particular parts of the body. If you have strong shoulders and weak chest muscles, it’s pretty difficult to develop good pecs. Or is it not that difficult after all? Sports scientists at the University of South Carolina Upstate discovered a very simple method. Focus.

The researchers describe in their article, which was published recently in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, how they attached electrodes to the teres major [a muscle in your upper back, that runs over your shoulder blade], the biceps and the latissimus dorsi to their subjects. They then got the 8 women, aged between 18 and 35, to do lat pull-downs.

The researchers recorded the electrical activity during two sets. The results are shown below.

The researchers then repeated the activity. First they got the women to perform one set. Then a trainer told the women that they should concentrate on getting the power for the movement out of their latissimus dorsi muscles. That was why they were doing lat pull-downs: to develop the broad upper back muscle.

The trainer explained to the women exactly where the lats are located, and touched the muscles in the women. Then the women performed another set. The figure below shows the electrical activity in the muscles.

Focusing your attention on a muscle group while performing a set increases the intensity with which your muscle takes part in the movement. Isolating muscles is a matter of good ol’ fashioned focus & concentration.

Source:
J Strength Cond Res. 2009 Nov;23(8):2204-9.
http://www.ergo-log.com/musclefocus.html

Using a supplement like DRIVE will help establish a stronger mind/muscle connection resulting in better isolation of the muscle being trained. Try it today!

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AG Sponsors Fredericton Combat Challenge Team

By Advanced Genetics | May 30, 2010

On Friday, the Fredericton based team won the Combat Challenge team event. Ryan Hallam finished first over all and Dwayne Killingbeck finished second in the over 40 division. The three person rookie team placed an impressive 5th place. Brian Pilling won the green horn award for fastest rookie.On Saturday, Fredericton won the team relay event. In the tandem (two person) event, Ryan Hallam and Jeff Gillies won the bronze with Dwayne Killingbeck and David McKinley taking silver in the over 40 tandem.

Individual times:

Ryan Hallam 1:35.67 - First overall

Dwayne Killingbeck 1:56.31 - Second (over 40)

Jeff Gillies 1:58.67

David McKinley 2:00.83

Brian Pilling 2:08.69 - 1st ever run

Kyle Emberley 2:12.75

Brent Edwards 2:15.13 - 1st ever run

Tyler McCready 2:21.18 - 1st ever run

Advanced Genetics is proud to sponsor this amazing group of athletes!

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11 Weeks Out

By AdvancedGenetics.ca | May 30, 2010

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13 Weeks Out

By AdvancedGenetics.ca | May 19, 2010

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Mat Court Squats 1152 Pounds!

By AdvancedGenetics.ca | May 10, 2010

Big Mathew Court squatted 1151.9 pounds this past weekend at the CPF Canadian Pro/Am (National Championship)! That’s the most ever in Canadian History… Mat told me he owes his lift, in part, to his favorite strength supplement, GP3.

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