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ultimate fighter
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It breaks my heart when this happens. Former NFL star Wes Shivers lost to a decision from a fight that could have gone either way and it was because of a lack of conditioning. Now football and cage fighting are very very different animals. One requires brute strength but not as much conditioning and one absolutely requires conditioning but doesn’t require as much strength. Though strength would definitely help which is how Matt Hughes was such a dominant force years ago and which is why Brock Lesnar is a dominant force currently.
In all fairness they hadn’t been in the house very long to gain conditioning but there are some brutally effective programs out there when you need conditioning. If I could have had him for a month prior to him going into the house I would have put him through some Viking Warrior Conditioning protocols. A month isn’t much time but that program is extremely fast. His own training would have been more productive because he could have lasted longer and paid more attention to learning rather then that feeling of your heart beating through your chest.
Now Wes Shivers did show a lot of potential. His reach is extraordinary, he had that aggressiveness that a fighter needed to have and he pretty nearly had a submission in the first round. Wes if you are reading this please seek me out because I can help you get your conditioning and maybe you can go onto UFC glory.
FDA says dieters should stop using Hydroxycut now
Posted by: | CommentsBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Associated Press Writer – Fri May 1, 7:34 pm ET
WASHINGTON – Government health officials warned dieters and body builders Friday to immediately stop using Hydroxycut, a widely sold supplement linked to cases of serious liver damage and at least one death.
The Food and Drug Administration said the company that makes the dietary supplement has agreed to recall 14 Hydroxycut products. Available in grocery stores and pharmacies, Hydroxycut is advertised as made from natural ingredients. At least 9 million packages were sold last year, the FDA said.
Dr. Linda Katz of the FDA’s food and nutrition division said the agency has received 23 reports of liver problems, including the death of a 19-year-old boy living in the Southwest. The teenager died in 2007, and the death was reported to the FDA this March.
Other patients experienced symptoms ranging from jaundice, or yellowing of the skin, to liver failure. One received a transplant and another was placed on a list to await a new liver. The patients were otherwise healthy and their symptoms began after they started using Hydroxycut.
Iovate Health Sciences, which makes the diet pills, said it agreed to the recall out of “an abundance of caution.” The company is based in Canada and its U.S. distributor is headquartered near Buffalo, N.Y.
“While this is a small number of reports relative to the many millions of people who have used Hydroxycut products over the years, out of an abundance of caution and because consumer safety is our top priority, we are voluntarily recalling these Hydroxycut-branded products,” the company said in a statement on its Web site. Consumers can get a refund by returning the pills to the store they purchased them from, the company said.
Dietary supplements aren’t as tightly regulated by the government as medications. Manufacturers don’t need to prove to the FDA that their products are safe and effective before they can sell them to consumers.
But regulators monitor aftermarket reports for signs of trouble, and in recent years companies have been put under stricter requirements to alert the FDA when they learn of problems. In 2004, the government banned ephedra, an ingredient in many supplements, linked to heart attacks and strokes.
Katz said it has taken so long to get a handle on the Hydroxycut problem because the cases of liver damage were rare and the FDA has no authority to review supplements before they’re marketed. “Part of the problem is that the FDA looks at dietary supplements from a post-market perspective, and an isolated incident is often difficult to follow,” she said.
The FDA relies on voluntary reports to detect such problems, and many cases are never reported, officials acknowledge.
Health officials said they have been unable to determine which Hydroxycut ingredients are potentially toxic, partially because the formulation has changed several times.
Public health researcher Ano Lobb, who has studied Hydroxycut and other dietary supplements for Consumer Reports, said the problem may be an ingredient called hydroxycitric acid. Derived from a tropical fruit, it’s been linked to liver problems in at least one medical journal study. Lobb said it’s likely that other supplements containing the same ingredient remain on the market.
“You really have to be careful about dietary supplements, especially weight-loss pills,” said Lobb. “People believe that the FDA has verified that these products are at least safe and effective, and that’s really not the case. When you see fantastic claims — that’s generally what they are.”
___I got this from this website http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090501/ap_on_he_me/us_med_diet_pill_recall;_ylt=AtAplBeJTYE._478kxa5y9QGw_IE;_ylu=X3oDMTJxbWI5dDQ4BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNTAxL3VzX21lZF9kaWV0X3BpbGxfcmVjYWxsBGNwb3MDNQRwb3MDNQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2ZkYXNheXNkaWV0ZQ
FDA press release: http://tinyurl.com/cfxjbe
not highly recommended
Posted by: | CommentsAlright it wasn’t that long ago I put a blog entry in here of things I higly recommend. Well at the same time it is as important to know what not to do as it is what to do. So in essence here is list of products that probably aren’t that good and just might suck.
Kettlenetics- When people find out how big I am into kettlebell training they seem so excited to tell me about this Kettlenetics thing. Well I checked out their website and found that they have a 4lb kettlebell which was the first red flag. 4lbs is a joke for just about any kind of weight. As a matter of fact most kettlebells come in 9lb increments many times with a little less then 18lbs being their lowest. This isn’t even half that. Second judging by their movements a lot of them don’t look like anything that can be done with a reasonable amount of weight. From what I can tell it is another dance exercise dvd disguised as a kettlebell dvd and in so doing ruins their good name.
HipHop Abs- Sorry but no kind of music is going to give you abs except for heavy metal and that comes from lifting it not listening to it.
Stairstepping machines- You’ll see various types of these on late night tv. The one that cracks me up is the one that claims that it is done in “one short easy step” well if work is force x distance then odviously you aren’t burning any more calories. Besides the same people who buy this are the same ones that will wait for the next elevator rather then taking the stairs
Ab Rocket- “Just sit and relax while working your abs” So wait are you training your abs or are you relaxing? If it is pushing you up guess what…it is doing the work not you. If you aren’t going to work you aren’t going to get results…end of story.
