The Muscle Couple

Entries from September 2010

The Truth About HIT Training: One Picture Says It All

September 19th, 2010 · No Comments

The Muscle Couple is busy prepping for our first bodybuilding/fitness show in 10 weeks. Yesterda was “Leg Day” at LVAC and it was a workout to remember. Markus Reinhardt snapped this photo of Jay after he just finished 16 grueling HIT reps on the leg press with the entire weight stack. If a picture can [...]

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Tags: Advice and Recommendations · Fitness and Bodybuilding Competitions · HIT Weights and Cardio · Product Reviews · The Muscle Couple Photos · Training

Can Exercise Make Kids Smarter?

September 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The Muscle Couple suggests all of our readers with children read this article. What could be more important than a scientifically proven way to increase your child’s intellectual capacity? Phys Ed: Can Exercise Make Kids Smarter? – NYTimes.com. “The two studies did not directly overlap, but the researchers, in their separate reports, noted that the [...]

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Tags: Advice and Recommendations · Best Of TMC · Soapbox

TMC Has Officially Registered for Fitness America November in Las Vegas

September 13th, 2010 · 5 Comments

The Muscle Couple is now “all in”. We’ve officially registered for our first ever bodybuilding/figure competition. Anh entered “Figure” and Jay has entered “Muscle Mania Open”. Both of us are excited because now there is no turning back.  We have 11 weeks until the weekend of the show and it’s balls to the wall with [...]

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Tags: Best Of TMC · Fitness and Bodybuilding Competitions · The Life and Family of the Muscle Couple

TMC in Photos from the Last 9 Months

September 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The Muscle Couple is busy preparing for the site’s evolution into 2.0. Doing lots of work behind the scenes with our IT Guru Jason Greene. In the meantime, here are a bunch of photos that have been sitting in the recesses of iPhoto.  Look for some new photos of TMC revealing our condition with only [...]

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Tags: Best Of TMC · The Life and Family of the Muscle Couple · The Muscle B · The Muscle Couple Photos

25 Best Nutrition Secrets by David Zinczenko

September 7th, 2010 · No Comments

25 Best Nutrition Secrets TMC believes there are some very good recommendations in here. Here are a few: 3. Think before you drink. The average person drinks more than 400 calories a day–double what he or she used to–and alone gets around 10 teaspoons of added sugar every single day from soft drinks. Swap out [...]

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Tags: Advice and Recommendations · Dieting and Bodyfat Loss · Essential Fatty Acids · Nutrition · Protein

Happy Labor Day Weekend from TMC!

September 4th, 2010 · No Comments

The Muscle Couple hopes this post finds each of you enjoying the last summer weekend of 2010! To our friends in the Boston Harbor and North East, stay out of harm’s way as Earl bears down! <WARNING-SOAP BOX POST> TMC expects the next 3-6 months to be very rocky for the global economy.  Whatever happens [...]

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Tags: Soapbox · The Life and Family of the Muscle Couple · The Muscle B

TMC Preparing for Fitness America: Jay’s Diet

September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

The Muscle Couple is down to the last 12 weeks before our first ever bodybuilding show. For our readers who train at Las Vegas Athletic Club (LVAC) on Flamingo and 215, you’ve probably seen us with MR as he continues to shock us HIT style. We’re now getting to the nitty gritty of our diet [...]

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Tags: Advice and Recommendations · Best Of TMC · Dieting and Bodyfat Loss · Essential Fatty Acids · Nutrition · Protein · Supplementation · Thermogenics