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The Cornerstone of Daily Accomplishment?

June 22nd, 2011 · 5 Comments

TMC with a quick little post. When people ask us what is the key to appearing in such lean condition year round, we wish we could just show them this picture.  AM CARDIO….AM CARDIO….AM CARDIO……AM CARDIO…… If you need more, search this site. Oh and as you age, THIS becomes even more important. Have a [...]

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Tags: Advice and Recommendations · Best Of TMC · HIT Weights and Cardio · Strictly for Women · Training

“She Finally Cut It Off”

June 20th, 2011 · 5 Comments

Jay’s hair that is….. Check it out! Yeah, the male half of TMC is completely buzzed. It was time for a new look and living in the desert in the summer made it an easy decision.  Anhski put her mad “clipper skillz” to the test last night and the results speak for themselves. Shout Outs [...]

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Tags: Advice and Recommendations · Best Of TMC · Dieting and Bodyfat Loss · Fitness and Bodybuilding Competitions · High Intensity Training · HIT Weights and Cardio · Negative Emphasis Training · The Muscle Couple Photos · Training

Happy Father’s Day to Daddy!

June 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment

The Female Half of TMC “Anhski” is back. Its been a while since I’ve last contributed to the blog.  Even though we may look like the perfect fit couple from the outside, TMC is definitely not perfect by any stretch and everyday is a work in progress. For the last few months,  we’ve been  through [...]

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More Negative Emphasis Training Videos-Back and Biceps

June 17th, 2011 · No Comments

The Muscle Couple just finished their first week of pure Negative Emphasis Training. Here are the videos we took from our Back and Biceps session. Anyone can train in this fashion and we recommend you definitely give it a try. If you’re truly paying attention, you’ll see just how slow, strict and controlled our cadence [...]

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Tags: Advice and Recommendations · Back Exercise Videos · Best Of TMC · Biceps Exercise Videos · High Intensity Training · Negative Emphasis Training · Training

Negative Emphasis Training Continued: The Tricep Videos

June 15th, 2011 · 2 Comments

TMC continuing our discussion on Negative Emphasis Training. We hit Back and Biceps today and our bodies are literally “TOW UP”…..;) Honestly if you perform this type of training correctly, (maximally contracting fibers and keeping your form perfect and cadence tight) you should be able to dramatically effect aesthetic change in a limited amount of [...]

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Tags: Advice and Recommendations · Best Of TMC · High Intensity Training · Negative Emphasis Training · Training · Triceps Exercise Videos

Negative Emphasis Training: The Chest Videos

June 14th, 2011 · No Comments

The Muscle Couple with some new videos demonstrating “Negative Emphasis Training” as described and discussed by Drew Baye in yesterday’s post. Here are some videos of Anh, Mike Cernovich and Jay training Chest with a 3 second concentric(positive portion of the lift)combined with a 5-7 second eccentric(negative portion of the lift) This type of training [...]

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Tags: Advice and Recommendations · Best Of TMC · Chest Exercise Videos · High Intensity Training · Training

Negative Emphasized Training: You Should Try It Out

June 13th, 2011 · 1 Comment

TMC throwing a really quick shout out to our friend Drew Baye and his recent article: Recent Experiments with Negative Emphasized Training We’ve been utilizing this type of training for close to a year now as an intensity technique modulating our HIT Programs. It’s awesome and one we’ll be showing in full detail in an [...]

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The Greatest Spray Tan Anywhere: Martini Spray Tan

April 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

A real quick post from TMC. In the last couple of months we’ve had the pleasure of working with Janet “Jae” Rutkowski the owner of Martini Spray Tan. Jae as she is affectionately known provides amazing service and absolutely the finest spray tanning product int the world. She is officially the Spray Tanner for Jay [...]

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Tags: Advice and Recommendations · Best Of TMC · Fitness and Bodybuilding Competitions · Product Reviews · Strictly for Women

4 Days Out from the Jay Cutler Classic-Beginning of De-Carb Phase

April 20th, 2011 · 4 Comments

TMC is really on fumes with only 4 days to go. Pre-judging is actually Saturday Morning about 11AM. Here are a couple of pics right before the first Depletion Workout tonight: For those of you following at home, you can see I’m still holding a bit of sub q water.  As much distilled as I’m [...]

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The Last 5 Days Out from the Jay Cutler Classic-How It Will Be Done!

April 18th, 2011 · No Comments

Before TMC discusses the last 5 days, MAJOR SHOUT OUTS AND PROPS to our good friend Sam Sackett for finishing 2nd in the Orange County Muscle Classic Physique Class. We’ve known Sam for a long time (more than 8 years)and his physique is now MAGAZINE QUALITY.(They should definitely take note) We’re hopeful he will accept [...]

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