the POWER MAG NEWSLETTER

monday oct 9, 2000
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1.....RICKEY DALE says.....

my goodness!!!.......i think my e-mail box was going to bust open from all the mail i received on the gore forward and on the supplement info.............had about 100 e-mails thanking me and agreeing with me and only a handful against it...but at least everyone was civil and that is what opinion and debate is about........i thought it prudent to mention some of the things most important to us as weightlifters/powerlifters/etc.......things that affect us now or might in the future.......i can take the heat......i am very staunch when it comes to my beliefs........but i am always open to change...if you can convince me.....really convince me otherwise.........please do so.......but how can you as lifters who consume supplements to further your traininng and recovery not think it important to vote for someone who will let you continue to do as you have......not someone who wants to be your "nanny"...'nuff said.......

now on to other matters of iron.......or as one reader out there put it......politicians might lie.....but the iron don't lie......

IMPORTANT NOTICE..................in order to speed up the newsletter when we send pictures, i am changing to an html format.......please check and see if you can receive this format...if you cannot let me know and will send your newsletter seperately........it will allow you to load pictures faster when you receive your newsletter..if you cannot receive this format (some servers can't as well as some off the wall servers)....it will come out as a bunch of gibbersih/numbers/letters/etc.....thanks....

try "the POWER FORUM" at http://members.boardhost.com/powerforum/
..........talk to others and have your say..........

2.....POWERLIFTING PARAPHERNALIA AND TRIVIA.....

and the winning answer is "inside powerlifting" by terry todd.........we had many...many correct answers...but i picked the first two we got back........and they were katie ford of cedar creek, texas........aaron pete of san francisco, california.......

this week's trivia question is..........what middleweights (165lb'ers) have both deadlifted and squatted 700 lbs.......

some new books on the scene to help with nutrition is "the metabolic diet" by dr dipasquale..............this is a must......read the truth and quit relying on muscle magazines and infomercials for your nutrition info........also "supertraining" and "facts and fallacies of fitness" both by dr siff.....all of them entertaining.....interesting and full of info.......you guys read the muscle and fiction mags...written by who knows what and who as well as the supplement companies.........now read realistic info by research doctors and athletes.......who have no financial gain in what they write.....

3.....POWERLIFTING ROUTINES AND INFO.....

some extra type of exercises you can perform along with your lifting to help with increasing your speed and explosive power are:

one day a week do sprints....10-15 40 yeard dashes.........
one day a week do tire pulls (pulling a big tire hooked to a chain hooked to your weightlifitng belt)...and overstrides down a 15-30 degree hill (20 -30 yards long).....
one-two days a week do some plyometrics (many of these available or make up your own) jumps......

just adding some of these at the end of each workout 3-4 days a week will make your power and speed much more noticeable

4.....NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTS.....you are what you eat.....

some things refuse to sink in.................quit blowing your hard earned money on all of the baloney out there guys..........stick to the basics...but make sure those are covered.......

still have some worldwide sports drinks available at cost....which is real cheap........glycerol products...weight gain...fat burners......etc..........

we also still have some unbelievers who think RDA requirements that are set up to keep individuals from getting scurvy or beri beri or to keep individuals at a minimum in nutritional needs......are enough to fuel a high powered athlete in heavy trianing.......PLEASE RE-READ THE BELOW EXCERPT FROM A NOVEMBER 1999 NEWSLETTER.......TO HELP CLARIFY.......
Exercise without supplementation is suicide, these are the words of Dr. Joel D. Wallach. And how true they are. EXERCISE WITHOUT COMPLETE AND OPTIMAL SUPPLEMENTATION IS SELF DESTRUCTIVE, and suicide. Farmers and ranchers very systematically put in vitamins, minerals and trace minerals in animal feeds to prevent and cure disease and illnesses. They learned that all working and producing animals, (all the way from the cow to the race horse), need additional nutrients above and beyond subsistence and maintenance levels. The same goes, and more so with humans. In many studies done we find an increase in the frequency and severity of sports injuries, behavioral problems, degenerative diseases, and even death in athletes because of this neglect. unsupplemented high-output athletes are more susceptible to emotional, traumatic, and degenerative diseases than the classic couch potatoe (or is that potato?). Certainly the average weekend athlete with common sense would not throw their life away by not supplementing with the known 103 essential nutrients each day (72 minerals, 16 vitamins, 12 essential amino acids and 3 essential fatty acids). Certainly then, the highly conditioned and trained serious athlete who invests considerable amount of time and money in their training and fitness programs would not throw their health or lives away by not supplementing. Yet the majority of people who exercise do not supplement because they have bought into the medical dogma that if "you eat right, you do not need to supplement, you can get everything you need from the four food groups". Or if you supplement "it only gives you expensive urine". Our farm and range soils are so depleted as a result of 100 to 200 years of intensive farming without appropriate mineral replacement. Why is it they cannot seem to make the connection that the food on their plate is anemic in nutrients. Two and two still equals four, so be smart as an athlete and supplement. Not only will it enhance your performance but it could save your life.

and check out the incredible supplement specials at
www.crainsmuscleworld.com/supplements.asp

5.....PARTING THOUGHTS.....

a parting thought and a question...........i receive numerous e-mails requesting info.......routines....and other misc. questions.......i answer each one...not always to the persons satisfaction...but at least they get a personal answer.........many times a long answer is not possible because of time restraints.......but as i said at least i do take the time to answer............then we have the same people who get mad...upset...etc...when i take their e-mail address and put them on my newsletter list......i assume since they are so interested in info this would be easier on me and them in getting information faster..............i do not sell the e-mail addresses to anyone as i know how it is to get lot's of junk e-mail...and do not want to put anyone else through that.......but to be blunt...if you want info from ME ...and free at that......you will be put on my e-mail list for the newsletter.........you can ask to be removed and i will do it....but be considerate...nothing is actually free......i spend many hours a day answering e-mail and letters...my business has to provide the time and place for this to be done.......and that costs money......so we all take the good with the bad....

WELL WE ARE NOW SENDING THIS NEWSLETTER TO 750 PEOPLE IN ABOUT 20 COUNTRIES AND IN ALL 50 STATES.......THANKS FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM YOU ALL.....

Rickey Dale Crain

5 time world champion
2000 powerlifting hall of fame inductee

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