Real Weight Training has got the inside scoop on a hot new product coming out from Scivation. The new product is called Quake 10.0 and should be available mid February. I am a huge Scivation fan and use many of their products (Whey, Xtend, Showtime) on my regular supplement schedule. I have written to Scivation president Marc Lobliner to see if I can get a tub of Scivation Quake 10.0 to review and log here on the blog. I will be posting updates if he agrees to send me one According to Marc, Scivation Quake 10.0 is some really powerful stuff. He’s been using it in his lead up to the Arnold show and says that “it’s really powerful stuff”.

Keep an eye out for future posts about Scivation Quake 10.0 - as I am definitely going to try it!

More about Quake 10.0:

Scivation Quake 10.0 will be available first here.

Scivation Quake 10.0 reviews page here.

Optimum Nutrition has just announced their latest whey protein product, Platinum Hydrowhey. This comes as big news as Optimum has been holding out on the bodybuilding community for quite some time about this release, things we’re kept very quiet! Optimum usually goes the GNC route when launching their new products, but this time internet retailers we chosen to lunch Platinum Hydrowhey to the public.

Here’s what Optimum had to say about their new Platinum Hydrowhey:

“Platinum Hydrowhey is the fastest, purest, most advanced whey protein we’ve ever developed. In a word: excellence. By hydrolyzing the protein in this premium formula we’ve created our fastest-acting whey protein yet. Hydrolyzing breaks larger proteins down into smaller pieces that are able to get into your system rapidly, enabling your muscles to start rebuilding quickly.”

Platinum Hydrowhey is not going to appeal to everyone though, it’s more expensive than most protein supplements including 100% Whey Gold Standard (also made by Optimum), and most other premium protein blends. I think Hydrowhey is really going to appeal to the serious athlete who won’t mind spending the extra cash to get the best protein product available.

Have you tried Platinum Hydrowhey yet? If you have tried it, please leave your comments and reviews below!

Natural Bodybuilder Layne Norton has appeared once again on Natural Bodybuilding Radio, it’s a great interview and definitely worth the download if you want to learn more about the science behind natural bodybuilding.

Layne Norton, a natural pro champion bodybuilder works hard at just about everything he does. He’s not only succeeded in his own right, he’s helped scores of natural bodybuilders reach levels they never thought they could. How? Layne is interested in the science behind bodybuilding; and has incorporated cutting-edge science into his training. In fact, he’s currently working on his PhD at university of Illinois specializing in skeletal muscle protein metabolism.

Layne Norton is a pro natural bodybuilder with the IFPA & NGA.  He has a BS in Biochemistry and is a PhD Candidate in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois with his area of emphasis being skeletal muscle protein metabolism.  Layne owns his own consulting business for bodybuilders and athletes called BioLayne LLC and he recently released his first DVD, “Layne Norton: Unleashed” For more information about Layne and the DVD or his services you can visit biolayne.com

Why do champions like Ava Cowan and scores of others swear by Layne’s training and techniques? Listen in and you’ll be impressed. You may just hop the next plane to Illinois to work with this guy!

Click here to download the mp3 file. Definitely check out Natural Bodybuilding Radio as well, John Hansen does a great job over there and I look forward to listening to every show.

News just in, CytoSport (the makes of Muscle Milk) have just released Muscle Milk Refuel. Muscle Milk refuel is an energy shot with a twist, it also contains 5 grams of whey protein isolate. This is what I like about CytoSport, they take existing product ideas and make them better, not just clone them like some other companies.

I have tried quite a few energy shots, and being caffeine sensitive they usually result in hue amounts of energy and a BIG crash. No matter how much the bottles say no crash, I got one. I think that the new Muscle Milk Refuel shot is going to be much better for those that are sensitive to caffeine, as it contains less than half the caffeine than many other energy shots. So rather than taking one per day, you could space them out and take 1-3 and really get “hours of energy” without the crash.

Anyone tried these? If you have, let me know in the comments!

Congratulations Ava Cowan who last weekend won the overall figure at the Natural Fitness Universe, second year running! Check out the video below of the finals, you can see Ava does look the best on the day and really deserved the title. Congrats Ava!

According to the Muscle and Strength Blog Cyto Sport have just released some new products to compliment Monster Mass and Monster Milk. The new products include a waxy maize starch powder, amino acid blend and pre-workout supp.

Here are the three new one’s I’m talking about:

• Monster Pump
• Monster Amino
• Monster Maize

I have tried Monster Milk and Monster Mass and love them both and this new line of Monster supplements looks pretty promising too. As was said on the M&S blog, this “Monster Family” would make an excellent stack. I’d definitely recommend it for those loking to gain size and muscle, it would be a good stack for ectomorphs.

If you have tried Monster Pump, Monster Amino or Monster Maize please leave your feedback in the comments. I’d like to know how they taste and especially how the Monster pump is as a pre-workout supplement (it’s $10 cheaper than SuperPump, Black Powder and No-Xplode)

Update: I noticed they have an Monster Pump Reviews page over at 4SR, no reviews posted as yet. I’ll be keeping an eye on that one.

OK, we’ll it seems I have been spending a bit to much time looking at weight training and bodybuilding videos on YouTube! Check these 2 videos out, I’ve selected 2 of the most impressive abs videos from You Tube.

Impressive Male Abs:

Impressive Female Abs:

And A Bonus One For The guys

Well, usually I like to feature natural bodybuilding here on Real Weight Training but every now and then I come across a video that’s really worth the post! Check this one out, it’s called “Bodybuilding Yesterday and Today”. You should recognize these faces! Personally, I like the look of the older shots over today’s. Today’s bodybuilders often look bloated and have thick mid sections and waists. Arnold still has one of the best physiques I have ever seen.

Muscle and Strength is selling the Muscle Gauge Protein Blend and Muscle Gauge Pure Protein Isolate at very very low prices and with free shipping. This is an awesome deal. Check out the Muscle and Strength Store or click the banner below for more details. It’s time to stock up I reckon!

If you’re like a growing amount of lifters you will suffer tendonitis pain at some point in your lifting career. Unfortunately while weight training has countless benefits to the human body, not training properly can put strain on joints and this often leads to tendonitis. Personally, I have now got tendonitis in my right elbow that is a constant problem after doing skullcrushers (a tricep exercise) with bad form and much too heavy weight back in the day when I was young and inexperienced!

Trust me, you don’t want to get tendonitis. And if you do, you need to deal with it right away otherwise (like me) you could end up having it be a constant problem in the background. When I had my tendonitis problems, the internet was still young and there was not a lot of good information around about tendonitis. The other day while surfing around looking for tendonitis info I came across this site. It’s called iTendonitis and is an absolutely awesome resource for tendonitis. I suggest you check this out, even if you don’t have tendonitis now. There are some great guides on how to prevent it occurring.

As always, you can reduce the likihood of getting tendonitis by training properly. This means less weight and strict form — all the time! Train smarter not harder, and you’ll train longer!