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.

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.

When you’re new to weight training you pretty much follow workout routines straight out of the book and don’t have the knowledge to put your own spin on them, and generally don’t know enough about how your individual body works and how it reacts to different types of training. Weight training and muscle building is a constant learning curve. You speak to the most experienced bodybuilders, athletes and coaches and they all say (well, the good ones do) that you should never stop learning.

That being being said, there are some rules that apply to weight training. Rules that you need to know in order to understand training, and tailoring your training program to your needs. Here at what I consider, the rules of weight training…

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You may or may not have heard about this, but there is a new documentary coming out soon about steroid use. It’s called “Bigger, Stronger, Faster” and by the looks of the trailer it’s definitely going to be one to watch.

I have always been an advocate of drug free sports, especially natural bodybuilding. I think this documentary will show just how much steroid use goes on behind closed doors in sports today.

Bigger, Stronger, Faster hits the box office on May 30th 2008. Definitely a must watch!

Click here to watch the Bigger, Stronger, Faster trailer.

I just got wind of this new product: Zone Diets High Protein Pasta (pictured right)

The pasta is actually made in Italy and shipped out to the us by the Zone Diet folks. Here’s what zone has to say about it:

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The events calendar for natural bodybuilding in the UK has just been released. Below you’ll find a list of all the natural bodybuilding events being held and the dates.

If you’re interested I urge you to head down and support the natural scene. These guys don’t use steroids, HGH or any pharmaecutical drugs to achieve awesome physiques. To check out some of the top natural bodybuilders check out the awesome natural physiques post I made.

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Taken from the Arnold site:

“Dexter Jackson of Jacksonville, Florida won the Arnold Classic bodybuilding competition at the Arnold Sports Festival 2008. A check for $130,000 was presented by Steve Blechman of Muscular Development, a trophy was presented by Brian Cavanaugh of GNC, an Audemars Piquet watch by Robert Ronen, and a Tony Nowak jacket and congratulations from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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