Author: Jeffrey Beck

If I were to tell you that there were a bottle of magic pills on the market today that cures cancer and several other illnesses that will only cost you as much as an autographed photo of Joe Piscapo, would you say I’m crazy? Well, I sure as hell would! I’m talking, of course, about shark cartilage. I will try to show both sides to this argument as evenly as possible, although it will be kind of challenging! Along with Nirvana and MC Hammer, this so-called “miracle” remedy was all the rage back in the early nineties when a book…

Lifting weights. A phrase as straight forward as a desperate 35-year-old woman after a first date. There’s nothing to it right? Just go to the gym, pick up some dumbbells and start feeling the burn! However, with all of the fitness guru’s, get-fit-quick schemes and workout DVDs on the market today, apparently there is more to it than that. There is a certain science to building muscle and I’m not talking about the steroid injections that have become more popular among athletes than Britney Spears with the paparazzi! I’m talking about the many weight training methods that have been passed…

Nitric oxide is one of the hottest ergogenic aids on the market today and it seems as though every supplement manufacturing company is climbing on board. Just walk into GNC or a health food store and there will be several nitric oxide products to choose from, all of which throwing around technical terms like: ‘nanomolecular vascular expanders for immediate vaso-muscular pumps’ and ‘maximum muscle fiber expansion for muscle growth while simultaneously burning fat’. So what the freak nasty does that mean and does it have anything to do with putting on muscle mass? To the lay person it sounds like…

We’ve learned since elementary school that goals are fantastic (no, I didn’t steal that line from School House Rock)! In fact, I want you to dig out your old goals sheet you wrote up in the fourth grade (I can’t be the only pack rat who keeps everything, right?) and see if you actually accomplished all the goals you set for yourself in the past. However, if your sheet looks anything like mine, it is a list full of things like ‘I wanna be the main character in a Nintendo game’ or ‘I wanna be the first 9-year-old NBA basketball…

Do you ever feel like sometimes in life you just need some extra motivation? Well, if you feel that way right now as your eyes are reading this article, I think I can help you out! I’ve compiled a top five list that will serve as a Tony Robbins-like booster shot in your booty to help you keep that winning mindset! 5) ALWAYS THINK POSITIVE: Okay, this one is more obvious than spotting an anorexic at a supermodel convention, but it is essential for keeping a winning mindset. Bad things happen in life and what good does it do you…

I am a fitness model/bodybuilder originally from Cedar City, Utah who now resides in Salt Lake City. I have retired from bodybuilding competition and am now looking to build my reputation in the fitness industry. I have been in a few fitness magazines (Men’s Exercise February 2005 issue and REPS! Magazine Summer 2006 issue) and several calendars. I’ve competed in bodybuilding competitions from 2000-2005, most notable is winning 1st place at the 2000 Utah Cup Bodybuilding Competition Teenage Overall and competing internationally on the Musclemania circuit from 2003-2005. I also hold a third degree black belt in Chinese Kenpo and…