Message from the Editor in Chief

by Bryan Haycock

bryan@thinkmuscle.com

Hello everyone,

It seems I am always apologizing for the lateness of the newsletter. This time it isn’t really late, its more like reanimated. It’s alive. IT’S ALIVE!!

Not much to blab about really, although I did find it ironic that Mars Inc, makers of M&Ms, Snickers and other nutritious candies, is getting into the health food market. First they give you the disease then they sell you the cure. I guess they just want a piece of the 15 billion dollar health food market.

Ok, instead of trying to come up with some inspirational speech about why you should care about muscle and your health I’ll just get right into the content of this months issue. First a piece on stretching. In spite of growing evidence the stretching serves little function before exercise, coaches and gurus continue to require it. In this issue we take a look at a new study that demonstrates significant strength-endurance losses after stretching. We discuss the implications of this when trying to use stretching for muscle growth.

Then we’ve got article taking the results from a study on carbs, glycemic index and performance and applying them to weight loss strategies. Without spoiling it for you, just know that there is room for carbs in a fat loss program.

Finally a case study on what can happen when you just push a little to hard to get those bench press numbers up.

Hope you enjoy and we’ll see you next time.

As Always,

-bryan

P.S. The HST forum is the best place for information on muscle growth on the internet.

Think Muscle Newsletter #30

• Message from the Editor in Chief
• Stretching for Size
• Much ado about CARBS
• Its all fun and games until someone loses an eye!
• Reader Survey: Give us your FeedBack!