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Waratahs halfback Brett Sheehan has defended the fitness of his team and said NSW were looking forward “to playing some football” in Friday’s Super 14 rugby clash with the Cheetahs at Sydney Football Stadium.

Waratahs halfback Brett Sheehan has defended the fitness of his team and said NSW were looking forward “to playing some football” in Friday’s Super 14 rugby clash with the Cheetahs at Sydney Football Stadium. The Waratahs head into their sixth game of the season in seventh spot, 16 points behind the ladder-leading Crusaders who defeated them 34-7 in Christchurch last Friday. While some of the teams above them have played one more game, NSW need to beat the second from bottom Cheetahs to stay in touch with the top four. The Crusaders piled up 28 unanswered points inside the last half hour of their Christchurch encounter with the home team’s centre Casey Laulala questioning the Waratahs’ stamina. However, Sheehan was adamant fitness wasn’t an issue for the Waratahs who had outscored their opposition by a combined tally of 46-8 in their previous four Super games. “I know we’re not an unfit team, it’s just momentum and stuff like that changed the game in that last 20 minutes,” Sheehan said. “I’m not worried about our fitness. We’ve got a great conditioning team, we’ve worked hard, we’ve been training since November.” The Waratahs backline has had limited opportunities and shown just fleeting glimpses of their potential this season, but Sheehan believed they were ready to cut loose on Friday given the right conditions. “As a backline and as a whole team, we’re really looking forward to playing some football, I think we will get that opportunity this week,” Sheehan said. He thought NSW played pretty well against the Crusaders and were penalised for a couple of mistakes and lapses in concentration. “I guess it’s an attitude thing, but we’ve got to stay focused for the 80 minutes.” Sheehan said they would definitely be looking for a try-scoring bonus point but Waratahs coach Ewen McKenzie said he was focusing on just obtaining a victory. McKenzie received some good news on the fitness front on Monday with centre Ben Jacobs cleared of serious knee damage. Jacobs was forced off the field in the second half of last Friday’s game after falling awkwardly in a tackle, but scans Monday revealed no significant damage and he was expected to be available for Friday’s fixture. “Ben Jacobs ran this morning, so he’s looking much better,” McKenzie said. The Waratahs coach said backs Sam Norton-Knight and Daniel Halangahu would both come into the selection mix this week after each missed the early season games through injury. While neither man has played much rugby this year, McKenzie said they had both successfully gone through a “pretty searching return to train, return to play program”. Wallabies lock Dan Vickerman sat out Monday’s session with a sore shoulder, but McKenzie said the problem was of no concern. McKenzie and Sheehan were both wary of the Cheetahs’ ball-runners with the coach suggesting their lowly position was not indicative of their ability. “They’ve scored some really good tries, they’ve got some speed on the wings and they’ve got the ability to play side-to-side,” McKenzie said.

Dr. Colker recently authored Extreme Muscle Enhancement, Second Edition: Bodybuilding’s Most Powerful Techniques. The book focuses on ways for bodybuilders…
This past week was a turning point in the sports world. In one day, two prominent baseball players - the St. Louis Cardinals’ Rick Ankiel and the Toronto Blue Jays’ Troy Glaus - were reported to have received performance-enhancing drugs.

If this were 2005, we would be holding congressional hearings and questioning the examples being set for young athletes. Instead, many sports fans are feeling apathy - or even acceptance.

In 2007, the question is no longer if steroids and other PEDs are a part of professional sports; the question now is how we should deal with them.

Carlon M. Colker, MD, FACN, has competed as a bodybuilder and now provides medical advice for athletes. The Chief Executive officer and Medical Director of Peak Wellness, Inc. in Greenwich, Connecticut has worked with the New York Yankees and New York Giants, and recently appeared on ABC’s “Shaq’s Big Challenge”. Dr. Colker said that the use of PEDs by today’s athletes is “extremely prevalent, far more prevalent than anyone thinks.”

Dr. Colker recently authored Extreme Muscle Enhancement, Second Edition: Bodybuilding’s Most Powerful Techniques. The book focuses on ways for body builders to build their bodies without the use of anabolic drugs. He argues that in addition to the health risks, the use of steroids and other PEDs is also sending the wrong message to younger athletes.

“I think anytime you have athletes that abuse steroids to improve athletic performance, that is the wrong message,” Dr. Colker said.

While he admits there is no one person or group that can be blamed for the increased use of PEDs, Dr. Colker said that professional team owners have the greatest ability to stop the abuse of these drugs. He also points out that the Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa home run chase of 1998 - now widely assumed to have been chemically enhanced - brought many fans back to Major League Baseball after the 1994 strike.

So, the men with the most power to stop the use of PEDs are the same men who benefited financially from it less than ten years ago.

“I’m not saying that players were told by owners to take steroids, but they are pressured to perform well,” Dr. Colker said.

Major League Baseball is not the only league that has done a poor job policing itself. San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawn Merriman was suspended four games last year after testing positive for steroids yet was still allowed to play in the NFL’s Pro Bowl and finished third in Defensive Player of the Year voting. The NFL has since banned players who served a suspension during that season from the Pro Bowl.

But Dr. Colker has an idea on how to control PED abuse among athletes, and it has nothing to do with asterisks or George Mitchell investigations. His idea is not even a foolproof testing policy for professional sports.

Dr. Colker said that while the different professional sports organizations all have some positive things about their testing policies, they all use different standards. What’s cheating in the eyes of the International Olympic Committee or the World Anti-Doping Agency may not be cheating in the eyes of MLB or the NFL.

“If we’re really concerned with helping young people - and as a society I don’t think we’re as concerned with what adults are putting in their bodies - we should test the kids,” he said.

“We should test high school and college athletes. Colleges, especially the larger schools, make enough money to pay for the tests. I can understand how a high school might not have enough money, but that’s where professional sports should step in and help out.”

Dr. Colker said that today’s athletes are taking a cue from body builders, calling pro bodybuilding the “cradle of PED abuse.” He said that oftentimes high school or college athletes are seduced into taking PEDs without any education about them.

“What you need to take from bodybuilding is the diet, the hard work and the skill,” he said. “It’s all about education in the end. Testing pro athletes is fine, but at the end of the day let’s save the kids.”
As simple as it sounds, that is the basis of Dr. Colker’s argument. If we really want to do something about PEDs in our country, let’s get the right messages to athletes as early as possible. Let’s focus on college and high school athletes instead of an asterisk for the 43-year-old Barry Bonds.

Helping colleges and high schools with PEDs will ultimately help the pro games. If we can stop PED use by athletes when they are still amateurs, then they are less likely to use them when they are professionals.

and maybe one day we can even get back to the point where we are appalled by revelations of drug abuse in sports.

Bodybuilding’s Supplement Awards were instituted to recognize companies who deliver effective, high quality products that help individuals achieve their…
OGDEN, UTAH,- Trace Minerals Research today announced that the company’s ConcenTrace(R) Trace Mineral Drops product was nominated as a finalist for Bodybuilding’s 2007 Supplement Awards in the “Multivitamin of the Year” category. Bodybuilding’s Supplement Awards were instituted to recognize companies who deliver effective, high quality products that help individuals achieve their health and fitness goals. Finalists are the top-selling supplements out of more than 6,500 products available for purchase on Bodybuilding.com.

“Using ConcenTrace every day will help charge the body’s electrical system, ensuring it has the ideal amount of minerals to properly conduct electrical impulses throughout your body to maximize energy, endurance and stamina,” stated Matt Kilts, partner, Trace Minerals Research. “Given Bodybuilding’s vast online inventory of sports and nutrition supplements, we are especially honored to be recognized as a top-selling finalist for their Supplement Awards.”

Award recipients will be selected by Bodybuilding.com Web site visitors, industry experts and company employees. Results will be announced live at the 2007 Olympia Weekend being held September 27 - 30, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. Other finalists in the “Multivitamin of the Year” category include: Universal Animal Pak, AST Multi Pro 32X, NOW ADAM, Optimum Opti-Men/Women, isS Research Super Vitamin Pak, MHP Activate Sport, Twin lab Daily One Caps, Higher Power One-a-Day, Pure Essence Life Essence and NOW Eve.

Trace Minerals Research markets and distributes essential minerals harvested from Utah’s Great Salt Lake for supplement use. The company uses these naturally balanced, naturally occurring minerals as the basis for all products in its brand product line. Extensive research supports the need to keep minerals in proper balance throughout the body in order to achieve optimal health. Trace Minerals Research is focused solely on servicing the natural products industry, and the company’s complete line of superior quality nutritional supplements is backed by a “Feel the Difference or Your Money Back” guarantee.

Her foray into bodybuilding began by accident two years ago when she filled out a competition form at a Napier gift shop and was surprised to receive a …

For some odd reason Michelle Middleton had many nicknames as a child.

When SportToday asked her why, Middleton (nee Gannaway) wasn’t much wiser after all those years. What she could shed light on, though, was that some nicknames pertaining to her physique, such as Snap, Abb and Bones - stuck.

“I was a very sinewy and lean person so I must have inherited it from my family,” she said, not long after winning the Ms Hawke’s Bay Figure overall category title at the Napier Municipal Theatre on Saturday night while competing in the National Amateur Body Builders’ Association (Nabba)-organised Hawke’s Bay Bodybuilding Championship.

Her father, Laurie Gannaway, was a Bay age-group and senior amateur and professional boxing champion in the 1940s and also a mile runner and rugby player.
Middleton followed in her dad’s footsteps, showing talent at St Patrick’s School when she won the sprinting title for four years in a row and broke the record for long jump. On February 26 this year, the 41-year-old mother of three was runner-up in the 40-plus veteran women’s 13 km event of the Kaweka Challenge (Highest Mountain in New Zealand).

“I aim to win that next year,” said Middleton , who runs all year round on Napier Hill and does weights at the Sparta Gym.

“People think I’m a bit of a freak because I don’t use any programmes. I just go to the gym, jump on any machine and I don’t do food supplements. I just eat really good food such as chicken, vegies, avocado, nuts, seeds and porridge.”

While Nabba does have a policy of not checking competitors for drug use, Middleton said her balanced workout with good diet and family life were adequate.

“I believe if you can’t do something naturally then don’t do it at all. I’m 100 per cent natural.”

Her foray into bodybuilding began by accident two years ago when she filled out a competition form at a Napier gift shop and was surprised to receive a phone call to inform her she had won six months’ free membership at Sparta.

There an instructor, El Bardi, who has returned to his home in Morocco, showed her a DVD on bodybuilding.

“My husband (Ron) said he could see me up there on the stage and I said ‘no way’.”

After some research she started working out and fellow gym goers began remarking on her muscular physique. Middleton, who won the 2007 Ms BOP overall title in April and the Open Figure Tall Champion title in Auckland in May was asked to represent New Zealand in Greece on June 16. “I had one months’ notice and couldn’t come up with $5000 but I was privileged to be chosen,” said Middleton, who is now preparing for a pro-am event in Manawatu after a Nabba invitation to compete for a $1000 purse.

andrew Murray, of Napier, took the Mr Hawke’s Bay Athletic Men’s title, while fellow Napier bodybuilder Sue Swannell was crowned Ms Hawke’s Bay Shape.

The Steve Miller Memorial Top Gym Challenge Trophy went to Starr Fitness Gym, in Napier.

While many dream of aspiring to the bodybuilding realm, few actually reach that pinnacle. In order to build the muscle required to become a competitive …
So you want to be a bodybuilder? You fantasize of ripped muscles and a well defined six pack. While many dream of aspiring to the bodybuilding realm, few actually reach that pinnacle. In order to build the muscle required to become a competitive bodybuilder, one must endure a rigorous fitness routine, which include hours of weightlifting. In addition bodybuilders are required to adhere to a special diet and require a considerable amount of rest to allow their muscles to recover from the strenuous workouts.

As a sport, body builders take part in competitions worldwide. Participants are judged on their muscle tone, symmetry and overall routine. There are several levels of competition from amateur to the highly respected Mr. or Mrs. Universe competition, which has spawned the successes of such figures as the Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In order to increase muscle mass, one must first decrease body fat content. One way to increase this mass in to increase the intake of protein, which is the main component of muscle. Foods such as eggs, meats, beans and legumes are high in protein content and are a staple of a body builder’s diet. Not only do these foods help to build muscle, but they also aid in repairs.

An additional way to maintain a protein rich diet is by the use of Body Building Products. There are a plethora of such Body Building Products, powders and shakes readily available on the market today. They are normally an added component of a healthy body builder’s diet. often times, given their hectic workout schedule, Body Building Products are used in the place of a regular meal. Meal replacement products are not only high in protein and low in fat; they also contain appropriate amounts of carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals in order to help sustain the athlete until their next meal. While Body Building Products were made popular by professional athletes, they are starting to find their way into the mainstream fitness market as well.

Bodybuilding shakes and supplements are available in two forms. Some are ready to eat, or drink, while others require the addition of juice, water or some other liquid before they can be consumed. Some of the more common products used in the bodybuilding arena include amino acids, glucosamine, chondroitin, creatine, and thermagenics. Body Building Products can be purchased in a variety of venues such as health food stores, pharmacies and from online vendors; however, some require a doctor’s prescription before they can be acquired.

The science and technology of fitness are constantly evolving. Manufacturers are creating Body Building Products that will not only provide all the necessary nutrition an athlete requires, they are also making them in formulations that taste good. It is important to remember that while these products provide the essential nutrients a body needs, they are not a replacement for a well balanced, healthy diet filled with appropriate amount fruits, vegetables, protein, grain and dairy products. Furthermore, supplements will not produce muscle mass without proper exercise. When in doubt, remember, the surest way to a healthy fit body is proper diet and exercise.

Thomas H. Lindblom is a freelance journalist that is always lookig for interesting topics to write about. There are a wide array of bodybuilding products available on the net, some of which can be of great help for professional bodybuilders. However, it’s always good to be careful when buying these products. Sledge-Hammer.us is an excellent new online bodybuilding store with some products already popular in Europe.