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Helping others help themselves

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THE CASE FOR CASEIN
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                                                                              Doctor Tom Krueger is a 60-year-    Robinson's physique in the muscle        the 1986 show.” He soon after soured
                                                                              old chiropractor and lifelong       magazines. Robbie’s combination          on competing. Initially Tom had been
                                                                       bodybuilder. He has dedicated his life     of wonderfully peaked biceps, an         excited by the emergence of drug-free
                                                                       to helping patients in pain while acting   amazingly small waist, his low body      bodybuilding organizations. These
                                                                       as a fair and impartial health and         fat, and that amazing, incredible        organizations were in their infancy
                                                                       fitness guide in these confused times.     back – with a lat spread that went       and his initial excitement nosedived
                                                                       “There is so much contradictory            on forever! He was inspirational.        when men that were obviously using
                                                                       information in our modern era              Robbie’s physique fired me up.”          performance enhancing drugs insisted
                                                                       that part of my role, in addition to       The teenager was a quick study. “I       on entering “drug free” competitions.
                                                                       providing pain relief to those in need,    immersed myself in the bodybuilding      “The worst part was the attitude of
                                                                       is to provide patients with some           knowledge I found in the muscle          these unscrupulous men: they would
                                                                       informational clarity. My job is to heal   magazines and was competing in           actually brag that they were using
                                                                       the injured and create a remedial          local competitions by age 18.” Tom       drugs. It really ruined competition for
                                                                       path for whatever the circumstance         campaigned for several years. “One       me.”
                                                                       demands.” Dr. Krueger has an ideal         of the biggest competitions I entered
                                                                       mix of formal schooling and decades        was the Northern California Bay Area     In about this same time, Tom
                                                                       of hard-earned bodybuilding empirical      championships. I took second place at    discovered his future professional
                                                                       knowledge. He also has the practical
                                                                       experience of healing himself,
                                                                       (“Physician, heal thyself!”) most
                                                                       recently engineering a full recovery
                                                                       after having hip replacement surgery.
                                                                       Tom has an interesting Parrillo
                                                                       connection. His longtime friendship
                                                                       with John Parrillo happened by purest
                                                                       chance. “I relocated from California
                                                                       to Cincinnati in 1991. While I had
                                                                       been a serious bodybuilder for fifteen
                                                                       years, I was not really tuned in to who
                                                                       John Parrillo was, or his status in the
                                                                       bodybuilding world. A bodybuilding
                                                                       buddy informed me, ‘Tom! Do you
                                                                       realize that fate has plopped you
                                                                       down in this new town in the exact
                                                                       same neighborhood as a bona fide
                                                                       bodybuilding legend!?’ I did a little
                                                                       research on Mr. Parrillo and was
                                                                       dutifully impressed. Shortly thereafter
                                                                       I called, introduced myself and then
                                                                       dropped by Parrillo headquarters.
                                                                       John has an outgoing personality and

                 Tom Krueger: Doctor Exercise
                                                                       we have been fast friends ever since.”

                                                                       It seemed fated the two men cross
                 Helping others help themselves   By Marty Gallagher   paths. “John is very upbeat and
                                                                       outgoing. I was super impressed with
                                                                       John’s strategic and practical approach
                                                                       towards all things bodybuilding
                                                                       related.” This fortuitous turn of
                                                                       events served as a bodybuilding
                                                                       Graduate School for Dr. Tom. He had
                                                                       a lot of bodybuilding experience             "My job is to heal the injured and
                                                                       before making John’s acquaintance.           create a remedial path for whatever
                                                                       “I started bodybuilding at age 17. My        the circumstance demands.”
                                                                       first inspiration was seeing Robby

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career. As a young man, already a              chiropractic. I entered medic school         “I decided to focus all my efforts on
hardcore bodybuilder at age 19,                and studied to become an orthopedic          building my career.” He developed
Tom hurt his back to the point that            technician. I was an army reservist          short and long-term goals. “My
he fell to the floor and could not get         for six years.” Tom also found the           ultimate dream was to have my own
up. He had to be carried into the              love of life in the military. “In addition   facility, one where I could do injury
office of a chiropractor. “I wracked           to finding my future career I also           treatments, change people’s life
my back deadlifting, trying to pull            found my future wife Barbara.” Tom           for the better and consult folks on
too much weight improperly. My                 and Barbara have been together 36            exercise and nutrition. That is how
buddy’s brother-in-law happened to             years and have two sons and two              my vision started.” Tom turned his
be a chiropractor. This was my first           grandsons. Tom's next schooling was          vision into reality. “I have to remind
exposure to what would be my future            as an orthopedic specialist. “I entered      my current self that I am living the
career.” The DC administered some              orthopedic school in San Francisco           dream, I am actualizing that early
adjustments and, as if by magic, Tom’s         at Letterman Army Medical Center             vision I had. I need to be grateful.”
excruciating back pain disappeared             located at the Presidio, one of the          Tom applies the lessons learned
and his inability to walk evaporated.          most beautiful places I have ever            from bodybuilding to his tradecraft.
“They carried me in, I walked out. It          seen. That is where I courted my             “I was a good bodybuilder. I stand
seemed incredible.” Tom decided on a           wife.” Though Tom had to work on his         5-9 and in contest shape weighed
career as a chiropractor. To that end,         prerequisite classes, he never stopped       185-pounds.” Asked to pinpoint his
he joined the military at age 21. “As          bodybuilding.                                bodybuilding strengths, he cited
a reservist, I took the long course for                                                     his physical balance. “I had a very

                                                                                                                                      “John solidified and reinforced many of the good
                                                                                                                                      things I was already doing. He introduced me to a
                                                                                                                                      whole lot of new ideas and new training strategies I
                                                                                                                                      was not aware of.”

                                                                                                                                     symmetrical physique. At the time this      problems. My feeling then and now is        invited me to train with him. I would
                                                                                                                                     invited a lot of comparisons to the         that Jim had been murdered in some          come by after work and he and I
                                                                                                                                     then Mr. Olympia, Frank Zane. I would       organ harvesting scheme.” Tom did           would work out together.” This is
                                                                                                                                     routinely win the Most Symmetrical          his own research and discovered that        when Tom began becoming familiar
                                                                                                                                     and Most Muscular subdivisions when         it was a quite common occurrence            with the subtle Parrillo approach
                                                                                                                                     I competed. I also won many Best            for young men to die of heart attacks       towards training. “John solidified and
                                                                                                                                     Poser awards.” Even though he no            in Bangkok. “The body that was sent         reinforced many of the good things
                                                                                                                                     longer cared to compete. No matter          back did not resemble my brother. That      I was already doing. He introduced
                                                                                                                                     how busy life became, Tom trained           rocked my world.” In about this time an     me to a whole lot of new ideas and
                                                                                                                                     and trained hard. “I suppose it could       offer came to manage a large ongoing        new training strategies I was not
                                                                                                                                     be construed as selfish, but I have         chiropractic clinic, he accepted the        aware of.” When the talk turned
                                                                                                                                     always made time to train.” A strange       offer and relocated to Ohio. “This was      to nutrition, Tom was amazed.
                                                                                                                                     and disturbing set of occurrences           when one of my great bodybuilding           “John’s knowledge of nutrition really
                                                                                                                                     precipitated his relocation to              friends alerted me that my new place        resonated with me. He has such a
                                                                                                                                     Cincinnati in 1992.                         of business would be just a few blocks      commonsense approach towards
                                                                                                                                                                                 from Parrillo headquarters. At the          micro and macro nutrition. John’s
                                                                                                                                     “My older brother Jim was an                time, I was not really connected to the     ‘build the metabolism’ approach
                                                                                                                                     incredible athlete. He worked for           bodybuilding scene. My friend filled me     was, and remains, genius.” One area
                                                                                                                                     Continental Airlines.” On Thanksgiving      in; his glowing characterization of John    that Parrillo really opened Tom’s
                                                                                                                                     of 1992, Tom received a phone call          Parrillo piqued my curiosity to the point   eyes to was exercise technique, the
    “My ultimate dream was to have my own facility,                                                                                  that changed his life. “My brother’s        that after I had gotten settled in the      way in which the standardized lifts
    one where I could do injury treatments, change                                                                                   boss contacted me on Thanksgiving to        new job, I went and visited this living     were done. “John really caused me
    people’s life for the better and consult folks on                                                                                inform me that Jim was dead. He had         legend. I was not disappointed.” Tom        to reexamine how to perform the
    exercise and nutrition."                                                                                                         a heart attack in Bangkok, Thailand.        and John hit it off immediately.            basic resistance training exercises
                                                                                                                                     It was all very suspicious. My brother                                                  that I thought I already knew how
                                                                                                                                     was only 34, in incredible shape at         “John and I got along great, right          to do. John showed me different
                                                                                                                                     the time and had zero history of heart      from the start. I was thrilled when he      techniques for refining muscle

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                                                                                     and use his protein powders. I like
                                                                                     John’s overarching axiom: never allow
                                                                                     yourself to enter into a state where
                                                                                     you are losing muscle.” Whereas
                                                                                     Tom might have been a little lax in                                                        • Concentrated calorie
                                                                                     certain areas, John drove home the
                                                                                                                                                                                  source for gaining
                                                                                     importance of the need for continual
                                                                                     refueling throughout the day. “The                                                           muscle mass.
                                                                                     idea of eating often, throughout the
                                                                                     day was something John stressed
                                                                                     repeatedly. I took it to heart. I use his                                                  • Energy source for
                                                                                     Parrillo Energy bars™ to make sure
                                                                                     that I intake quality nutrition at the                                                       dieters intent on
                                                                                     appointed times. I would routinely                                                           losing fat while
                                                                                     consume two Parrillo Energy bars™                                                            retaining muscle.
                                                                                     (two bars = 440 calories, 70 grams
                                                                                     of carbs, 28 grams of protein) in
                                                                                     between my food meals. My workday
                                                                                     is so busy I often do not have the time                                                    • A cooking agent
                                                                                     to sit down and eat a food meal. Now                                                         for frying foods
                                                                                     I routinely use ‘supplement meals’                                                           healthfully.
                                                                                     to maintain my multiple meal eating
                                                                                     schedule.”
                                          Tom's office is located at
                                          726 E Main St                              Because of his lifetime commitment
                                          Lebanon, OH 45036                          to training, nutrition and the
                                                                                     bodybuilding lifestyle, Tom was
                                          Phone: 513.933.9799
                                                                                     able to bounce back from hip
                                                                                     replacement surgery in record time.
                                 “I am convinced John is a nutritional genius: he
                                                                                     “On September 30th of 2020 I had hip
                                 became my go-to guy, my oracle, any nutritional
                                 question I could pose, he would come up with the
                                                                                     replacement surgery. I had been in
                                 answer. This was a blessing.”                       pain for two years. In the year leading
                                                                                     up to the surgery I had been hobbling
                                                                                     around the gym using a cane. I am
                                                                                     so glad I had the surgery. I feel as if I
                                                                                     have a new lease on life. I had been
                                                                                     putting off surgery for a long time, this
targeting; he showed me new               emphasis on taking a muscle up, to         based on my past experiences. In the
ways to do the exercises. I thought,      then past capacity, was way more           old days, hip replacement surgery was
‘I need to break these exercises          difficult than anything I had been         a big deal that often led to unintended
down and repattern how I do these         exposed to. The classic example being      consequences, bad consequences.
movements.’” One illustrative example     John’s 100-rep belt squat protocol.”       With modern technology, all the
was the Parrillo approach towards         Nutritionally, Tom found he had            danger and potential negative side
shoulder exercise. “Take for example      been doing a lot of things correctly.      effects have been eliminated. After
the simple overhead shoulder press;       “I am convinced John is a nutritional      my surgery, I walked out the door.
John has you disengage the stabilizers.   genius: he became my go-to guy,            I wish I had done it years earlier.”
This is really beneficial knowledge.”     my oracle, any nutritional question I      Tom, in addition to being a hardcore
Parrillo’s approach caused Tom to         could pose, he would come up with          bodybuilder, a successful healer and
look at old exercises with fresh eyes.    the answer. This was a blessing.”          caregiver, a happily married father                                                         Parrillo Performance
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I was no stranger to high repetition      Parrillo bars all the time. I am big fan   Christ and seek to embody him in all I                                                       Info: (513)874-3305
training and training hard; his           of his Muscle Amino Formula™. I love       do.” Amen to that.                                                            Web: www.parrilloperformance.com
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                                                                                               system and the fact that it supplies
                                                                                               amino acids to your cells over a long
                                                                                               period of time. It can help your cells
                                                                                               synthesize protein, even during times
                                                                                               when your body might normally be
                                                                                               breaking down its own muscles to
                                                                                               feed itself, such as when you haven’t
                                                                                               eaten for some time, particularly
                                                                                               overnight. For this reason, it’s called
                                                                                               “anti-catabolic” and helps reduce
                                                                                               muscle breakdown.

                                                                                               Casein is also high in the branched-
                                                                                               chain amino acid, leucine, which
                                                                                               initiates muscle protein synthesis and
                                                                                               is involved in fat-burning.

                                                                                               Casein, Muscle Growth, and
                                                                                               Fat Loss
                                                                    THE CASE FOR CASEIN
                                                                                               Casein has powerful effects on
By John Parrillo                                                                               muscular development. A 2000 study           ..The researchers found
                                                                                               Brigham and Women’s Hospital in              that the casein group
      In many of my columns, I’ve                                                              Boston compared the effects of a             experienced double the
      praised the benefits of whey                                                             moderately high-calorie, high-protein        muscle growth and triple
protein, which is found in many of our                                                         diet and resistance training, using two      the fat loss, compared to the
                                                                                                                                            diet-only group.
supplements. But this month, I want                                                            different protein supplements, versus
to turn my focus on another protein                                                            a high-calorie diet alone, on body
we use: casein.                                                                                composition changes in overweight          researchers reviewed the scientific      Immune Strength. Some cell studies
                                                                                               police officers.                           literature on consuming casein protein   suggest it may provide antibacterial
Casein is a slow-digesting dairy protein                                                                                                  prior to bedtime. The analyzed nine      and immune benefits and reduce high
that releases amino acids slowly, so                                                           One group was placed on a high-            different studies, concluding that:      blood pressure. (3, 4)
you can choose to take it prior to                                                             calorie diet alone. A second group                                                  Triglyceride levels. Elevated levels are
bedtime to help with recovery and                                                              followed the same diet plus resistance     “The consumption of 20-40 grams          a risk factor for heart disease. One
reduce muscle breakdown while you                                                              training, along with a high-protein        of casein approximately 30 minutes       study in 10 overweight subjects found
sleep.                                                                                         intake using a casein protein. In the      before sleep improves protein            that casein lowered triglyceride levels
                                                                                               third group, treatment was identical       synthetic response during an             after a meal by 22 percent. (5)
A growing list of studies show                                                                 to the second, except the officers         overnight recovery period in healthy     Antioxidant Power. Casein
that casein helps with muscular                                                                supplemented with whey protein             young adult men, with possible           reduces free radicals, removing
development, plus offers many other                                                            instead of casein. The study lasted 12     positive effects on muscle mass          these undesirable by-products
benefits. Here’s a rundown:                                                                    weeks.                                     and strength following prolonged         of metabolism from the body’s
                                                                                                                                          resistance exercise.” (2)                environment.(6)
Casein Versus Whey                                                                             The researchers found that the
Milk contains both of these proteins.                                                          casein group experienced double the        For this reason, I recommend using       Supplementing with Casein
Casein is 80 percent of the milk                                                               muscle growth and triple the fat loss,     casein is at night to prevent the        Protein Powder
protein, while whey comprises 20                                                               compared to the diet-only group. The       protein breakdown that may occur,        Most of our protein powders are
percent. Both are complete protein                                                             casein group also experienced more         because you go through a relatively      formulated with both whey and casein
sources, meaning they provide all                                                              fat loss than the whey group. The          long period without food while you       to harness the best of both protein
the essential amino acids your body                                                            researchers attributed the results to      sleep – and to boost overnight muscle    worlds. Here are three to use:
                                              casein is referred to as a “time-release”
requires for growth and recovery. The                                                          the strong anticatabolic benefits of       development and repair.
                                              protein because of its slow absorption rate
chief difference between the two is           in your digestive system and the fact that it
                                                                                               casein. (1)                                                                         Hi-Protein Powder™. This is the
that whey is digested more quickly.           supplies amino acids to your cells over a long                                              Other Reasons to Supplement              original Parrillo protein powder. It
                                              period of time.                                  Build Muscle Overnight                     with Casein                              delivers 31 grams of protein with
In contrast, casein is referred to as a                                                        I know, this sounds like a crazy           Casein is a pretty remarkable protein.   each 42-gram serving (2 scoops)
“time-release” protein because of its                                                          promise you’d read in an ad. But it’s      Other research has turned up many        and contains no fat or sugar. Two
slow absorption rate in your digestive                                                         actually true. Just this year, Brazilian   other health benefits, including:        shakes a day will provide 62 grams

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The Case for Casein

                                                                                                              DO YOU FLEX AND STRETCH? If not, you're missing out!                                                              By Ron Harris

                                                                                                                     Sure, you train hard, eat right,     radial tires. On a molecular level it is    muscle group. Case in point: go
Cake & Cupcake                                                                                                       take quality supplements from        stronger than steel. By tightly binding     directly from a set of bench presses
                                                                                                              Parrillo Performance, and get enough        and constricting our muscles, it can        to holding the crab most-muscular
     Mix                                                                                                      rest, but are you doing everything
                                                                                                              you can to have the best physique
                                                                                                                                                          restrict muscles from expanding. Many
                                                                                                                                                          thousands of bodybuilders have found
                                                                                                                                                                                                      pose for 10-20 seconds. This carves
                                                                                                                                                                                                      out those deep striations in the pecs!
                                                                                                              you’re capable of? If stretching and        that stretching the fascia allows the
     Try it today!                                                                                            flexing aren’t part of your workouts,       muscles to ‘break free’ and grow as         Better mind-muscle
                                                                                                              you are truly missing out! Here’s why       they should. (A full illustrated guide to   connection
                                                                                                              you need to incorporate them starting       stretching can be found in the Parrillo     Even if you have no intentions
                                                                                                              today.                                      Performance Training Manual.)               of competing but still want your
                                                                                                                                                                                                      training to be as effective as
                                                                                                              BENEFITS OF STRETCHING:                     BENEFITS OF FLEXING:                        possible, flexing helps put you in
                                                                                                                                                                                                      touch with how to forcefully contract
                                                                                                              Greater range of motion                     More muscle separation and                  each muscle fiber. The better you
                                                                                                              Full development of any given               detail                                      can contract a muscle, the more
                                                                                                              muscle requires working it through a        Generations of bodybuilders have            productive each and every rep you
                                                                                                              complete range of motion. Without           found that dieting down to ultra-           perform will be. For many who have
                                                                                                              proper flexibility, that’s impossible.      low bodyfat levels gets them lean,          had difficulty ‘feeling’ areas like their
                                                                                                              A great example is the barbell squat.       but dedicated and regular flexing of        chest and back work as they train
                         of perfect protein and will go a long     2. Reis, C.E.G., et al. 2021. Effects      Ankle flexibility is necessary to go past   the muscles greatly improves the            them, regular flexing has been the
                         way in achieving the 1½-2 grams (per      of pre-sleep protein consumption           parallel and ‘into the hole’ where the      separation between muscle groups as         key to finally achieving that critical
                         pound of bodyweight) of protein           on muscle-related outcomes - A             best thigh gains are made. This applies     well as brings out deeper splits and        mind-muscle connection that all the
                         recommended for maximum muscle            systematic review. Journal of Science      to many other exercises which should        striations. The best time to do this is     best bodybuilders have.
                         gains.                                    and Medicine in Sport 24: 177-182.         be worked from a full stretch all the       immediately following a set for that
                                                                                                              way to a full contraction on each rep.
                         50/50 Plus Protein Powder™. This          3. Mohanty, D.P., et al. 2016. Milk        Regular stretching will ensure that you
                         product contains both proteins, too,      derived bioactive peptides and their       achieve full ROM and get the most
                         plus slow-release carbohydrates. It is    impact on human health – A review.         from your training.
                         excellent for replacing muscle energy     Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
                         following a workout and for creating      23: 577-583.                               Greater mobility
                         a hormonal milieu in the body                                                        Being stiff and inflexible doesn’t
                         conducive to muscle growth. When          4. Yamamoto, N., et al. 2003 Biogenic      only have a negative impact on
                         mixed with water, it provides 20          peptides and their potential use.          your training and your physique
                         grams of protein, 17 grams of carbs,      Current Pharmaceutical Design 9:           development, but also on your life in
                         and no fat or sugars per serving.         1345-1355.                                 general. You want and need flexibility/
                                                                                                              mobility to comfortably do normal
                         All-Protein Powder™. This is a pure       5. Mariotti, F., et al. 2015. Casein       daily activities such as household
                         whey based protein that contains          compared with whey proteins                chores, playing with your kids or
                         casein that you can use anytime to        affects the organization of dietary fat    pets, many jobs that require any type
                         support muscle growth. Also, this         during digestion and attenuates the        of physical labor, and even physical
                         product works well as your pre-           postprandial triglyceride response         intimacy with a loved one!
                         bedtime casein boost.                     to a mixed high-fat meal in healthy,
                                                                   overweight men. Journal of Nutrition
                                                                   145: 2657-2664.                            More muscle growth!
                         References                                                                           It’s been decades since John Parrillo
                         1. Demling, R.H., and DeSanti, L. 2000.   6. Rival, S.G., et al. 2001. Caseins and   proposed the idea that aggressive
                         Effect of a hypocaloric diet, increased   casein hydrolysates. 2. Antioxidative      stretching of the fascia could result
                         protein intake and resistance training    properties and relevance to                in better muscle growth. The fascia is
                         on lean mass gains and fat mass loss      lipoxygenase inhibition. Journal of        an extremely tough connective tissue                                                       Facebook: Ron Harris Writer
                         in overweight police officers. Annals     Agricultural and Food Chemistry 49:        that encases our skeletal muscles                  Photo By Steve Mark                     Instagram: ronharrismuscle
                         of Nutrition & Metabolism 44: 21-29.      295-302.                                   much like steel belting surrounds

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                                                                                                                                     The high calorie eating has
                                                                                                                                     a huge caveat: while consuming
                                                                                                                                     ample calories is recommended
                                                                                                                                     and encouraged, the calories
                                                                                                                                     consumed need be “clean” calories,
                                                                                                                                     calories shorn (as much as possible)
                                                                                                                                     of dietary-derived saturated fat.
                                                                                                                                     People mistakenly think because
                                                                                                                                     Parrillo reduces LCT fats, his is
                                                                                                                                     a “low fat” approach. While the
                                                                                                                                     Parrillo nutritional approach pulls
                                                                                                                                     out the long-chain triglyceride
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                                                                                                                                     impossible to store as body fat. In
                                                                                                                                     the Parrillo mass-building nutritional
The Quest For Big Arms                                                                                                               approach, fiber carbs are eaten
The most prized possession in all of bodybuilding                                                            By Andre Newcomb        often and in large quantities. Natural
                                                                                                                                     starch carbohydrates are used to
                                                                                                                                     systematically push up lean mass.
      Big arms are the most prized             Wheeler – augmented with oversize          when factually the triceps are larger      All refined carbs, processed food,
      body part in bodybuilding,               arms. While the Grecian ideal of a         muscles and contribute 30% more            fast foods, sweets, grains, fruits, and
hands down. Amongst elite                      symmetrical physique was fantastic,        to overall arm size. Bicep training        alcohol are eliminated. Each week the
bodybuilders there is a phrase, “Pro           neck, arms and calves should all be        is fantastic and advised; the triceps      mass-building bodybuilder pushes          a muscle past its capacity is the          the barbell curl; at the top of the
Arms.” This catch phrase refers to             identical in size, if you want to become   should be allotted equal (or greater)      lean muscle mass upward – and along       bodybuilder assured they have trained      contracted curl, squeeze your elbows
the fact that unless the bodybuilder’s         a pro bodybuilder, while it is great to    amounts of arm training time. When it      with it, arm size.                        hard enough to grow muscle. John           against your body and lift the elbows
arms are disproportionally large, they         have calves and neck the same size,        comes to bicep-building, you came to                                                 Parrillo is a master of techniques that    higher.
have zero chance of becoming a pro             you will need a way to figure out how      the right place. John Parrillo has been    Arms Specialization: The Old              ensure the muscle is taxed sufficiently.
bodybuilder. It is interesting to note         to make your arms disproportionally        considered a “biceps expert” for forty     School rule of thumb was that to          His use of drop sets, forced reps,         French press: grasp a single dumbbell
that, symmetrically speaking, the              larger, or you will not make the pro       years: IFBB pros use Parrillo bicep        increase arm size one full inch, a        extended sets, super sets and giant        under one end; while standing, press
winning formula in bodybuilding is             cut. Pro Arms or no arms. When the         building strategies to take arms to the    ten-pound increase in lean muscle         sets provides the trainee with an          bell overhead and lower down deep
to possess a body with the inherent            talk turns to arm building, too often      next level.                                mass was required. Pushing scale          arsenal of arm-building hypertrophy-       behind the neck; keep the elbows
symmetry of Sergio Oliva or Flex               biceps are automatically prioritized                                                  weight up ten pounds is not going         invoking strategies. As you might          pointed straight up; full lockout every
                                                                                          Arm building need be                       to net an inch in arm size if 9 of the    imagine, Parrillo’s take on the arm        rep
                                                                                          coordinated with Mass-                     10 pounds are body fat, built eating      specialization workout structure is
                                                                                          building: Optimally, ideally, the          sweets, industrial food, and empty        completely unique.                         Preacher curl: lower all the way down;
                                                                                          bodybuilder desirous of larger arms        calories. Americans are overfed                                                      too many bodybuilders use too heavy
                                                                                          will synchronize an arm specialization     and undernourished: if you are            Two-day-per-week arm                       a poundage and perform partial reps;
                                                                                          approach with a Parrillo-style mass-       serious about increasing your arm         specialization split                       the preacher curl stresses the bottom
                                                                                          building phase. Put differently: you       size you need get serious about                                                      of the biceps.
                                                                                          would be at cross-purposes if you          increasing your lean muscle mass.         Day 1
                                                                                          were to try and embark on an arm           No arm specialization program can         Cheat curls: the classic cheat curl is     Tricep kickbacks: use a light to
                                                                                          specialization program to increase         be called serious with any less than      a way to overload the biceps. Use          moderate dumbbell and with the
                                                                                          arm size while dieting down during         two sessions per week dedicated           increasing body heave and layback as       torso parallel to the floor, push the
                                                                                          a lean-out phase designed to reduce        to arm training. The combination of       the final reps of the set are concluded.   arm rearward to full and complete
                                                                                          body fat into the sub-10%, single digit    mass-building nutrition combined          Make the biceps do the work!               lockout; without a hard lockout, this
                                                                                          body fat percentile. It is far better to   with a sophisticated, Parrillo-style                                                 exercise is worthless
                                                                                          construct bigger arms while seeking        arm specialization program is             Narrow grip bench press: take a 12-
                                                                                          to build a bigger body using a calorie-    guaranteed to push lean mass and          inch grip width on a straight bar or       Cable curls: this version is done seated
                                                                                          surplus mass-building regimen. The         arm size upward, assuming the             use an EZ-Curl bar; lower to the chest     on the floor with a flat bench to rest
                                                                                          hallmarks of a full-on Parrillo mass       fuel is clean and plentiful and the       and make sure fully lockout every rep;     the triceps on; continuous tension, full
     ...unless the bodybuilder’s arms are                                                 building phase is commonsense: high        training consistent and consistently      this is the heaviest tricep exercise.      range of motion; this version stresses
     disproportionally large, they have zero chance of                                    protein intake as protein feeds new        intense: sub-maximal weight training                                                 the lower bicep; do not jerk or jolt.
     becoming a pro bodybuilder.                                                          muscle growth.                             is insufficient to trigger hypertrophy,   Parrillo peak curls: thrust your chest
                                                                                                                                     muscle growth, only by pushing            forward, shoulders down as you begin       Cable pushdowns: strict technique is

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The Parrillo Principles: The Quest for Big Arms                                                                                            John Parrillo's Performance Press

a must; allow the handle to rise high        Nose-breakers: barbell or EZ-curl bar;     Tricep cable pushdowns with rope              stretching ground rules…                   Supplementation: having already         workout replenishment is an absolute
before pushing downward to a hard            the weight is lowered in a semi-circle     handles: using the rope handle and                                                       established the need for a high         necessity. Parrillo’s 50/50 Plus™ was
and held lockout. Use a small jolt to        until it hovers a few inches above the     emphasizing and exaggerating the              • Biceps: how do you stretch a bicep?      calorie/clean calorie diet as crucial   designed to provide the shattered
get the final reps moving.                   face; as with all triceps exercises, the   lockout causes the triceps to cramp           Take a super light weight, sit at          in the quest to grow bigger guns,       body exactly what it required to heal
                                             lockout is where the tri growth occurs.    and is the perfect way to end the arm         the preacher bench and with arms           CapTri® C8 MCT becomes the logical      and repair after a body shattering arm
Day 2                                                                                   session.                                      extended, relax, and allow the weight      supplement. CapTri® C8                              session. By dousing blasted
Dumbbell standing cheat curls: use           Parrillo spider curls: the tricep and                                                    in your hand to sink below the level       MCT is calorically dense,                            arm muscles with a 50/50
slight heave to get the bells moving;        braced at 90-degrees; this super-          Sets and reps: beginners, 3 sets per          of the bench. Drop the shoulders to        9-calories per gram, 100                             mix of high biologic value
slight layback as the reps increase;         strict curl places the stress at the top   exercise; intermediate 4 sets per             gently increase the stretch severity.      net usable calories per                              protein and slow-release
you must feel it in the biceps as you        and is the mirror-image exercise to        exercise, advanced 5 sets per exercise.       John Parrillo loves the wide grip skin-    tablespoon. CapTri® C8                               carbohydrate, the body
are curling, otherwise the effort is         the preacher curl that stresses the        Reps are 5-8 reps when using a barbell        the-cat stretch done on a pull-up bar.     MCT calories are clean                               is provided with muscle-
wasted.                                      bottom.                                    or EZ-Curl bar, 6-10 reps using a             • Triceps: take a single light dumbbell    calories. CapTri® C8 MCT                             replenishing amino acids
                                                                                        dumbbell or dumbbells and 8-12 reps           and press it overhead. Lowering it         is an MCT and possess                                and glycogen replenishing
Dips: arguably the greatest single           Narrow-grip pushups with elevated          on using cable exercise.                      behind the neck and relax the triceps.     a unique molecular                                   carbohydrate. The
tricep exercise; only dip down to            feet: kneel; with hands 6-8 inches                                                       Allow the dumbbell to stretch the          structure. CapTri®                                   expert use of nutritional
parallel before pushing to full lockout;     apart rep out on strict narrow grip        Fascia stretching: there are a                relaxed triceps downward. Keep the         C8 MCT calories are                                  supplementation
work up to 3 sets of 10 reps no              push-ups; to increase the payload,         series of interconnected strategies           upper arms close to the heard to           highly thermogenic and                               augments and amplifies
weight; then start doing weighted dips       elevate the feet; sets the triceps on      used to build bigger arms: first and          enhance the stretch. John Parrillo uses    preferentially oxidized.                             the arm-building effort.
– not before.                                fire.                                      foremost, train hard enough to trigger        the bottom position in a dip as terrific   Another characteristic                               Put it all together, the
                                                                                        hypertrophy. Train arms all out twice         way to stretch the triceps.                of a gun-building mass-                              twice weekly arms
Steep incline dumbbell curl: set the         Standing cable curl: extraordinarily       a week. Give triceps equal billing                                                       regimen is a high daily                              training slaughter-fest, the
incline bench less than 45-degrees;          little resistance at the start of the      to biceps and use Parrillo intensity          After pumping and stretching the           caloric intake. The Parrillo                         stretching, the nutrition,
let the arms dead-hang at the bottom         rep; increase the severity of the bicep    enhancers when appropriate, drop              biceps or triceps, FLEX the muscles,       catalog is loaded with                               and the supplementation.
of each rep; keep the elbows back            contraction by lifting the elbows and      sets, forced reps, timed sets, extended       hard, repeatedly, to the point of          high protein products:                               Hold a steady course for
as you curl upward; feel the intense         supinating the hands to complete           sets etc. In addition to the training         cramping. Repeated flexion sends           Optimized Whey™ delivers                             10-12 weeks. Look to add
contraction!                                 each rep.                                  element, there is an equally critical         expanding muscle into newly loosened       34 grams of protein per serving         10-12 pounds of lean muscle while
                                                                                        nutritional component. When hard              fascia.                                    with no sugar and only three carbs.     adding 1 to 1.5 inches in arm size.
                                                                                        and effective arm training is synced                                                     A single High Fiber Soft Chew bar™      That is a fantastic payoff for three
                                                                                        up with a Parrillo high protein, high                                                    provides 21 grams of protein. Post-     months of disciplined effort!
                                                                                        calorie, clean calorie nutritional
                                                                                        approach. In addition to the training
                                                                                        and nutrition, there is yet another                                                           What's your story?
                                                                                        critical aspect to growing bigger arms,
                                                                                        stretching. This Parrillo innovation          Are you a...                               All you need is to:                                Contact:
                                                                                        calls for the biceps or triceps to                                                                                                    Graphics@parrillo.com
                                                                                        be stretched after each and every             • Bodybuilder?                             • E-mail us a short paragraph about             to get started!
                                                                                        set. The arm exercise contracts and           • Fitness Model?                            yourself and why you should be
                                                                                        compacts the muscle and the Parrillo          • Gym Owner?                                featured.
                                                                                        Fascia Stretch forcibly elongates             • Personal Trainer?                        • Provide 5 - 8 high resolution
                                                                                        and resets the targeted muscle. This          • Contest Competitor?                       photos
                                                                                        targeted stretching loosens tight             • An Avid Parrillo Product User?           • Answer some interview questions
                                                                                        fascia, the size-defining sausage                                                        • Have a photo release signed by
                                                                                        tubing the surrounds each muscle and          Or maybe you...                             any professional photographers
                                                                                        lies just below the skin. Tight fascia                                                    whose photos you will be using.
                                                                                        is constrictive and retards muscle            • Have an amazing transformation
                                                                                        growth. With each successive bicep/             story.
 Repeated flexion sends expanding                                                       tricep fascia stretch, the bodybuilder        • Would like to inspire others.
 muscle into newly loosened fascia.                                                     can stretch deeper, with greater              • Want to show everyone what you've
                                                                                        relaxation; tight fascia is like inflexible     accomplished.
                                                                                        canvas. Repeated stretching over a
                                                                                        protracted period makes fascia looser         Then we want to hear from you!
                                                                                        and more pliable – and it improves
                                                                                        flexibility and improves injury
                                                                                        resistance. Biceps and triceps are
                                                                                        difficult to stretch. Here are the fascia

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Tips &                                                                                                      Exercise Spotlight
                     Tidbits                                                                                                     Incline Dumbbell Press
                                                                                                                                 This is an excellent movement for the upper
Recipe Spotlight                                               Food of the Month                                                 pecs. But if you do it incorrectly, the only
                                                                                                                                 muscles you’ll work will be your upper
Biscuits                                                       Oats                                                              pectorals.

• 100 g. oatmeal flour                                         • The digestive tract support provided by oats extends to         To begin, lie on an incline bench. Press
• 100 g. oatmeal                                                 our lower GI tract as well. In our large intestine (colon),     your shoulders back into the bench. Push
• 5 tbsp. CapTri® C8 MCT                                         oats—including their beta-glucans—get fermented by              the dumbbells up to an overhead position.
• 50 g. oat bran                                                 intestinal bacteria. This fermentability of oat fibers like     At the top of the movement, keep your
• 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder                                       beta-glucans not only helps maintain healthy bacterial          sternum up and your shoulders down. Push
• 3/4 cup water                                                  populations in our large intestine, but it also provides the    your sternum up as far as possible. Pull the
• substitute salt (optional)                                     release of short chain fatty acids from these fibers that       weight slowly to the bottom position, getting
                                                                 can provide energy for our intestinal cells.                    a good stretch across your pecs.
Preheat oven at 475 degrees. Mix together oatmeal
flour, oatmeal, oat bran, baking powder and                    • Just as with any other food that you may purchase in the
substitute salt. Add CapTri® C8 MCT. Stir with fork              bulk section, make sure that the bins containing the oats
until moist and crumbly. Add water and mix well until            are covered, free from debris, and that the store has a good
dough pulls away from bowl. Turn out onto lightly                product turnover so as to ensure its maximal freshness.         Performance Points
floured surface and knead 30 seconds. Roll dough                 Smell the oats to make sure that they are fresh. Whether
out 3/4 inch thick and use biscuit pattern or medium             purchasing oats in bulk or in a packaged container, make sure   • Press your shoulders back against
sized glass to cut out. Biscuits should be placed on             there is no evidence of moisture.                                 the bench.
a baking sheet lightly sprayed with PAM. Turn oven
back to 350 degrees and bake 10‑12 minutes.                    • A great way to start your day—The Parrillo protein              • At the top of the movement,
                                                                 powders mixed with the oatmeal after it is cooked will add        keep your sternum up and your
                                                                 a tasty treat as well as extra high quality protein.              shoulders down. Then push your
                                                                                                                                   sternum out as far as possible.

                                                               Nutritional Information for: Oats, Unprocessed, Dry,              • Get a good stretch.
                                                               .25 cup (39g).
                                                               Calories: 152      Fiber: 4g          Iron: 2mg
                                                               Protein: 7g        Sodium:
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                                                                                                 there is one story that stands out. I
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                                                                                                 On December sixteenth, 2012, as I
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                                                                                                 At this point, it was another idea to
What are you waiting for?                                                                        try and develop a repeatable golf
By Jim Ferreri                                                                                   swing. This wasn’t unusual; I had
                                                                                                 been chasing a repeatable golf swing
                                                                                                 for a couple of decades. I know that
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       changing careers at the highest                                                                                                                           Regi Ferreri's swing after only three months!
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swing is so easy to learn and can be                                                             I often would get an idea at 1:00
used in any game area where you                                                                  or 2:00am on numerous occasions.
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favorite golfers struggle, my Lever                                                              wouldn’t allow me to go back to
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only used Lever Golf.”                                                                           golf room and attempt to interpret my
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player that will change to the Lever                                                             new idea. On numerous occasions,
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player or the general public. It will be                                                         tournament.                                 down, it would raise the head of the      has no swing plane, nor do you clear
exciting when it reaches the hands of                                                                                                        club and lock it in the same position     your hips. Once you perfect the Lever
some of my personal favorites, but as                                                            I learned early on that golf was            every time. It was like lifting and       Golf technique, you can literally add
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change the game forever. At first, you          The thought was that if I pushed the handle      went back to the drawing board. By          eleven balls as pure as you can strike    different language.
receive many people who seem to                 of the golf club down, it would raise the head   now, I realized there was something         a ball. I got chills from my head to my
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Iron Vic Speaks!                                                                                                     John Parrillo's Performance Press

                                                                                       arms – athletic boys love to work           weekly, once leading off with some
                                                                                       arms. Let them work arms - but only         front press variation, standing or                                                 Twenty tablets of liver taken over the
                                                                                       as a reward after they have worked          seated, barbell or dumbbell. In the                                                course of the day will enrich blood, shore
                                                                                       through the important stuff: the            second shoulder session, lead off with                                             up iron deficiency, and cause your vibrant
                                                                                       squats, benches, deadlifts, power           the PBN. If you train shoulders once                                               wife to regain her bounce.
                                                                                       cleans and overhead presses. On day         weekly, start the shoulder session
                                                                                       one, work legs, quads, calves, and          with the front press. Work the hell out
                                                                                       hamstrings. On day two a few days           of the front press and as a “finisher”
                                                                                       later, shift to flat benching, dumbbell     reduce the front press poundage
                                                                                       benching, incline benching and arms.        10% to 15% and, after a decent
                                                                                       On the third allotted training day,         rest, rep out in the PBN, taking it to
                                                                                       concentrate on back muscles and             positive failure. This is an incredible
                                                                                       shoulders: power clean, deadlifts,          combination that pumps the deltoids
                                                                                       chins, pullups, different types of          triceps and traps to the point of
                                                                                       overhead pressing. Sessions should          bursting. Finish off all shoulder
                                                                                       not take more than 40-minutes. Boys         sessions with front, side, and rear
                                                                                       this age love it if at the end of a great   lateral raises. If you can do the PBN
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potentially injurious. Most free-                                                      Yo!                                         have iron deficiency anemia. I know
weight techniques border on fitness        My 15-year-old is gung-ho to go! He                                                     you addressed this in the past and
malpractice. The human spine was not       is all fired up to begin weight training.   What is your opinion of the press-          mentioned beef liver supplementation
meant to be turned into a fiberglass       He wants to add muscle and size for         behind-the-neck? I have heard a lot of      as a possible antidote to iron
fishing pole or a crane. Poor technique    JV football this August. He wants to        guys swear by it and other guys say it      deficiency. Is there an optimal dosage
(on any exercise) is dangerous,            look like Arnold in Predator at the         is a shoulder destroyer and should be       – I would suspect that would be
particularly when performing heavy         JV tryouts. I told him we would do          avoided – are you pro or con the PBN?       dependent on a person’s size.
leg or back exercises. Bad back squat      our best. He is 5-8, weighs 150 and                                                                                               These potent brown tablets have been      Greetings,
or bad deadlift technique put spinal       is very lean and naturally athletic.        Zin, Ontario                                Richard, Detroit                          in continual demand by those in the
discs at risk. Never jerk, jolt, yank,     (His lookalike father was a DI football                                                                                           know ever since. Parrillo Performance     What is your opinion of the Hex-bar?
or rip a free-weight, be it a barbell,     player.) Good tumbler, fast, he wants       I had a top shoulder surgeon tell           Iron deficiency anemia is a serious       uses super potent beef liver, protein-    The Hex-bar allows you to stand inside
dumbbell, kettlebell, or resistance        to be a halfback/safety. I think at         me being able to perform the press-         malady that affects older females         rich and loaded with blood-enriching      as you deadlift. The military must
machine. Jerking or jolting, using crazy   165-pounds he would be a handful. I         behind-the-neck depended on the             to a disproportionate degree. In          heme iron. One simple entry level         like them: the army recently bought
rebounding to create momentum,             was thinking lift three times a week        genetic hand you were delt. Some            most instances, iron deficiencies         tactic: take two Liver Amino™ tablets     100,000 of them. I tried the Hex-bar a
is begging for injury. Do not let your     for an hour – leaving plenty of time for    folks can perform the press-behind-         can be corrected through eating and       4-5 times a day. Each Liver Amino™        few times – but it really did not blow
lifting ego outpace your abilities.        football-related drills. How would you      the-neck comfortably and some,              supplementation. Beef liver is loaded     tablet contains 1.5 grams of high BV      my mind, or make me think, ‘Man, I
Correct technique optimizes muscle         fill three, hour-long sessions?             because of their shoulder geometry,         with iron and if used correctly, can      protein and each successive week          got to get one of these!’ what is your
growth. The key is to make haste                                                       find the PBN painful and not doable.        counter anemia induced by a lack          I would take a few more tablets.          opinion? Am I missing something?
slowly; stay within your poundage-         Lynn, Baton Rouge                           If you are one of the fortunate ones        of iron. Liver supplementation in         Twenty tablets of liver taken over
handling reality. Do not fall into                                                     that can perform the PBN pain-free,         pill form has been popular in the         the course of the day will enrich         Paul, Salt Lake
the trap of using bad technique to         I assume you are knowledgeable              do so! Many feel it might be the single     bodybuilding community since the          blood, shore up iron deficiency, and
handle more ego-stoking weight. Like       enough to show him the right                greatest single shoulder exercise.          1960s. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Frank       cause your vibrant wife to regain her     I am with you. I tried the Hex-bar a
you, I would rather someone new            techniques. I would stress power            Strength giants like Ed Coan and Joe        Zane, and Franco Colombo would take       bounce. Competitive bodybulders and       few times. It was alright. This thing
to progressive resistance training         cleans, squats, barbell and dumbbell        Ladiner, while weighing 225, were           100 beef liver tablets per day in the     Powerlifters note that they can feel      was designed to make deadlifting
train on machines than perform             benches, incline presses, rows,             able to perform single reps in the          lead up to an Olympia competition.        the difference when they get at least     easier. In a lot of elite training circles,
free-weight exercises using bad            deadlifts, chins, pull-ups, dips,           PBN with 400-pounds and 5-rep sets          John Parrillo introduced Liver Amino      40 Liver Amino™ tablets per day (8        the deadlift is worshipped as the
techniques, techniques that not only       overhead pressing, behind the neck          with 350. One classic Parrillo shoulder     Formula™ beef liver tablets into his      tablets x 5 meals).                       King of all lifts (it’s not, the squat
fail to produce results but are playing    pressing, calves, hamstrings – and          strategy is to train shoulders twice        original supplementation line-up.                                                   is) and the aggravating thing about

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