ABOUT PAUL BURKE’S NEO-DIETER’S HANDBOOK

Paul Burke ‘s second book focuses on nutrition—three decades of research compiled for those who enjoy learning about health, exercise, weight training, fitness, and the right nutrition to enhance all of the above. This masterpiece of research, experience, and wisdom contains all—from the nutritional habits of prehistoric man to the “nutrition” of today’s processed food. This book will answer such questions as:

THE TRUTH ABOUT MALE TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT

Paul, I am 54 years old and I have been training with weights for over twenty years. Oddly enough, on my last physical my doctor told me that my testosterone was “dangerously” low and that I needed to go see an Endocrinologist. I am natural and I have a lot of muscle mass; So, how could I have low testosterone?

Hi Paul,

I am 48 years old and I am a natural bodybuilder preparing for my second contest. In my first contest (Over 45 Class) I placed fifth; however, one of the judges told me after the show that had my back been better—wider, more detail and more thickness, I could have won my class. How do I take this constructive criticism and make a routine to hit those areas?

I am 48 years old, and I have been training with weights for decades. I have always had trouble building my triceps. Almost every exercise that I do to directly work the triceps hurts my elbows. Do you have any advice?

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Tall and Long-Limbed?

By Paul T. Burke, M. Ed., PhD (candidate)

You recently wrote briefly about “tall bodybuilders” and how they should approach weight training: Could you please tell us more?

HOW TO TRAIN WHEN YOU ARE LONG-LIMBED

By Paul T. Burke, M. Ed., PhD (candidate)

To; Paul Burke

Hi Paul: I am 6’5” tall, not very broad and I have thin knees, elbows and wrists. I have read a few articles that you have written about training for tall men, but they seem to center mostly on chest and legs. Can you tell me how I can make my triceps fuller? They look long and thin, without the three heads showing.

I get this question from a lot of people and it is one that I have thought about myself over the years. The questions and my answer are below.

“I have struggled to make my upper pectoral muscles thicker; and it seems as though no matter what exercise that I do for that upper-chest, it does not grow. Am I doing something wrong by doing all Incline movements, as per what is written in the many bodybuilding books that I have read?”

Let us begin at “Control Central”: The Hypothalamus. This all-controlling organ is located in the brain. It depends on feedback loops and sends messages to various target organs to create proper hormonal balance throughout the body. Hormonal balance is one of the keys to longevity and muscle hypertrophy.

Just last week I had an online client who posed this question to me: “I am 55 years old and I have competed in bodybuilding a few times as a younger man, but now, some twenty years later, I want to compete again as an “over-50” competitor.” “My first Over-50 contest will be in May, 2009. My main problem is my limited equipment and getting the most out of it.” “I train in my basement with a free-weight Olympic Set, a homemade squat rack, a flat bench and a few dumbbells.” “I have a hard time getting full-leg results from squats; and, even though doing Bench presses and dumbbell fly’s for my chest seem to be good exercises, I am not sure that I am doing them properly because I see no results in my pectorals after five years of resent training this way. Can you help me put something together with the equipment that I have?”  

This is how I replied;