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Clarence Bass at 60
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70 in our new book Great Expectations
Long-time Muscle & Fitness columnist Clarence Bass, a lawyer and bodybuilding champion,
has been called "the most articulate and well-read spokesman in America for an all-round
fitness lifestyle." Author of nine books, he believes in combining weights, aerobics and
sound nutrition to achieve total fitness and permanent fat loss.
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cutting-edge monthly articles From The Desk of Clarence Bass in ten categories,
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To inspire and help motivated people achieve lifelong leanness, health and total fitness.
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making major changes in your lifestyle.
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New articles in May:
1) Bible of Evolutionary
Fitness: Primal, Practical, Playful
2) Success Story: A Truck
Driver's Story - On the Road to Fitness
3) Saving Your Joints
4) Wide World of Health Interviews Clarence
5) NPR Interviews Clarence on Uniform
Eating
6) New DVD - Sergio Oliva The Myth
(Posing, Training, Competing, Awards, Interview)
7) New DVD:
2007 Ironage Reunion and Chuck Sipes Award
8) New autographed photo - Clarence at
70
9) What Great Expectations, our new book,
is about--and new reader comments.
 | Success Stories
1. A family story
2. Physique competitor
reports results with and without carbs (6-Year Update -
New in June)
3. Woman runner starts winning
after weight training. New Goal: Olympic Team
4. Father Jim: 60 years of training - and
counting |
| Success Stories (2)
1. Scottish Bodybuilder Trains Less - and Thrives
2. Once-a-week Training Works For Busy Family Man
3. Tabata Protocol Produces PR in Rowing
4. Diet Change Helps Aspiring Golfer
5. Challenge Fires-Up Doc's Workouts
6.
Eclectic Approach Produces Gains During Recuperation
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| Success Stories (3)
1. Lifetime Of Lifting Produces Archery Gold
2. Runner Sees Dramatic Change in Leanness After Adding Weight
Training
3. Transformed by evo lifestyle
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| Success Stories
(4)
1. Fired Up By Gains After 60
2. Patience Key to Losing Last Stubborn Fat Deposits |
| Success Stories
(5)
1. Therapist Walks
Talk
2. Tina Finds Her Sport - at 55 |
| Success Stories
(6)
Husband Reads, Wife Loses 50 pounds
Longtime Runner Switches to Infrequent
Training and Daily Walks |
| Success
Stories (7)
Head Trainer Changes Gear
The Full Tabata/5K Story
Lifestyle Change Surprises Doctor |
| Success
Stories (8)
Senior Aussie Archer Conquers New Bow
Success Story: Leanness Put Wind at Your Back
Skydiving Lady Loses 60 pounds
Traveler Fights Family History of Heart Disease
Lifestyle Controls Rare Diabetes |
| Success
Stories (9)
Mariam Power (All-around School-Girl Athlete, Powerlifting
Champion, Physique Model)
From Athlete to Fat Man and Back
He's A New Man!
Fitness Training Strengthens Father-Son Bond
Husband Spreads Addiction
Contest Condition in Five Weeks
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| Success
Stories (10)
Trigger Point Therapy Relieves Back Pain
Law Professor Thrives On Short,
Efficient Workouts
Abs Like Bruce Lee - at 13 |
| Success
Stories (11)
A Truck Driver's Story: On The Road To Fitness (New in May)
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| From The Desk Of Clarence Bass
Articles are divided into ten categories to make them more accessible:
Diet and Nutrition, Strength Training, Aerobic Exercise, Fat Loss and
Weight Control, Fitness and Health, The Age Factor, Physiological Factors,
Psychology and Motivation, Personalities, and Lifestyle. Many
articles fall under more than one category. The
numbers refer to the order of posting.
Scroll down to the appropriate category and click
on the article(s) that interest you. If you
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"Clarence Bass" and the specific subject.
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| DIET AND NUTRITION
6. Dieter's Dilemma
7. Creatine Works
15. Peak Shape - at 60 (with 4 new photos)
18.
Add A Little "Good Fat"
19.
The Zone gets mixed Reviews
20. Don't Add "Good Fat" To A Bad Diet
24. Chef Jeff Goes Nuts!
26b. How Many Calories Do You Need?
40.
Fiber and Weight
Loss
45. Volumetrics: Weight Loss
Breakthrough
57. Stop Counting, Focus on Foods, New
Guidelines Recommend
64. Potpourri: High Protein Diets,
Metabolism & Lifting Belts
73. AHA Raises Fat Intake Limit, Adds
"Good" Fat
78. Eggs Are Back - In A New And Improved Form
79. The Story On Soy
80.
The Warrior Diet & Workout
81.
Avoid High Protein Diets, Says AHA
82. A New And Improved Food Pyramid
90. A Carb/Cancer Connection?
93.
More Water
94. Could Dr. Atkins Be Right After All?
96.
Another View: Drink When You're
Thirsty
99. The Plain Water Advantage
103.
Atkins Diet Controversy Continues
109.
Every Body Loves Whole Grains
115.
New Light On The Glycemic Index
116.
The Art Of Choosing Bread
126.
I'm a Flexitarian
127.
New Peanut Butter!
132.
Benecol: Better Butter
137. Facts On Carbs For
Active People and Periodization of Nutrition
149.
USDA's New Pyramid Tailors Diet to Age and Physical Activity
150. What To Eat After Exercise, An
Update
151. Study Triggers New Enthusiasm
For Diet In Age of Statins
153.
Simple Diet Patterns for Good
Health
158. High Carbs + Protein or Healthy Fat
for Your Heart - and Waistline
173.
Every Meal Counts
+ Exercise Counters High-Fat Meal
179. Harvard Study Says: Eat Fish
(The Obesity Connection)
201. Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
(New in March)
205. The Bible of
Evolutionary Fitness: Primal, Practical, Playful
(New in May)
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| STRENGTH TRAINING
3.
Keep That Spring (explosive strength movements help)
5. Guru of Quantum Strength (sports-scientist practices what he preaches)
8. Periodization: Still The Best Way
15. Peak Shape - at 60 (with 4 new photos)
21. One Set Or Many Sets?
22. New Evidence on Sets Controversy
23.
Soreness, What Does It Mean?
29.
A HIT Manifesto
34.
Lift Slow or Lift Fast, That Is The Question
44. HIT Advocate Stops Training To Failure - And
Gains!
47. The Hardest Situp
48. The Price Of Overtraining
49. A Small Experiment with Chin-Ups (Synaptic Facilitation)
51. Power Hooks and Powerpins:
Terrific Little Lifting Tools
59.
Father of Aerobics Pumps More Iron
62.
Pavel's Ladder - Follow up to Article
49 on Chin-Ups
63. Sticking Point? Try Fractional
Plates
64. Potpourri: High Protein Diets,
Metabolism & Lifting Belts
65.
The Russian Kettlebell
Challenge
66. Lift Slow or Say No?
72. Kettlebells Are A Blast - If You're Careful
74. Lifting Wisdom From Tommy Kono (Commentary)
75. Squats: Full or Parallel?
76. Matt Furey's Royal Court of Bodyweight
Exercises
80. The Warrior Diet & Workout
87. Experiment/Change by Laszlo
104.
Weights and Arthritis - Good & Bad
108. Dangers of Heavy Lifting
- Laszlo Talks Back to The Wall Street Journal
119. Weights For Kids
143.
Tommy Kono Knee Bands Trial
144.
Training in Strange or
Unusual Circumstances
145. The Forest and The Trees
163. Hardgainer Publisher (Stuart
McRobert) Writes Magnum Opus
167.
Biomarkers - Has this book stood the test
of time?
177.
Overly-Strict Training Is
a Motivation Killer
192. Weight Training Reverses Almost 40 years of
Molecular Aging - in Six Months
203. Athletes Winning Over Age
(New in April)
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| AEROBIC EXERCISE
1. Heavyhands Revisited (Is strength-endurance a unique form of fitness?)
10. Forget The Fat-Burn Zone (What's best for fat burn & fitness?)
11. In Search Of The Ideal Aerobics Routine
12. Intervals For Fitness & Fat Loss (Q&A with Dr. Pat O'Shea)
15. Peak Shape - at 60 (with 4 new photos)
30. Escaping The Fat-Burn Zone (High/Low Intensity Aerobics)
59. Father of Aerobics Pumps More Iron
84. 500m Distance Reignites Rowing Zeal
88. Rowing: Follow-up to Article #84
106. One Year Older - and Faster (2003
Rowing Update)
110.
If You Think You
Can....... (Update to Article 88)
112. Tabata vs. GXP
121. Challenge At Birmingham - British
Indoor Rowing Championships
125. New Heavyhands!™
134. Breakthrough - Success is Sweet
136. The
Perfect Mile: Lost Lesson From First 4-Minute Mile
139. Train Your Brain
140. Row & Flow (Psychology of Optimum
Performance in any sport)
152.
Sprints
Build Endurance! (Intensity Trumps Volume)
164
Running to the Highest Peak - and the
Deepest Valley
182. Aerobic Exercise Pumps Up Your Brain
203. Athletes Winning Over Age
(New In April)
204. Reboot Your Brain With Exercise
(New In April)
205. Bible of
Evolutionary Fitness: Primal, Practical, Playful
(New In May)
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| FAT LOSS AND WEIGHT CONTROL
6. Dieter's Dilemma
9. Male Belly and Female Thigh Fat
10. Forget The Fat-Burn Zone (What's best for fat burn & fitness?)
12. Intervals For Fitness & Fat Loss (Q&A with Dr. Pat O'Shea)
13. Fat Loss Mother Nature's Way
14. Weight Control Masters (Secrets of people who lose weight - and keep it off))
19.
The Zone gets mixed Reviews
30.
Escaping The Fat-Burn Zone (High/Low Intensity Aerobics)
40.
Fiber and Weight
Loss
41. The Comfort Factor
45. Volumetrics: Weight Loss
Breakthrough
69. Shutdown Your Fat Genes - Turn on Your Thin
Genes
70. Ownership Principle at Work (Lawyer explains
how he lost almost 50 lbs.)
85.
Harnessing Our "Mean Genes"
86. Fat-Gain Triggers
92.
Stomach Hormone Foils Weight Loss
Efforts
94. Could Dr. Atkins Be Right After All?
101.
Holiday Eating
103.
Atkins Diet Controversy Continues
109.
Every Body Loves Whole Grains
111. Ultimate Fitness - Truth?
115. New Light On The Glycemic Index
116. The Art Of Choosing Bread
117. French Prove Calorie Saver Rule
119. Weights For Kids
120. Diet, Exercise & Coping Strategies - For
Your Personality
126. I'm a Flexitarian
135. Laszlo's Letter to Obese Friend
142. Fit But Fat Risky
149.
USDA's New Pyramid Tailors Diet to Age and Physical Activity
156. Creeping Obesity Gains Momentum
158. High Carbs + Protein or Healthy
Fat for Your Heart - and Waistline
159.
Holiday Pounds Forever
176.
Overweight Kills
178.
Mindless Eating
179. Harvard Study Says: Eat Fish
(The Obesity Connection)
186.
Pay Attention When You Eat
190. RETHINKING THIN: The New
Science of Weight Loss - Book
Commentary
194. Calorie Reduction With and
Without Exercise
199. Uniform Eating Goes Mainstream
(New in February)
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| FITNESS AND HEALTH
16.
Cooper Clinic 4th Visit at 60: Clarence's Health "Incredibly Good"
17.
What's Your Homocysteine? (News you can use about your health)
18.
Add A Little "Good Fat"
20. Don't Add "Good Fat" To A Bad Diet
26a. Tips For Out-Of-Shape Individuals
28. What's Your Real Age?
37. Balancing the Risks and Rewards of Exercise
39. Challenge Your Mind, As Well As Your Body
46. Syndrome X, The "New" Heart
Disease Risk
48. The Price Of Overtraining
53. Anti-Aging Medicine: Wave of The
Future Or Wrong Turn?
55. Cooper Clinic Physician Fights Aging With
Diet and Exercise (Response to 53)
59.
Father of Aerobics Pumps More Iron
61. Evolutionary Fitness
73. AHA Raises Fat Intake Limit, Adds
"Good" Fat
77. Don't Bend To The Terrorists - Fight Back
With Exercise
81. Avoid High Protein Diets, Says AHA
89. Healthy Lymph System, Healthy Body
90. A Carb/Cancer Connection?
91.
Greater Fitness/Longer Life
93. More Water
95.
Inflammation More Important Predictor of Heart
Attacks Than Cholesterol
97.
Learned Optimism
99. The Plain Water Advantage
104.
Weights and Arthritis - Good & Bad
105. Coronary Calcium Score and Stress
Management
108. Dangers of Heavy Lifting
- Laszlo Talks Back to The Wall Street Journal
109. Every Body Loves Whole Grains
111. Ultimate Fitness - Truth?
128. Back To Cooper Clinic
129. The Indomitable Pax Beale: Heart Cripple
to BB Champ
130. Moving Away From Joint
Pain: The Value of Exercise
132.
Benecol: Better Butter
137. Facts On Carbs For
Active People and Periodization of Nutrition
138. Fitness Potpourri:
Lifestyle v. Genes, Recovery Discovery, Master Gains
142. Fit But Fat Risky
146.
Grow Or Decay, Your Choice
148.
Anti-aging Medicine Evolves:
Age Management
151. Study Triggers New Enthusiasm For
Diet in Age of Statins
152.
Sprints
Build Endurance! (Intensity Trumps Volume)
154.
Prestigious Medical Journal
Highlights Predictive Power of Fitness
155.
You've Got A Bladder Problem!
161.
Miracle in Houston (Walking on New Hip Day of Surgery--3,
6 & 12 month updates)
170.
"Healthy" Fat People at Risk
171. Exercise Capacity and
Longevity - in Women
176. Overweight Kills
180. Exercise Improves Heart Function
(More Fitness & Less Fat = Stronger Heart)
182. Aerobic Exercise Pumps Up Your
Brain
183.
Exercise,
Wonder Drug That Keeps Giving: Protects Eyes
184. Leanness Trumps Calories,
Reduces Cancer Risk (Eat All You Want, But Burn All You Eat)
188. New CTA Heart Test Improves Risk
Assessment
191. Results of Clarence's 9th visit
to the Cooper Clinic
192. Weight Training Reverses Almost
40 years of Molecular Aging - in Six Months
193. Testosterone and Lifestyle
200. Live Fit, Live Long
201. Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
(New in March)
204. Reboot Your Brain With Exercise
(New in April)
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| THE AGE FACTOR
2.
The Metabolism Myth
3.
Keep That Spring (explosive strength movements help)
4.
Superstar of Successful Aging
15.
Peak Shape - at 60 (with 4 new photos)
16a Never-before seen photos of Clarence at ages 41, 48 and 60.
26c. The Competitive Edge
28. What's Your Real Age?
35. Living To 100 (commentary)
39. Challenge Your Mind, As Well As Your Body
58. The Necessity of Intensity
59. Father of Aerobics Pumps More Iron
110.
If You Think You
Can....... (Update to Article 88)
138. Fitness Potpourri:
Lifestyle v. Genes, Recovery Discovery, Master Gains
139. Train Your Brain
142.
Fit But Fat Risky
146.
Grow Or Decay, Your Choice
147.
Bass & Winett Compare Views
on Age Factor
148.
Anti-aging Medicine Evolves:
Age Management
149. USDA's New Pyramid Tailors Diet to Age and Physical Activity
160. Great Expectations: Attitude,
Exercise, and Aging
167. Biomarkers - Has this book stood the
test of time?
182.
Aerobic Exercise Pumps Up
Your Brain
192. Weight Training Reverses Almost 40 years of
Molecular Aging - in Six Months
200. Live Fit, Live Long
203. Athletes Winning Over Age
(New in April)
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| PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS
2.
The Metabolism Myth
23. Soreness, What Does It Mean?
39. Challenge Your Mind, As Well As Your Body
58. The Necessity of Intensity
64. Potpourri: High Protein Diets,
Metabolism & Lifting Belts
85. Harnessing Our "Mean Genes"
86. Fat-Gain Triggers
123. The Breakout Principle
139. Train Your Brain
166.
New Thinking About Lactic Acid
199. Uniform Eating Goes Mainstream
202. Balance - Unappreciated,
Misunderstood - and Neglected (New in March)
204. Reboot Your Brain With Exercise
(New in April)
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| PSYCHOLOGY AND MOTIVATION
26c.
The Competitive Edge
52.
The Inner Drives and Motivations of
Average Lifters (Competing with Ixtal)
56. The Ownership Principle - Still
Working 12 Years Later
68. The Key To Success: Sisyphus Revisited
71. Full Range of Motive: The Psychology
of Lifelong Lifting
77. Don't Bend To The Terrorists - Fight Back
With Exercise
84. 500m Distance Reignites Rowing Zeal
97. Learned Optimism
100. The New "Positive
Psychology"
107. Owners and Victims
122. Motivate Yourself
140. Row & Flow (Psychology of Optimum
Performance in any sport)
147.
Bass & Winett Compare Views
on Age Factor
160. Great Expectations: Attitude,
Exercise, and Aging
165. Self –Regulation: Long-Term
Motivation for Exercise Training
169. Baby Steps Into The
Unknown (Lessons from Dean Karnazes' Ultra
Marathon Man)
178.
Mindless Eating
185. Change or Die (Formula for Life
Altering Change)
198. Great Fit: A Tale of Two Books by
Kevin Vost (New in January)
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| PERSONALITIES
25. John C. Grimek, An Inspiration For The
Ages
27.
The Blond Bomber Online
32.
Muscletown USA (commentary)
33.
Dorian Yates: The Ultimate Bodybuilder (commentary)
36.
Ed Coan, The Mozart of Strength (commentary)
38.
Paul Anderson, King of the Squat
42.
Roy Hilligenn, a Marvel at 29, 54 - and
Now, at 77
43. The Evil Russian Touches Down in
Albuquerque
50. The Vost Visit - A Personal Consultation
With Clarence Bass
52. The Inner Drives and Motivations of
Average Lifters (Competing with Ixtal)
54. Take It From Tiger
55. Cooper Clinic Physician Fights Aging With
Diet and Exercise
56. The Ownership Principle - Still
Working 12 Years Later
60.
Dave Draper Book Brims With Wit and
Wisdom
61. Evolutionary Fitness
67. Persistence Pays - A Profile of
National Master's Champion Bill Brian
74. Lifting Wisdom From Tommy Kono (Commentary)
83. Chasing The Hawk:
George Sheehan,
M.D.(and my Dad)
114. AOBS Reunion Dinner in Pictures
118. Beyond The Universe - The Bill Pearl
Story
124. The Arthur Jones/Nautilus Story
- New Book by Ell Darden - Latest on Arthur Jones &
High-Intensity Training
129. The Indomitable Pax Beale: Heart Cripple
to BB Champ
131. Jim Park: The Image on the
Hi-Proteen Canister
133. Conversation with Leonard
Schwartz, M.D.
141. Quantum Strength Author Pat O'Shea Dies
157. Ed Corney, Still Great at 64 (Repost of
Article with Ed's new website)
162. Denie's Doodles
(About Denie Walter and Computer-Enhanced Photo)
163.
Hardgainer Publisher (Stuart
McRobert) Writes Magnum Opus
164. Running to the Highest Peak - and the
Deepest Valley
168.
Kevin Vost - The Albuquerque Experiment:
A Six-Year Follow-Up Report
169. Baby Steps Into The
Unknown (Lessons from Dean Karnazes' Ultra
Marathon Man)
172.
Floyd Landis Doping Controversy - with selected reader comments
174. Bowerman And The Men of Oregon
(Biography of famous coach and Nike cofounder, commentary)
175. Brothers of Iron
(Weider brothers autobiography)
181. Austrian Sports Climber - Pure Muscle - Visits Land of
Enchantment (Update October 2007)
187.
Norbert Schemansky Biography
189. Bruce Wilhelm Chronicles Stories of
Lifting Giants: Ken Patera and Pat Casey
195. Clarence and Laszlo Click in Photo Shoot
for our New Book - help us select a cover photo - your picks and pans
196. Great Expectations Cover - How We
Selected the Photos
(New in October)
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| LIFESTYLE
26a. Tips For Out-Of-Shape Individuals
41. The Comfort Factor
113.
Intervals For Life And
Fitness
120. Diet, Exercise & Coping Strategies - For
Your Personality
107. Owners and Victims
122. Motivate Yourself
123.
The Breakout Principle
134.
Breakthrough - Success is Sweet
138. Fitness Potpourri:
Lifestyle v. Genes, Recovery Discovery, Master Gains
146.
Grow Or Decay, Your Choice
201. Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
(New in March)
202. BALANCE: Unappreciated, Misunderstood - and Neglected
(New in March)
205. Bible of
Evolutionary Fitness: Primal, Practical, Playful
(New in May) |
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