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Mentzer Brothers Dead!
On June 10, 2001, at approximately 9:00 AM, Mike Mentzer's heart stopped beating while he was asleep. Earlier this year, a blood clot broke loose from his leg and went to his lung. During this hospitalization, tests revealed that Mike had suffered two silent heart attacks that he never even knew he experienced. Mike had spent the last 2 or 3 months very involved in his writings, consultations, consummating various new business agreements and was very enthused and excited. To quote Mike, "I can't believe how all these great things are coming together for me." Mike was 49 years old - born November 15, 1951.

To compound the loss of Mike, on June 11th, at approximately 9:00 PM, Ray died in his sleep. Ray suffered from kidney failure caused by Berger's Disease. In 1999, Ray started kidney dialysis 4 times each week, and extensive testing was performed on him to determine if he could handle a kidney transplant. During the testing, it was found that Ray had a genetic blood clotting disorder which compounded the kidney disease. Approximately 2 months ago, Ray was told there may be a kidney for him sometime this summer. This pleased Ray, because the dialysis was taking a toll on his body, due to blood clots. A week before his death, he was rushed to the emergency room during dialysis due to an excessively high pulse rate. At times, the dialysis center would take him to emergency due to a high blood pressure rate. On several occasions, there were hospital emergencies, because the dialysis treatment could not be completed due to improper output of dialysis, caused by blood clots. Very few people knew of his suffering, mainly because Ray was not a complainer and was so full of courage, strength, and the will to live. He had been in a state of shock since finding his brother dead, and there were visible signs that it was taking a physical strain on his body. Ray was 47 years old - born August 2, 1953.

There was a history of heart disease in the Mentzer family. They have only one surviving sibling - a sister, Marieann from Ephrata, Pennsylvania.

MIKE MENTZER'S COMPETITIVE RECORD
1971 Mr America - AAU, 10th
1971 Teen Mr America - AAU, 2nd
1975 Mr America - IFBB, Medium, 3rd
1975 Mr USA - ABBA, Medium, 2nd
1976 Mr America - IFBB, Overall Winner
1976 Mr America - IFBB, Medium, 1st
1976 Universe - IFBB, MiddleWeight, 2nd
1977 North American Championships - IFBB, Overall Winner
1977 North American Championships - IFBB, MiddleWeight, 1st
1977 Universe - IFBB, HeavyWeight, 2nd
1978 USA vs the World - IFBB, HeavyWeight, 1st
1978 Mr. Universe - IFBB, HeavyWeight, 1st (Perfect Score)
1978 World Amateur Championships - IFBB, HeavyWeight, 1st
1979 Canada Pro Cup - IFBB, 2nd
1979 Florida Pro Invitational - IFBB, 1st
1979 Night of Champions - IFBB, 3rd
1979 Olympia - IFBB, HeavyWeight, 1st
1979 Pittsburgh Pro Invitational - IFBB, 2nd
1979 Southern Pro Cup - IFBB, 1st
1980 Olympia - IFBB, 5th

Ray (L) and Mike Mentzer

It's Not About Calories By Susan Cuozzo, M.A.
A recent small but significant study pokes a large hole in the idea that weight loss is simply a matter of restricting calories. Results of the study, conducted at Schneider Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park, N.Y., were presented at a meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine in Washington, D.C. Marc Jacobson, M.D., reported on his findings, involving children ranging in age from 12 to 18, all of whom were between 20 and 100 pounds overweight. He found that teens consuming a low-carb diet were more successful in their weight-loss efforts than those following a low-fat, high-carb plan, even though the former ate an average of 730 more calories daily.
Members of the low-carb group were allowed to eat as many calories as they wanted in the form of meat, fish, fowl and cheese, two salads a day and minimal other carbs. The low-fat group ate fat-free dairy products, whole grains, low-fat meats, poultry and fish and many fruits and vegetables. They were limited to 1,100 calories a day. The results speak for themselves: Teens eating the low-carb diet lost an average of 19 pounds during a 12-week period; low-fat dieters averaged 8.5 pounds. The low-carb dieters also showed a greater decrease in overall serum cholesterol levels and triglyceride levels were reduced by 52 percent, as compared to a 10 percent drop for the low-fat group. High-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good," cholesterol levels increased in the low-carb group and decreased in the low-fat group.
Two myths often perpetuated by critics of the low carb program were also addressed in this study. Skeptics who don't actually understand the process of ketosis have often stated that a low carb diet is effective only because fewer calories are consumed. As low carb followers can attest, they can eat plenty of delicious, whole foods. In the Schneider study, the low-carb group consumed an average of 1,830 calories a day, 66 percent more than the low-fat group's average, while losing almost 1 pound more per week. Another myth is that a low carb diet can damage kidneys. Schneider researchers monitored kidney and liver functions and found that they were unaffected by the low-carb diet.
Dr. Jacobson attributes the weight loss success of the low-carb dieters to suppressed insulin levels, resulting from carbohydrate restriction. This, in turn, stops the body from "laying down new fat," he says, forcing it to burn fat already accumulated in the body. After three months on a weight-loss plan, study participants followed a maintenance diet that included additional carbohydrates. Six to 12 months later, most of the high-protein dieters had maintained their new weight. The study provides additional evidence for the efficacy of a high-protein, low-carb weight loss program, specifically for teenagers.
Sondike, S, Jacobson, M and Copperman,
"The ketogenic diet increases weight loss but not cardiovascular risk: A randomized controlled trial" J Adolescent Health Care. 26:91; 2000.

Come Train With Me
It's no doubt that personal training in Australia is growing at a fast rate. Go into most gyms now and you will find personal trainers hovering like lawyers around a whiplash victim. Gone are the days when a friendly gym instructor showed you how to perform exercises correctly and monitored your progress. Nowadays if you want hints on how to train you have to pay for it on top of your membership fees. Any one today can become a personal trainer. All you have to do is a course supplied by various institutions, and bingo, you have the right to go and take control of desperate, overweight peoples' destiny in the gym.
I think that's a problem. A lot of personal trainers have no experience. A lot of them have trained for only a few months themselves before becoming personal trainers. That's not my main beef though. A lot of personal trainers don't look the part. I don't mean that they all should look like Ronnie Coleman. However, they should at least look like they train themselves. If I was looking for a personal trainer, my motivation would be that I would like to look like them. I've seen personal trainers who are overweight, or then so underweight that I would not trust them to spot me with 20kgs on the bench. I even had one trainer come to me and say that "you don't need extra protein to build muscle - you can get away with a normal diet". Now this statement would be fine if it came from a trainer weighing 100kg's at 5% bodyfat. The trouble was this "expert" was lucky to weigh 50kg's soaking wet. There can be another extreme though. Some trainers are what I call genetic freaks. I know a female personal trainer who looks great - a female goddess so to speak. The problem is that she has always looked like this. Training or diet has nothing to do with it. In fact when she's in the gym it's actually quite comical to watch her training. She doesn't have to work hard! She ambles around the gym, hits a couple of machines, never even smudges her makeup and then tucks into Mars bars for energy. She has no experience with working a body into shape, so what right has she to advise others?
However, not all trainers fall into this category. There are many competent, experienced and qualified trainers out there. Unfortunately though, there are also those who are only there to make a quick buck.If you are looking for a trainer, ask around. How long have they been training for? What were they like before they started working as a personal trainer? Were they overweight and transformed their physique? Were they underweight and had to bust their guts to build muscle? I know a couple of trainers who have a portfolio of before and after photos of themselves they show potential customers.
Knowledge comes with experience, not necessarily with a diploma.

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PROTEIN COUNTER
People are asking me all the time for the protein content of foods. Below you can find a list of some popular foods with their protein value.
Food Serving/ Grams of Protein
1 egg white of 1 egg 3.5
1 egg 1 large 6
scrambled egg whites 100g 9
lean ground beef, cooked 100g 25
chicken breast without skin 100g 30
broiled top round beef 100g 30
salmon 100g 27
cheddar cheese 100g 23
low-fat yogurt 1 cup 10
skim milk 1 cup 8
tuna 100g 29
baked beans 1 cup 14
lentils 1 cup 18
pasta 1 cup 5
bread 2 slices 6
tofu 1/2 cup 10
cottage cheese 1/2 cup 14
turkey breast 100g 23

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Croweaters At The Worlds
The recent NABBA World Titles in Austria on the 12th of June proved to be successful for a couple of South Australian bodybuilders. Nick Dean went over and returned with 3rd place in the Juniors. Nick is coached by Mr World, Nick Jones, who prepared him for his World debut. Teri Roberts (also coached by Nick Jones) took out second in the Ms Figure after tying for first place. The next day however, Teri won the World Fitness Federation Ms Fitness Overall title. Teri continues to amaze everyone as she was once again in her best condition ever and was extremely unlucky not to take out the Figure Class. She has now indicated that she will retire from national competition but is leaving her options open to compete internationally.

Teri Roberts

Teri Roberts 2nd Figure (3rd from right) - South Australia

Nick Jones with Pauline Newman (3rd Figure - Aus) and Teri

Men's Overall Posedown

Eli Hanna - Israel (r)

Nick Jones with Mr World Orazio Salvatori

Lee Newman 4th Class 2 - Australia

Nick Dean 3rd Junior - South Australia

Former British Champion Bertil Fox, sentenced to death by hanging back in 1998 on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts, will have his final appeal heard by Britain's Privy Council in London on July 16. Fox was convicted for the September, 1997, double murders of his girlfriend Leyoca Browne and her mother Violet. The appeal is being heard in England due to the fact that St. Kitts is part of the British Commonwealth.

One of the sport's best has launched a highly entertaining Web site. British bodybuilder J.D. Dawodu, who will be making his first Mr. Olympia appearance this year, can be found contemplating life while staring in a pool of water at his Web site "www.jdmuscle.com." When you click on the first page, you go to an image of J.D.'s photos on a rotating cube.

Things were going just peachy for Chris Cormier, then the Real Deal woke up one morning and was shocked to see his cherished customized truck had been stripped."They stole the rims and tires, and $15,000 worth of stuff inside the truck," said Cormier of the punk robbers who filched his goods. "They left it sitting on blocks. I'm not sure if I was targeted or not, but they knew enough to take everything of any value. "The whole incident left Cormier fuming. "I work hard to earn the money to buy all that stuff, and it pisses me off. It was my only car, and it's not driveable now." This is one headache Chris didn't need going into the biggest Olympia preparation of his life. "I've taken some time off from the gym because I haven't had my head into it," he said. "I don't want to chance an injury. The time off won't hurt, though

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