Need Your Vote!
It is that time of year again! Last year, you guys helped vote GoldenTrainer
Performance Studio to second best place to workout in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. If you
could go to:
http://iguide.iowa.com/sp?aff=1110&skin=400&siteId=300789&mainCat=4000&catId=400\
3&mainCat=4000&catId=4003 and take 2 minutes of your time to vote, I would
greatly appreciate all the good words and help I can get from in and
out-of-state customers!

Contest:
Starting May 1, 2009 and thru July 1, 2009 All GoldenTrainer Clients will be
part of a results contest which will include a prize package! Each client will
receive 1 point for each percent of bodyweight gain/loss, 1 point for each
percent of body fat lost and receive a point for each percent they show up for
their appointments (everyone will start with 100 and only have points to lose!)
I am still constructing package, but will be worth around $100 in value!

GENERAL:
Have a Happy Cinco De Mayo, Mothers Day & Memorial Day! GoldenTrainer
Performance will be closed Monday May 25, 2009 for Memorial Day! Early Notice: I
will not be available July 8 – 12, as I will be at the National Strength &
Conditioning Conference! Place orders and make appointments accordingly, as no
appointments will be taken and no shipments will be shipped! If you would like
to know what days GoldenTrainer will be closed, go to:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=821671\
00 and look at the calendar that is available. If there is an event going on
that day, it doesn't necessarily mean we are closed unless it says "(closed)"
next to it.

TRAINING
Congratulations to:
Top Female: Lost 7 pounds going from 172 – 165 since April 1st!
Top Male: Lost 13 pounds going from 220 – 207 since April 1st!
Top Muscle Gain: Neil Boudreaux went from 146.5 – 151.5 since April 1st!

NEW PRODUCTS AVAILABLE:

New Supplements that are now being carried online and in-studio include:

1. New Flavors Gold Standard (http://www.goldentrainer.com/goldstandard.htm)
2. Dymatize Viper (http://www.goldentrainer.com/dymatizeviper.htm)
3. ZizZazz Energy (http://www.goldentrainer.com/zizzazzenergy.htm)
4. ZizZazz Workout (http://www.goldentrainer.com/zizzazzworkout.htm)
5. ABB Diet Turbo Tea (http://www.goldentrainer.com/abbturboteapowder.htm)


April Hot 5 Supplements(based on units sold) at GoldenTrainer Performance were:
1. Gaspari Nutrition MitoTropin (http://www.goldentrainer.com/mitotropin.htm)
2. Lipodrene with Ephedra (http://www.goldentrainer.com/lipodrene.htm)
3. Pre-Order CytoLean V2 (http://www.goldentrainer.com/cytoleanv2.htm)
4. Gaspari MyoFusion (http://www.goldentrainer.com/myofusion.htm)
5. ECA Xtreme With Ephedra (http://www.goldentrainer.com/ecaxtreme.htm)


WEBSITE:

I have continued to get new products, nutrition facts and different features
added to the website. If you have any thoughts or recommendations, please let me
know!

I have a new sponsor link for www.ronscoins.net listed on the web. Right now,
many people are looking to get rid of jewelry, gold, silver, coins, etc. If you
are looking for the highest buy-back price on the market, set up an appointment
to have an appraisal done and turn your dusty collectibles into much needed
cash!

Need motivation sent to your phone? GoldenTrainer motivation is now available
via twitter at: http://twitter.com/goldentrainer to have frequent motivation
sent to your phone to remind you to get off your butt and get your workout in!


Thought of the Month:

"How Much Does Drinking Affect Muscle Gain!?" – Anon.

Background:

I have never been much of a drinker and personally would rather have a cheat day
of junk food instead of a night of dinking! While eating junk food may increase
storage of fat, you could argue you are still feeding the muscle you have worked
hard to put on, while alcohol will actually deplete the hard work you have put
in!

Response:

Drinking will play havoc on the muscle gains you are trying to make for the
following reasons:

1. Drinking pushes essential vitamins and minerals out of your body!

a. Vitamins A, C, the B's, calcium, zinc and phosphorus will be pushed out of
your body at an extremely rapid rate. These are not only important in the bodies
daily functioning and health, but they are also important in the growth and
maintenance of muscle mass!

2. Drinking will increase the storage in fat!

a. Loaded with empty calories, drinking messes with each person's Krebs cycle,
which is the process of breaking down food and burning fat. Because there is no
substance to breakdown, the Krebs Cycle has been shown to slow down or even
shutdown, which leads to the storage of fat and calories that are contained in
the alcoholic beverages you are drinking. However, if you are having 1 beer or 1
glass of wine with a meal, this would be considered more acceptable. However, if
you do not take in plenty of water with your meal or if the meal is high in
carbohydrates and/or fats, you will still experience a high amount of storage in
the body leading to fat!

3. Drinking Causes Dehydration!

a. 60-70% of muscle mass is comprised of water. By drinking alcohol, you push
water out of your body and dehydrate yourself. This leads to a decrease in
muscle size/mass!

4. Drinking increases Estrogen and Decreases Testosterone!

a. Testosterone is the main source of muscle building in anyone's body! By
decreasing the amount of testosterone production in a person's body, they will
begin to store calories as fat and begin to eat away at the body muscle mass.
This will also create increase in estrogen, which is devastating to any male.
The lower one's testosterone drops, the older they will look with any of the
following side affects; Man boobs, sagging in the face, grey of the hair,
cellulite around the waistline, cellulite in the gluteus, cellulite in the legs!

5. Drinking Has A Negative Affect on Protein Synthesis!

a. Protein Synthesis is the formation of Amino Acids in becoming complete
proteins, this becomes a problem (as you can see) because there will be a
shortage of protein to feed the muscles!

As a whole, I think anyone can see that drinking, especially in excess will
create major problems for men and women alike with the decrease in muscle
development, muscle recovery and muscle growth and the increase of body fat
storage!