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Update - Dec 6 2002
The latest and greatest at johnberardi.com

The Large Professor - The Prince of Students
In this month's Large Professor, Phil discusses the characteristic that separates the great students from the rest. As students of the iron game, every once in a while we should step back and evaluate just how much we're putting into our studies.

Going Postal - December's Email
Selections from this month's mailbag.

That New Article Smell - Whole Milk and Integrity
This month, guest contributor Lorne Opler tells us how a correspondence course on weightlifting from way back in the 70's influenced how he approaches the bodybuilding lifestyle today. Weightlifters, how 'bout lending those newbies a hand so that we can populate the earth with strong, muscular lifters full of self-confidence, discipline, and integrity.

That New Article Smell - The Fiery Ab Workout
In this section, Lori Hill is back with another excellent article. As many of you may recall, a few months back she shared her thoughts on abnormal eating. In this one she explores the other side of waist improvement - the ab training.

Remembrance of Things Past - Carb Roundtable Part I
By John M Berardi. First published at www.t-mag.com, Sep 27 2002.
In this first part of a two part article, John, Lonnie Lowery, Cy Willson, and Jared (of all people) discuss 1/3 of the macronutrient triumvirate, the carbohydrate. In part one, topics such as the glycemic and insulin indices are discussed as are the different carbohydrate classification schemes.

Remembrance of Things Past - Carb Roundtable Part II
By John M Berardi. First published at www.t-mag.com, Oct 4 2002.
n this second part of a two-part article, John, Lonnie Lowery, Cy Willson, and Jared (of all people) discuss 1/3 of the macronutrient triumvirate, the carbohydrate. In part two, the differences between carbohydrate types are discussed, as are our rules for carbohydrate consumption.

In addition to these regular sections, we've added 5 conference reviews that John had previously written, including reviews from:

• the 2001 SWIS symposium in Toronto
• the 2002 SWIS symposium in Toronto
• the 2000 ACSM meeting in Indianapolis
• the 2000 CSEP meeting in Canmore
• the 2002 OEP meeting in Barrie

If you don't know what these acronyms mean, that's all the more reason to check out these reviews