All Together Now!

I'm going to NZ in 10 days. My research tells me that it is theoretically possible to gain 1 kg of muscle mass per week, at peak tuning. That's my goal for the next week. I'm working with the mantra: "Strength, Flexibility, Balance". I want to increase my overall system strength, but also increase my flexibility at the same time, in a balanced fashion.

My current program is the combination of my research into cancer and nutrition last year, my ongoing research into nutrition and yoga, and some new research on performance tuning of the human body.

I'll give you a run down of the program I'm using. The competitive advantage is not in secret knowledge, but in application. I welcome any advice that readers might be able to offer to help me tune the program more precisely

This a shot I took this morning of my daily load of supplements, with a tray of wheatgrass for juicing in the background. Liquids and loose powders are not included.

What we have in this shot are the following:

• 6 x Yoga Body Natural "Flexamine" (www.yogabodynaturals.com). This contains MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), Triple Green Blend (organic spirulina, organic chlorella & barley grass juice extract), Ultra-Sorb Vitamin C (ascorbic acid buffered with calcium ascorbate), Trace Mineral Uptake Enhancers. 3 vege caps twice a day on an empty stomach with 500 ml water to alkalize, detox, and promote flexibility.
• 4 x pH-Corrected Creatine (Kre-Alkalyn). 2 caps twice a day with lots of water to promote enhanced muscle recharging. [wikipedia article]
• 3 x Body Quick "Cognamine" (www.getbodyquick.com). One of the primary active ingredients in this is Acetylcholine [wikipedia article]. A neurotransmitter, it opens ligand gated sodium channels in the cell membrane of skeletal muscle fibers. 3 caps (non-veg, so I remove the content) with 250 ml of water 30 minutes before a yoga class to get my game on!
• 2 x Multi B Vitamins - B1 - B12 to relieve stress, increase energy, and promote system recharging. I use this even when I'm not in training. Just for the high level of activity and engagement of my lifestyle, these B vitamins are invaluable. They really work. When I take them I can handle a lot more mental and emotional load. Blackmore's Executive Stress Complex is a good one.
• 1 x Kelp tablet - this is to replace iodine lost in Bikram and hot yoga classes.

Here's how my daily program stacks up at the moment:

3.30 am - 3 x Yoga Body Naturals Flexamine and 500 ml of water
4.00 am - 2 x Kre-Alkalyn Creatine + Blackstrap molasses (high GI carb to promote Creatine uptake + sodium, magnesium, and iron to replace electrolytes lost in hot yoga)
4.30 am - Mangal-arati - play mrdanga and dance until I'm sweating
5.10 am - 500ml cale and broccoli juice, 3 x Body Quick Cognamine
5.30 am - 2 hours hot yoga (www.bikramyogabrisbane.com.au)
8.00 am - Breakfast - balanced carbs and protein - muesli + whey protein isolate / maca [wikipedia article] (I found out about maca when we lived in Peru), B Vitamin complex, Kelp tablet, 2 tablespoons Flaxseed Oil with Quark (Omega-3 for regenerating myelin sheathing in the brain, quark to promote omega-3 uptake - this is part of the Budwig cancer protocol)
8.30 am - Ride bicycle to work
11.00 am - Percy's Powder (anti-cancer and electrolyte replacement)
1.00 pm Lunch (Param cooks it and brings it when she teaches the lunchtime class at Atma) - rice and dhal, B Vitamin
6.00 pm - 3 x Yoga Body Naturals Flexamine and 500 ml of water
6.30 pm - Fusion hot yoga class (www.fusionhotyoga.com.au) - these guys recently opened in Norman Park

I chant my rounds before Mangal-arati, and in periodic breaks during my working day.

I can do things like this for fixed periods with specific goals, like a 30 or 60 day challenge, or a ramp up to a showdown. I've given up feeling guilty about not being in the mode of goodness - play to your strengths.

At the moment my body is tuned more like a carnivore's body than a vegetarian one. Raja guna in the house! I can understand now more intimately how Pariksit Maharaja was implicated in the circumstances that lead up to his death. When your body is tuned like this and you don't get sufficient water or fuel for the digestive fire, yes, people die. I carry a couple of protein bars during the day, to avoid ripping limbs or heads from bodies.