Feb 11, 2012. One program that we have found to be extremely effective is Charles Poliquin's German Body Comp for Athletes program. It's a progression on the original German Body Comp (or GBC) program, which is a fat-loss program designed for the general population with emphasis on full-body training session that.

Agent: Angie Abdou has published four books, including three novels: The Bone Cage (a CBC Canada Reads finalist in 2011), The Canterbury Trail (a Banff Mountain Book finalist in 2011) and Between (2014, Arsenal Press). The latter has been reviewed favourably in The Globe and Mail, National Post, Winnipeg Review, Quill and Quire and Vancouver Sun.

In the United States, New York’s Library Journal listed Between as a Top 13 Indie Pick for Spring 2015. For The Bone Cage, Angie won the 2012 MacEwan Book of the Year, and in doing so joined a prestigious group of authors, including Margaret Atwood and Yann Martel. Between was named a “Best of 2014″ book by PRISM Magazine, 49th Shelf, and the Vancouver Sun. Angie is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Athabasca University. Her nonfiction has appeared in various magazines and newspapers, including National Post and Elle Magazine.

Agent: Reeve Abraben is a nationally recognized custom gunmaker and a member of the American Custom Gunmakers Guild. A graduate of the Colorado School of Trades, a gunsmithing school, he is an avid collector of antiquarian sporting books, and has complied an extensive library of hunting, African hunting, fishing, gun, and shooting books dating back to the 1850’s.

Reeve is a contributing writer for the Journal of the American Custom Gunmaker’s Guild The Gunmaker, and has written technical gun articles for US Gun and GunPro magazines, and sporting columns for the Florida newspaper, The Boca Beacon. ONE EXTRAORDINARY RIFLE: CHRONICLE OF A FINE CUSTOM GUN is Reeve’s nearly complete chronicle about the making of a one-of-a-kind masterpiece African hunting rifle. Photos and essays detail the building of this collector’s model rifle, valued at over $100,000, which has made its way through the hands of the world’s most renowned artisan gunmakers, and from the walnut orchard in Australia where the wood was harvested for the stock to the checkering cradle in Montana; from the steel mill in Michigan to the engraver’s vise in Arizona — where it now sits waiting for final customization. The book includes photos by award winning firearms photographer Ron Toews and descriptive narrative from many of the contributing artisans. Reeve has also recently completed RIFT VALLEY a novel which takes place on safari during the 1950’s Mau Mau uprising in East Africa. Agent: Alison Acheson’s eighth book, 19 Things: A Book Of Lists for Me, will be published in Fall 2014.

Her works are for all ages, from picture books to short fiction for adults. Her novel, Mud Girl, was a Canadian Library Association finalist for Young Adult Book of the Year, and Grandpa’s Music is on the IBBY List of Books for Children Living With Disabilities. She lives and works in Ladner, in a houseful of boys, and is currently at work on a middle-grade mystery novel set in one of the nearby floathome communities on the Fraser River. She teaches Writing For Children and Young Adults in the MFA program at the University of British Columbia. Agent: Mariama Ahmed is a writer and freelance content marketer based in Toronto, Ontario. Her writings and interviews have been featured on CBC’s Fresh Air and Life Rattle Press. When she’s not writing she attends Al Hikmah Islamic Centre for their full time program on the study of the Qur’an.

She also co-host of The Woman Up Podcast, an open discussion with women of all walks of life from almost every continent as they journey into self betterment, one conversation at a time. She is currently working on her first book, a memoir on her personal journey with the niqab as a woman that veils. Agent: A former high school teacher, Don Aker has written nineteen books, among them several novels for teenagers. His young adult fiction has earned him numerous awards, among them the Canadian Library Association’s Honour Book Award for The Space Between, the Ontario Library Association’s White Pine Award for The First Stone, Atlantic Canada’s Ann Connor Brimer Award for The First Stone and Of Things Not Seen, and the Canadian Authors Association’s Lilla Stirling Award for Of Things Not Seen and One on One. The father of two daughters, Don lives with his wife on Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy shoreline. More information about Don Aker can be found on his website:. Fiction Delusion Road (World Rights Available Ex: Canada (English): (HarperCollins Canada Film Rights Available) Running on Empty A car of his own beckons, and Ethan Palmer sees a route to quick cash.

But what will it cost him? (HarperCollins Canada, 2012) The Fifth RuleReef becomes the centre of controversy while he tries to rebuild his reputation and his relationship with Leeza, the only girl he has ever loved. (HarperCollins, 2011) OLA Best Bet, Young Adult Fiction, 2012 “Pacing is fast and suspenseful throughout. Reef and Leeza’s frustrated love story and Reef’s justifiable anger at the manipulative politician Decker are the emotional threads that propel readers through the plot.

The climax involves Reef’s going to confront Decker while Leeza races to stop him, and Aker uses short chapters alternating between the characters to keep readers on the edges of their seats. There is no need to have read The First Stone in order to enjoy The Fifth Rule – it stands alone perfectly well-, but anyone who has read the original book will definitely want to read this conclusion to Reef and Leeza’s story. This book will appeal to older readers looking for suspenseful realistic fiction. The Fifth Rule would make an excellent novel to study in the classroom, both for its composition and for its themes and issues.” – Highly Recommended, Canadian Materials The Space Between With his incredible high-wire talent for balancing sensitive subjects with sardonic, teen-friendly humour, Aker delivers another brilliant must-read novel. Agent: Karen Fisher-Alaniz is the author of Breaking the Code: a Father’s Secret, a Daughter’s Journey, and the Question That Changed Everything (Sourcebooks, 2011).

She began writing the memoir when her father, a WWII veteran, started having flashbacks and nightmares more than 60-years after the war. Karen holds a master’s degree in education and is a speaker, writer, and educator. She teaches a memoir writing class, Legacy Writers, through the community college. She lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest. Agent: Ryan Alexander-Tanner became fascinated by comics at a very young age and not much has changed since then.

He received a BFA in 2005 and quickly built a career, first as a comics journalist for Portland, Oregon’s alt-weekly newspaper The Willamette Week and then as a brand illustrator for Dave’s Killer Bread. He went on to co-author (with renowned educator William Ayers) and illustrate TO TEACH: THE JOURNEY, IN COMICS for Columbia University’s Teachers College Press in 2010. His more recent work has focused on creating comics that make underrepresented peoples and issues more accessible, for clients that include Medium.com, Buzzfeed.com, Talkingpointsmemo.com, Bitchmedia.org, and Planned Parenthood. He has taught classes and workshops and given presentations about how to make and/or teach comics at many institutions, including Stanford, SAIC, Bank Street, and Columbia.

He is currently working with client Sarah Mirk on a YA graphic novel about relationships. Agent: Michele Coppola Ames is a freelance editor and writer, as well as a certified language arts teacher with an MA in Education. She worked for 10 years as a children’s book editor for various publishing houses, including Little, Brown; Simon & Schuster; and Penguin.

As an editor, she was particularly drawn to young picture books and middle grade novels, and those are the kinds of books she likes to write. At the age of 15, Michele wrote her first novel in a loose-leaf notebook, which she distributed a chapter at a time to three neighbors. Recently, her children’s opera based on Rumpelstiltskin was performed in New York City, which attracted even more neighbors. She lives in Redding, Connecticut with her husband and three sons, next to a pond that’s home to beavers, geese, turtles, and frogs. Agent: Jessica Lee Anderson is the author of Trudy (winner of the 2005 Milkweed Prize for Children’s Literature), Border Crossing (Quick Picks Nomination, Cynsational Book of 2009), as well as Calli (2013 Rainbow List Final Nomination, 2011 YALSA’s Readers’ Choice Booklist Nomination).

She’s published multiple chapter books for Rourke Educational Media and both fiction and nonfiction with Heinemann, Pearson, Seedling Publications, Six Red Marbles, and a variety of magazines including Highlights for Children. Jessica graduated from Hollins University with a Master of Arts in Children’s Literature, and previously instructed at the Institute of Children’s Literature and St. Edward’s University. She is a member of The Texas Sweethearts & Scoundrels and hopes to be more sweetheart than scoundrel. She lives near Austin, Texas with her husband, daughter, and two crazy dogs. Suzanne Alyssa Andrew is the author of Circle of Stones, a novel (Dundurn Press, March 2015). Originally from Vancouver Island, she now lives and writes in Toronto.

Her work has appeared in various print publications including Taddle Creek, The Toronto Star, Broken Pencil, OCAD University’s Sketch magazine, and in digital film and TV co-productions such as the award-winning interactive documentary The Defector. She also writes for story-based digital games and plays bass in an indie rock band. She studied at Carleton University where she earned a Bachelor of Journalism and Master of Arts degree in English. Agent: Craig Applegath is the founding principal of DIALOG’s Toronto Studio, and a passionate designer who believes in the power of built form to meaningfully improve the wellbeing of communities and the environment they are part of. Since graduating from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University with a Master of Architecture in Urban Design Craig has focused his energies on leading innovative planning and design projects that address the complex challenges facing our communities, as well as on his advocacy of sustainable building design, and urban regeneration and symbiosis. Craig was a founding Board Member of Sustainable Buildings Canada, a Past President of the Ontario Association of Architects, and the current moderator
of SymbioticCities.net.

Craig has lectured or taught at Harvard, the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo, as well as at many professional and sector related conferences around the world. In 2001 Craig was made a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada for his contributions to the profession of architecture.

He is working on his first book that explores how the planning and design of cities needs to respond to the combined threats of climate change and ecological overshoot. More information on Craig Applegath can be found on DIALOG’s website at Agent.

Agent: Ujwal is a cultural anthropologist and a pioneer in the field of consumer research who has worked with global brands such as Microsoft, Ford, Hewlett Packard, Lowe’s, Subaru, Mercedes-Benz, and General Electric. He has dedicated the better part of a decade to the study of human behavior online. So much so that 15 months ago, he became the only researcher to have collaborated with the online community reddit.com to predict the upcoming U.S election’s focus on fairness and corporate collusion. Together with his business partner, disruptive research firm MotivIndex co-founder Jason Partridge, Ujwal is writing a book that aims to change the way business leaders think about human motivation and disrupt the research industry as it stands today. Agent: Katherine Ashenburg is the author of three books and many magazine and newspaper articles.

She wrote for The New York Times travel section and on design for Toronto Life, among others. Her books include “Going to Town: Architectural Walking Tours in Southern Ontario” (winner of the Ontario Historical Society award), “The Mourner’s Dance: What We Do When People Die” (short-listed for two important prizes) and “The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History” (one of The Independent’s Ten Best History Books of the year and one of the New York Public Library’s 25 Best Books of the year), which was published in 12 countries and six languages. In former incarnations, she was a producer at CBC Radio and The Globe and Mail’s Arts and Books editor. She won a Gold Medal at the National Magazine awards in 2012 for her article on old age. She is currently working on a novel. More information about Katherine Ashenburg can be found on her website: Photo Credit: Joy von Tiedemann Fiction Sofie & Cecilia (Forthcoming March 2018, Knopf Canada) Non-Fiction All the Dirt: A History of Getting Clean (Annick Press, 2016) “All the Dirt” was chosen as one of the best Canadian books for kids and teenagers in 2017 by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre.

It is also a finalist for four readers’ choice awards across the country — in the Maritimes, Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario. Agent: Tony Babinski is a Montreal-based writer, director, producer, and creative director. He is the author of 20 Years Under the Sun, the definitive biography of Cirque du Soleil (Harry N Abrams Publishing) and coauthor of Conversational Capital (Financial Times Press). He is the creative director of STROBE, a multimedia experience that took place at the 5th Annual Dubai Film Festival; a principal creator and director of video content for the Ajax Experience in Amsterdam; a principal creative architect of the C2mtl Conference; and director of behind-the-scenes web documentaries for Cirque du Soleil’s KOOZA, as well as a biography of Aldo Bensaddoun—founder of the ALDO retail chain.

His recent projects include award-winning design and branding for SNACKBOX in Times Square, and creative direction of the 2011 and 2012 multi-media Bell Gala in Toronto. Currently, he is the screenwriter and executive producer of The Human Fly, a $15 million feature now in development. Tony Babinski is working on a business book about brand reinvention.

For more information: jesse@transatlanticagency.com. Agent: Martha Baillie was born in Toronto. After studies in Edinburgh and Paris, followed by extensive travel in Asia, Baillie returned to Toronto where she lives with her family. She is the author of four novels, and has been published in Canada, Germany and Hungary.

Her poems have appeared frequently in journals such as Descant, Prairie Fire and the Antigonish Review. Her non-fiction piece, “The Legacy of Joseph Wagenbach,” was published in 2007, by Brick: a literary journal.

More information about Martha Baillie can be found on her website: Author photo Mark Raynes Roberts Fiction If Clara (Coach House Books, 2017) The Search for Henrich Schlogel (Pedlar Press Canada, 2014) The Incident Report (Pedlar Press Canada, 2008) Longlist, 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist, Canada Also Reads, National Post The Shape I Gave You (Knopf Canada, 2006) National Bestseller, Great Reads: Best of 2006 – 2008, Toronto Public Library Madame Balashovskaya’s Apartment (Turnstone Press, Canada, 1999, Ebersbach, Germany, 2001, Kossuth, Hungary, 2002) Agent. Agent: Denise Balkissoon is a freelance journalist who has won a National Magazine Award for her work with The Grid, been nominated for multiple NMAs for her work with Toronto Life magazine, and has also been published in the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail and The Walrus. Denise explores interactions between communities, cities, countries and the world, documenting how people live their everyday lives. She is also the co-founder the Ethnic Aisle, a blog about race and multiculturalism featuring city commentary by a wide spectrum of writers and artists. She lives in Toronto. More information about Denise Balkissoon can be found on her website: Author photo by Kevin Gonsalves Agent.

Agent: After a career in teaching and with the Ontario Ministry of Education, Bob Barton became a professional storyteller. He is a founding member of the Storytellers School of Toronto and has been a feature storyteller at festivals across North America, England and Australia. He has won several awards for his efforts in promoting literacy and was the first recipient of The National Symposium on Arts Education Award for innovation and advocacy in Arts Education in Canada. More information on Bob Barton can be found on his website: Honours Award of Excellence in Continuing Education, OISE, University of Toronto, 2007First recipient of The National Symposium on Arts Education Award for innovation and advocacy in Arts Education in Canada, 2000 Trouble on the Voyage An eleven-year-old ship’s boy recounts the fight for survival during an Arctic expedition in 1631 when the ship must over winter trapped in ice. (Napoleon and Company, 2010) The Bear Says North (Groundwood Books, 2003) Nominated for Silver Birch Award – Non-fiction Ontario Library Association, 2004-2005. Agent: Gary Barwin is a writer, composer, multimedia artist, and educator and the author of 17 books of poetry and fiction as well as books for both teens and children. His work has been widely performed, broadcast, anthologized and published nationally and internationally, and has been commissioned by the CBC.

His debut adult novel, Yiddish for Pirates, is a national bestseller and a finalist for the 2016 Governor General’s Award for Literature and the prestigious 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize. He received a PhD. In music composition, a B.A., B.F.A and a B.Ed. And taught middle school and high school for nearly ten years. He has taught writing at McMaster University and at Mohawk College, to street-involved youth, and at Offcentre Art and Creativity Workshops. He was the Fall 2013 Young Voices eWriter-in-Residence at the Toronto Public Library and will be Writer-in-Residence at Western University in 2014-2015.

Barwin is winner of the 2013 City of Hamilton Arts Award (Writing), the Hamilton Poetry Book of the Year 2011, and co-winner of 2011 Harbourfront Poetry NOW competition, the 2010 bpNichol chapbook award, and the KM Hunter Artist Award. He has received major grants from the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council for his work. His YA novel, Seeing Stars was shorted listed for both the Crimewriters of Canada Arthur Ellis Award as well as the Canadian Library Association YA Book of Year, and his picturebook, The Magic Mustache, was chosen as a “Best Bet” by Macleans. His latest book of poetry is Moon Baboon Canoe, winner of the Hamilton Literary Arts Award for Poetry. Barwin has given hundreds of readings and performances in Canada and internationally. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario with his family and a fear of the family car.

More information about Gary Barwin can be found at his website: Forthcoming Yiddish for Pirates (Random House Canada 2016, New Face of Fiction) FINALIST: 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize 2016 Governor General’s Award for Literature Advance quotes: “Across time and across continents, Gary Barwin’s novel “parrots” in an altogether new way. In a ferment of salty witticism, parroty puns and unforgettable Yiddish vocabulary, this is a novel borne not just on the wings of its feathery narrator, but on its own jubilant and alluring language; its own voice. Playful, mocking, using history with audacious abandon, Yiddish for Pirates is a resplendent enjoyment. But, literally viewed from above, the novel also admonishes us about man’s inexhaustible zeal for butchery, for incessant genocide, and for affliction. We have had animal narrators throughout literary history, but Aaron the African grey parrot, from the shoulder of his pirate master, will lift you to new heights.” – 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury Citation “[ Yiddish for Pirates is] simply not like anything else.... [In Yiddish for Pirates] Barwin strikes a moving, masterful note. Yiddish for Pirates has an unmatched spryness in both thought and language.

It doesn’t conform well to any category or trope of literature, but instead makes a place as a fresh, new thing that draws from sea shanties and Talmud, history and fantasy, romance, adventure, linguistics, fashion, and the adventure serial of the early days of movies. This book is as irrepressible as my enthusiasm for it. You’ll never read anything else like it, and that’s a shonde.” – S. Bear Bergman, The Globe and Mail “Gary Barwin’s new novel combines swashbuckling and stories of the diaspora, told with some of the most original language play since Ulysses.” – Joyland “ Rarely does one encounter a work of Canadian literature this exuberant, impassioned, and enthralled with the very nature and essence of storytelling. Yiddish for Pirates is many things: a postmodern pastiche, an episodic picaresque, a compendium of tales competing to see which can stand tallest, and a virtual catalogue of Jewish humour through the ages.” – Steven W. Beattie, Quill & Quire “Delightfully odd....

Start by imagining that Leo Rosten (of The Joys of Yiddish) and Terry Pratchett (of approximately 1 million fantasy novels) had a love-child. Then suspend your disbelief’s disbelief.... Barwin engages with the little-known history of Jewish pirates with verve and humor.” – Leah Falk, Jewniverse “All my life I have been waiting for the romantic tale of a Kabbalistic Jewish pirate as filtered through a uniquely Canadian perspective. Today, my prayers have been answered and then some.” Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure “ Yiddish for Pirates is a rollicking story, a linguistic typhoon, and the most audacious and original novel I’ve read in a long time. Gary Barwin has the imagination of David Mitchell and a galleon full of dictionaries.” Emily Schultz, author of The Blondes “Gary Barwin is a gifted writer and a whiz-bang storyteller. Both are on vivid display in his hilarious tragicomic epic, Yiddish for Pirates. Narrated by a five-hundred-year-old wisecracking parrot, naturally, this swashbuckling tale had me hanging on for dear life.

A wild and wonderful ride.” Terry Fallis, author of Poles Apart and No Relation “What an accomplishment! What an imagination! The wit, the wordplay, and the subversive humour make this a thoroughly original and delightful novel.” Lauren B. Davis, Scotiabank Giller Prize–nominated author of Our Daily Bread and Against a Darkening Sky Poetry Moon Baboon Canoe (Mansfield Press 2014) Winner of the Hamilton Literary Arts Award for Poetry Children’s Seeing Stars (Fitzhenry and Whiteside 2001) The Magic Mustache(Annick Press 1999). Agent: Amy writes to help interpret reality and sometimes to escape it. Her limited concept of home decorating involves stacks of books—in corners, on tables, where the TV used to be.

With a background in teaching English as a Foreign Language and educational writing for grades K-12, she loves making science, history and mythology fascinating and accessible to younger readers. Her work has appeared in various publications including Stories for Children Magazine and Reading Local: Portland. In 2014 she won the Pacific Northwest Plein Air Writers People’s Choice award for her poem, Snowbound: Day 6, Imagined. She enjoys collaborating, particularly with Jason Baskin, her husband and in-house illustrator. Agent: Eliott Behar developed an early interest in international human rights, criminal justice and human psychology.

Following his graduation from law school he became a Crown Attorney in Toronto, where he prosecuted cases ranging from fraud to murder, argued numerous complex appeals at the Ontario Court of Appeal, appeared at the Supreme Court of Canada, and provided legal advice to the Attorney General on issues ranging from hate crimes to child abductions. In 2008, Eliott became a war crimes prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, an experience that provided the impetus for his book, Tell it to the World. After his trial was completed he returned to Canada, where he worked with a small, specialized trial unit prosecuting police officers charged with serious criminal offences. TELL IT TO THE WORLD: International Justice and the Secret Campaign to Hide Mass Murder in Kosovo (Dundurn Press) Finalist, The Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Award for Nonfiction, 2015 Agent. Agent: Holly Bennett is an award-winning novelist of series fiction and novels for teens. After many years as editor-in-chief of Today’s Parent magazine’s special editions, she is now working as a freelance writer/editor and editor of Education Canada.

She and her husband John have three boys and read untold numbers of wonderful children’s books with them while they were growing up. But Holly’s not sure what flipped the switch and turned her from a person who loves reading stories to a person who loves writing them.

She now describes herself as addicted to fiction writing: “I just find it enormously fun and satisfying work.” Born in Montreal, Holly lives in Peterborough, Ontario with a houseful of musicians (everyone in the family but her) and a nice quiet dog. More information about Holly Bennett can be found on her website: Author photo by Mark Peter Drolet Fiction RedwingRowan both desires and fears his dead sister’s continuing presence in his life. (Orca, 2012)Nominated, Shining Willow 2013, Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Award ShapeshifterSet in the wild, magical landscape of Iron Age Ireland, Shapeshifter is a tale of rapacious evil, quiet courage and the healing power of love. (Orca, 2010)In order to escape the sorcerer who wants to control her gift of song, Sive must transform herself into a deer, leave the Otherworld and find refuge in Eire, the land of mortals. Shortlisted, Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic 2011 Nominated, Snow Willow Award 2011, Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice CCBC Best Books, 2011 TriState YA Review Group Book of Note, 2011 Resource Links “The Year’s Best”, 2011 “A modern retelling of an old and recognizable Celtic myth, which gives the sense of ‘real people’ without losing the mythic arc of the story.

Lyrical writing draws the reader into a fantasy realm in a way that blurs the lines between reading and experiencing.” – Sunburst Award jury”Bennett artfully weaves traditional Irish folklore into her story of Sive. The enchantment of Bennett’s interpretation of the legend of Sive is a perfect match to her prose which, at times, is as liquid as we imagine Sive’s songs to be.” – VOYA Warrior’s Daughter Luaine is daughter to the greatest of Irish warriors, the legendary Cuchulainn. Agent: Andrea Bennett is a National Magazine Award-winning writer and editor.

Her first book of poetry, Canoodlers, came out with Nightwood Editions in 2014, and her nonfiction has been published by the Atlantic, The Globe and Mail, the Walrus, Maisonneuve, Hazlitt, Vice, Reader’s Digest and others. The Editor-in-Chief of Maisonneuve magazine, she is is currently working on travel guides to Montreal and Quebec City for Moon Travel. For more information about Andrea, you can check out her website,, or find her on Twitter: @akkabah. Agent: Michael Betcherman has numerous credits in both documentary and dramatic television. His screenplay won the Gold Award as Best Thriller at the Houston International Film Festival. He is also the writer/creator of two highly-acclaimed online novels written in email form and delivered to readers email by email, as the story unfolds over the course of a few weeks.

He has contributed to numerous publications including The Walrus, Red Herring, and The Literary Review of Canada. In prior incarnations he was an entertainment lawyer and a professional basketball player. He lives in Toronto with his wife and daughter. Forthcoming Face-Off (Razorbill, 2014) Seventeen-year-old Alex Petrovic is thrilled to be playing goal for his Canadian team in an international hockey tournament.

After a game against an Eastern European team, he shakes hands with the opposing goalie, Stefan Divac, and finds himself staring at a lookalike. At first he dismisses it as a coincidence. Then his mother sees Stefan, and the truth comes out: he is Alex’s identical twin. The encounter uncovers dark family secrets and draws Alex’s attention away from hockey and on to his home country’s tragic history. And just as Alex and Stefan learn to be brothers off the ice, their rivalry deepens on the ice.

Will the twins be torn apart again? Fiction Breakaway Finalist for the 2012 John Spray Mystery Award. Agent: Author and musician Dave Bidini is the only person to have been nominated for a Gemini, Genie and Juno as well CBC’s Canada Reads. A founding member of Rheostatics, he has written 11 books, including On a Cold Road, Tropic of Hockey, Around the World in 57 1/2 Gigs, and Home and Away. He has made two Gemini Award-nominated documentaries and his play, the Five Hole Stories, was staged by One Yellow Rabbit Performance Company, touring the country in 2008.

His third book, Baseballissimo, is being developed for the screen by Jay Baruchel, and, in 2010, he won his third National Magazine Award, for “Travels in Narnia.” He writes a weekly column for the Saturday Post and, in 2011, he published the Toronto Book Award-nominated Writing Gordon Lightfoot. He has written for a number of newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, and Village Voice. He is the co-curator of the Joe Burke Wolfe Island Literary Festival. More information about Dave Bidini can be found on his website: Non-Fiction Keon and Me (Penguin Canada, 2013) Writing Gordon Lightfoot The Man, The Music and the World in 1972 (McClelland & Stewart, 2011) Finalist, 2012 Toronto Book Award Home and Away In Search of Dreams at the Homeless World Cup of Soccer (Greystone, 2010)World Rights Available Ex: Canada (English): Greystone Books, September 2010 US: Skyhorse Publishing Australia/New Zealand: University of Queensland Press Agent.

The Question: Are you looking to lean out? Get a great body? And do it while saving time? You need a good circuit training workout! What is the best circuit training workout?

Be descriptive (sets, reps, etc). Bonus Question: Are there any disadvantages to circuit training?

What are they? Show off your knowledge to the world! The Winners: • N10CT • RippedJordanian • Tarkana Prizes: 1st place - 50 in store credit. 1st Place - N10CT Circuit Training: The Overlooked Method Of Training Circuit training is an often overlooked method for achieving one's fitness and body composition goals.

Hardcore bodybuilders would rather die than be forced to endure a circuit type workout and with good reason. Firstly, circuit training is not the best tool for their and or needs. Bodybuilders who are concerned with getting bigger, more, defined, etc., train the way they do because simply it works. The second reason bodybuilders don't use circuit training is because most of them would pass out in a matter of minutes. Real circuit training is tough work and not for the feint hearted.

It is for this reason that circuit training is almost exclusively while looking to get lean rather than huge. What Is Circuit Training? Basically circuit training is done by performing one exercise after another (in a circuit, obviously). For example you might perform a set of followed by a set of followed by s etc. Often people only consider weightlifting type exercises as part of circuit training, but other anaerobic/aerobic work can be included.

Exercises are often performed with little or no rest between them; however this should vary on the type of circuit you are completing. Why Circuit Train? There are many reasons to use circuit training including. • Time - circuits shorten gym sessions and are time efficient. • Lean up - training with circuits in a particular way has been shown to get folks ripped.

Explained further below. • Improves conditioning and muscular endurance. • Works whole body - contrary to popular belief there is nothing wrong in doing full body sessions 2-4 times per week.

• Circuit training can be done outside the gym and without equipment. Workout: What Is The Best Circuit Training Workout? Simply put there is no one 'best' circuit workout. Like with all types of training, what is 'best' will depend on the individual and their goals.

Here are some examples of what may be the best way to train depending on your goals. Goal 1: Body Composition/Bodybuilding. Circuit training form the basis of many popular training programs designed to burn fat by lifting weights and without cardio. The high energy expenditure is usually the reason for performing these routines, however it is also been suggested this type of training increases growth hormone production, which leads to greater fat loss.

For this reason this type of circuit training is often referred to 'Lactic Acid Interval Training.' A large number of experts believe is detrimental for achieving the best body possible as it lowers testosterone, increases cortisol and eats muscle. To combat this circuit training is used to get lean without the cardio.

The Most Popular Examples Of This Method Include. • The German Body Comp - Program by • The Meltdown Series by Don Alessi • by These programs all basically consist of performing exercises in a circuit fashion, usually alternating between upper body and lower body, with higher reps used to increase the lactic acid production. While the theory behind these methods is often debated, one thing is certain, they do work!

Anecdotal feedback is that when combined with a good diet, these routines produced as good results as any other cutting protocols. An Example Routine: This is a basic variation on this type of training (similar to Meltdown Training). There are many more advanced methods; however this is a good place to start for those who are just beginning. Monday & Thursday. • A1) 3x10 • A2) 3x10 • A3) 3x10 • A4) 3x10 *No rest between exercises and 2 minutes rest between circuits. **Complete in order and then repeat two times. This is just an example of a beginner's program that can be successful.

Training this way is usually a complete system. By that I mean you would use circuit training for your whole week. The other methods I mention you might use for 1 day of a week as an extra workout etc. For more advanced training check out the programs mentioned above. Goal 2: Athletic Performance. This type of circuit training is a personal favorite of mine and is aimed at those who need the conditioning element included as well as strength.

Strength and Conditioning expert Jason Weber coined the term 'Fusion Training' for this method as it fuses together strength and conditioning. Essentially, Fusion Training uses interval based fitness work and combines it with strength/hypertrophy work. Training this way improves fitness levels, reduces body fat and trains the body to compete under varying conditions. For example alternating between running and bench presses changes physiological conditions quickly. For example blood pressure will alternate between high and low. Here is an example similar to what Weber suggests in his book 'Train Tough'.

Best Software For Rcc Design. • Mon: Lower Body Max Effort • Tues: Upper Body Effort • Wed: GPP • Thurs: Speed • Fri: 2nd upper body day • Sat: Fusion Training • Sun: Rest Initially some might think the training methods shouldn't be combined and to an extent that is right. But Weber says that he envisaged this training being used by non-pro athletes who have other occurrences in their lives.

That being said he still uses variations with professional and international rugby union players. Goal 3: Increase General Physical Preparedness (GPP). Most powerlifters and athletes know about GPP, some even work on improving it. However, it is one aspect of training that all western lifters, whether they are powerlifters, bodybuilders or athletes could and should improve. Essentially GPP is used to increase one's work capacity. Increasing this allows one to work harder and longer in the gym, which is why GPP is popular amongst powerlifters and strength athletes.

One of the most efficient ways to improve GPP is through circuit training. There are many different methods for improving GPP, such as sled dragging and these circuits will encompass some of them.

GPP Circuit 1: Equipment Needed: 1 Sled +weight (w/split rope at end), 1 football field or similar. For this circuit you simply are going to drag the sled up and down the football field in various ways.

• Chest Press - Stand with the sled behind you and one end of the split rope in each hand. Press the rope, like a bench press, until arms are extended in front of you.

Take the steps required until the rope is back to chest level and repeat. • Lateral Raise - Stand with both ends of split rope in one hand and perform lateral raise. Walk and repeat. • Rows - Basically the reverse movement of the chest press while going backward. • Walking Backward & Forward - Walk the given way while pulling the rope. Notice there are no eccentrics in sled work. This is what makes it such a great tool for increasing work capacity.

• A) Jumping Jacks 60s • B) x10 • C) x10 each leg (shown with barbell) • D) Burpees x10 • E) Doorway chins or bodyweight row x10 Bonus: Are There Any Disadvantages To Circuit Training? What Are They? Like with anything there are advantages and disadvantages to circuit training. However, it does again depend on your goals. For example there are no real disadvantages to the GPP type circuits.

Everyone can benefit with some extra GPP even if you are already quite advanced. The one disadvantage to them would be the opportunity cost of the session. By doing a GPP circuit, you miss the chance to do a technique session or such with that time. Another disadvantage with all circuits is you cannot make great strength improvements. Some suggest by doing low reps you can still train heavy. Simply, you will NEVER bench as much immediately after a set of squats than you will after a 5-minute rest, let alone after 3 or 4 exercises.

So if strength is a goal, circuit training as your main workout is not for you. Similarly, due to the decrease in weight one must use while training in a circuit fashion, hypertrophy will never be a real benefit of circuit training. This being said Charles Poliquin often reports muscle gain as well as fat loss in his clients who undertake the German Body Comp program. Other Disadvantages Include. • Requiring access to 3-or-4 machines/ stations at once. In busy gyms this is near impossible.

• You need a pretty good level of conditioning to start with. Most bodybuilders struggle at 10 reps, how on earth are they going to make 40 on various exercises in a row! • You need to be healthy. People with high blood pressure and heart problems should stay away from circuit training, especially Fusion type training. • Finding something to do with the time you usually spend at the gym checking out other patrons! Well think about it. Suppose you did the first routine I explained here with 90 seconds between sets and 2 mins between exercises in a traditional manner.

By doing circuit training you save 18 minutes in a session. That's why circuit training is such a time efficient way to train. • You'll also have to find something else to do instead of the cardio which you hate so much. That's right, if you are using circuits for body composition purposes you don't need to do cardio. So, lets say you used to do 2 hours per week cardio (4x30 mins), by doing circuit training not only do you save that 2 hours but also another 72 mins per week (4 x 18 mins).

That's well over an extra 3 hours per week to paint, write, watch TV, re-acquaint yourself with your significant other, whatever you want. Conclusion There you have it a brief guide to the world of circuit training. An often underrated and overlooked form of training that anyone can use. Whether you want to use it as the basis of your training or for an extra session, everyone can save time, improve their performance or just look good through the use of circuit training. 2nd Place - RippedJordanian Circuit Training Workout!

Circuit training is the ideal way to go if you want to loose fat while maintaining or even increasing you muscle size and strength. Circuit training usually involves machines, but can be carried out with dumbbells, barbells, balls or body weight exercises. Circuit training will promote power, flexibility, aerobic endurance and possibly muscular gains.

So on your next cutting phase, why not use a circuit training workout on your off days? You can do it at home or at the gym! But remember, the objective of circuit training is to keep your heart rate up, so don't rep out on each exercise or you will loose your energy too quickly! Workout Schedule Aerobic Hypertrophy Workout: (Fitness & Muscle Maintenance) (45 minutes, 3 times per week) Day 1. • Remember, maximum rest between sets only 10 seconds!

If you rest too much your heart rate will go down. • Be flexible, if the Smith machine isn't available, do a normal bench press. • In the first week, only repeat the workout once because your body is still getting used to it. • Warm-up with 15 min of moderate intensity cardio before starting.

Week 1: Number of circuits per workout: 1 Min. Of cardio afterwards: 30 min Week 2: Number of circuits per workout: 2 Min. Of cardio afterwards: 20 min Week 3: Number of circuits per workout: 3 Min. Of cardio afterwards: 30 min Week 4: Number of circuits per workout: 3 Min. Of cardio afterwards: 30 min Week 5: Number of circuits per workout: 4 Min. Of cardio afterwards: none Week 6: Number of circuits per workout: 4 Min.

Of cardio afterwards: 10 min If you still feel sore after doing 1 week, don't move on to the next until you're not sore anymore. Every week, perform the actual day backwards. After you finish this cycle, which should take about 1 month and 1/2, take a break of 5-12 days and begin a weights workout for your bulking phase. A Few Tips To Increase Metabolism. • Eat healthy fats or supplement with them. Healthy fats are involved in hormonal production and cell repair.

These processes require energy, so by eating such healthy fats as and olive oil, you will be increasing your metabolism. • Increase daily exercise. For example, take the stairs wherever you go.

If you can't find a parking space close to where you want, park far away and walk for a while. • Stretch daily to increase and flexibility and burn more calories. • Get your from a fibrous source. Eat lentils instead of sugar. Eating fibrous foods takes more energy to digest and more time to extract. You will burn more energy digesting and feel full for longer. • Change the amount of calories you eat every day.

If you need to eat a specific amount of calories per day, for example 2000. Eat 1800 one day and 2200 the next to keep your body guessing. • Increase the percentage of calories you get from and decrease the amount from high. Proteins need more energy to oxidize and be used for energy, so you will be actually decreasing the amount of calories you eat. • Perform high intensity cardio.

This needs less time (max 30 min) and keeps your body in a high metabolically active state for a long time. • Eat smaller meals more frequently. This helps by increasing the amount of digestion you need, while keeping your body in a high calorie-burning state. • Eat whole foods, such as whole bread and whole grains. These contain less calories and need more energy to digest by your body. • Drink cold, this will require your body to raise it to body temperature therefore using calories.

Circuit Training Disadvantages: Circuit training, even though it is a very effective training technique, it does have its disadvantages. • Circuit training will not increase muscle mass and may even break down muscle proteins if you do train for more than an hour.

If you do the cardio after circuit training, you will be burning muscle instead of fat. That's why the week schedule was designed, to allow your body to adapt to burning fat instead of muscle. Solution: Circuit training should not be used as an alternative to a good weight training schedule, only as an extra during your cutting phase. Keep your weight training schedule the way it was, however, try to cut down on volume and increase intensity to make sure your body doesn't burn the muscle and make some time for circuit training and cardio.

Also, don't move on to the next phase or week of the cycle unless you are not sore or not exhausted at the end of the workout. • Circuit training with low reps for powerlifters is not effective because it doesn't burn much fat but will maintain your strength and even increase it. Solution: Do extra 20 min of intense cardio to burn fat.

• Circuit training takes a longer time than a regular weight training program because of the amount of repetitions and the cardio before and after. Solution: Minimize rest between sets so as to decrease time needed and to increase fat burn and intensity.

• Circuit training may be difficult to do in a crowded gym because you will need the machines to be all available so that you can use them quickly without resting or waiting. Solution: Be flexible, and use a different machine or use dumbbells instead of a machine of the particular machine you need is not available.

• Circuit training is time consuming because it's an extra workout schedule with added cardio. Solution: Use less cardio minutes and higher intensity. Do 1 min of moderate intensity, 20 sec as fast as you can, 1 min moderate intensity, and then 1 min high intensity. Repeat for about 20 min or until exhausted. This will burn fat much quicker.

Here Are Some Extra Links That Will Help You Learn More About Circuit Training. Thanks, Basil Beirouti PS. If you have any questions, contact me at or PM me on the message boards at rippedjordanian. 3rd Place - Tarkana Circuit Training A rather different approach to weightlifting, circuit training came around for the purpose of endurance and aerobic fitness.

The concept is to go through a list of different exercises with as little rest as possible between sets, then repeat this list several times, thus making aerobic work out of endurance type weight lifting. More purposes have come out of circuit training such as high frequency, full-body training, like for athletics and saving time by overlapping rest time for one body part with exercises for another. So circuit training can be used in different ways with a bit of ingenuity. Forming A Circuit Workout The main type of circuit is an aerobic one, based on compound and Olympic lifts in the upper-medium rep range to promote muscular endurance and improve lung capacity based on muscular stress. This is often done for middle-aged adults for improving fitness or, with more intensity and/or repetitions of the circuit, for athletes who need a good deal of muscular endurance.

A circuit can also be made in the lower rep range and formulated to work for strength gains. Another more abstract way would be to split up the muscles into 2 circuits (i.e. Upper/lower body) and do each twice a week for a more bodybuilding type workout. Because this is more cardio-intense than most lifting, a cardio warm-up might be desired along with proper stretching and the standard lifting warm-up.

Aerobic/Athletic Circuit: This should be done three times a week with as little rest between sets as possible and 2 minutes after the circuit. The cardio is optional depending on goals. There are also 2 options for some exercises depending on goals. Perform the circuit 3-5 times.

• 1 x 6 • 1 x 10 • 1 x 6 • 1 x 10 • 1 x 6 • 1 x 10 If you really wanted, you could get more detailed circuit routines, possibly performing a different circuit each day, but usually the idea of the circuit is to be simple. If for some reason you needed focus on a specific body part, one that might be, you need only throw another exercise for that body part into the circuit. Disadvantages To Circuit Training The purpose of circuit training was primarily to save time and for fitness use. When being used for losing fat or obtaining a high level of cardiovascular fitness, circuit training will likely not be enough and more cardio will be desired. For use in strength training or bodybuilding, circuit training is less effective since you don't get as much for strength gains and not as much hypertrophy-type training for bodybuilding. Also all body parts get about the same volume, which may not be optimal.

Circuit training for these purposes should be for saving time when time is scarce. The other potential problem is the workstation for your next exercise being crowded, which is taken care of in the strength circuit, but otherwise may require flexibility in your workout. Don't worry about changing an exercise once in a while.

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