Sharon BODYUILDING'S Burton NATURAL EVOLUTION Ageless bodybuilder Beginner, intermediate and advanced, the eternal bodybuilder benchmarks TRAINING AROUND MAKE LEAN OFF- AN INJURY SEASON GAINS Iron Vic speaks! 4 guidelines to follow INSIDE LEVER GOLF CREATINE MONOHYDRATE™ Fit for golf – fit for life 5 new must-know facts Photo By Rob Sims JOHN PARRILLO’S PERFORMANCE PRESS NOVEMBER 2020 10 - CREATINE MONOHYDRATE™ Pure C8 medium chain triglycerides (MCT Oil) from fractionated coconut oil As most know, the Parrillo Program is based on eating high amounts of protein and complex carbs and keeping fat intake to a minimum. Of course, everyone’s metabolism is different and can handle foods differently. If you’ve worked with the Parrillo 13 – MAKE LEAN OFF-SEASON GAINS! program you know that to lose body fat, we recommend cutting carbohydrate calories. We don’t dispute the fact that you can lose body fat by lowering carbs, thus reducing insulin. 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CapTri® C8 Butter Flavor medium chain triglyceride oil is the smart, healthy approach to 4 – Sharon Burton low-carb/high-fat dieting. 20 – INSIDE LEVER GOLF Photo By Rob Sims STAFF Publisher Contributing Contributing 23 – IRON VIC SPEAKS! John Parrillo Photographers Writers Rob Sims John Parrillo Design Director John Parrillo Marty Gallagher Marcus McCuiston Dominique Parrillo Ron Harris Marcus McCuiston Jim Ferreri Editor At Large Ashly McHatton Andre Newcomb Marty Gallagher Aaron Dixon Iron Vic Steele Try one of our 80 recipes from the CapTri® Cookbook, mix Captri® C8 MCT with your favorite shake or combine with your daily meals. John Parrillo’s Performance Press is published monthly. The subscription rate of one year (12) issues is $29.95 ©2019 by John Parrillo. All Rights Reserved. For information, Please contact Parrillo Performance at (513) 874-3305 or e-mail to [email protected] John Parrillo's Performance Press What is the best possible bodybuilding lifestyle? Sharon did new to competing, her physique activity an older person can not begin competing in bodybuilding was national level. In only her third take up to hold back the hands until age 60. When she decided show she competed in the toughest of time and retain function and to compete, Sharon found expert amateur competition in the United strength? How best can we avoid guidance. She had long adopted States, the NPC (National Physique age-related infirmity and physical and adhered to the tenants and Committee) national masters (age disintegration? We at Parrillo commandments that define serious group) championship where the Performance nominate taking up bodybuilding. “I entered my first best “over 35-years of age” physique and adhering to the bodybuilding local show when I was 60. I had competitors in the country gather to lifestyle. More particularly, the to compete against anyone over compete. “In 2015 I competed in my Parrillo version of the bodybuilding 50-years of age and placed second.” first NPC master’s nationals placed Improvement is possible at any age lifestyle, with its inclusion of fascia Encouraged by her showing against fourth in Figure in the over 55-years stretching and targeted nutritional women a decade younger, Sharon of age category.” What an auspicious supplementation. A studied approach redoubled her efforts. “Six months national debut – and keep in mind By Marty Gallagher to resistance training reverses the after competing in my first show, I that at age 60, she was battling natural decline in strength and competed again and won first place.” competitors five years younger. muscle size associated with aging. It was becoming apparent that though Strength training is also the best possible antidote for osteoporosis and brittle bones. Resistance training Photo By Rob Sims thickens and strengthens bones, even for those past 50 and new to weight training. The Parrillo approach champions a highly stylized type of stretching: fascial stretching extends and improves flexibility, pliability, and range-of-motion. Lifting and stretching are combined with consistent cardiovascular exercise. Cardio is critical for internal organ health and function. Aerobic exercise creates fitness and promotes leanness. Nutrition and supplementation underpin the lifting, stretching and aerobic exercise. Anyone that creates and puts into action a Parrillo-style bodybuilding template, including regular lifting, stretching and aerobic exercise, and then pairs the exercise with an effective nutritional and supplementation program, will make gains, regardless if that trainee is 16 or 66. The conventional thinking is that substantial physiological gains cannot be had past a certain age. We can always improve on our current selves. Take a long look at the photographs accompanying this article. The old saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” These are photos of Sharon Burton. Sharon is just a few months short of her 70th birthday. Photo By Rob Sims Is not age-retardation the ultimate testament to the benefits of the 4 NOVEMBER 2020 1-800-344-3404 www.parrilloperformance.com NOVEMBER 2020 5 Sharon Burton – Ageless Bodybuilder John Parrillo's Performance Press It was at the 2015 national masters tension approach requires extreme repeatedly flex the muscle, not As you might imagine, Sharon is quite where Sharon would meet the Parrillo concentration and a high pain only loosens muscle fascia, thereby serious about her nutrition. “People Master Trainer that would take her to tolerance. “You can really squeeze making muscle expansion easier, need to eat more nutrient-dense the next level. “I met Scott Canatsey out the reps with full force, it is all targeted stretching also maximizes food. Scott Canatsey was the first to "At age 69, you cannot at the 2015 Masters Nationals. about attaining a full range-of-motion range-of-motion, something critical stress the importance of eating dense, just do more work to Scott was a Parrillo Certified and creating a series of optimal for people over 60. Fascia stretching quality foods that would enable me to burn off fat and bring out Personal Trainer and ran the Parrillo contractions during the set.” What is allows oldsters to retain and improve obtain the necessary micronutrients I muscularity. I have to be Performance Training Center. Scott the perfect complement for a multiple ROM, agility, flexibility, and function. needed – but with less food volume.” very aware of my unique introduced me the Parrillo approach contraction-continuous tension set? Another underreported overlooked Sharon is a firm believer in the Parrillo recovery needs.” towards training and nutrition.” “Of course, I use the Parrillo Fascial positive aspect of serious strength nutritional approach: high in protein, Something about Scott’s approach Stretching protocols between each set training is its beneficial effect on high calorie, clean calorie eating. “It and the Parrillo approach resonated performed. After pumping the muscle osteoporosis, weak brittle bones, the is easy to hit Macro goals. You must with Sharon and she got traction with maximally and stretching the muscle scourge of older women. Strength be strategic. I will be consuming 3,000 this sophisticated approach right maximally, I will repeatedly flex the training of a serious nature thickens calories, easily, by the time I enter the away. “Scott introduced me to all the target muscle for up to 30-seconds.” and strengthens bones regardless how NPC Master Nationals in October.” Parrillo products and methods. Scott The classic Parrillo three-part-set, late in life you start. She will ramp-up her food intake, showed me what a truly healthy diet pump the muscle, stretch the muscle, eating more to become leaner yet was all about. Since introduced to it, more muscular. “We are increasing I have never stopped following the the volume of my food intake leading Parrillo nutritional approach.” Age up to the show. I will ever-so-gradually was no detriment. The more Sharon increase weekly allotments of protein got into the bodybuilding lifestyle, or carbohydrate. Slight increases allow expertly monitored by Scott, the us to measure what the increase more her physique improved. “It is yields.” Sharon exerts great precision amazing how it all works together.” in her nutrition and when asked how Bodybuilding, at the highest level is supplements fit into her nutritional a skillful blending, a balancing of template, she immediately mentioned resistance training, aerobics, and Parrillo. “I only use Parrillo Products.” nutrition. “For the next three years She singled out CapTri® C8 MCT, in a row I placed 4th at the master’s the patented Parrillo medium-chain Nationals. In 2019 I tried Physique triglyceride. She gave as strong and and placed fifth. This year I had more endorsement as we have ever gotten. time to train with Scott. This made “I couldn’t live without CapTri® C8 a difference and I placed second in MCT.” This amazing supplement is Figure (over 60) division at the NPC the ultimate in caloric density at North American Championship.