the WF PowerLunch; an "Ilg Supreme" shake and a SunBar...still vibrating the WF Devotee's higher and higher for over 25 years. If by some deep error, you and your family are still not on the "Secret Herbs Of Wholistic Fitness"... join today and receive my free guidance as you begin the most exciting Journey of your fitness life; continual balance of organs, vibrational harmony, and cell cleansing and empowerment...
looking north over El Vado Reservoir in northern New Mexico...a scant 1.50 hours from Durango, Colorado. 
Brazos cliffs (great moderate free climbing!) and Heron Lake in the foreground all within virga.
the Ilg Clan men from L-R; me, my dad, and my younger brother, Craig.
i spent the rest of my day with my niece; Ella and nephew; Alazar. here, they show off the fossils which we found along the shores of this amazingly beautiful slice of New Mexico...
Most Noble Sangha,the below is from the BodyHealth® website which is loaded with all sorts of great study material. BodyHealth®, of course, is the manufacturer of the MAP Amino Acids which I have been using both personally and professionally for several years now.
Everybody should - as a matter of Inner Experiment for Fitness, Immunity, and Health - set aside at least 6 months to stay steady on MAP...you will not be disappointed. I think my own personal fitness (8 podiums in 7 different sports this year alone) and my professional track record (you've read the SMALL amount of testimonials that cascade into my Inbox here on my blogs) speak for and of itself.
Your turn.
Everyone who orders MAP under me receives my complimentary 24/7 guidance for as long as you use MAP via my link (shown at the end of the article). We also have an entire MAP chamber in the WF SanghaLounge.
head bowed, knee deep in a positive nitrogen balance (thanks to MAP!),
el coache
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Few nutrients are as misunderstood as protein. See if you know these six key facts about this essential nutrient for your body.
Protein Makes Up Your Body's Structure
Protein is an essential component of the diet and helps your body repair muscle, grow tissue, regulate hormones, control metabolism, defend against illness, and more.
Protein is what makes up your ligaments, tendons, muscles, hair, nails, skin, teeth, tissue, organs, and bones. About half of the non-water mass of your body is made up of protein.
Since most of the body's proteins are continually broken down, the body needs to manufacture thousands of proteins every day to replace them.
The more active you are the faster your proteins break down, and more protein you need to replenish them.
Individuals typically need 1 gram of protein daily for each kilogram of their body weight. For example, a 180-pound man would need at least 80 grams of protein a day to meet his body's needs; a 140-pound woman would need a minimum of 60 grams.
Protein cannot be stored for later use, like fat or carbohydrates can, so the body needs daily replenishments.
Proteins Are Made Up of Amino Acids
Just what is protein? Protein consists of smaller units of amino acids. These amino acids, formed of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms, are literally the building blocks of the human body. From these amino acids, your body can make hundreds of different proteins that perform different functions.
On its own, the body can manufacture 14 of the 22 amino acids it needs. But the other 8 cannot be made by the body and must be obtained from the diet. These eight amino acids are called "essential amino acids" and include:
The body uses the amino acids obtained from dietary protein or amino acid supplements to build the body's proteins, which become the structural foundation of the body and the molecules that sustain life.
Protein Digestion Releases Nitrogen Waste
Amino acids not synthesized into protein become converted to calories or energy. However, converting protein to calories or energy requires your body to strip the amino acids of their nitrogen atoms, creating nitrogen waste.
This nitrogen waste from the metabolized protein arrives at your kidneys as a toxic "urea," and must be filtered out.
For example, a hen egg, the highest protein food, makes only 48 percent of its protein available to the body. The rest of the egg converts to calories and produces nitrogen waste in the process.
For individuals with reduced kidney function, the amount of nitrogen waste produced from protein digestion can actually harm their kidneys.
According to the National Kidney Foundation, 20 million people have reduced kidney function and don't even know it. Not only does the toxic nitrogen waste considerably strain kidneys, but in high amounts can cause weak kidneys to further decline.
Therefore, to maintain optimum health and fitness, you must include enough dietary protein to keep up with losses. Since the diet alone often does not accomplish this, supplementing with an optimum protein source is recommended. It is for this reason that Master Amino Acid Pattern (MAP) was created. It is the optimum protein therapy.
Inadequate Protein Intake Damages Your Body
Daily protein/amino acid intake is required to maintain or normalize cellular turnover and optimize the body's protein synthesis. Without sufficient protein, the body either lets cells die or breaks down other muscles and tissues to get the protein it needs for repair and other functions.
The body may actually "eat itself" to acquire the necessary amino acids, or borrow the amino acids from the immune system or body functions to meet its protein needs. If you workout and don't have enough protein to rebuild your body, instead of getting stronger, you will become weaker and be subject to injury.
Whether due to restricted diets, illness, skipping meals, poor diet choices, and so on, inadequate protein/amino acid intake can compromise your health and affect the following body functions:
Many people are unknowingly protein deficient. Protein levels may actually be normal in standard blood panels, but in deeper tests of the serum, many individuals have deficient amino acid levels. Even marginal deficiencies can magnify the effect of every disease. We have never seen a vegetarian who is not protein deficient.
Most of the Protein We Eat Is Burned as Calories
Although you get much protein through your daily diet, the body cannot, unfortunately, digest and use all of it.
A nutritional label may indicate 10 grams of protein in a food, but your body won't assimilate all 10 grams. Most likely you'll assimilate only 10-20% and convert the rest to calories.
Why? Because in order for protein synthesis to take place, all 8 of the essential amino acids must be present. All 8 must be at the cell at the same time; otherwise protein cannot be made.
Protein cannot be stored, so these essential amino acids must either be in place or the body will burn the protein as energy, or store it as fat.
Another factor determining the amount of protein synthesis that takes place is the proportion and ratio of these amino acids. For each creature in the animal kingdom, the proportion and ratio for maximum protein synthesis varies.
Many People Have Increased Protein Needs
Many individuals need protein well beyond the regular requirements. Endurance athletes and other highly active people have increased muscle breakdown and body wear, and need more protein to rebuild their bodies and prevent injury.
The American Dietetic Association says that when athletes do heavy strength and resistance training, they need more than twice the amount of protein as normal to rebuild and repair their bodies.
Not just athletes need more protein. Middle aged and elderly people have extended body breakdown too. The hydrochloric acid in their stomachs, which activates the pepsin enzyme that digests protein, drops to half its regular level as individuals enter middle age. So the protein they eat may never be digested and their bodies break down for lack of it. Much of aging is probably due to this factor alone.
Children and adolescents also need more protein because their bodies are constantly growing. They have an increased need for new cells, new tissue, and other building materials.
Dieters who starve their bodies, menopausal women with imbalanced hormones, patients recovering from surgery or illness, individuals looking to support healthy kidney function, and others who want to maintain their immune system all have greater needs for protein.
For the athlete in the early season who works on strength training and must add muscle, strengthen tendons and cartilage require adequate amounts of high quality protein.
MAP should be used to do this. 2.5 tablets per 40 pounds of body weight (with a maximum of ten tablets) should be used pre-workout on easy days and after each workout (2 hours after the first workout) on hard days. You will notice the difference very quickly and it will last you for the whole upcoming season.
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EC!
Hope all is well with you and your family. I want to give you a brief update re:Sunrider Whole Food Herbs and MAP Amino Acids.
Phase I: my body is on fire! My cycling volume has increased to 2 hours/day Zone 1 and 2 for 3 days; 3 hours/day Zone 1 to 4 for hillclimb repeats for 2 days; and 3 hours for a Zone 1 cruise. This covers my six days per week. I currently do not have a gym but will shortly.
My BM's are quick and full. Body is leaning out consistently and I am noticing new muscle growth. My only vairation on the Phase 1 regimen is an increase in the 2 supplements at night to 3 tabs each.
Energy is good. Strength is good. Mood is good.
Is it time to Pounce to Phase 2?
Thank you for keeping me on pace.
- Warrior Z.
coach responds:
Precious Warrior Z!
yes!
it's time to POUNCE into Phase Two of SUNRIDER Herbs...
your Cell Cleansing/Fat Loss stage has been attained!
congratulations! now, for the REALLY FUN part:
am emailing you the Phase Two directions!
maintain your MAP intake.
head bowed to your action devotion toward wholeness in your
food choices!
coach ilg
note; each person who signs up on the SUNRIDER Herbs and the MAP Amino Acids under me, receives ongoing complimentary personal guidance.
Reverend Ilg understands the complexities of philosophy vs. everyday actions all too well...the following is a two-part Teaching on such Divine Battle. photo by Ananda during a wedding ceremony performed by coach this past weekend in Flag.
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As i start packing my back and bikes for the IRON HORSE BICYCLE RACE this weekend, you better believe the first
bag i pack is the one with my Secret Herbs and MAP
Amino Acids. Why? Priorities, that's why!
if you are not in my SUNRIDER Herb Downline, than you have just been emailed a missive that details which SUNRIDER Herb i used to lose fat at 7% bodyfat to start without losing muscle strength and endurance for racing events like Iron Horse...c'mon, get on the Secret Herbs of Wholistic Fitness® today and get feeling world class!
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Alpha 20C
name stands for: the 20th letter in the alphabet is "T". this formula packs up the T-Cell Immunity like no other.
in fact, it's so successful in the fight against Cancer and other dis-eases (Mrs. Chen used it to kick the wholly crap out of her
Cancer battle) that he sells it in 5lb bulk containers for only $232...can't even get a damned x-ray for that much in the Western side of things!
Product Code # 191505 is your call. Order 2...you'll be getting 20 5gm packs for $52.60 each.
let me know when these potent Swords arrive at your Noble Side.
text, photos, and YouTube video by coach steve ilg
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May - the wildflower month - is around the bend.
Gingerly unfolding cold legs,
i arise from morning Meditation
and wink at the frost still gracing the zendo window.
Grandfather Sun slowly shatters
cold silhouette of the Sacred Peak.
Resisting temptation to pull on moccasins,
i pad outside
filling the bird feeders
tip-toeing atop frozen grass clumps.
Warmth is a human desire far more
tenacious than arctic ice.
Feeble ilg keeps bringing you
logs, in your Heart, you know this.
Each day, you see me
stacking them at thy feet
singing
Prayers
for your sacred daily sweat
to be laced by divine insight and
stainless wisdom.
Feeble ilg may well be the weakest
Dharma Teacher
and
most afflicted Yoga Teacher of all time.
yet,
here is another log
for your inner fire...
ilg prays;
May you always stay
fueled for the Inner Journey...
See you in the Cave,
- coach ilg
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Doko Oosliid and the Sacred Peaks of Saint Francis
from my Zendo window. photo by ilg.
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photos:
1) Dewachen Rinpoche (whom turned 19 months on the 11th) and i yesterday, enjoying a most luscious Easter Sunday snowfall. Dewa has yet to taste chocolate or refined sugar of any sort. she prefers tomatoes, Sunrider Fruit SUNBARS, and of course, cottage cheese. photo by Ananda.
2)not shown on IDL
