XCAP Proudly Sponsors Tyron Woodley

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Xtreme Couture Athletic Pharaceuticals (XCAP SUPPLEMENTS) will sponsor Tyron Woodley at Strikeforce

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When opportunity knocks, Tyron Woodley rushes to meet it. So when Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos was forced to withdraw from a scheduled bout against Paul Daley due to injury, Woodley moved to take his place on just five weeks’ notice. Woodley will collide with Daley in a featured welterweight matchup at Strikeforce/M-1 Global “Fedor vs. Henderson” on
Saturday at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill.

Woodley boasts a perfect 8-0 record, with five wins by submission and another by technical knockout. He has pushed for a title shot for quite a while and originally thought the fight against Daley would be for the welterweight crown vacated by Nick Diaz, who left Strikeforce to prepare for a bout against Georges St. Pierre at UFC 137. Plans changed, and the match was then designated a title eliminator — with the winner left standing.

Woodley, who considers himself the top 170-pound fighter left in Strikeforce, seems unfazed.

“It’s water under the bridge,” he tells Sherdog.com. “After the fight, great things are going to happen, title included. Doors are going to open up for my family and me.”

The way that Woodley and Daley carry themselves can perhaps be best described as night and day. Daley has been vilified for punching Josh Koscheck after the bell at UFC 113 and for failing to make weight — which he has done on five occasions. Woodley comes across as a true professional in every sense of the word.

“I come to fight. I give it everything I can. I show up on time. I make weight,” he says. “It’s not just fighters; there are people watching, kids watching, families watching, people getting involved in this, and it’s important to believe in what you do. If you see me on the street, I should be the exact same person as I am inside the cage.

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XCAP Launches in The UK

XCAP is now conveniently located in The United Kingdom.  Expect that your supplements will be shipped to you with ease and efficiency.  Check out www.XCAPUK.com and also Xtreme Couture UK on Facebook.

XCAP Fighter Martin Kampmann will KO Sanchez

XCAP fighter Martin Kampmann is planning to KO Sanchez tomorrow night.

Below is a video of Martin Kampmann training at Xtreme Couture MMA  as he prepares for his fight tomorrow night on UFC 3 on Versus

XCAP – Ray Sefo

XCAP fighter Ray Sefo puts up valiant effort against Valentijn Overeem this past weekend on StrikeForce.

Below is the fight video.

AA Resveratrol Blast helps burn fat

I will sum up this study up to make it easy to understand.  Resveratrol helps in the required steps for your body to burn fat.  XCAP’s product is called AA Resveratrol Blast.

Here is a list of other things that AA Resveratrol Blast has been shown to improve in studies.

Up-regulation of Adiponectin by resveratrol: the essential

roles of the Akt/FOXO1 and AMP-activated protein kinase

signaling pathways and DsbA-L.

J Biol Chem. 2011 Jan 7;286(1):60-6.Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University,

Hunan 410011, China.

OBJECTIVE: The natural polyphenol resveratrol (RSV) displays a wide spectrum of health

beneficial activities, yet the precise mechanisms remain to be fully elucidated. Here we show that

RSV promotes the multimerization and cellular levels of adiponectin in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.

METHODS AND RESULTS: The stimulatory effect of RSV was not affected by knocking out

Sirt1, but was diminished by suppressing the expression levels of DsbA-L, a recently identified

adiponectin-interactive protein that promotes adiponectin multimerization. Suppression of the Akt

signaling pathway resulted in an increase in the expression levels of DsbA-L and adiponectin. On

the other hand, knocking out FOXO1 or suppressing the activity or expression levels of the AMP-

activated protein kinase (AMPK) down-regulated DsbA-L and adiponectin. The stimulatory effect

of RSV on adiponectin and DsbA-L expression was completely diminished in FOXO1-suppressed

and AMPK-inactivated 3T3-L1 adipocytes.

CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, our results demonstrate that RSV promotes adiponectin

multimerization in 3T3-L1 adipocytes via a Sirt1-independent mechanism. In addition, we show

that the stimulatory effect of RSV is regulated by both the Akt/FOXO1 and the AMPK signaling

pathways. Last, we show that DsbA-L plays a critical role in the promoting effect of RSV on

adiponectin multimerization and cellular levels.

Zinc improves mood

We know from previous studies that Zinc helps with many things such as preventing scarring after a cut, thyroid health and hormone production.  We have very specific instructions on the www.XCAP.tv website on how to use zinc.

Role of zinc in the development and treatment of mood disorders

Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2010 Nov;13(6):685-9.

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee,

Florida, USA.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The present review is a critical examination of the most recent

published work on the role of zinc in the development and treatment of mood disorders.

RECENT FINDINGS: Clinical studies and experimental work using animal models have both

revealed a link between zinc status and neuropsychological disorders such as depression and

anxiety. Not only has zinc deficiency been shown to induce depression-like and anxiety-like

behaviors, supplementation has been used as a treatment for major depression. Zinc

administration improves the efficacy of antidepressant drugs in depressed patients and may have

a particular role to play in treatment-resistant patients. Recent investigations into the molecular

mechanisms responsible for these observations suggest a role for zinc in the regulation of

neurotransmitter systems, antioxidant mechanisms, neurotrophic factors, and neuronal precursor

cells.

SUMMARY: The data reviewed here not only indicate a role for zinc deficiency in the

development of mood disorders, but also show that zinc may also be important in their treatment.

Given the prevalence of zinc deficiency in human populations, this work has the potential to

influence strategies to prevent and treat these disorders.

XCAP’s Gian Villante: Football’s ‘10 Times’ More Dangerous Than MMA

After tryouts with various NFL teams didn’t work out, Gian Villante  decided to try something he sees as safer: MMA.

“I feel like football’s 10 times more dangerous and savage than MMA is,” Villante said Monday on the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Beatdown” show. “I’ve got 10 times worse injuries playing football than I did with MMA.”  Villante recently trained at Xreme Couture, MMA.

The 25-year-old native of Wantagh, N.Y., was a standout linebacker at Hofstra University. Since transitioning to fighting, he has compiled a 7-1 record and earned prospect status as Ring of Combat’s heavyweight champion. He fights Chad Griggs on Saturday in an alternate bout for Strikeforce’s heavyweight tournament.

“In [MMA], we have weight divisions. We see the shots that are coming,” Villante said. “In football, you don’t see it. It’s a 400-pound guy coming as fast as a car can move sometimes, and you don’t see him. He’s coming to clean your clock, and you’re not even looking at him. … That’s why these guys are getting these head injuries and shoulders are dislocating and all that stuff.”

Villante has cleaned a few clocks himself. All seven of his wins have been finishes, including a knockout via a head kick. Clearly the athleticism he used on the football field has translated to the ring.

“If we don’t feel like we’re getting the right opportunity somewhere, why not take your talent somewhere else? Football players, most of us are pretty good athletes,” Villante said. “Big, strong guys that are explosive, fast athletes. In mixed martial arts, that bodes well for knockout power.”

Of course, Villante was not just a football player. He also wrestled at Hofstra.

“I think wrestling’s very important too,” he said. “If you get a guy who just played football and has no wrestling experience, you’re going to have some trouble in there. I think that’s where it kind of helped me mix in and start off my career real fast and in the right direction.”

Villante has a two-year, six-fight deal with Strikeforce. Although he sees his future in the light heavyweight division, he said the alternate matchup against Griggs and a possible slot in the heavyweight tournament was too good to pass up.

“Chad Griggs isn’t a huge heavyweight,” Villante explained. “He’s 235, I believe. Nothing too big. He’s a guy that I think is a good fight for me.”

Griggs is coming off an upset win over Bobby Lashley last August. Villante was impressed with the fact that Griggs was not scared of his larger opponent.

“He’s a guy that comes to fight,” Villante said. “I’m not going to intimidate him if I flex at him because I guess Bobby Lashley is a little bigger than I am. … I think you can expect fireworks because we’re two guys that have pretty much finished every fight we’ve been in.”

Villante is expecting another finish and another win on Saturday as well.

“Like a football linebacker, if I see a hole, I’m going to go through. If I see an opening, if I see a guy hurt, I’m going to finish it,” Villante said. “If I get on him and I can catch him with something early, then I’m not going to take it easy. I’m going to try to finish the fight right away.”

Listen to the full interview (beginning at 1:33:20) with Villante, who also discussed a possible matchup against Alistair Overeem should he enter the tournament.

Posted by Sherdog Staff February 9, 2011

XCAP Sponsored Fighter Gian Villante

Gianpiero Villante, the current Ring of Combat Heavyweight Champion,  recently trained at Randy Couture’s gym Xtreme Couture MMA and signed up to be sponsored by XCAP prior to his fight this weekend.  Villante’s fight is scheduled for Saturday, February 12th against Chad Griggs at Fedor versus Silva in New Jersey. 

Gian Villante

Video clip of Brett Rogers and XCAP

Brett “The Grim” Rogers stopped by to get advice from Dr. John Fitzgerald aka Blood Doc.

Brett Rogers supports XCAP

Randy Couture’s Supplement line XCAP is happy to announce that  Brett  “The Grim” Rogers, real XCAP user, will be wearing the XCAP company colors (logo) on his fight shorts and pre-fight banner.

The Strikeforce World Heavyweight Champ Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem and heavyweight powerhouse Brett “The Grim” Rogers will collide at the upcoming STRIKEFORCE St. Louis: Heavy Artillery event at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo. on Saturday, May 15 LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

Rogers (10-1), a former EliteXC contender, scored a 22-second knockout of Andrei Arlovski last June to improve to 10-0, but suffered his first loss with a second-round TKO to top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko in November.

Rogers has been using the XCAP  line to help him peak for his fight, recover faster and work harder every round and XCAP is  sure to help Rogers meet his goals.

This is a fight that you just can’t miss!!