Bodybuilding requires complete physical and nutritional check. When you are able to complete your physical exercise routine, the next thing you need to check on is the proper diet you take to complement your bodybuilding routine.
You know very well that overtraining for bodybuilding doesn't help you gain weight or improve your physical condition. What's worst is that people have this misconception of training hard and then missing out on rest and lots of sleep, not knowing that you inflict the negative way of gaining weight.
Our body muscles are mostly composed of water and protein, and in order to maintain the regular intake of protein to our body is to eat food rich in protein. Bodybuilders are one of the people who need regular intake of proteins to their body. Why? Simply because protein has lots of amino acid in it, that when the body digests a protein rich food, the amino acids make it possible to build new tissues for specific parts of the body. So, our body muscles which need regular amount of protein everyday, gets amino acids to help it grow. The same reason is applied to the muscles of a bodybuilder because of rigorous training during bodybuilding.
Foods like eggs, liver, kidneys, beef, fish, cheese, milk, nuts, beans and some grains are excellent source of protein everyday. Make sure that you have any of the protein food in your diet. Also, be careful in taking in food rich in carbohydrates and sugar. Not all food rich in carbohydrates have positive contribution to your bodybuilding routines. Although most of the food rich with refined carbohydrates may contribute to boost your energy, the problem is, the effect doesn't last long.
Body appearances also has different intake needs. Ectomorphs and Mesomorphs need to increase their caloric intake while Endomomorphs should take lesser calorie intake. Remember, the diet is important for gaining muscles not for eating pleasure.
By: Shareen Aguilar
Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Best Body Building Equipment...is You!
Go to any gym. What do you see?
Body building equipment fills every square inch that’s not already occupied with sweaty bodies. There’s always one machine in particular that draws a crowd. It’s the latest, greatest in body building equipment. The one that will sculpt, tone, and carve you into body building perfection. Is it worth standing in line for? Maybe…but probably not.
The best body building equipment you’ll ever find is your own body. Using your own body weight, you can create better results than the fanciest body building equipment on the market ever could. When you use your own body for resistance, you get some benefits no mechanical body building equipment could ever provide.
Here are some of the best features of this most excellent body building equipment:
Balance
When you exercise using your own body for resistance, your muscles work even harder just to keep you upright. What do you think works you harder, bench pressing, where you’re lying on the bench, totally supported; or, push-ups, where the last thing you want to do is crash to the ground in a clumsy, klutzy mass? No body building equipment has ever been created that will work your balance ability as hard as standing on your own two feet.
Range of Motion
Compare how your muscles work when you’re on a tricep machine versus doing kickbacks with a dumbbell. On the machine, your body works like… a machine. On the floor, you’re able to add a little twist at the end, tweaking the exercise to add a little more definition. Most body building equipment has a relatively limited range of motion allowed, but you can extend your range by doing it on your own.
Core Strength
What will work you to exhaustion faster – a bunch of reps on a piece of body building equipment that targets biceps, or some old-fashioned chin ups? On most body building equipment, you get to plant your butt on a bench. Most exercises you do using your own weight as resistance require a lot from your core muscles. They’re involved even when they’re not targeted.
The good news is that you don’t have to wait in line anymore for the most popular pieces of body building equipment. The bad news is that you’re out of excuses! See a long line? Just hit the floor. Your body will get a better workout with benefits no machine could ever give.
By: The Muscle Nerd, Jeff Anderson
Body building equipment fills every square inch that’s not already occupied with sweaty bodies. There’s always one machine in particular that draws a crowd. It’s the latest, greatest in body building equipment. The one that will sculpt, tone, and carve you into body building perfection. Is it worth standing in line for? Maybe…but probably not.
The best body building equipment you’ll ever find is your own body. Using your own body weight, you can create better results than the fanciest body building equipment on the market ever could. When you use your own body for resistance, you get some benefits no mechanical body building equipment could ever provide.
Here are some of the best features of this most excellent body building equipment:
Balance
When you exercise using your own body for resistance, your muscles work even harder just to keep you upright. What do you think works you harder, bench pressing, where you’re lying on the bench, totally supported; or, push-ups, where the last thing you want to do is crash to the ground in a clumsy, klutzy mass? No body building equipment has ever been created that will work your balance ability as hard as standing on your own two feet.
Range of Motion
Compare how your muscles work when you’re on a tricep machine versus doing kickbacks with a dumbbell. On the machine, your body works like… a machine. On the floor, you’re able to add a little twist at the end, tweaking the exercise to add a little more definition. Most body building equipment has a relatively limited range of motion allowed, but you can extend your range by doing it on your own.
Core Strength
What will work you to exhaustion faster – a bunch of reps on a piece of body building equipment that targets biceps, or some old-fashioned chin ups? On most body building equipment, you get to plant your butt on a bench. Most exercises you do using your own weight as resistance require a lot from your core muscles. They’re involved even when they’re not targeted.
The good news is that you don’t have to wait in line anymore for the most popular pieces of body building equipment. The bad news is that you’re out of excuses! See a long line? Just hit the floor. Your body will get a better workout with benefits no machine could ever give.
By: The Muscle Nerd, Jeff Anderson
Body Building And The Body Building Supplement: Then And Now
Not long ago, going to get a body building supplement meant getting ready, grabbing the car keys, and driving across town to an anonymous strip mall filled with donut shops and industrial shoe stores. Asking the sales clerk for advice wasn’t much easier. Often, they were either die-hard lifters who couldn’t really relate to their smaller lifting cousins. Or, even worse, many were young teenagers more interested in seeing just how high the store speaker system could go before “blowing” out. Luckily, times have changed.
In 1867, when a man named Eugen Sandow (“The Father of Modern Body Building”) first launched body building, it served as merely a way for photographers to show off their new technology by snapping pictures of unique, chiseled forms. Sandow, and others like him, built their bodies to look like Greek statues and posed to define their sculpted physiques. From there, bodybuilding morphed into a small sport compromised of serious competitors and growing physiques.
Some men even toured as sort of a “freak show,” posing and performing for circuses and fairs. However, the most famous—and best—body builders went on years later to show their hard-earned bodies at up-and-coming competitions such as “Mr. Olympia” and Mr. Universe.” These men lifted for the sheer joy of lifting and never dreamed that their solitary sport would one day become an American pastime. Nor could they ever have envisioned a body building supplement in the form of pills, shakes, drinks, or bars. Their supplements consisted of raw eggs and huge slabs of steak, not high-powders and easy-to-swallow tablets.
Once thought of as a sport simply for iron-willed men, body building has become a blossoming pastime for the elderly, teenagers, sports players, and even pregnant women. The benefits of building muscle to aid in resisting bone loss and burning fat have become widely known. Coaches everywhere understand that strength in the gym translates into strength on the field. Doctors know that a strong, healthy body equals a long, healthy, and happy life. Using the right body building supplement makes reaping these benefits easier than ever before.
Today, people from all walks of life use body building to feel better, look better, and have fun. Bodybuilding isn’t just about carnival shows, old photographs, or competitions anymore. It also isn’t a relic of the past, it’s a pastime. Its benefits are recognized for superior sports performance, better health, and increased self-esteem. Without a doubt, Eugen Sandow could never have envisioned a time when bodybuilding would be such a widespread activity.
Now, finding the perfect body building supplement is as easy as turning on a computer and clicking a mouse. No longer are bodybuilders forced to chug glasses of raw eggs or shop in abandoned strip malls. They have stepped through the door of the past into a bright future. Make sure to visit http://www.fitness-supplement.com for a wide array of effective and below list price supplements to see just how far bodybuilding has come.
By: IPRWire Staff Writer
In 1867, when a man named Eugen Sandow (“The Father of Modern Body Building”) first launched body building, it served as merely a way for photographers to show off their new technology by snapping pictures of unique, chiseled forms. Sandow, and others like him, built their bodies to look like Greek statues and posed to define their sculpted physiques. From there, bodybuilding morphed into a small sport compromised of serious competitors and growing physiques.
Some men even toured as sort of a “freak show,” posing and performing for circuses and fairs. However, the most famous—and best—body builders went on years later to show their hard-earned bodies at up-and-coming competitions such as “Mr. Olympia” and Mr. Universe.” These men lifted for the sheer joy of lifting and never dreamed that their solitary sport would one day become an American pastime. Nor could they ever have envisioned a body building supplement in the form of pills, shakes, drinks, or bars. Their supplements consisted of raw eggs and huge slabs of steak, not high-powders and easy-to-swallow tablets.
Once thought of as a sport simply for iron-willed men, body building has become a blossoming pastime for the elderly, teenagers, sports players, and even pregnant women. The benefits of building muscle to aid in resisting bone loss and burning fat have become widely known. Coaches everywhere understand that strength in the gym translates into strength on the field. Doctors know that a strong, healthy body equals a long, healthy, and happy life. Using the right body building supplement makes reaping these benefits easier than ever before.
Today, people from all walks of life use body building to feel better, look better, and have fun. Bodybuilding isn’t just about carnival shows, old photographs, or competitions anymore. It also isn’t a relic of the past, it’s a pastime. Its benefits are recognized for superior sports performance, better health, and increased self-esteem. Without a doubt, Eugen Sandow could never have envisioned a time when bodybuilding would be such a widespread activity.
Now, finding the perfect body building supplement is as easy as turning on a computer and clicking a mouse. No longer are bodybuilders forced to chug glasses of raw eggs or shop in abandoned strip malls. They have stepped through the door of the past into a bright future. Make sure to visit http://www.fitness-supplement.com for a wide array of effective and below list price supplements to see just how far bodybuilding has come.
By: IPRWire Staff Writer
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Exercises To Build Chest Muscle Fast
You see them on TV, at the beach or just walking about -- men with well-defined pectoral muscles; you're envious. They have the definition, they have the look, and they have the broad shoulders that carry their build and put your less-than-well-defined chest muscles to shame. If you're getting ready to hit the beach, planning a stay at a resort with a pool, or just want to add some definition under your shirt, here are a few exercises to build your chest muscles fast.
Dips
Often overlooked by individuals, dips are an effective way of building chest muscle, as well as adding definition to your chest, and working your triceps in one simple action. Traditionally, dips take place on parallel bars, but you can also perform these exercises from the comfort of your home if you have two sturdy surfaces that are at an even height and can hold your weight.
For the biggest impact on your chest muscles, you should lean forward during your reps and be sure to lower, and raise, yourself as much as possible.
Pushups
While pushups may seem plain-Jane and boring, there are ways to spice up your pushup routine that will help you add definition while working different areas of your chest to build up muscle. Most people know about standard, military-style pushups where your hands are placed shoulder-width apart, and those work, but there are several variations of pushups:
1. Incline pushups
2. Decline pushups
3. Wide push ups
4. Diamond pushups
Try mixing and matching different push up routines -- this will help you to work different parts of your upper body and different chest muscles as well.
Weightless resistance training
It may seem silly, but you can tighten, tone, and even build chest muscle fast without heading to the gym. There are many types of 'weightless' resistance training that you can incorporate -- from dips to butterfly-like presses.
Here are two types of resistance training that will help you to build chest muscle up quickly:
* Interlock your hands directly in front of your chest and try to pull them apart.
* Replicate a butterfly press without a weight-training machine. While you can certainly use free weights and work to build muscle mass, you can also create your own resistance while performing these butterfly-like presses and add definition to your chest muscles.
The exercises that we have outlined here not only will help you to build chest muscle quickly, they are all easy enough to be performed from your own home. Weight training and muscle building does not have to be difficult, and with a little bit of effort, you can have the well-defined chest muscles that you have been looking for in no time flat.
By: AnthonyG
Dips
Often overlooked by individuals, dips are an effective way of building chest muscle, as well as adding definition to your chest, and working your triceps in one simple action. Traditionally, dips take place on parallel bars, but you can also perform these exercises from the comfort of your home if you have two sturdy surfaces that are at an even height and can hold your weight.
For the biggest impact on your chest muscles, you should lean forward during your reps and be sure to lower, and raise, yourself as much as possible.
Pushups
While pushups may seem plain-Jane and boring, there are ways to spice up your pushup routine that will help you add definition while working different areas of your chest to build up muscle. Most people know about standard, military-style pushups where your hands are placed shoulder-width apart, and those work, but there are several variations of pushups:
1. Incline pushups
2. Decline pushups
3. Wide push ups
4. Diamond pushups
Try mixing and matching different push up routines -- this will help you to work different parts of your upper body and different chest muscles as well.
Weightless resistance training
It may seem silly, but you can tighten, tone, and even build chest muscle fast without heading to the gym. There are many types of 'weightless' resistance training that you can incorporate -- from dips to butterfly-like presses.
Here are two types of resistance training that will help you to build chest muscle up quickly:
* Interlock your hands directly in front of your chest and try to pull them apart.
* Replicate a butterfly press without a weight-training machine. While you can certainly use free weights and work to build muscle mass, you can also create your own resistance while performing these butterfly-like presses and add definition to your chest muscles.
The exercises that we have outlined here not only will help you to build chest muscle quickly, they are all easy enough to be performed from your own home. Weight training and muscle building does not have to be difficult, and with a little bit of effort, you can have the well-defined chest muscles that you have been looking for in no time flat.
By: AnthonyG
Sexy Abs - Discover The Best Kept Secret
Here's the problem. Many abdominal exercises that are recommended to develop the abs are not necessarily the best method to get that sexy abs appearance. This is evidenced by the fact that abdominal exercises are one of the hottest, and yet, most controversial topics in the fitness and exercise industry. And despite the hundreds of ab gadgets, gimmicks, and exercise machines that flood the market, that sexy six-pack abs appearance evades the masses.
If you really want flat sexy abs that look like a six pack, losing belly fat is the MOST important factor. To get the sexy abs you desire, you must lose the belly fat that is covering them up. To be honest, you probably already have decent abs. They just happen to be covered up by extra flabby stomach fat.
Although most people tend to focus on abdominal exercises to make their stomach flatter and more like a six-pack, you will be better served by performing exercises that will help lose the belly fat. This can be accomplished by focusing the majority of your training time with special combinations of high intensity full-body, multi-joint exercises. In other words, exercises that work the largest portions of the body at once.
Exercises that work the large muscle groups of the legs, upper and lower back, and chest give you the biggest metabolic bang for your buck in terms of abdominal fat loss. Some examples are lunges, squats and deadlifts. Completed in high intensity super-set, tri-set, or circuit fashion, these exercises will give you the best fat-burning and metabolism boosting response from your workouts.
When it comes to abdominal-specific exercises, resistance is key. Steer clear of performing hundreds of crunches and other meaningless abs exercises that barely give your abdominals enough resistance to work against. Don't waste your time with exercises that you can do more than 20 or 25 reps. That is a clear sign that you are not doing an exercise that provides enough resistance to the abs. You want enough resistance from abs exercises to get you down into the 6-15 rep range per set.
Generally, the higher resistance abdominal exercises involve raising/curling the legs and pelvis either upward or inward closer to the trunk. A couple great examples of these higher resistance abdominal exercises are hanging leg raises or knee raises using a "pelvic curl up," or an exercise like lying hip thrusts.
One of the best kept secrets for flat sexy abs is to focus on exercises that lose belly fat. Core body exercises that work the largest muscle groups result in the biggest fat burning gains. And, always remember that when it comes to abdominal-specific exercises, higher resistance exercises that involve curling/raising the legs and pelvis upward or inward develop the abs to the best extent possible.
By: R. Crowley
If you really want flat sexy abs that look like a six pack, losing belly fat is the MOST important factor. To get the sexy abs you desire, you must lose the belly fat that is covering them up. To be honest, you probably already have decent abs. They just happen to be covered up by extra flabby stomach fat.
Although most people tend to focus on abdominal exercises to make their stomach flatter and more like a six-pack, you will be better served by performing exercises that will help lose the belly fat. This can be accomplished by focusing the majority of your training time with special combinations of high intensity full-body, multi-joint exercises. In other words, exercises that work the largest portions of the body at once.
Exercises that work the large muscle groups of the legs, upper and lower back, and chest give you the biggest metabolic bang for your buck in terms of abdominal fat loss. Some examples are lunges, squats and deadlifts. Completed in high intensity super-set, tri-set, or circuit fashion, these exercises will give you the best fat-burning and metabolism boosting response from your workouts.
When it comes to abdominal-specific exercises, resistance is key. Steer clear of performing hundreds of crunches and other meaningless abs exercises that barely give your abdominals enough resistance to work against. Don't waste your time with exercises that you can do more than 20 or 25 reps. That is a clear sign that you are not doing an exercise that provides enough resistance to the abs. You want enough resistance from abs exercises to get you down into the 6-15 rep range per set.
Generally, the higher resistance abdominal exercises involve raising/curling the legs and pelvis either upward or inward closer to the trunk. A couple great examples of these higher resistance abdominal exercises are hanging leg raises or knee raises using a "pelvic curl up," or an exercise like lying hip thrusts.
One of the best kept secrets for flat sexy abs is to focus on exercises that lose belly fat. Core body exercises that work the largest muscle groups result in the biggest fat burning gains. And, always remember that when it comes to abdominal-specific exercises, higher resistance exercises that involve curling/raising the legs and pelvis upward or inward develop the abs to the best extent possible.
By: R. Crowley
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