Category: Fitness & Bodybuilding

Toning Your Muscles

Younger people have firmer, tighter, more toned muscles than older people, and for this reason anything that you can do to increase the tone of your muscles will help make you look younger.

Many women are of the mistaken belief that if they lift weights they are going to build big bulky muscles.
The professional weight lifting and bodybuilding women have been responsible for many women believing that they will turn out the same if they do any form of resistance training.

We need to realize that these weightlifters and bodybuilders are very often taking steroids and using all types of supplements and special nutrition to build their muscles to the size they achieve.

Most women will never have to worry about this happening to them.
Resistance training will certainly improve your muscle density and you might see some increase in the size of your muscles but this will be offset by reduction in the fat from the exercise due to the fact that muscles burn fat.

This will help you to build a leaner, toned and healthier body that will resemble that of the younger person.
Resistance training will also help to stimulate the blood flow throughout the body and in doing so will improve your skin texture as an added bonus.

Your skin will become tighter and will remain like that for longer provided you do some form of maintenance training on a regular basis.

You certainly don’t need to go overboard with your training to get some good results.
20 minutes to half an hour three times a week should be sufficient.

Because the majority of people don’t take the time to maintain a toned body, anybody who does make the effort will certainly stand out in the crowd and took a lot healthier and younger than others in the same age group.

Jan 21, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Gwen Stefani Diet and Exercise Plan

By Melissa Larone

Gwen Stefani calls her weight struggle “a nightmare”. She has revealed that she’s being dieting since she was in grade 6 and admits that it is all in the name of vanity. Gwen on her post-pregnancy body: “Your metabolism is like, whooosh! You’re sleep deprived, but you have this crazy amount of energy because of all those hormones. I’m scared what’ll happen when it all stops. What it’ll feel like, going back to the regular me. Now I’m in a repeater zone. I just want to make babies and make records.”

Gwen on her ‘My Fair Lady’-inspired spread: “I’ve gotten a little more feminine over the last few years. As the years go by, you get more comfortable with looking more like a woman.”

Gwen on struggling to maintain her size 4 figure: “I hate talking about it, but it’s true. I’ve always been on a diet, ever since I was in the sixth grade. It’s an ongoing battle and it’s a nightmare. But I like clothes too much, and I always wanted to wear the outfits I would make. And I’m very vain.”

What Does Gwen Stefani Eat?

When asked what Gwen Stefani eats she replies “all the healthy stuff, but I usually let myself cheat once or twice a day with a pizza or a cookie”. Luckily for you…I’ve has asked her personal trainer to reveal her diet and workout schedule. Click Here to see exactly what she eats.

How does she workout?

Who better to let you in on the secret than Gwen’s own personal trainer Mike Heatlie.

For more information on Gwen Stefani’s Diet Plan or any other celebrity (Nicole Richie, Cameron Diaz, Pink etc..) check out www.Celebrity-Diets.org

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Oct 31, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

THE HOLY GRAIL BODY TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM: How To Gain Muscle And Lose Fat At Same Time?

I just heard about some really ‘weird’ results that occurred during a recent body transformation contest… Some of the contestants actually lost fat while building muscle at the SAME TIME! In fact, one of the winners of this contest actually GAINED weight!

If you know anything about before and after fitness contests or the reality TV shows like the biggest loser, then you know that those types of results are unheard of. Usually the goal is to cut as many pounds on the scale as humanly possible, right? But what those shows never talk about is “body composition” and the possibility of “body RE-composition”, or gaining lean body mass as you burn the fat.

The thing is, most people, even a lot of veteran trainers, believe that it’s impossible to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time. You might have heard all the debates and arguments about this subject yourself on forums and blogs, etc. etc.

Even though the experts disagree, if there’s any consensus at all, it’s that simultaneously gaining muscle while losing fat is the most difficult fitness goal to achieve… That’s why people call it the “holy grail”; because it’s so elusive.

BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE: IT IS POSSIBLE. (“difficult” and “impossible” are not the same thing)

“THE HOLY GRAIL BODY TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM: How to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time”

Jul 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

The Importance of Physical Variability in Cardio Exercise

Your Cardio Workouts may not be helping you unless you incorporate a high range of heart rate shifts in your training

By Mike Geary – Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist

Are you a cardio junkie? Everyone seems to think that “cardio” is the best way to get in shape and lose body fat. I’m going to show you with this article why I disagree!

It is quite common to hear fitness pros, doctors, and other health professionals prescribe low to moderate intensity aerobic training (cardio) to people who are trying to prevent heart disease or lose weight. Most often, the recommendations go something like this:

“Perform 30-60 minutes of steady pace cardio 3-5 times/week maintaining your heart rate at a moderate level”

Before you just give in to this popular belief and become the “hamster on the wheel” doing endless hours of boring cardio exercise, I’d like you to consider some recent scientific research that indicates that steady pace endurance cardio work may not be all it’s cracked up to be.

First, realize that our bodies are designed to perform physical activity in bursts of exertion followed by recovery, or stop-and-go movement instead of steady state movement. Recent research is suggesting that physical variability is one of the most important aspects to consider in your training.

This tendency can be seen throughout nature as most animals demonstrate stop-and-go motion instead of steady state motion. In fact, humans are the only creatures in nature that attempt to do “endurance” type physical activities. Most competitive sports (with the exception of endurance running or cycling) are also based on stop-and-go movement or short bursts of exertion followed by recovery.

Jul 03, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

The Hidden Truth About “Reducing Your Cholesterol”

You may be surprised at the REAL causes of heart disease — and it’s NOT saturated fat or cholesterol

by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer

We all know that heart disease is one of the leading killers of people around the world, particularly highest in countries such as the US and Australia.

However, did you know that there are several medical studies worldwide that clearly show that higher cholesterol levels in the body actually increases longevity instead of decreasing it? Yes, you heard that right! People with high cholesterol have been statistically shown to live longer and healthier than people with low cholesterol in several studies. There are multiple references for this phenomenon in Shane Ellison’s controversial book, The Hidden Truth about Cholesterol Lowering Drugs, Dr. Uffe Ravnskov’s (MD, PhD) book entitled The Cholesterol Myths, as well as Sally Fallon and Mary Enig’s book, Nourishing Traditions.

So why in the world are the pharmaceutical and medical industry pushing for practically everyone on the planet to “lower their cholesterol”? Well, the first, and more innocent answer, is flawed medical studies from decades ago that have been accepted as fact and never fully analyzed for their validity. Another answer is that this practice of recommending that half of the damn planet takes a cholesterol lowering medication (currently, statins), regardless of whether they truly have any real risk for heart disease, creates insane multi-squillion dollar profits for the drug companies!

As a perfectly absurd example of how doctors have been wrongly influenced by the drug companies… a couple years ago, I was a perfectly healthy 28 yr old, in great shape, exercising daily, eating a balanced healthy diet full of antioxidants and quality nutrition, no smoking, and with no real risk factors for heart disease, and just because my cholesterol level has been consistently measured over 200 for my entire life, my doctor recommended I consider using a cholesterol lowering statin drug.

Jun 16, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

The Greatest Quad Builder… That Almost No One Wants To Do

By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS
www.BurnTheFat.com

It’s axiomatic that the exercises which give you the best results are always the hardest ones to do. If you want a huge back… you row and deadlift. If you want huge legs, you squat… OR… you do THIS leg exercise – that almost no one wants to do because its one of the hardest of them all.

Which one am I talking about? FRONT SQUATS!

Jun 11, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Becoming One of Those Fitness Babes

fitness_babe In today’s modern society, you have to consider that being fit means being attractive. Besides, you would have more sex appeal if you have a great looking body instead of having those extra padding in your body. So, if you want to look and feel sexy and also have more self confidence, you have to consider starting a fitness program for your body.

If you saw TV and fitness magazine advertising before, you have to admit that the fitness babes looks so attractive showing off their sexy and fit body. If you want to make it as a fitness babe or simply want to look like them, you have to consider working out in the gym. You have to realize the fact that having a well-toned and sexy body not only means that you will be very attractive it will also mean that your heart and the rest of your body will be healthy as well. By working out, you will be less at risk for heart diseases and other diseases such as diabetes.

Jun 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

3 Keys to Losing Fat and Maintaining Muscle at The Same Time

There are three main keys to losing fat and gaining muscle. If you’re missing any of these you will most likely fail in your attempts to build a lean muscular body. So what are they?

1) Eat Less Calories than you burn off

2) Resistance Training

3) Eating enough protein to maintain muscle mass

That’s as short and sweet as I can put it.

Jun 01, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

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