The Right Way to Create a Bodybuilding Diet

By Ricardo d Argence

All right, so you want to get physically fit at the gym, and lift heavy weights. If only weight lifting were as simple as pumping the weights up and down.

An important aspect of both repair and growth is nutrition. Bodybuiding diest are always changing for the simple reason muscle mass increases, putting muscle on means eating more, losing muscle means you will need to eat less. How do you stay on top of what is going on inside the body?

First you will want to monitor your weight and see if your goal of adding muscle is causing your bodyweight to increase. If the weight is stay as it is, then we need to look at increasing the food taken in. You are eating too much if your weight is increasing and if your stomach is growing. Be careful, as initially your weight will increase with lifting, and you want to monitor for increased in the dreaded fat.

Another good method of checking which is going up, muscle or fat is to use a set of body fat calipers. By using the calipers every two weeks that will show exactly what is happening, if muscle is going down due to not eating enough then that will show with the calipers and you will need to eat more. If the calipers show that bodyfat percentage is going up then you need to eat less.

Every good gym will have a set of calipers and assuming it is the same person doing the measurments each time you will get a honest reading as for what is going on. After you have figured out the amount of millimeters and your bodyweights, it is then that the chart which comes with calipers will determine what bodyfat percentage you are.

If you get yor bodyweight in pound and then multiply it by the percentage of bodyfat, that will give you your total bodyfat. Total bodyweight less the resulting figure will equal one's fat free mass. Although the figure has organs and muscle we use the entire model for the calculations including organs and bones.

You should record and keep the figures you calculated for total body fat and for fat free mass. When you have your measurements taken you can check to see if the percentage of bodyfat has increased. If you do the correct exercise and eat correctly then your body fat will go down. And with the decrease of body fat, you will find that your muscles and fat free mass will go up. If you are not eating correctly you will discover that your fat free mass, muscle is decreasing and the bodyfat is increasing. - 17268

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Build Muscle Fast With These 4 Tips

By Caleb Lee

Want to know a way to build a better looking body... burn more calories... and more fat -- even when you're not spending time working out?

Whether your goal is to bulk up and get really big or to just get that "ripped" look -- you need to know how to build muscle. It's the easiest way to get the look you want. Here's some tips to build muscle fast.

Contrary to popular belief, building muscle is not that hard. Here are a few great tips to help you build muscle fast so you can reshape your body and even burn more calories when you're not exercising.

Great Tip #1 - Eat a LOT

When you exercise you're actually damaging the muscles used, so it's important to eat a lot to give them the nutrients they need to rebuild themselves (especially if your goal is to gain muscle size).

If you follow the correct diet you can build muscle while not gaining that much fat... even though you're eating a lot. The important thing is to feed your muscles because they need lots of nutrients to repair themselves and grow.

Tip #2 - Do Plenty of Reps

It's important to increase your volume if you want to build muscle. But don't go crazy. You only need about 10 reps or so for each muscle group. If you stick to this general rule then your workouts won't be too long either.

Tip #3 - Increase Protein Intake

If you want to build muscle fast, you really need to increase your protein intake to make sure your body has enough. If the muscles are going to repair themselves, they need to have plenty of protein.

Some people end up taking huge amounts of protein while others don't get enough; however, it's important that you take the right amount. Usually it's best to get about one gram of protein for each pound of weight you have. So, if you weight about 150, you'll need 150 grams of protein every day.

Tip #4 - Limit Cardio

Limiting cardio is important as well if you want to build muscle fast. If you do too much, you'll lose those muscle gains. Sure, cardio is great for losing fat, but too much may cause a problem. - 17268

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Restaurant Dining For Healthy Lifestyles

By Ryan L. Freeman

Dining out is a big part of our lives. Maybe you are eating out frequently because you entertain clients. Perhaps you don't like eating out. Regardless, if you want to keep a nice fit body, restaurant meals will give you a huge obstacle to overcome. In fact, eating out at restaurants is one of the biggest reasons why so many people fatten up while traveling.

If you're interested in staying lean while dining out by using a few healthy tricks you're in luck because I'm going to share some below.

The 3 vital things to avoid in restaurants are:

*** refined starchy foods *** any sodas, juices and other sugary foods (except fresh fruits, which are great) *** deep fried foods (anything dropped in a scorching bath of trans fats)

Skip these major culprits and you can eliminate the major food sources that do the worst damage to your body - trans fats, refined vegetable oils, refined starchy carbohydrates, and refined sugars.

What you should try to do is to, skip the bread, skip the french fries that come with every single sandwich on every menu known to man, and reduce all of the heaping portions of pasta and rice that are often loaded on your plate as well.

Substitute a salad for the typical french fries, pasta, or rice, that most restaurant meals come with. And of course eat your meat and other vegetables as usual.

Almost all restaurants that I have been to will always let me substitute vegetables or a side salad for the french fries or chips that come with all burgers or sandwiches.

It always amazes me how many people scrutinize me because I substitute veggies for fries by telling me that I am 'not living' because I refuse to eat french fries... are you kidding me! If that's your idea of 'living it up', you need to get a better hobby!

Ironically, the same scrutinizers are the very first to complain that they're fat, overweight and have tried 'everything' to lose their big guts. I'm not sure why people think eating deep fried foods equals 'living it up'... I'm for moderation with many things, but 2 things that should be totally removed from every diet because they are simply dangerous... is sodas and fries!

Take a look at the typical difference this simple substitution makes between choosing smart and doing what most other people do...

Most people will eat a meal out such as this:

* chips or fries * Burger or sandwich or burger * soda or other drink (no, diet sodas are NOT healthy!)

A MUCH smarter alternative if you care about your body and health is this simple change:

* Salad or veggies * Burger or Sandwich * unsweetened iced tea or water (no diet drinks -- unless you like to drink poison!)

These 2 simple substitutions every time you eat out can save you around 400 - 900 calories... AND you are cutting out the poison's to your body as well, by avoiding the trans fats and fructose corn syrup from the fries and soft drinks.

Here's a side note: a little-known way to eat full portions of pasta, rice, and breads and actually get away with it without packing on the body fat is to make sure to schedule a high intensity full body resistance training exercise (can be free weights or body weight training) BEFORE your scheduled meal time.

It may be hard to fit the exercise into your schedule right before a meal, if you can, the meal can be your 'post-workout meal'. After this high intensity resistance training workout, your body will handle a higher amount of carbs than it normally can to help replenish the muscle glycogen depletion it had during the intense workout.

Your moderate intensity cardio exercise will NOT work for this... it must be high intensity resistance training to deplete enough glycogen in the muscle to handle restaurant portions of these carbohydrates.

I hope these dining tips help you choose smarter and healthier for a leaner body next time you eat out. - 17268

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Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle -Controversial But Very Effective

By Westy

The Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle program is designed to help bodybuilders get the kind of results that they are after in an easy and effective manner. It will show you how to eliminate the fat from your body and your diet to give you lean muscles. You will find a great program that is developed by Tom Venuto and has been a hot seller in the industry for many years. The author of the program is very knowledgeable on all of the techniques that are used and passes them on to you so that you can use them in your efforts for a great body.

The program does not focus on all of the tiny details that go into bodybuilding. The approach that is taken will teach you how to get the results that you want no matter what they are. You can lose weight with the program or you can use it to gain weight and muscle mass. The book is written by Tom in a clear and concise way so that you will get all of the information that you need to develop your body in the most appropriate way.

There is no ego involved in the program which is a refreshing change from most programs. There are many e-books on the market that give you nutrition plans and information on supplements, but they do not focus on the ultimate goal. The author of the book does not make any claims to know everything about bodybuilding, but will show you how to cut the fat in your diet and get the results that you want. The program is there to help you with its information and the author is a great resource for this information.

Tom's BFFM program comprises of 4 key components:

* Goal setting and how it affects your program

* Nutrition

* Cardio, and

* Weight Training

The first chapter of the book is the most influential one and it deals with the most positive way of motivating a person towards his fat loss goals. The chapter lays focus on potential goal setting formulas. 11 step formula has been stated to help you achieve your goals and allow your brain to re-program itself and succeed.

Tom believes that some of the problems that people face when they are trying to reach their goals are related to a lack of clear goal setting. Unfortunately, some readers will skip right past this chapter to get to the bodybuilding information. This will eliminate some of the most important parts of reaching your goals with bodybuilding. This part of the book is something that everyone should read if they want to reach their bodybuilding goals.

The focus of the program is on your nutrition and not dieting. You will find a great approach to reducing your body fat while you are gaining lean muscle. The program will focus on a permanent solution to losing body fat and not simply a starvation approach. When you use starvation to lose weight you will be in danger of gaining back the weight once you are off the program. If you focus instead on a healthy approach to eating and nutrition to get the results that you want. The diet advice is real and based on real life experiences.

The habits that you develop about food are not the only approach that is taken. You will learn all of the advanced ways that a person can lose extra weight while they are building their muscles. The first step is to learn the basics, however, and these will be tended to first. The book will cover everything that you need to learn about bodybuilding and how to lose the extra weight that you might be carrying.

If you have updated yourself on the basics of bodybuilding, yet you will find any such issues to learn, which you've probably overlooked. That's Tom's greatest trait, to highlight the facts and discard the myths.

After you have gotten down the basics of bodybuilding you will learn some of the more advanced techniques that are used to give you the body that you want. The methods that are used will apply a carbohydrate manipulation to get the results. You must be very careful when you are using these techniques because when they are used incorrectly, you could have poor results. The bodybuilders who use these techniques are on an advanced level and have complete knowledge of the process before they begin and so should you. - 17268

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Best Acai Berry Deals

By Micheal Vincent

There are very few foods in the world that can claim to be superfoods. Superfoods must have many more benefits besides just providing enough calories and some nutrition. However, there are some foods that are able to be elevated to superfood status because of the incredible benefits they can deliver.

Acai berry is one of these foods. With its ability to do everything from increase weight loss to fighting off disease, acai berry can provide you with better health without any strain. What makes Pure Acai Berry such an incredible food is the fact that its nutritional content is as close to perfect as possible. First of all, it is absolutely filled with antioxidants. Click here to find more information about Best Acai Berry Deal.

As you probably know, antioxidants are necessary for slowing down the effects of aging and for fighting disease. The berry also has monounsaturated fats, which are the healthy type also found in olive oil. Fiber and phytosterols are also part of the package, as is a well balanced amino acid complex. In all, this food is a very complete way of getting energy, nutrition, and antioxidants all in one package. Because of its extremely complete nutritional content, the acai berry has the potential to provide tons of benefits for your body. Among the most popular reasons for people to use the product are to increase energy, maintain better health, and to lose weight.

You can expect to have more energy when you use the acai berry because of its combination of carbohydrates and fats and its high concentration of antioxidants. All of these things combined make it a very good source of energy and a great way to increase your stamina during the day. Because you are likely to feel better while taking it, this will also increase your energy.

The antioxidant levels of this berry are more than five times as high as in blueberries and other such foods. This makes them very powerful in terms of fighting aging and bodily damage. Many people rely on this berry to fight off the free radicals that can be implicated in everything from cancer to wrinkles. Antioxidants have the amazing power to neutralize free radicals, which can help you feel youthful and healthier than ever before. By using foods with high levels of antioxidants, you can experience great health and fend off the damaging effects of pollution, UV light, aging and more.

Pure Acai Berry can also help you with your weight loss goals as it has the ability to help your body burn fat more efficiently and to increase your metabolism. In addition, because it can help your body work more quickly in general, you can expect losing weight to be easier.

For instance, the ability of the berry to increase your stamina will make it easier for you to exercise, and the berries perfect amino acid complex will allow your muscles to function properly during exercise. The berry even provides digestive support so that you can use your food more efficiently. The benefits of the acai berry are hard to beat and it is a great addition to any diet. Since it is not a local crop, the best way to get the benefits of this berry is in the supplement form offered by Pure Acai Berry.

Since this is the strongest and purest way of getting the incredible benefits of this berry, you will be able to reap the benefits of this berry much sooner. Begin now and you can even get a Free Trial of Pure Acai Berry to see the benefits for yourself! Click on Best Acai Berry Deal to find out more. - 17268

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Fast weight loss

By Victoria G.

There's no doubt that many people need to lose a few pounds. Look around where people gather, you'll see it. Look in the mirror, unfortunately you'll likely see it there too. When your goal is fast weight loss, keep a few simple things in mind to take off the pounds quickly and safely.

When people want to lose weight one of the most common things they do is to skip meals. Hey, if eating fewer calories is the goal then why not skip breakfast or lunch. Fewer calories means losing weight, right? That's correct but skipping meals isn't the right way to reduce calories. Your body thinks it's being starved when you skip meals. It goes into "starvation" mode. It starts to retain fat to counteract what it perceives as being starved. Another problem with skipping meals is that when you finally eat you'll be a lot more hungry. The result is binge eating. Skipping meals is the worst of both worlds that results in gaining even more weight. Don't skip meals.

Know how much to eat. Portion control is just as important as eating the right food. Too much of even a healthy food will still result in weight gain. It's hard to do when large portions are so common. Restaurants serve over large portions, as do most people at home.

Sources such as the FDA list recommended daily allowances. If you must eat out, keep portion size in mind. Don't eat the full portion served at the restaurant, or order less than a full meal, such as soup and a salad.

Replace white foods such as white bread, white rice and sugar with whole grain foods. Whole grains are lower in fat and higher in nutrients. The fiber in whole grains will make you feel fuller faster and longer. Finally, whole grains add nutrients that many people lack in their diet.

Consume more water. Drink it instead of juices and sodas which add about 90,000 calories to the average person's diet each year. Drink water between meals too. In fact, the goal is 8 glasses of water each day. It's easily possible. Drinking water will also promote health in general by keeping you well hydrated and helping to avoid overheating.

In order to maintain proper blood sugar eat healthy snacks between meals since the body needs food every three to four hours. Eating healthy snacks, such as fruits, helps control eating at meal times.

Fast weight loss is realistic with some knowledge and planning. It won't be long before you're slimmer and trimmer. - 17268

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Get The Scientific Facts With Bodybuilding Revealed

By Westy

Will Brink got together with his buddies and have given us a potent tool that can enhance the muscle mass on our body. The book contains some of the most intelligent ways of training our bodybuilding practices. Today's market is highly vulnerable and subjugated by short and messy e-books, but Brink stands out to be different.

Will Brink has created 632 packed pages of incredibly informative training material. The members only area of the program will give you even more great techniques for those who are eager for more. You will not get this level of advice from any other source in the bodybuilding arena. Will Brink is a respected bodybuilding expert who offers all of his expertise in the program that he offers to you.

The one thing that you will notice about this program and book is that the information is communicated to you in a clear and concise manner. It is one thing to deliver all of the information, but it is another thing to be able to do it so that anyone can understand.

The program takes some very complex topics and gives you the most valuable information in this program. The topics are broken down into easy to follow instructions that you can understand. This will allow you to make the decisions that you have to make with the right information on your side.

The material that is contained in the book is very simple to apply to your daily life. You will have all of the information that you will need for gaining muscle mass, tracking your progress and keeping you motivated all throughout the program. There is also a great deal of information about your diet and the use of supplements while you are bodybuilding.

You will learn how to use your nutrition to gain muscle in a healthy and informed way. There is a lot of information on nutrition available, but Will Brink takes this information and delivers it in a way that is important to bodybuilders. This is one of the most important aspects of bodybuilding.

This section deals with the optimization of the anabolic activities of your body. The purpose of macro-nutrients and its effect on our metabolism are taught. Also the process of eating and digesting are explained herein. You will be taught exactly what you have to eat and in what proportions, also how you can gain quality muscle mass. Will has stated some formulas which are complicated, but accurate. A diet-planner is available within the member's section which will help you in these calculations.

The food pyramid that is used in the diet and nutrition part of the program is one that is typical for bodybuilders. There is a discussion on the food pyramid that is the standard that is used for most people and a new pyramid is created to give bodybuilders the best opportunity to create the muscle gain that they are after. If you are someone who works out, this is valuable information.

Will believes in the complicated nutrition world and takes you deep into the theory of Glycemic Index, thermic food effect but there's nothing to worry about these scientific terms, he has explanations of these terms in simple language. He emphasizes on proper nutrition and food value. Will recommends a diet that has a quicker impact on your body; he has all the dietary details listed in the book. - 17268

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Massage Chair Recliner Performs Swedish Massage Therapy

By Steve Esquire

Swedish massage is now built into massage chair recliners. Most people think massage chairs are just simple vibrating chairs. But in fact, massage chairs are technologically sophisticated with items such as heat, music, stretching and various massage therapies. Swedish massage is one of the most basic massage techniques. It is a set of 6 elements, which for a massage therapist is easy to perform. However, to replicate the movements in a massage chair presents a set of fairly complex challenges to overcome. However, Henrik Ling, the developer of the Swedish massage in the 18th century might be very impressed with how his technique has progressed through time and is now incorported into massage chairs.

Stress hits us in various ways in our daily lives. With the various challenges we have, we put stress on various parts of the body. In general, stress impacts us mentally by causing thoughts of fear. This fear translates into physical tension as the flight or fight reactions stir up our muscles for action. This physical tension builds up in the body. It is further sustained by how we mentally deal with stress, which for many is to deny it. These physical and mental stresses have a cumulative effect as it builds up in the body.

Swedish massage was developed to help relieve the daily build up of stress in the body. The Swedish massage technique can alleviate pain, aches and soreness. Swedish massage is considered one the most basic massage styles and helps to alleviate and remove the tension, anxiety and pain on a periodic basis to improve well being.

There are 6 main elements that constitute Swedish massage. These elements include tapottement, effleurage, petrissage, friction, vibration and traction. Tapottement makes use of both tapping and chopping to loosen muscles. Effleurage makes use of long sweeping strokes along muscles. Petrissage makes use of kneading and squeezing actions. Friction is used to apply heat helping blood flow and muscles relaxation. Vibration makes use of shaking to help loosen muscles and alleviate tension. Traction makes use of pulling and stretching the major muscles.

The premier massage chair brands now offer these 6 elements of Swedish massage. The sophisticated software runs the chairs electro-mechanical systems delivering effective Swedish massage. The integration of heating elements, air compression systems, mechanical massage rollers and even music makes for one unique experience. These robotic masseuses perform all 6 elements of Swedish massage on demand.

When looking for a massage chair recliner, make sure the model you see performs all 6 techniques. Both Panasonic and Omega Massage have the most advanced massage chairs. The Omega Montage Elite massage chair can perform all 6 elements. The Panasonic Real Pro Elite is the next closest, but is lacking heat, so it has 5 of the 6 Swedish massage elements. The Omega Montage Elite massage chair has full body heat capabilities to deliver the Friction element. The effectiveness of each element varies by model and manufacturer. So try out the Omega Montage Elite or the Panasonic Real Pro Elite for the best massage chair for Swedish massage.

Back in the 18th century, Mr. Henrik Ling, who pioneered the Swedish massage, might not have imagined his techniques would be integrated into a massage chair in the 21st century. As he might not of thought his massage would be offered in spas around the world. However, Mr. Ling recognized that Swedish massage must be performed on a routine or periodic basis to release built up stress. If tension is left unchecked, then further damage to the body continues. Relieving this build up is critical for the health and well being of an individual. Mr. Ling would be happy to see people getting his massage therapy on a routine basis with a massage chair recliner. - 17268

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