Whether you are dieting down for a bodybuilding show, or just working to get lean to better show off your wares in the bedroom or the beach, the best way to get lean is to do it gradually. Anyone can cut 1000 calories from their daily diet and lose 10 pounds in a week, but there’s a good chance most of the weight lost will be fat or water. The best way to get diced while keeping your muscle is to slowly remove those things from your diet which are standing in your way.
Tag Archives: Nutrition
Apr5
2012
2012
Apr5
2012
2012
So you’ve decided to go the powerlifting route when it comes to your training & goals. This can be a very effective means of breaking your old size and strength plateaus. Many bodybuilders will spend a few months as a powerlifter, then return. Others fall in love with the pursuit of moving bigger numbers, and just stick with powerlifting for good. Whichever route you choose, it’s imperative that you are eating right in order to meet your powerlifting achievement goals.
Apr5
2012
2012
Dieting down is the best way to showcase your bodybuilding progress over the last year. You shed the fat, and the only thing remaining is a new 3-dimensional version of yourself, diced and ready to topple your challengers in any competitive arena. However, many competitors quickly discover that while it’s easy to be round, happy and strong, dieting down presents a new set of challenges to their immune system – thanks to stringent dieting and tough cardio – that often cause them to catch a flu bug or cold. Here are some ideas you can employ to help maintain good health as you put your body through dieting misery.
Apr2
2012
2012
Every website that is anything bodybuilding or fitness related seems to be selling protein powder. Every muscle magazine has dozens of pages dedicated to, you guessed it, protein powder. Every supermarket in America now has an aisle packed with tubs of protein powder, something that used to only be available at the 1 or 2 GNC locations in your town. Every bodybuilder you see seems to be carrying a shaker when you see him. What gives? Sure, whey protein is a supplemental way to get more protein grams into your daily diet, but seriously? What’s the big deal? Let’s look at a few reasons why protein in the powdered format seems to be taking over everywhere!
Feb10
2012
2012
You have spent your life trying to achieve the greatest possible achievements, while at the same time fitting in to your appropriate group. You want to see all your family at the reunion, but you sure don’t want to look like them. You want to sit at lunch with co-workers and catch up on all the gossip and happenings, but you know that the appetizers and Daiquiris they share are going to wreck your fitness goals for the month. You want to paint the town red with your girls, but know that the lack of sleep and massive alcohol consumption is going to seriously water down your fitness results.
Feb7
2012
2012
Everybody wants to be lean in this world. Except the lean people. The naturally skinny people will work their tails off to gain weight, while the rest of us curse them for it! The people who can’t seem to get lean will try anything to get there. This will usually include crazy diets, obnoxious workout machines, and plain ol’ fasting… none of which ever actually work! They want to change a million things about their body, but they really only need to change ONE thing in order to easily mange their fat burning processes and get lean – their metabolism!
Feb5
2012
2012
You work late a few times a week. Maybe you work as a waitress or play in a band on the weekends. Maybe your standard job has some non-standard hours. Whatever the job may be, you find yourself in a situation where you end up spending one or more days each week trying to regain lost sleep in an effort to get your body back to normal. You often find your meals and workouts suffer as a result. Let’s look at a few techniques for solving this problem and maintaining fat loss and muscle gain while the clock is going topsy turvy!
Feb3
2012
2012
Any parent in the world wants what is best for their children. We engage in a variety of activities which include lifting, stretching, and cardio to ensure we build up our bodies so that we can remain strong and healthy for years to come. And we want the same for our children. Let’s take a look at the many fitness factors we should be considering for our little rugrats!
Jan31
2012
2012
We gotta drink. The planet is made of water. Our bodies are made of water. Our muscles are made up of water. We need to stay hydrated for our brains, bodies and muscles to function optimally. But what should we be drinking each day? Let’s examine a few common options!
Jan31
2012
2012
We’ve all fallen victim at least once (or a couple dozen times) to alluring fitness magazine covers promising radical changes to our physiques in a very short time. We see fit models on the cover, and believe we can also achieve those abs and such tight legs in just 6 weeks using their diet or training program. So we buy the periodical, we give the routine a shot, and nothing really changes. Let’s examine a few of the truths that fitness magazines will never tell you.