Posts Tagged ‘muscles’

12 Tips To Better Sleep

Posted in Other on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 at 8:40 pm No Comments

I always say that if you want to grow the body of your dreams, you need to be on top of these 4 areas:

1. A weight lifting program customized to your body type and goals.

2. A cardio program that works synergistically with your weight lifting program and goals.

3. A nutrition plan that is customized to your body type and goals.

4. Sufficient rest, sleep, and…

4 Ways To Stay Lean While Travelling

Posted in Uncategorized on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 at 8:40 am No Comments

I love to travel. There’s just something about being in a different city that invigorates me. The only thing about travelling that I find challenging (other than the typical unfriendly nature of the custom officials) is trying to find ways to stay fit and lean.

Often times travel equals bad food, alcohol, and lack of physical exercise. All of these can lead to added fat. The thought of this can…

Full Body Training or Split Muscle Group Training?

Posted in Other on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 at 9:08 pm 1 Comments

It’s amazing how more focused and intense my workouts are when I have a plan. Too many people go to the gym and just bounce from one exercise to the other without any real strategy behind their actions.

Have you heard the saying, “Those that fail to plan, plan to fail.”? Well that applies to working out as well.

So now that I’ve convinced you to get workout…

5 Ways To Build More Muscle

Posted in Other on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 at 5:21 pm 1 Comments

Muscle is your friend. Regardless if you’re a male, female, young or old, you should love the muscle you currently have and fall in love with the new muscle you should be training to grow. Many older people lose their lean muscle mass as they age (it’s called sarcopenia). This loss in muscle can cause them to lose the ability to do many functional daily tasks. Therefore, staying young…

Build Muscle and Your Immune System With BCAAs

Posted in Uncategorized on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 at 10:42 am 3 Comments

Let me get right to the point.

If you’re looking to get the most results out of your hard work at the gym and your clean diet, you should try supplementing with Branch Chained Amino Acids (BCAAs). BCAA’s are comprised of three of the eight essential amino acids called leucine, isoleucine, and valine. It’s a well known fact that building lean muscle tissue requires all eight essential amino acids. Research has…

7 Recipes To Fuel Your Early Morning Workouts

Posted in Recipes on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 at 10:57 pm No Comments

There is nothing quite like getting up at 4:30am to go for an intense workout at the gym. Think I’m crazy? Don’t knock it until you try it. Yes, you will feel tired and cranky for that first 5 minutes upon waking up. You just need to fight the urge to go back to sleep. It’s the champions that make the choices to rise above the temporary sleepiness…

Did You Eat “Break-fast” This Morning?

Posted in Uncategorized on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 at 10:26 am 1 Comments

We’ve all heard that breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day. So why is it consistently the most skipped meal?

The term “breakfast” is a compound of “break” and “fast”. Meaning this meal breaks the fasting of food after a long night of sleep. Makes sense doesn’t it? Sure it does. And I’m sure you’ve heard that research indicates people who skip breakfast are more…

Insulin Hormone – Friend or Foe?

Posted in Other on Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 at 9:44 pm No Comments

When most people talk about adding muscle or losing body fat, they investigate new muscle building programs and how to incorporate “low fat” foods in their diet. This is fine, but if you really want to turn your body into a fat burning and muscle building machine, you must learn about…your body’s hormonal system!

Your genotype (genes) is fixed.  You have 99% of the same genes as your ancestors from 40,000…