Building Muscles

Body building Muscles| how to train and build a V shape body| Food

Which food choice is the right one ?

I know of very few subjects that the experts agree on. Food is one of the worst I think. I have now seen on the news that there is a claim that high protein diets are as dangerous as smoking. Some of the so-called experts have in the past said that a high protein diet was one of the best ways to lose fat. Now it is dangerous. I have read that salt is absolutely necessary and I have also read that salt is one of the worst things you can have in your food. Who is right?????

We are basically all the same but the way our bodies will process food is slightly different. Our body’s metabolism varies from person to person. Some people can eat a full plate of food 3 times a day and not gain weight and another person will gain eating half the amount.

I have adopted the common sense approach. I think the key is to understand your own body. One fact we cannot change is that if you put in more then you use you will gain weight. I will eat salt when I feel like having salt on my food. I think my body tells me what I need. I have seen animals eating dirt because they need certain minerals from the soil. I know the other day I made a protein shake and I could taste the salt in the peanut butter yet there are times when I will sprinkle salt over my food quite liberally and hardly taste it.

If you adopt a common sense approach to eating you will probably eat right for you. I like to eat smaller balanced meals throughout the day. That means protein and complex carbohydrates for every meal and some added vegetables with a few meals. I know that when I eat this way and I train properly I seem to burn fat easily and I feel amazing.  I have extra energy and I am almost always in a good mood.

When I think back to my grandfather who was a giant of a man and lived to the age of 92, this is the way he ate. He lived on a farm and ate simple wholesome food that he grew. There was no junk food or candy (sweets) and when he wanted something sweet he had honey or ate some fruit from his orchard. We all seem to instinctively know when we look at food what is good for us and what is not. Be true to you and stand by your gut feel. It is too easy to give in to your desires and eat something that is not good for you but you think tastes nice. 

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to train and build big legs| Lower body training

Arnold leg training

I am still working toward losing fat. With the short illness I have just had it has meant that my original weight loss stopped. I think I might even have gained a few pounds but not much.

I have spent 40 minutes on the bike using a low level program just to build up a good sweat. I have sweated like crazy and again, I always get the idea the fat is melting off every time I sweat with training.

I then went on to train legs. I included abs into my legs training so over the last 2 days I have trained every muscle. My leg training was simple basic exercises. I did 5 sets of 12 reps for each muscle including abs. I used very light weights. For my quads I did normal squats, hamstrings (leg biceps) I did good mornings, calves I did standing calf raises and finally for abs I did crunches.

I did not sweat much with the legs training because they are among some of the biggest muscles in the body. The good thing about training legs is it does take quite a bit of energy so I was really pleased with the training session.

Body building Muscles| How to train and build a great looking body| Upper body training

I have had a setback with a bit of an illness, so have had to lay off training again. This is so frustrating, but I have learned over the years that things happen and you have to just stay focused. If you don't, you will never achieve anything - no matter how perfect you want things to be there will always be something going on.

I got on my stationary bike and did 40 minutes on quite a low level program. I want to get my body back into training. It would be foolish to strain too hard as this will do more harm than good especially at my age (62). I sweated like crazy which is always a great sign for me. I feel like I am burning calories.

I then did full upper body training with 5 sets per muscle. I used light weights with 12 reps per set. I have always believed that basics are the best and when you go back to basics you will get the best results.

I did flat bench press for chest, seated dumbbell shoulder press for shoulders, lat pull downs for the back, triceps pushdowns for triceps and standing bicep curls for my biceps. I built up quite a sweat doing the weights so I feel like I am just melting away fat by burning calories.

It was a wonderful training session that I am now considering as the first one for the year.

Body Building Muscles| How to train and build huge Muscle| Attitude

I was reading an article in a fitness magazine where Linford Christie was talking about being yourself. It brought to my remembrance something I have been helping people with for many years. I constantly tell people that getting ideas from others is what helps us to grow but trying to be someone else will stop our growth. Like Christie said, you have to be you. Being the best you will mean you have to work hard for what you want with an absolute belief in you.  You have to know that you can achieve whatever it is that you want. You have to go out every day and “represent” yourself in everything you do. Be the best in the world at being you and you are more than half way to being the champion you were born to be.

Body Building Muscles| How to burn fat fast

The road to failure is full of people with good intentions.

Burning off excess fat is not the easiest thing to do. It is not the aerobics and exercise that is the problem, but the amount of food you put in with your training. I do well during the day but then come the evening, it's like a switch changes in my head and I want to binge eat. Last night I had 6 slices of toast with peanut butter after my wife made me a very healthy meal. Not only is bread not the best thing to eat, it gives me stomach cramps. I really suffered but ate it anyway because it tastes nice.

I decided today to do 40minutes aerobics instead of the 20 minutes because I ate too much last night. I checked online and found that I burned off just over 600 calories with the 40 minutes training but put in nearly 700 calories with the extra bread I ate.  You have to do something that is a deterrent from putting in more than you require. I really am hoping that my new system will work for me. I am not going to cut back on the normal food I eat because I know that is right. In future if I want to eat extra I will first work out the calories and then decide if the time I need to spend on my stationary bike is worth the few minutes of pleasure.   I think this is going to work because I really don't want to spend too much time on my bike.

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to train and build a lean mean body

I got up this morning knowing that I need to put my car in for a full service. Before I took the car in I got on my stationary bike and did a 20 minute ride to really burn fat. The mechanic is about 3 miles from where I live so I decided to continue my fat burn by taking a brisk walk back. The car showed and outside temperature of -2 degrees and must admit there was quite a bit of ice around. I walked really fast and actually built up quite a sweat.

People think that it is the big things that burn fat - it is the little things ! Things like a drink of ice water, the body has to work to bring the water up to body temperature. A really brisk walk does a lot more then a slow causal walk, one less mouth full of food at a meal all do wonders for you. These little things help to make a big change to your fat burn.

Here is another tip. I have been using ginger in my home made protein drinks. This is the information I have managed to find from www.progressivehealth.com/ginger-for-weight-loss.htm

A number of studies suggest that ginger is also a thermogenic agent that can help burn fat. s metabolic rate and should be recommended for treating obesity. In addition, there are reports that ginger can boost metabolism by up to 20%. ”

Make sure you are doing the little things right and you will burn off a lot of that unwanted fat.

Body building Muscles| How to train and build a fat free body| food

I've done really well with my fat burn/loss. One of the main reasons is because I have thought THIN and HEALTHY the whole time. When you think and believe you are healthy and lean you are far more cautious about what you eat. If you eat the so-called "nice" things like ice cream, cake, etc it can help you to feel good for a short while and then you can feel guilty and bad. Eating healthy can also make you feel good if you choose good food and you will definitely feel great about what you have done later.  It is really important to remember that what you put in your body today is who you are tomorrow. 

I have kept my meals simple. I have made protein shakes 2x a day as meals. I use a ½ scoop of protein powder with 2 raw eggs, a banana or an apple, a ½ thumb size of raw ginger, with a teaspoon of honey. I use a blender and this makes an awesome protein meal. I also have 2/3 bowls of oats with a ½ scoop of protein powder and a teaspoon of honey in each. My wife always makes me a grilled meat with baked vege as my main evening meal.  I am enjoying the food and burning off fat. I cant fail.

Body building muscles| How to train and build a great body| Burn fat

I mentioned that I'm not interested in any of the fad diets that are going around but am very keen on burning fat. I'm doing some aerobics with some light weights and high reps. I jumped on the scale today just for the fun of it and I am down 14lbs since the beginning of January. I feel fantastic.

I'm doing around 30 minutes of variable resistance on my stationary bike. That's the best way to burn calories.  I've kept the training simple and done the basic exercises for each muscle. I've used around 60% of my one rep max in weights. I have stuck to 5 sets of 12 reps per muscle and changed my usual way of training by working a lot quicker. I complete all 5 sets in 5 minutes. This is very challenging and I find I'm sweating as much as when I use the bike.

No wonder the fat is being burned off.  I actually feel thinner, and of course I am getting quite fit rather quickly.

Body Building Muscles| How to train and build a great looking body for 2014

I am back again blogging and training. I decided at the end of September to take a break. No training and no blogging for 3 months. I am really pleased I did this but the sad thing is I kept eating like I was while I was training and so guess what? The lbs piled on. I think I am the heaviest I have ever been. (210lbs)

I am not interested in dieting as they do not work. You just feel stressed out and constantly focused on being overweight. I have learned over many years that what you think about you bring about. If my focus is on fat then I know I will get more of that. I started this year with the focus on “lean mean fighting machine”. I have also worked on the principle that I will eat myself thin - 6 meals a day and train really hard. I am doing aerobics every day with light high rep weight training. All I want to do is burn calories and it is working. I am down 9 lbs in 15 days and I am over the moon with that. If you use more then you put in you have to lose weight. That is the simplicity of getting into shape.

Forget all the fancy diets that are around. I see that there is now a new one that you eat normal for 5 days and then fast for 2 days. (What is normal?) I really cannot see how this is the answer. If the inventors of diets showed people how to eat healthy and move a lot more they would really help the public. Use common sense and you as a person automatically knows what is healthy for you. If you eat healthy and move a lot more and you will achieve with ease. That is all I am doing and I am living proof that it works.

Building muscle| how to train at home| Chest and arms training

Day 87 how to train and build big muscles with limited equipment.

I am back in my little gym and working away. I had a wonderful break away in Scotland and apart from the daily trips up the mountain I did no other training.

Muscles that have a break from training do tend to get stiff if you go overboard on your first few times you workout. I do like feeling stiff but do not like it if I am too stiff. I took my first session easy and stuck with the basic exercises I have the most trust in. I did 5 sets of 12 reps flat bench press. I did not go too heavy as I do not want to feel too stiff. The reps were done slowly and with a lot of focus. I find that when I have had a break the feeling of training is one of the best feelings you can have. The pump at the end of the chest training was brilliant.

I then went on and did triceps. I love triceps push downs. You must remember that when you do a bench press you do work the triceps too. The key is to make sure you are totally focused on the chest doing the exercise or you will feel too tired to do the triceps properly.  I now focused on the triceps only as I did the push downs. I did 5 sets of medium weight with 12 reps per set. The main aim was to get a good burn with the sets. It worked and I felt fantastic.

I finally did biceps. Standing bicep curls are my most favourite bicep workout. I love the feeling of power you have as you lift the weight up. Lifting weights is all about how you feel. You need to make sure you are fully aware of your feelings when you train. Feeling good when you train will without a doubt produce better results and growth. I did 5 sets of 12 reps per set with medium weights. The aim here was to get the burn in the bicep. I had a really good upper body workout today.