no carb diets stupid

No carb diets are probably the dumbest thing you can do to your body. If you don't eat carbs, and you exercise your body will then use protein for energy and your gains will atrophy. The carbs are burned for energy so they should be consumed through out the day, So they will be burned. After your done with your daily activities cut back on high carb foods. This is why it's good to eat 6 small meals instead of 3 large meals. Your body isn't meant to digest a ton of crab at once, but if you evenly distribute your proteins, vitamins ect. Your body will tolerate it much better. And overall you will just flat out feel better. Skipping meals is stupid!! NEVER SKIP MEALS! AND I mean NEVER. If you don't have anything in your body to workout, you wont see any gains. You are starving your body and your workout wont be as good and you will feel like shit. Your body needs nutrients. If your body doesn't have the nutrients then your body will go into starvation mode and will hold fat. Keep this in mind at all times. Thanks.

Responsibility

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

8 by 8 challenge

The goal here is to do 8 sets of 8 heavy weight. Yes your arms will be screaming. Yes, it's going to hurt but the variation and stress this method put's on the muscles is amazing. 3-4 sets doesn't really do much unless you want to look average. Increase your sets and keep mixing it up. Heavy builds bigger muscle, more sets and heavy burns fat and builds muscle. Try and check your results. cheers.
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Fear Average

I have come to find in my 22 years on this earth that most people are sheep. They crave someone telling them what to do. They want the path of least resistance. They claim to want greatness, but they lie. Greatness would require risk, risk would require stepping away from the herd. Stepping away from the herd insures that the herd will isolate them, tell them it can't be done, tell them that they are stupid for trying. You see the herd not only desires someone to lead them blindly, but they also desire for no one walk their own path, as this would make them feel insecure about themselves. If you want to be part of the herd, if you want to be a sheep, that is fine. But don't claim to have the heart of a wolf, a lion, don't claim to seek greatness when all you really want is someone to tell you what to do. If you really want to be great, then put your balls on the line and go for it. But don't sit amongst the herd and snivel about how this wasn't the life you planned for and how great you wanted to become when all you've done your whole life is take the path of least resistance and follow the herd. You either will take the risk, think for yourself, and go for it, or you will be a sheep. The choice is yours. The path of least resistance always leads to the land of mediocrity. Do not fear failure... FEAR AVERAGE.

over doing it?

Often people get obsessed with working out and think more is better. Well to tell you the truth it's NOT! Your body will not grow unless it has the proper rest and diet needed to go grow. The body needs at least 24 hours to be fully recovered. The harder your workouts the more rest you need! Also be sure to get all your vitamins and lots of protein! Protein is helps the muscles grow! If your working out and not getting enough protein your muscles will not grow! It's that simple. Get to know your body like a science.

dry fit clothing for workouts

this thing is awesome! It absorbs sweat very well when your going through those brutal workouts! Not only that but it's comfortable and flimsy. So you don't feel like your suffocating from the shirt being to tight. I wear mine whenever I go for a run and when I train. It's also valued at a very nice price. Typically other brands are double the price of this shirt! Go and get one for yourself! I promise you wont regret it the next time you are at the gym, or on that long run around the block.

my goal

                                     What's your goal? thought this was pretty funny, need some humor every now and then.  Have a great Saturday everyone.

what it takes to be a bodybuilder

                                                   Do you have what it takes?

Hakeem Andrews is a 20 year old who has been inspired to become a body builder over the past few years. He never really had much size as far as height goes, as he is just five feet seven inches tall and 250 pounds. “I was strong but fat.” He said, he went on to play a year of football at the College of Mount Saint Joseph, but didn’t stick with it. Though he loved the sport he gave it up. Hakeem said he didn’t receive much playing time and was by far the smallest guy on the field considering his position was defensive tackle. That’s when he looked for other sports to get involved in and found body building. He loved weight lifting and felt it was worth a shot to try it. He then began training for one of the local shows in Cincinnati. His first show that he entered in was at Harrison High School on October 20^th called Monster Mash. He said it’s one of the greatest experiences ever standing up on stage and posing in front of hundreds of people. “With all the adrenaline flowing and hard work that I put into preparing for this show the feeling is indescribable until you experience it.  At the end of the show though nervous and fatigued he said he placed in the top five at his first competition. He enjoyed every minute of it and went on to compete in several other events throughout the year.

                                                     Nutrition

The nutrition actually plays the biggest part in forming the body. You will see that most professional body builders will say nutrition is 70% of body building and 30% of it is training. Hakeem said “I won’t drink because of the empty carbohydrates and I don’t eat bad or fast food because I eat for health and not for taste.” That’s what people don’t understand is that this sport takes a lot of discipline and dedication. That’s why so few make it in body building; they just don’t have the discipline or dedication to stick with it. Body builders eat a lot of meat because it has plenty of protein. To build muscle you have to put in a lot of protein into your body. To gain weight you have to put more calories in then you burn the process is easy. If you don’t burn the extra calories you will become fat plain and simple. Also, many people will disregard the sport because of steroids, but those men who take steroids are in the gym for weeks, months and for years to be the best body builder that they can be.  

Hakeem said his workouts are brutal. “I do a lot of sets typically six to ten sets of heavy weights. As far as the intensity his workouts are always high intensity. “I don’t quit till the pain says hello Hakeem!”  When cutting Hakeem typically cuts 35 pounds going from 215 to 180. The reason for this is, because you want to bulk then eliminate carbohydrates because carbohydrates store fat. I let my body fat get down to five percent or lower if I can.”

                                                        The Last Week

The last week is the hardest part about body building. This is where the body builder will eat extremely low carbohydrates typically 50 carbohydrates or less. “I’ll drink two to three gallons of water till the day prior to the competition to flush out my system.”  Then Friday I cut water intake at four pm. This is where the body builder goes through a phase called depletion. This means the body builder will take a water pill to get the water out of his or her body. There are natural ways to do it, but typically it is done through pharmaceuticals because it’s cheaper and easier to do.  The nutrition goes for every day, cardio every day, and posing. You have to be in shape for that last day so you have to practice with the posing so you are ready for that competition day without shaking and cramping up. You can’t let anyone have an advantage on you. Unless you have actually trained for a completion it’s really hard to relate to being a body builder. You have to experience it to grasp it. When the body fat gets really low the body goes through a lot of changes. You’re hungry and you can’t sleep, especially if you’re depleting. There are no carbohydrates for energy. So you become very lethargic.  “Sometimes I don’t want to get up and move.” said Hakeem.  The worst thing about being on a diet is not having energy you just get tired of being tired. Sometimes you’ll crave foods, but you can’t eat it if you want to look good on that stage. “I’ve learned to use my mind to my advantage in this stage.” Said Hakeem

                                               Supplementing

Hakeem said he takes a lot of vitamins just to stay healthy and make sure he’s getting everything he needs in his diet.  Also in an email, received from Frank Zane IFBB pro and three time Mr. Olympian he commented on using L-Arginine and tryptophan. Which L-arginine is an amino acid promotes nitric oxide and blood flow throughout the body which helps vascularity. Tryptophan is an amino acids that supports deep sleep which helps muscle growth.  One must be aware that though a title may say its one thing the label can say otherwise. If a supplement isn’t checked by the Federal Drug Administration the company can put whatever they want in it. One must also realize that companies buy out the names that sound similar to steroids to get people to buy them even though they aren’t really steroids. For amateur contests they test for steroids so you can’t take steroids if you want to test clean. Hakeem said “Once you turn pro you can take steroids if you want because International Federation of Body Building does not test.  

                                      One of few

To become pro you have to first start to compete. If one has any desire to be a bodybuilder it’s better to start now than to wait, if you’re ready you should get your experience in as soon as possible. One must choose the IFBB for his or her country, because the rules are different in other countries. If you win your regional contest weight class, or place highly you will be invited to compete in your federations national championships for that year. To earn an IFBB pro card usually the overall champion of the show will receive their pro card, but some federations offer pro cards to the winner of each weight class.

                                          Preparing for an Event    

One must be mentally prepared for the onslaught of events that are going to happen in the world of Pro Body Building.  Though you may be one step ahead of one person you have to be prepared to be behind another and swallow your ego if you lose. The sport is a tough one and is both mentally challenging and demanding, because as the old saying goes if you don’t believe you can do it then you won’t. The body builder depending on who they are will tan in preparation for an event. As one goes into the competition the competitors will put on a bronzing oil to make them look darker. The reason the body builder does this is because the darker the skin tone the more the muscles and veins will show and so the better you will look for your body competition. You may think well I can just put on an entire bottle of bronze lotion and be ready, but the judges look for this and look for actual muscle definition. They want an even amount of lotion they don’t just want a guy with mass body lotion on looking like a piece of burnt bacon on the stage. It must be done right. You have to practice all your mandatories and your poses. “The competitor must know what he’s doing when he gets up on stage, because the judges won’t hold your hand during the procedures.” said Gina Hakes who is an amateur body builder. Lowering your body fat will also help the veins pop out more. The judges look for different things and it varies from show to show. The judges will look for vascularity, size, how lean and cut one is, ripped, how well rounded your body is and they go as far as seeing if one arm is bigger than another .The judging is fierce they  go to an extreme level of judging. It’s very strict and you have to be ready for whatever the judges throw your way.  Therefore, preparing yourself not only physically for the event is important, but also mentally so that your mind will be ready to take on the challenges.

“My goal in bodybuilding just like anyone else in this sport is to become pro. I don’t want to work a desk job to me that would be boring and for the birds. Anyone with a brain can do that, I want to show off my God given body. I want to maximize my body and do what I love to do, workout. I don’t want to be a mindless drone at some job that I don’t really want to be at. As hard as this sport is, and even with all the work involved mentally and physically, this is what I want to do… this is what I want to do.” said Hakeem

workout facts

You need to keep your workouts under an hour. After an hour, your body starts producing more of the stress hormone cortisol, which can hinder muscle growth. So be smart more isn't always better! Have a great workout everyone

Mr. Olympia

Phil Heath takes home his 2nd Mr.Olympia last Saturday. I was really pulling for Kai Greene because he's such an inspiration to me. Phil looked really good though and the Olympia could have definitely of gone either way. They all worked very hard and I can wait to see how next years Olympia will turn out!

Daily motivation

When it all comes down to it, you can only blame the one you see in the mirror. We can't control others actions, but we can certainty control our own. To better ourselves daily to become who we want to see in that mirror. If the mirror is broken, repair it. If the mirror is foggy polish it. Clean it. For it is you.

Aspire, Inspire (motivation)

Find your reason. why do you go to the gym? Why are you going to train? Nurture it... 

Daily motivation

The strong will succeed... as the weak criticize..but strength is a choice so you choose

Daily motivation

stop the glorification of "busy"

daily motivation

In life we are given one body. Build it the way you desire it to look and be. In the gym build your body for yourself, and in the kitchen eat healthy for yourself. This is YOURS no one elses. Be happy, grow and do it for you. It's not selfish. life is yours do what you want go out make planes, make statements. Get things DONE. Set standards, set guidelines, make goals and achieve them! 

Motivation

Hell is when you meet the person you could have been.

With that being said, don't let the sweat and hard work go to waste, get it done chase your dream!

Have a cold?

Well guys and girls it's getting to that time of the year where colds and other viruses, are invading our bodies. I've recently have had a cold and have been looking for natural remedies without using over the counter medicine to get rid of the virus.  First things first if you are congested and have a sore throat you should make tea using lemon, ginger, Cayenne and honey. These will help bring the junk out of your chest,throat and nasal cavity. At least it did for me. Also be sure to get plenty of rest as well as vitamin C. Sleep is how your body fights off colds and viruses and lack of sleep is probably how you got it in the first place.
If your looking for something new to fight of a cold this is certainly something to try.

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positive mind

     With that in mind see how your day goes being free of negative thought.

motivation

What are the fears stopping you? What is in your way that's causing you not to achieve your goals? The biggest one is the mind, and fear of self.