Body Mass Index
One term you may hear often when talking about being fit and healthy is you body mass index, or BMI. But more than likely, you have no idea what body mass index is, why its important, or what it is a measure of.
Simply put, BMI is a comparison of your body fat to your height. By comparing your total body fat to your height you are able to get a better determinant of whether or not you are actually over weight. For example, you may be 6 foot 9 and weigh 240 pounds. By most standards you would be considered overweight, but when the element of your height is thrown into the calculation, a comparison of your height to weight may find that you are actually at a very healthy weight.Read more
Walking is enough
Less than 2 years ago, Phil Novak weighed 387 pounds. Today he maintains a healthy weight of 185 pounds. So how did he do it? It all started when Phil was at a baseball game. He and his friend had gone out to smoke a cigarette and on his way back to his seat he began to feel light headed and his heart was beating too fast. He thought for sure he was going to have a heart attack and feared that he was going die... Read more
Propper Eating Habbits
Losing weight and gaining muscle; everyone strives to accomplish this goal, whether it be through dieting or regular exercise. But what many people don’t realize that weight loss is a combination of eating healthy and appropriate training, and in order to succeed both of these factors must be considered... Read more
Muscle Buidling Tips
Becoming a body builder isn’t something that happens overnight or after one session of working out. It takes time to build muscle and tone your body. It also depends on the types of exercise that you do. If you want to look like a body builder, fast reps of heavy weight will help to produce large bulging muscles. But If you want to be lean and toned, more reps of less weight will help to firm your muscles. There are also other components that affect muscle growth, such as time, the amount of cardio you do, as well as your nutrition.
Tension time is the amount of time during your workout the muscle is under tension. For many exercises; sit-ups, pushups, bicep curls, etc…, only have of the exercise is performed with your muscles under tension. If you want to build denser muscles, taking longer to do these exercise will do the trick.
Limiting the amount of cardio you do is also important when building muscle. Although cardio helps to increase your fitness, there are two main ways which it deters muscle growth. Firstly, cardio doesn’t breaks down the muscle tissue so there is no reason that your body should rebuild your muscles bigger. Secondly, after an intense cardio session, your body will be exhausted and you need time for your body to recover. When doing strength training and cardio at the same time, your body will put all its resources into recovering from the cardio, and there will not be enough left over to help build muscle.
When trying to build muscle it is a good idea to get proper nutrition. Eating 5 or 6 small meals per day will help your body meet its dietary needs in order to build muscle. A high protein diet will also help you build muscle faster than you thought possible.