Mar
29
Is it ok for a teen to do workouts that involve strength training?
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Chris asked:
Tip of Strength training growth teens or damage to your body. I 'm not talking about the extreme rise or something similar. Training exercises build the basic body that is acceptable to a mass teenager.
Tip of Strength training growth teens or damage to your body. I 'm not talking about the extreme rise or something similar. Training exercises build the basic body that is acceptable to a mass teenager.
Mar
28
Female Body Building Pics
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Are you a female who is interested in body building and want pics of other women to help you with your workout goals? Often when we have something that we can look at every day, we are motivated to stay on track with our goals that we originally set out to achieve. When you have pics of a female who has used body building to hone her physique, you’ll be motivated as well.
There are all kinds of places you can find some great female body building pics. Take a look at some body building magazines and note any pics of women who are featured in the pictures. Often, articles will accompany the pictures, so take note of what she has done to make such a great body and then copy her workout program.
Look online for different places that showcase female body builders. Here are a few great places you can look to for some amazing female body building pics:
* bodybuilding dot com
* getbig dot com
* female-bodybuilders dot org
* femalemuscle dot com
* bestforminc dot com
If you think that you are a female body builder with a great body that could inspire people, by all means, take pics of yourself and display them for all to see. Have a professional photographer shoot you in a variety of poses wearing several different swim suits. Take the pictures from a distance as well as close up.
You should be tanned and oiled up a little to enhance the muscles you are wanting to show off. Concentrate on holding the poses and really flexing those muscles. Smile and let the camera do its work. You may also want to shoot some pictures outside in the natural light that can do wonders for your skin tone.
Once you get your pics, you can do one of two things with them. Set up your own website to showcase them or submit them to one of the many websites already out there that allow members to upload their pictures for display. There’s a lot of places that allow you to do this for free, so take advantage of that. If you set up your own website, be sure to register with all of the major search engines so your website can be found.
Female body building pics are everywhere on the web. They can not only be great motivation for you to keep up with your workout goals, but they can also serve to be models of what you want to achieve. Print out those pics of female body builders and post them where you can see them every day. Then proceed with your body building program and watch your dreams become a reality!
By: The Bodybuilding Trainer
About the Author:
There are all kinds of places you can find some great female body building pics. Take a look at some body building magazines and note any pics of women who are featured in the pictures. Often, articles will accompany the pictures, so take note of what she has done to make such a great body and then copy her workout program.
Look online for different places that showcase female body builders. Here are a few great places you can look to for some amazing female body building pics:
* bodybuilding dot com
* getbig dot com
* female-bodybuilders dot org
* femalemuscle dot com
* bestforminc dot com
If you think that you are a female body builder with a great body that could inspire people, by all means, take pics of yourself and display them for all to see. Have a professional photographer shoot you in a variety of poses wearing several different swim suits. Take the pictures from a distance as well as close up.
You should be tanned and oiled up a little to enhance the muscles you are wanting to show off. Concentrate on holding the poses and really flexing those muscles. Smile and let the camera do its work. You may also want to shoot some pictures outside in the natural light that can do wonders for your skin tone.
Once you get your pics, you can do one of two things with them. Set up your own website to showcase them or submit them to one of the many websites already out there that allow members to upload their pictures for display. There’s a lot of places that allow you to do this for free, so take advantage of that. If you set up your own website, be sure to register with all of the major search engines so your website can be found.
Female body building pics are everywhere on the web. They can not only be great motivation for you to keep up with your workout goals, but they can also serve to be models of what you want to achieve. Print out those pics of female body builders and post them where you can see them every day. Then proceed with your body building program and watch your dreams become a reality!
By: The Bodybuilding Trainer
About the Author:
Visit The Bodybuilding Trainer to find out more about bodybuilding workouts and bodybuilding routines.
Mar
28
a built body?
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darkael08 asked:
I have a body like the rain IB Korean singer … …. what would be the best routine of training for that ….. I am a teen ….. the note = i just want the upper body exercises …. I have my own routine for the lower half of his body.
I have a body like the rain IB Korean singer … …. what would be the best routine of training for that ….. I am a teen ….. the note = i just want the upper body exercises …. I have my own routine for the lower half of his body.
Mar
27
Body Building
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The Bodybuilding Trainer asked:
The sport of body building has grown steadily in popularity over the years. From its heyday in the 1970’s to now, technological advances as well as nutritional advances have made body building a sport that focuses on the art of the human body and what is possible when it is pushed.
Body building is more than just lifting weights, however. To have an effective body building program, you have to focus on many different things – especially if you are serious about your goals. In fact, setting goals can be one of the most important parts of an effective body building program. What do you want to accomplish when you start body building? Keep your goal always at the forefront of your mind so you don’t get off track.
A serious body building routine is also very much about your diet and nutritional choices. Body building requires a lot of energy. We get energy from calories that we consume. Our muscles also respond to other nutrients such as protein and fats to bring growth hormones to the muscles we want to strengthen and tone. A proper diet is very important in any body building program.
Another huge aspect of a workout routine is to get plenty of rest. When you begin lifting weights and working out to build your body, you will be doing a small amount of damage to your muscles. When your body is in a sedentary state during sleep, your muscles will work to repair themselves and grow in the process.
You must have a balanced body building workout routine in order to focus on certain muscle groups and grow your entire body. You’ll need to include not only weight lifting, but a cardio workout is also important. The entire body needs to be healthy and that includes your heart. When you have a strong heart muscle, you’ll be able to workout more effectively.
A positive mindset can be one of THE most important parts of a body building program. It’s easy to give up when you start to push yourself. Remember why you want to start the whole thing in the first place and be positive that you will be able to do it. Staying positive can push you even more than you thought possible.
Body building is so much more than just performing exercises and lifting weights to get big. You have to concentrate on your whole body – not just the muscles. When you start a body building program, know what these components are and then focus on your goals as you workout. You will grow your mind right along with your body, and that can be the most satisfying part of all!
The sport of body building has grown steadily in popularity over the years. From its heyday in the 1970’s to now, technological advances as well as nutritional advances have made body building a sport that focuses on the art of the human body and what is possible when it is pushed.
Body building is more than just lifting weights, however. To have an effective body building program, you have to focus on many different things – especially if you are serious about your goals. In fact, setting goals can be one of the most important parts of an effective body building program. What do you want to accomplish when you start body building? Keep your goal always at the forefront of your mind so you don’t get off track.
A serious body building routine is also very much about your diet and nutritional choices. Body building requires a lot of energy. We get energy from calories that we consume. Our muscles also respond to other nutrients such as protein and fats to bring growth hormones to the muscles we want to strengthen and tone. A proper diet is very important in any body building program.
Another huge aspect of a workout routine is to get plenty of rest. When you begin lifting weights and working out to build your body, you will be doing a small amount of damage to your muscles. When your body is in a sedentary state during sleep, your muscles will work to repair themselves and grow in the process.
You must have a balanced body building workout routine in order to focus on certain muscle groups and grow your entire body. You’ll need to include not only weight lifting, but a cardio workout is also important. The entire body needs to be healthy and that includes your heart. When you have a strong heart muscle, you’ll be able to workout more effectively.
A positive mindset can be one of THE most important parts of a body building program. It’s easy to give up when you start to push yourself. Remember why you want to start the whole thing in the first place and be positive that you will be able to do it. Staying positive can push you even more than you thought possible.
Body building is so much more than just performing exercises and lifting weights to get big. You have to concentrate on your whole body – not just the muscles. When you start a body building program, know what these components are and then focus on your goals as you workout. You will grow your mind right along with your body, and that can be the most satisfying part of all!
Mar
26
John Howard asked:
A well built body is something that everyone dreams about. Especially, if you are a body building fan, you will definitely know the importance of having a well toned physique. Body building has become a passion among a lot of people, both men and women, and people have realized the importance of having a good physique. Body building exercise plays the most important role in helping you get a well built body. Everything starts with physical work out and nothing helps you more than a well planned exercise schedule to build muscles.
In order to achieve the right results, you need to make sure that you exercise regularly and have proper diet along with that. You have to understand one thing which is very important and that is the regularity of the exercise schedule. A lot of people seem to take decision themselves and exercise as they wish without a proper schedule and guidance. This can result in two things. First, it could hamper your muscles and damage your body if done the wrong way and second, you will not achieve the kind of results you want to achieve with your muscles. This is the reason as to why having a trainer is considered very important as far as body building exercise is concerned. A body building trainer is a professional and with his experience and knowledge in the field of body building, he should be able to guide you the right way regarding all the aspects of body building exercise and other things related to that.
You need to understand your body well in order to make sure you exercise the right way. The kind of weights you can lift, the kind of exercises you can do initially, the kind of exercise routine you can have once you feel comfortable, the kind of food you should take, the kind of rest you should give your body, and many more things will be very important in getting the results you want. This is where a trainer could be of great help.
He can help you understand your body better and help you achieve the results by working with you in close quarters. It is generally not advised to start exercising without proper guidance as you may harm your body or may not get the results that you want from it. Either way, it is not the right thing to do as you could do the wrong exercise at the wrong time with the wrong diet, which could result in undesired results.
A well built body is something that everyone dreams about. Especially, if you are a body building fan, you will definitely know the importance of having a well toned physique. Body building has become a passion among a lot of people, both men and women, and people have realized the importance of having a good physique. Body building exercise plays the most important role in helping you get a well built body. Everything starts with physical work out and nothing helps you more than a well planned exercise schedule to build muscles.
In order to achieve the right results, you need to make sure that you exercise regularly and have proper diet along with that. You have to understand one thing which is very important and that is the regularity of the exercise schedule. A lot of people seem to take decision themselves and exercise as they wish without a proper schedule and guidance. This can result in two things. First, it could hamper your muscles and damage your body if done the wrong way and second, you will not achieve the kind of results you want to achieve with your muscles. This is the reason as to why having a trainer is considered very important as far as body building exercise is concerned. A body building trainer is a professional and with his experience and knowledge in the field of body building, he should be able to guide you the right way regarding all the aspects of body building exercise and other things related to that.
You need to understand your body well in order to make sure you exercise the right way. The kind of weights you can lift, the kind of exercises you can do initially, the kind of exercise routine you can have once you feel comfortable, the kind of food you should take, the kind of rest you should give your body, and many more things will be very important in getting the results you want. This is where a trainer could be of great help.
He can help you understand your body better and help you achieve the results by working with you in close quarters. It is generally not advised to start exercising without proper guidance as you may harm your body or may not get the results that you want from it. Either way, it is not the right thing to do as you could do the wrong exercise at the wrong time with the wrong diet, which could result in undesired results.
Mar
26
The Cardio Body Building Fallacy
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Most workout programs, in my opinion, are examples of cardio body building and are wrongly based on bodybuilder isolation movement exercises and marathoner extended aerobic training.
This is NOT the path to optimum fitness excellence!
The cardio body building combination is actually the biggest training mistake you can make.
Now before you get angry…
There is absolutely nothing wrong with training like a Bodybuilder or Marathoner… especially if you are a Bodybuilder or Marathoner.
I am just proposing that the training philosophies of Bodybuilders and Marathoners are not the path to an optimum level of fitness where all of the physical skills of cardiorespiratory endurance, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, accuracy and toughness are improved… Whether you adhere to the philosophy of each group alone or in combination.
I know this goes against most physical training protocols used in commercial gyms around the world that adhere to the cardio body building combination as the training methods of choice.
It is easy to see how these training protocols came to be combined…
In an attempt to improve fitness on a more general level for the non-professional fitness enthusiast, gyms and health clubs throughout the world have prescribed the typical cardio body building program of isolated movement strength training and extended aerobic training sessions.
The belief was that if isolated movement weight training is effective for Bodybuilders, and extended aerobic sessions are effective for Marathoners, that a combination of the two training methods would give the general fitness enthusiast the best of both worlds.
The fact is, Bodybuilding training methods are more concerned with muscle growth than muscular strength, power and endurance… and both of these training methods almost completely ignore the other physical abilities like coordination, agility, balance, accuracy and flexibility.
It is no wonder why millions of people participating in cardio body building inspired fitness programs fail to meet their over-all fitness goals… They are making a big training mistake.
On a personal Note…
I am guilty of training in the cardio body building fashion in my younger years in preparation for wrestling season.
I would lift weights using isolation exercises and run long distances to increase aerobic capacity.
I quickly learned in the first week of practice that the inflated muscles and aerobic capacity that I gained through cardio body building training did little or nothing to provide the fitness level needed for my chosen sport.
Oh well, there is nothing I can do about that now… but there is something that YOU can do to improve your physical training in preparation for sport, work, life.
Reflect on your current workout program…
If your current workout program looks like the cardio body building protocol described above… don’t despair.
Any exercise is better than none, so you have not completely wasted your time.
In fact… the isolated movement strength training has given you some degree of strength, and the aerobic exercise is an essential base of fitness.
However, to improve your physical training and optimize your performance you must be prepared to radically change the methods you use in pursuit of strength, conditioning and fitness excellence.
Be honest with yourself… are you getting the most out of your current cardio body building physical training program?
Are the exercises and methods you are using best suited to improve over-all fitness… or do they only focus on muscular size and cardiorespiratory endurance?
Ask yourself this question…
Is your current physical fitness training program based on the acceptable and deliberate compromise of competence and ability to perform in ALL the areas of cardiorespiratory endurance, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, accuracy and toughness to produce optimum performance results under the greatest amount of circumstances?
If not, it is probably based on the cardio body building fallacy… and your physical training can be greatly improved.
If your goal of physical training is to inflate your muscles and perform monotonous, single intensity aerobic exercise for extended periods of time… do nothing.
If your goal of physical training is to become a better human being suited to successfully overcome the random challenges of sport, work and life… It is time to change your physical fitness training program to one not based on the cardio body building fallacy.
By: Eddie Lomax
About the Author:
This is NOT the path to optimum fitness excellence!
The cardio body building combination is actually the biggest training mistake you can make.
Now before you get angry…
There is absolutely nothing wrong with training like a Bodybuilder or Marathoner… especially if you are a Bodybuilder or Marathoner.
I am just proposing that the training philosophies of Bodybuilders and Marathoners are not the path to an optimum level of fitness where all of the physical skills of cardiorespiratory endurance, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, accuracy and toughness are improved… Whether you adhere to the philosophy of each group alone or in combination.
I know this goes against most physical training protocols used in commercial gyms around the world that adhere to the cardio body building combination as the training methods of choice.
It is easy to see how these training protocols came to be combined…
In an attempt to improve fitness on a more general level for the non-professional fitness enthusiast, gyms and health clubs throughout the world have prescribed the typical cardio body building program of isolated movement strength training and extended aerobic training sessions.
The belief was that if isolated movement weight training is effective for Bodybuilders, and extended aerobic sessions are effective for Marathoners, that a combination of the two training methods would give the general fitness enthusiast the best of both worlds.
The fact is, Bodybuilding training methods are more concerned with muscle growth than muscular strength, power and endurance… and both of these training methods almost completely ignore the other physical abilities like coordination, agility, balance, accuracy and flexibility.
It is no wonder why millions of people participating in cardio body building inspired fitness programs fail to meet their over-all fitness goals… They are making a big training mistake.
On a personal Note…
I am guilty of training in the cardio body building fashion in my younger years in preparation for wrestling season.
I would lift weights using isolation exercises and run long distances to increase aerobic capacity.
I quickly learned in the first week of practice that the inflated muscles and aerobic capacity that I gained through cardio body building training did little or nothing to provide the fitness level needed for my chosen sport.
Oh well, there is nothing I can do about that now… but there is something that YOU can do to improve your physical training in preparation for sport, work, life.
Reflect on your current workout program…
If your current workout program looks like the cardio body building protocol described above… don’t despair.
Any exercise is better than none, so you have not completely wasted your time.
In fact… the isolated movement strength training has given you some degree of strength, and the aerobic exercise is an essential base of fitness.
However, to improve your physical training and optimize your performance you must be prepared to radically change the methods you use in pursuit of strength, conditioning and fitness excellence.
Be honest with yourself… are you getting the most out of your current cardio body building physical training program?
Are the exercises and methods you are using best suited to improve over-all fitness… or do they only focus on muscular size and cardiorespiratory endurance?
Ask yourself this question…
Is your current physical fitness training program based on the acceptable and deliberate compromise of competence and ability to perform in ALL the areas of cardiorespiratory endurance, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, accuracy and toughness to produce optimum performance results under the greatest amount of circumstances?
If not, it is probably based on the cardio body building fallacy… and your physical training can be greatly improved.
If your goal of physical training is to inflate your muscles and perform monotonous, single intensity aerobic exercise for extended periods of time… do nothing.
If your goal of physical training is to become a better human being suited to successfully overcome the random challenges of sport, work and life… It is time to change your physical fitness training program to one not based on the cardio body building fallacy.
By: Eddie Lomax
About the Author:
Coach Lomax is a strength, conditioning and fitness coach dedicated to building better humans for sport, work and life. Learn more at Optimum Physical Training or take his FREE Tabata Calisthenics Workout Mini Course.
Mar
21
What would be the best way to sell my body shop building with out going throug a realitor?
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Mr. Wonderful asked:
I own a body shop I now rent out (50X80 steel) in a very nice little central WI town (80,000.people) it’s on the hwy next a couple big bussiness like a cookie making factory, a washer and dryer building company and the towns industrial park, rail road next door, lots of potential, great investment. Thinking of selling on my own not sure how to go at it. What are some good computer sites to put it on, is that the best way?
Michelle
I own a body shop I now rent out (50X80 steel) in a very nice little central WI town (80,000.people) it’s on the hwy next a couple big bussiness like a cookie making factory, a washer and dryer building company and the towns industrial park, rail road next door, lots of potential, great investment. Thinking of selling on my own not sure how to go at it. What are some good computer sites to put it on, is that the best way?
Michelle
Mar
21
Im doing body building exercises but I have a wrist ganglion cyst.its not paining.should i stop exercises?
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ROCKET asked:
my wrist ganglion is not paining.how will my body building exercises effect to my wrist ganglion cyst?
Rosa
my wrist ganglion is not paining.how will my body building exercises effect to my wrist ganglion cyst?
Rosa
Mar
20
What is the right amount of protein to consume for body building when you want maximum results?
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Spike asked:
Ok I’m 155 lbs. and athletic. I was told that my daily intake of protein should be around 52 grams. So my question is when your building muscle, do you need to consume more whey protein than your daily recommended dose for maximum results? Or is taking the daily recommended dose which is more protein than I normally consume sufficient for maximum results?
Crystal
Ok I’m 155 lbs. and athletic. I was told that my daily intake of protein should be around 52 grams. So my question is when your building muscle, do you need to consume more whey protein than your daily recommended dose for maximum results? Or is taking the daily recommended dose which is more protein than I normally consume sufficient for maximum results?
Crystal
Mar
19
If you are already overweight, is it okay to diet and start body building? IE Will my existing fat substitute.
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Homeless K. asked:
I have read that cardio counteracts muscle gain due to the release of catabolic hormones thereby breaking down muscle tissue. I do 2-3 hours of cardio a day, seven days a week. I am on a strict diet and eat less than 2000 calories a day. It is suggested for muscle gain that I have extra calories. Since I am already overweight, will my existing fat substitute? Or should I focus on losing the weight then on building? Which would be the optimal choice.
Barry
I have read that cardio counteracts muscle gain due to the release of catabolic hormones thereby breaking down muscle tissue. I do 2-3 hours of cardio a day, seven days a week. I am on a strict diet and eat less than 2000 calories a day. It is suggested for muscle gain that I have extra calories. Since I am already overweight, will my existing fat substitute? Or should I focus on losing the weight then on building? Which would be the optimal choice.
Barry