Ideal Curve

By Stevey McGeown

 Bodyweight exercises are the fitness revolution that has the traditional fitness world running scared.

Forget about matching socks, shorts and t-shirt, that’s not what this is about. Bodyweight exercises are for people who want to work out in order to achieve results, primarily stronger and leaner bodies.

And the myth of the century is that you need to go to the gym in order to achieve that.

Secret No.1 -

In terms of building strength, the bench press is a terrible exercise!

Real strongmen have known this for years. If you want to build a truly strong body, then you better not be relying on the bench press.

The principle here is that we are only as strong as our weakest link, and by relying on the bench press as your core strength exercise, what you will actually do is weaken your body, by throwing it out of balance, weaken your joints by placing too much stress on them, and weaken your cardio vascular system by giving it an already stressed and out of balance body to work with.

When you read this, many of you will clearly see where I’m coming from. Compare this to a diet of various chin up and push up routines. Both of these exercises rely solely on your own bodyweight, and will develop incredible stamina as well as extraordinary strength.

Secret No.2 -

To get a six pack, you don’t need hours or cardio or a punishing weights routine.

What you do need is a consistent and varied exercise program featuring challenging exercises that target multiple muscle groups simultaneously, including your abdominal muscles, and are capable of boosting your heart rate - ie making you sweat.

This prescription is “bodyweight exercises”. As an example, we’ll take the 3 chair push up. This exercise is where you perform the traditional push up, except that your feet are on the seat of one chair and each hand is on the seat of a chair. The exercise increases the range of motion normally experienced with push ups, and your abdominals contract like crazy in order to stabilise your body throughout the motion. They will definitely make you sweat!

The other prerequisite for a six pack is a balanced diet that includes an appropriate mix of protein, carbohydrates and fats.

Secret No. 4 -

To develop powerful legs you never need to do squats with heavy plates or deadlifts.

If you want to have legs so big that you have difficulty walking, then maybe you should do the above exercises, but for the rest of us who are interested in “functional strength,” high repetitions of hindu squats, free squats and sprints will certainly develop more strength and power than just about any squatting or the dreaded career ending deadlift routines.

Secret No. 5 -

Injuries don’t have to come with the territory.

In any training routine, injuries are a massive setback. You won’t be making progress, (which is what it’s all about) if you’re lying up nursing an injury ie not training. Many of today’s athletes, especially those who use heavy weights routines have accepted the risk of injury. This is crazy when there is another system out there that produces even better results with virtually no risk of injury - bodyweight exercises. You won’t be overstressing joints or ligaments, and as you’re working solely with the combined principles of gravity and your own bodyweight you have a much greater feedback system telling you when you can do more, and when to stop.

Secret No. 6 -

To improve flexibility and balance you don’t need to do yoga or pilates.

People who are usually the least flexible are those who either do absolutely no exercise, and those who have heavy weight lifting routines. The problem is that these people are impeding the bodies natural function of self-balancing by allowing their muscles to become excessively tight, often because of a decreased range of motion eg only doing the bench press, or stooping over a desk or driving all day.

Bodyweight exercises help your body to let go of the “tightness” by moving in it many different directions, and promote better body and muscle balance by using multiple muscle groups simultaneously.

One of the best overall boyweight exercises, and one that is superb for improving balance is the hindu squat.

Secret No. 7 -

It doesn’t have to cost the downpayment on a house to take control of your fitness.

The mass media is continually trying to show us that we need both a thousand dollar home fitness system, as well as another $500+ gym membership to be fit and healthy, but I suppose that’s their job. The truth is, all you need is a little bit of space where its quiet, a pad of paper to write down what you’re going to do and the ability to get it done. Make a start buddy!

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Ask Not What Your San Diego Personal Trainer Can Do for You
By Phoenix Delray

 Finding a personal trainer in San Diego is a great step to improving your overall health and physical fitness. Making the decision to get more physically fit is a big one, and a very important one at that. Working with a San Diego personal trainer will help you on your journey, making sure that you utilize all of the great resources available to you to improve your health. Beginning a new exercise program is full of benefits and rewards, but care should be taken while talking with a trainer about working with you.

A San Diego personal trainer is a skilled professional in physical fitness who is hired to work one on one with individuals and their personal goals to improve their health. Many personal trainers have years of experience, a love for physical fitness, and have degrees in their respective fields. While your San Diego personal trainer has an obligation to help you while keeping you safe from injury, you have an obligation as well to the trainer.

Keep in mind that although a San Diego personal trainer has the job of working with you, make sure you do not overdo it right from the beginning. It is very important to not go beyond the boundaries set by your trainer. This is sometimes difficult because when someone begins a new lifestyle plan and exercise regime, they are often confident, motivated, and inspired, not to mention eager to work hard to see the great results. If you start out going beyond what your personal trainer recommends, especially if you have not been accustomed to a regular exercise routine, you run the risk of both injury and burnout pretty quickly.

Make sure if you are a beginner with routine exercise or if you have special health concerns, make sure to get your doctors ok before you begin an exercise regime. On the other hand, if you have any special health risks, always make sure your San Diego personal trainer is aware of them so that he can compensate accordingly. For example, if you tend to be allergic to dust, your personal trainer can design a program for you with many activities that you can do outside while you enjoy the scenery that San Diego has to offer. Be sure to let your personal trainer in San Diego know about any type of dietary supplement or medications that you may be taking, or about anything else that will affect your body or nutrition in any way.

Working with a personal trainer in San Diego is a step in your life that you will be very proud of taking. Complete cooperation with your trainer is the key, and just as your San Diego has an obligation to train you as best as he can to improve your fitness, you have an obligation to be honest about medications, limits, and health concerns that may affect your health and safety along the way.

For more information and help in getting a San Diego personal trainer, please visit our website.

Honey: A Natural Bodybuilding Supplement
By Dane Fletcher

 In order to complete 1-2 hour weight and cardio training sessions, malt dextrin or dextrose is consumed by many bodybuilders. These sources of carbohydrate are chosen because of their slow-burning nature, this can aid in blood glucose level management following workouts. A lot of bodybuilders are discovering that honey is a great substitute also containing additional benefits.

Honey, like dextrose, is great for increasing insulin levels in post-workout protein shakes. It not only provides a different taste (which is great in the bland world of bodybuilding nutrition), but the body also burns it slower. But honey is something that should not replace dextrose as your primary carbohydrate source after working out. After all, almost half of the calories in it derive from fructose, the carb flavor that often transforms to fat. It is a great option to keep available if you ever run out of dextrose, or if you are trying to sweeten a cheat meal, or if you’re going through a bulking phase and you are craving extra calories.

You can purchase honey at any grocery store, and it can be great to have if you are on the road missing a good protein shake, and just picking up some lunch meat or other quick protein source having just worked out. Take in 1-2 tablespoons of honey with the meat to maximize the time period after working out. Fast food should never really be considered when bodybuilding, but a good meal to eat if you have to is KFC chicken dripping with honey.

Honey is also a chief provider to supplemental anti-oxidant effects on the body, so bodybuilders find it extremely helpful to assist their routine in the very important recovery time period having been through a tough workout. You want to be extra sure that you are not allergic to honey (as many are) and any bad reactions or side effects to eating honey in this manner should result in you consulting a doctor. Adding honey or using it as a substitute can have various benefits that will make your bodybuilding experience more joyful and successful.

Something to keep in mind though when choosing which honey you buy at the store is The health benefits of honey - like all foods - depend on the quality of the honey. But in this case, the situation is even more extreme, because the pollen that collects on the bees’ legs as they move from plant to plant is only as healthful and as diverse as those plants. In addition, the processing of honey often removes many of the phytonutrients found in raw honey as it exists in the hive.

Raw honey, for example, contains small amounts of the same resins found in propolis. Propolis, sometimes called “bee glue,” is actually a complex mixture of resins and other substances that honeybees use to seal the hive and make it safe from bacteria and other micro-organisms. Honeybees make propolis by combining plant resins with their own secretions. However, substances like road tar have also been found in propolis.

Bee keepers sometimes use special screens around the inside of the hive boxes to trap propolis, since bees will spread this substance around the honeycomb and seal cracks with the anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal resins. The resins found in propolis only represent a small part of the phytonutrients found in propolis and honey, however. Other phytonutrients found both in honey and propolis have been shown to posssess cancer-preventing and anti-tumor properties. These substances include caffeic acid methyl caffeate, phenylethyl caffeate, and phenylethyl dimethylcaffeate.

Researchers have discovered that these substances prevent colon cancer in animals by shutting down activity of two enzymes, phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C and lipoxygenase. When raw honey is extensively processed and heated, the benefits of these phytonutrients are largely eliminated.

Dane Fletcher is the world-wide authority on bodybuilding and steroids. He has coached countless athletes all over the world. To read more of his work, please visit either http://www.BodybuildingToday.com or http://www.SteroidsToday.com

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