Think it takes five hours of weight training, and six hours of aerobics each week to look lean and muscular? Think starvation diets are the only way you’re going to burn body-fat? If that’s the case then you’re about to get a healthy dose of reality…and you’re gonna love it. That is unless you’re completely turned off by the idea of discovering exactly what your individual requirements are for building muscle and burning body-fat and prefer to aimlessly follow what others do (who also are not training or eating according to individual needs) and continue to waste precious time in the gym.
Manipulate Sodium for Safest Rapid Weight Loss
Nutrition experts weigh in on water weight:
Athletes who need to have their weight certified often ask whether they can safely manipulate food and water intake in the 24 hours before weigh-in. The diet-related strategies commonly used are restricting sodium, food, or fluid intake one or two days before weigh-in or a bodybuilding contest.
Any practice employed to cut weight may be unsafe, but temporarily restricting sodium intake is the least likely of the three to cause serious harm to performance and health. Sodium is associated with water retention. When sodium is consumed in food nearly 100 percent of the sodium is absorbed. Water will also be temporarily retained until the body can reestablish sodium and water balance by excreting excess sodium and water in the urine.
Fitness Experts Reveal Truth About Repetitions
Weightlifters know that reps and resistance go hand in hand when creating an effective training routine. The number of reps performed depend on training goals, while the amount of weight lifted depends on the number of reps desired. According to fitness experts Joe Wuebben and Jim Stoppani, authors of Stronger Arms and Upper Body, lifters should pick a weight that will cause them to reach failure on the last set or two of the exercise. But, the number of reps performed should depend on individual goals:
Tone & Strengthen Your Abs
Bruce Lee took advantage of his time by training his incredible abs unnoticed while sitting in boring meetings. He isometrically contracted his abs by pressing his lower back into a chair. There was no apparent movement, but his rectus abdominis muscles were receiving a secret, awesome workout.
Your torso is a vital area for you to tone and strengthen if you want to increase your power. Torso exercises stabilize the spine, protecting you from injury. Abdominal muscles allow your torso to turn, twist, and bend. Your waist connects your upper and lower body to generate the tremendous torque necessary for dynamic punching and kicking. Solid abdominals are essential to make this connection. Strong core muscles also enhance your balance, protecting your internal organs.