2 Must Do Fat Slaying Tips

You say you want a kick butt body.


You workout 2-3 days per week...


You get 7-8 hours of sound sleep most every night...


You follow an active lifestyle beyond your workouts...


You stay mentally and emotionally stress free as possible...


And, your body is still not where you need it to be?


Here are the two things that will change everything and put you on


the right track to a world class body:


First,
the #1 and unequivocally the most important factor in having or not
having a great body is the RIGHT nutrition. It is not 50...75... or 90% of the equation. It is 100% of the reason we will assume awesomeness or not. Do not look for any tricks,shenanigans, secret snake oils or simply trying to defy this simple truth. If you do... you will fail. Pretty simple. And this is key... Keep it simple. Do you want to know what helped me enjoy a world class level body (Teen USA, Nationals Bodybuilding Champion) some twenty six years ago? And quite frankly why still today I have been able to maintain a well defined and athletically strong performing physique well into my forties? It's pretty simple... I ate and eat these same foods: raw veggies, moderate amounts of low glycemic loaded fruits (berries,cantaloupe,small apples), grass fed beef, free range chicken and eggs, unsalted raw nuts and seeds, small amounts of organic butters, an occasional diet soda and lots of H2O!

That's it...real simple! And today I do one simple yet significant thing that keeps me considered a "normal" guy: One day a week (usually on a Friday evening or sometime during a Saturday) I 'go off' my normal eating and act like a "normal" human being. This might mean a couple slices of pizza and a margarita or two. Then, I am back on plan for the next six days...no exceptions and no excuses. Note: You cannot extend this goof off phase beyond a single meal or two. The goof off period is designed so you can enjoy an indulgence without ANY guilt. ENJOY IT for what it's worth then, get right back on track.


Second,
muscle is the fat incinerating furnace in our bodies. Fundamenatally speaking, muscle is our metabolism. For optimal health and a world class body you need to build muscle (yes...women too) with full-body "strength" training exercise 2 (maybe 3?) days per week...every week...no exceptions. And as far as endurance exercise (aerobics or steady heart rate training)goes? It does very little to burn significant calories or bodyfat. In fact aerobics exercise (when done frequently) is the anti-muscle building, anti-fat burning, anti-metabolism spiking activity that tends to raise cortisol to chronically high levels that will very often waste hard earned muscle and sets us up for chronic over-use injury cycles.

(As a side note I NEVER did any aerobic type of training when I was a world class bodybuilder. I was a bodyBUILDer and understood that aerobics was the antithesis of building lean, strong tissue. Today I will do some aerobic training, not to assume any training effect so to speak, but, because the sports I enjoy most (mountain biking and road cycling) are inherently steady state, aerobic type of events. Since cycling is 'my sport' of choice I will almost always introduce a handful of intense SI (sprint intervals) to ensure a progressive training effect that is both anaerobic and aerobic, and ramp up my metabolism before the bike is put to rest.)

If you desire to include endurance training in your program,(and maybe it is realistic that we all should consider this) please check out these two studies. They may surprise you.

10 or 30-s sprint interval training bouts enhance both aerobic and anaerobic performance.


Effects of strength training on endurance capacity in top-level endurance athletes.


To your muscle building and metabolism crankin' success...

MJ