Nutripro – Health And Sports Nutrition

Here my goal is to eliminate the confusion that exists on how to get the body of your dreams and to provide you with the most up to date information on how to get in shape. In this topic I will share with you my knowledge collected over 15 years of training and dieting as a drug free bodybuilder and how you can apply this knowledge to your goals of sculpting a fat free and toned looking physique.

We are here for the Women’s Body Sculpting section of HR Fitness and its goal is to share information for those interested in Body Sculpting. What is the difference between Bodysculpting and Bodybuilding, one may ask? There is really not much difference other than the level at which you want the final results to fall under.

For instance, a bodybuilder takes the task of muscle mass accumulation and fat loss to the extreme, while the Bodysculpter takes it to a more moderate level. While a female bodybuilder may hover most of the time anywhere between 12-11% body fat (going as low as 5% body fat at contest time; if the bodybuilder is competitive), the Bodysculpter may be happy with a 12-14% bodyfat level with far less muscle. Needless to say, because of the nature of the bodybuilder’s goal, he/she needs to be more disciplined about the training and the diet as when one wants such an extreme level of development, only an equally extreme adherence to training and nutrition specifications will allow for the accomplishment of such goals.

For a bodysculpter however, while strict adherence to a weight training, cardiovascular and nutrition program is still needed, foods need not be so bland and three to four weight training sessions in the gym with two to three cardiovascular sessions may be sufficient. Also, the weight training sessions do not have to be as extreme as those for a bodybuilder.

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Creating real health within ourselves is probably our biggest challenge as human beings. True balance of mind and body happens only when

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It’s among the most important physical functions our bodies perform. We do it about 20,000 times a day. And still, somehow, most of us get it wrong. “If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be to learn to breathe correctly,” says Andrew Weil, MD, a well-known pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. Chinese and yogic traditions have long extolled the importance of chi or prana-the life forces associated with breath-and science is finally catching up. “Medicine is just recognizing the importance of energy to health,” says Richard P. Brown, MD, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University. “And our most critical source of energy is oxygen.”

It turns out that getting more oxygen-by simply changing the way we breathe-can facilitate healing from a startling number of serious conditions, including chronic pain, atrial fibrillation, asthma, digestive issues, depression, and a wide range of stress-related illnesses. The secret is to return to a more natural pattern of respiration: Newborns come into the world breathing deeply, but as we age, stress can alter that pattern, and many of us start to breathe more shallowly. By adulthood, on average, we’re taking 15 to 20 breaths per minute-three to 4 times faster than is optimal.

That’s where the trouble can start. “Rapid, shallow breathing sends a message to our adrenal glands that we’re in fight-or-flight mode, and they begin pumping out stress hormones like cortisol,” explains Brenda Stockdale, director of mind-body medicine at the RC Cancer Centers in Atlanta. And when the body is stressed, it’s weakened. Our immune cells normally function like “little Pac-Men,” Stockdale explains, “patrolling for and destroying bacteria and diseased cells before they can multiply. But when cortisol levels are elevated, those immune cells slow down drastically, allowing pathogens and diseased cells to slip by.” Fortunately, there are simple methods to reverse our faulty inhale-exhale habits. To get started, try these three exercises:

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If you ask most fitness experts, they’ll tell you that people simply aren’t exercising hard enough. Generally speaking, they’re probably right: After all, it’s no secret that Americans aren’t nearly as fit as we should be.

But don’t tell that to the my friend who ran the New York City Marathon last Sunday. He may have actually been working out too much. One giveaway: He called in sick the day after the race. Yes, it was after the longest, hardest run of his life — and no doubt well-deserved. But ask yourself this: Should exercise ever leave you feeling so bad that you can’t sit in front of a computer the next day? Probably not.

So when is your fitness plan too hard? Let your body answer that question.

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The minute your workout starts to intensify, the temptation is always there: grab the rails. Whether you’re on a stair climber, elliptical or treadmill, reaching out for those support bars can undermine your workout in ways you probably don’t realize.

It may seem harmless to get your balance or hold yourself up a little, but it’s very easy to support half your weight without really trying that hard. And on a stair climber, for example, supporting half your weight with your arms can cut into your calorie burn by as much as 35%, according to Zack Barksdale, a professional fitness trainer at Cooper Aerobics in Dallas, Tex.

And as counterproductive as those lost calories are, Barksdale, who holds a Masters of Science from Baylor University, says the long-term effects are much worse.

“The bad thing about it is that you’re not activating your core,” he says. “You’re not working on posture if you’re holding on, and you’re not engaging your muscles naturally.”

That doesn’t just risk your cardio development. It might risk injury.

“Later on down the road,” Barksdale says, “if you fall during any kind of physical activity, your shoulders aren’t going to have the range of motion to safely catch you. You’ll end up doing things like tearing your rotator cuff.”

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