Get Physique-a-licious

Archive for May, 2009

You have worked so hard and you are feeling kind of weak.

First you should drink water to keep from being hydrated. 

What about the other parts of your body?  Have you really thought about why you eat?  Most people eat to stay alive, some people eat with a purpose.  Are you one of these people?  What are you eating exactly?  Is it helping you or hindering you.

If you are a workout enthusiast then you really need to think about feeding your muscles. 

“What are you talking about you ask?”  Feed what?

You worked so hard to get your muslces toned and looking “Physique-a-licious” that you want to treat them right.  If you are working out hard you are constantly breaking and tearing your tissues so you need to help them repair and grow.

You need to feed your muscles with some really good healthy food.  What kind of food?

Well, let’s start with protein. 

“Proteins are broken down in the stomach during digestion by enzymes known as proteases into smaller polypeptides to provide amino acids for the organism, including the essential amino acids that the organism cannot biosynthesize itself. Aside from their role in protein synthesis, amino acids are also important nutritional sources of nitrogen.”

“Amino acids are critical to life, and have a variety of roles in metabolism. One particularly important function is as the building blocks of proteins, which are linear chains of amino acids.”

With that being said, we need to get help from our foods in order for our tissues and muscles at the cellular to stay alive and build for us.  We have to feed them with good protein.

Here is a link to some great high protein foods.  One rule of thumb to remember for protein is start with “no leg animals, then two legged animals and then if you have to four-legged animals”  to get the most out of your protein.

You can get your protein from some shakes if you are on the run, but I personally like to get my protein from the natural way. 

Do not go without feeding your muslces, because they will like a “gang” start turning on themselves and eating off of your own body to get the energy it needs to perform your exercises.  Gross! 

Feed your muscles for ultimate performance and get that “Physique-a-licious” body you desire.

Have you heard this before? I am following my nutrition tips and eating like I am suppose to but keep gaining weight. Right! I have heard this story before only to realize that the client is cheating big time.

I have a dear friend who has been so committed to exercise. She has joined my “Summerlicious 6-week fit camp” and is continually coming to class. So, we measured at the beginning of the fit camp and she has made some amazing results before this. All of the sudden she starts gaining weight like crazy. I asked her several questions. She really hadn’t changed anything from before. I thought for the first two weeks she was gaining muscle. She would say she felt bloated and told me that she hadn’t had her monthly gift in two months. Well, okay, I thought maybe because the intensity of the exercise might have thrown her off.

Well, into week four she had gain back her 8 pounds. I thought “WHAT” there is something wrong. I had her check with her doctor and tell him everything going on and he thought it would be a good idea to do some blood work. Well, everything checked out good. What the heck. So, now I am puzzled.

My other friend mentioned that a friend of hers had the same symptoms and it turned out to be “Coeliac Disease” she was allergic to wheat. I thought that was crazy. She did tell me that she was feeling fatigue and yes she was still bloated.

She actually had made a doctor’s appointment with a “Gastrointestinal” doctor. All the symptoms point to this. She quit eating wheat stuff and immediately felt so much better. She went to Olive Garden this past weekend and had some bread, and bam, tore her stomach up.

So, here is what the Wikipedia had to say what this was.. I was intrigued.

“Coeliac disease is caused by a reaction to gliadin, a gluten protein found in wheat (and similar proteins of the tribe Triticeae, which includes other cultivars such as barley and rye). Upon exposure to gliadin, the enzyme tissue transglutaminase modifies the protein, and the immune system cross-reacts with the small-bowel tissue, causing an inflammatory reaction. That leads to flattening of the lining of the small intestine (called villous atrophy). This interferes with the absorption of nutrients, because the intestinal villi are responsible for absorption. The only known effective treatment is a lifelong gluten-free diet. While the disease is caused by a reaction to wheat proteins, it is not the same as wheat allergy.”

When you know that something should not be right.  Please go have yourself checked out and get a second opinion.  Please listen to your body.  You know it best.

“A year from now you’ll wish you had started today”

Okay, have you reached a plateau?  You have worked so hard and have seen results.  Now, you are at the point that nothing is working.  Do I have a great workout for you.

This program is intense, but it can be as easy or as hard as you want it to be.

It starts off with Upper Body workout which has 3 phrases.  Once you finish the first block you start over from the top and continue on this way until you finish the 3 phrase.

You are welcome to take a 1 minute break and then proceed on to the Abdominal Section.  Again, this has 3 phrases and do all 3 phrases until the third one and take a 1 minute water break.

Then comes the Lower Body section.  This section is grueling.  It is going to take everything you got to keep going.   Once you finish the 3 phrases take a 1 minute break (water)

Finally, the last section is a combo of everything put together.  Hope you are still breathing after this.  If you need to add some seconds to each exercise then you can do that when you feel it is too easy.  You can also cut down the time of break if you think you can.

Now, you can break these phrases up if you like and build up.  Then put them all together.  Try it first and then figure out what you would like to do.  Very flexible.  I would say do this for one week Mon, Wed, and Friday.  You should see a major difference and then you can go do your normal workout. 

I suggest that maybe you do your weight lifting and stick one of these phrases in between for a spice in the workout.

You should change you workout about every third week.

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