The most important part of your workout program

My Mom taught me this lesson many years ago when she was still reading me bedtime stories and kissing my ouchies (and no that wasn’t last week). You see, I had a bedroom that was a child’s wonderland, filled with all kinds of toys. My Mom is very organized so of course each toy had its place, but I never paid attention. Each time I grew tired of playing with a certain toy, it stayed on the floor and I got a different one. It didn’t take long before I was lost in a sea of Barbies and lego and Mom would come in and tell me to clean it all up. I’d feel overwhelmed and protest with my big brown eyes. Mom would always remind me…”Shauna, if you picked up your toys and put them away each time you were done with one, you wouldn’t be left with a big mess”. My first lesson in consistency. If I consistently put my toys away, I’ll never have a big mess!

Do’s and don’ts of a successful bodybuilding program

If you’ve decided to take on the challenge of adding some muscle to that frame of yours you will no doubt be almost immediately bombarded with “helpful advice” from anyone and everyone that’s ever touched anything heavier than a five pound dumbbell. Be very careful who you listen to, taking most advice and information with a grain of salt. Building muscle is more than just showing up at the gym, picking up a weight or two and devouring pounds of chicken breast. Just like everything else worth having in life, achieving success with your bodybuilding program takes knowledge, hard work, dedication and commitment. Acknowledging the things you’re doing right as well as those you’re doing wrong will help you get to where you want to be.

3 Tips to Save Money and Stay Fit

Just look at the current news.  If we are not dealing with a Global Financial “Crisis”, we’re trying to win the war on obesity.  Its obvious these are the two questions that are on everyones mind…

“How can I save money and stay healthy?”

I’m a firm believer that you can do both…

How Often Should I Change My Workout Routine?

In order to realize optimal benefits from your bodybuilding or muscle building program, a change in your workout routine is periodically required.

Muscle growth, or hypertrophy, relies on the principle of Progressive Overload. This is the process of progressively placing greater than normal demands on the musculature. Simply put, in order to increase muscle growth and strength, you must consistently lift more and make the muscles exert more effort than what they have adapted to.

Bodybuilding Tips on How to Avoid Overtraining

Periodically I’ll be posting some bodybuilding (muscle building) tips in order to help you achieve the best possible results from your training efforts. These muscle building tips will include what to do and just as importantly what not to do.

Overtraining is one of those ‘not to do’s’ yet it’s something I see quite frequently. So many athletes adopt an ‘all out, balls to the wall’ (pardon the language) attitude towards their workouts and end up experiencing the  effects of overtraining syndrome. The theory of working harder, longer and more frequently for increased gains sounds logical enough, but without adequate rest and recovery you’ll actually end up regressing.