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Body Remodeling For Men
by Fred Christy
Wouldn't it be great if the "body" business was like the car business, that we could trade in the old clunker for a brand new shiny one. Just look at the option list to chose from:
Bulging biceps,
Sexy six pack abs,
Chiseled chest,
Big back,
Boulder shoulders,
Titanic triceps,
Thunderous thighs,
Beautiful buns,
I don't know about you but I would get the "fully loaded" model with all the bells and whistles every year !!! I wonder how much longer I will have to wait for the "body" shop to open? I guess hope does spring eternal. But if you are tired of waiting like me, there are ways to remodel that old clunker. If you undertake only a single step to regain your youth, build new muscle. And age is NOT a factor !
"You don't stop working out because you grow old, You grow old because you stop working out."
I started weight training when I was 36. At that time I was moderatly overweight (40lbs), out of shape, low on energy, prone to naps and ashamed to look at myself in the mirror after a shower. My waist was 6" bigger than my chest. And to make matters worse I really didn't eat that much, it seemed normal to me. The thought of dieting made me gag. I had lost 40lbs once before and I clearly remember the torture. So on May 21, 1987 I started weight training and I thank GOD for that blessing. This has had the single most profound effect on my physical apperance, performance and attitude in the last 20 years. And the irony of it all is that I weigh the same today as back then, except today it is muscle instead of fat. And I am proud to say that I have the fully loaded model.
WHAT BUILDING YOUNG MUSCLE WILL DO
Speed up your metabolism
Are these compalints familiar?
My metabolism is slowing down. I eat less and I'm still getting fat. My muscle turns to fat. I've lost all my energy.
These complaints have a simple explanation, muscles shrink as you age. A big muscle is like a big car engine, it burns alot of calories even at idle. Less muscle causes your metabolism to decrease, making weight gain even easier. Adding just 10 lbs of muscle will increase your bodies metabolism to burn 500 calories more per day. Can you imagine what that will do to the fat ?
Recapture lost youth
Weight training can wind back the years by giving you the same or even more muscle than when you were 25. Research shows that you can make big gains in muscle even if you are 60. And between 60 and 100 is not a problem either, though you gains will be more moderate. Do you think young muscle is not possible? Science has shown us that the turnover rate of proteins and the other structural componets of muscle occurs several times a year in in a well trained muscle. So even at 75, a fit muscle is a young muscle.
Please the ladies
Muscle cuts right to the core of being male. The amount of the sex hormone testosterone your body produces is affected by the amount of lean muscle tissure you have. Quite simply, the more muscular you are the more testroterone there is to go around and the greater your potency.
Increase energy
How does muscle size affert your energy and vitality? Muscles are a key storage area for glygogen, the bodies fuel supply. A large and conditioned muscle stores more glycogen, so you have more energy and endurance.
Improve how you look
Has middle age slouched you shoulders, given you a pot belly and made you look flabby? The is no better solution than adding muscle mass. And adding muscle takes away the urgency to be super slim. Too many men think that by stripping off all the body fat will improve their appearance. That leaves many of them looking tired, haggared and downright old. The startling loss of muscle mass ( your body will burn muscle as well as fat) associated with dieting creates an alarming aging effect.
Improve sports performance
The increase in my strength has improved my drives in golf by over 20 yards. I now hit the ball farther than I did than when I was on the college golf team.
Helps prevent diesease
Adding muscle helps keeps you fit, which can prevent or or delay serious problems like cornary artery disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes. cancer, bone loss and osteoporsis, which can and does affect men as well
So what are you waiting for ?
Life without extra weight extends life. Here are the steps I followed to achieve my own successful weight loss. I used a synergistic combination of methods to gain success in weight loss. Even though I ate a healthy diet, I had put on about 15 extra calories on my body frame. I looked on the scale and saw I was almost the weight I was at what I gained when I was 9 months pregnant, 131 and my maximum weight during pregnancy was 136. I looked at myself in the mirror and had been wanting to lose the calories. I tried taking lots of different weight loss pills that took off the weight, but nothing took it off and yet they cost me a lot of money. I also tried to eat meal replacement shakes, but they were too binding for my body causing constipation. I found some meal replacement bars through Amway that worked. Then Amway changed their product offerings.
Now I am working with a personal trainer, Fred Christy, to finally achieve success in my weight loss. According to a very successful personal trainer in weight loss who explained this to me there are a list of about eight things that all have to be done in order to lose extra weight. He gave me a log book to record every morcel of food I ate, all weights and cardio I did. If he was working with a person, he could tell what calorie level I was eating by these foods. A necessary part of successful weight loss, one has to be lifting weights. Over the course of several months, the muscles in these muscles start to change shape, become firm and not flabby. These hard, muscular body tissues burn more calories than soft, flabby muscles. Here is that whole list. There is one factor that really helped me be successful in my weight loss. I had been eating 3 meals and packing my stomach full of food at each meal.
-WEIGHT MANAGEMENT TIPS 1. Eat every 2-3 hours, a small amount of food. If a person waits too long to eat, he becomes starving and then stuffs himself. I gained weight when I stuffed myself. 2. Eat 5 or 6 times per day. Breakfast, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Dinner, Snack If the snack does not contain a balanced meal without protein, they do not keep the hunger away. Fresh fruit or vegetables by themselves did not work for a snack. It would have to be celery and peanut butter, for example. 3. Eat water prior to eating their meals. If a person fills up first with 0 calorie food, water, he won't eat as much real food. Part of his hunger was satisfied by the water. Our bodies need to have water each day. 4. Eat 2-3 fresh fruits a day and 3-5 vegetables per day. 5. Lift some weights to tone one's muscles. Record in the log book.Your trainer will determine how many total calories and exercise to lose weight. 6. Do cardio exercise to burn calories. Record in the log book. Exercise 5 times per week 7. Record all the food you are eating, even a cookie. You need to figure out how many total calories you ate and to drop the total calories consumed per day to lose weight.
Because I have Huntington's Disease, I alter my diet to keep my disease from advancing. I must exercise 5 days per week to produce new brain neurons. As well, I must not have sucrose, white flour, and fried foods. I eat organic foods as much as possible. This keeps the toxins off my plate. Since I realize eating sucrose makes my disease worse, that is the only motivating factor for me to eliminate to eat a diet free of it. My boss used to sit a plate of cookies and candy to treat the staff and say thank you. Once the sucrose sugar was totally flushed ot of my body, then the sweets were no temptation for me. I achieved my low weight. Then with Christmas cooking and treats, I did indulge on some days. Whenever I ate sucrose sugar, I gained and when I eliminated it, I lost. I use trehalose as my sweetener. It is the sugar found in mushrooms. So I would add one final step onto the list to achieve success. 8. Eliminate sucrose, white flour, and fried foods. That means sodas, all sugar-free items, as they contain toxins as well. If you proceed through your day and then eat one sugar treat, then that starts the sugar cravings going, every 2 hours or so. Use trehalose as sweetener.
I have a long and lanky body and that is visible to me now, that I never saw that body frame since I started having children. I have to keep working the arms to keep them from looking flabby. People think I look "hot" even though I am mother of teens. Any age person can look "hot". I invite you to follow my steps to receive the compliments about your own body.
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