Muscle Growth And Fitness In A Modern Day Environment
Unfortunately, in today's world, which is quite paradoxical, we tend live almost forced unhealthy lifestyles.
Let us face it, most of our work environments tend to be unhealthy on their own, requiring long periods of inactivity sitting at our computers in ever hard driving and long hours of making a simple living.
Tendencies are towards fast food or ready prepared meals at home, all for the sake of optimizing what little time we have.
On the other hand we are under increasing pressure through the modern media such as magazines, reality TV programs, advertising, Hollywood etc.
to present ourselves as beautifully toned and muscled Adonis's and Venus's.
This leads to an idea and pressure for a quick fix, a least amount of work to quickest result methodology, hence the phenomenal growth of the cosmetic surgery industry and within the fitness world, an unfortunate increase of businesses offering anything from useless supplements to dangerous steroids.
There is a rising trend of those suffering from chronic diseases, including obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, depression, cancer, arthritis, asthma, anxiety, heart disease, Alzheimer's, hyperthyroidism, etc.
Payment for the treatment of these diseases can be hard to come by.
Valuable and often constrained incomes are spent on the purchase of medicines.
A good muscle gain program can do wonders for you! Join your local gym, and start compound exercises for gaining muscle mass.
In reality, it is possible for any motivated and physically able human being to train themselves to a peak of physical fitness and well-being and sculpt their bodies to a point of their own vision of attractiveness; the individuals govern the limit themselves.
I personally am an athlete, my main disciplines being kite surfing and wake boarding.
Both these disciplines require large amounts physical strength, fitness and mental well-being.
The Greeks were one of the first to understand the link between physical and mental fitness.
Outside of my sport I have do my gym time to maintain my physical edge.
To get to the point of your own physical peak "does" require hard work and discipline.
However, results are achieved in relatively short time and without spending large amounts of a valuable income on useless if not risky supplements.
We all have to budget to achieve our objectives, so think where you need to spend your money, on medicines and supplements, I don't think so! Invest on direct results.
It is important that your exercise program be in parallel with a balanced diet of protein and carbohydrates.
Your body has to keep up with the stress of your training regime, it is vital that you are eating enough protein and carbohydrate.
Many people try to steer away from carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are incredibly important, it is the fuel our body requires, and the problem is the form it comes in.
This brings us back to our modern lives and manner of eating.
Fast food and ready prepared meals are by nature processed including the carbohydrates therein.
The best sources of carbohydrates are whole grains, vegetables, fruits and beans; promoting good health by delivering vitamins, minerals, fiber.
Easily digested carbohydrates from white bread, white rice, pastries, soft drinks, and other highly processed foods may contribute to weight gain, interfere with weight loss, and promote diabetes and heart disease.
Always eat fresh carbohydrates and eat them more often than you would fatty foods.
Protein is also important within our balanced diet, after all our muscles are approximately 70% water and the rest being comprised of protein.
It is the source and choice of our protein that becomes important.
So when choosing protein-rich foods, pay attention to what comes along with the protein.
Vegetable sources of protein, such as beans, nuts, and whole grains, are excellent choices, and they offer healthy fiber, vitamins and minerals.
The best animal protein choices are fish and poultry.
If you are partial to red meat, stick with the leanest cuts, choose moderate portion sizes, and make it only an occasional part of your diet.
Finally water.
Our bodies are made of mostly water.
Approximately 85% of your brain, 80% of your blood and 70% of your muscle is water.
Every cell in your body needs water to live.
You can see how important water is to you.
Water helps remove the dangerous toxins that your body takes in from the air you breathe, the food you eat and the chemicals used in the various products you use on your skin and hair.
Other things water does for your body is to cushion your joints.
Water carries oxygen and nutrients into all your cells.
Water also helps regulate your body temperature.
You need water to keep your metabolism working properly.
In order for this to happen, there is a certain level of water in each of our bodies that we need to maintain.
If we do not keep that amount, our bodies will start to dehydrate.
Therefore, it is easy to see why it is very important to drink six to eight glasses of water a day.
Some of the things that may happen to your body if you do not have enough water are that your blood pressure can fall to low levels.
Blood clots may form.
Your normal kidney function is impaired.
You may get constipation.
Some of the signals your body gives you of a low water level are constipation, dry skin, and increased incidence of urinary tract infections and recurring headaches.
Finally, sleep.
In heavy muscular exercise, we effectively overstress our muscles to a point of damage, so our rest time is our recuperative stage.
Hence, sleep becomes an important factor.
We must allow rest for muscle regeneration.
Also do not overdo your training regime, I have found and alternate day program has worked best for me over the years.
To finalize; we all understand that our modern environment seems to allow very little personal time and can leave us feeling lethargic and De-motivated.
Properly constructed diet and exercise regimes can leave us more invigorated and ready to face our modern world, the key and gain is mental motivation.
Let us face it, most of our work environments tend to be unhealthy on their own, requiring long periods of inactivity sitting at our computers in ever hard driving and long hours of making a simple living.
Tendencies are towards fast food or ready prepared meals at home, all for the sake of optimizing what little time we have.
On the other hand we are under increasing pressure through the modern media such as magazines, reality TV programs, advertising, Hollywood etc.
to present ourselves as beautifully toned and muscled Adonis's and Venus's.
This leads to an idea and pressure for a quick fix, a least amount of work to quickest result methodology, hence the phenomenal growth of the cosmetic surgery industry and within the fitness world, an unfortunate increase of businesses offering anything from useless supplements to dangerous steroids.
There is a rising trend of those suffering from chronic diseases, including obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, depression, cancer, arthritis, asthma, anxiety, heart disease, Alzheimer's, hyperthyroidism, etc.
Payment for the treatment of these diseases can be hard to come by.
Valuable and often constrained incomes are spent on the purchase of medicines.
A good muscle gain program can do wonders for you! Join your local gym, and start compound exercises for gaining muscle mass.
In reality, it is possible for any motivated and physically able human being to train themselves to a peak of physical fitness and well-being and sculpt their bodies to a point of their own vision of attractiveness; the individuals govern the limit themselves.
I personally am an athlete, my main disciplines being kite surfing and wake boarding.
Both these disciplines require large amounts physical strength, fitness and mental well-being.
The Greeks were one of the first to understand the link between physical and mental fitness.
Outside of my sport I have do my gym time to maintain my physical edge.
To get to the point of your own physical peak "does" require hard work and discipline.
However, results are achieved in relatively short time and without spending large amounts of a valuable income on useless if not risky supplements.
We all have to budget to achieve our objectives, so think where you need to spend your money, on medicines and supplements, I don't think so! Invest on direct results.
It is important that your exercise program be in parallel with a balanced diet of protein and carbohydrates.
Your body has to keep up with the stress of your training regime, it is vital that you are eating enough protein and carbohydrate.
Many people try to steer away from carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are incredibly important, it is the fuel our body requires, and the problem is the form it comes in.
This brings us back to our modern lives and manner of eating.
Fast food and ready prepared meals are by nature processed including the carbohydrates therein.
The best sources of carbohydrates are whole grains, vegetables, fruits and beans; promoting good health by delivering vitamins, minerals, fiber.
Easily digested carbohydrates from white bread, white rice, pastries, soft drinks, and other highly processed foods may contribute to weight gain, interfere with weight loss, and promote diabetes and heart disease.
Always eat fresh carbohydrates and eat them more often than you would fatty foods.
Protein is also important within our balanced diet, after all our muscles are approximately 70% water and the rest being comprised of protein.
It is the source and choice of our protein that becomes important.
So when choosing protein-rich foods, pay attention to what comes along with the protein.
Vegetable sources of protein, such as beans, nuts, and whole grains, are excellent choices, and they offer healthy fiber, vitamins and minerals.
The best animal protein choices are fish and poultry.
If you are partial to red meat, stick with the leanest cuts, choose moderate portion sizes, and make it only an occasional part of your diet.
Finally water.
Our bodies are made of mostly water.
Approximately 85% of your brain, 80% of your blood and 70% of your muscle is water.
Every cell in your body needs water to live.
You can see how important water is to you.
Water helps remove the dangerous toxins that your body takes in from the air you breathe, the food you eat and the chemicals used in the various products you use on your skin and hair.
Other things water does for your body is to cushion your joints.
Water carries oxygen and nutrients into all your cells.
Water also helps regulate your body temperature.
You need water to keep your metabolism working properly.
In order for this to happen, there is a certain level of water in each of our bodies that we need to maintain.
If we do not keep that amount, our bodies will start to dehydrate.
Therefore, it is easy to see why it is very important to drink six to eight glasses of water a day.
Some of the things that may happen to your body if you do not have enough water are that your blood pressure can fall to low levels.
Blood clots may form.
Your normal kidney function is impaired.
You may get constipation.
Some of the signals your body gives you of a low water level are constipation, dry skin, and increased incidence of urinary tract infections and recurring headaches.
Finally, sleep.
In heavy muscular exercise, we effectively overstress our muscles to a point of damage, so our rest time is our recuperative stage.
Hence, sleep becomes an important factor.
We must allow rest for muscle regeneration.
Also do not overdo your training regime, I have found and alternate day program has worked best for me over the years.
To finalize; we all understand that our modern environment seems to allow very little personal time and can leave us feeling lethargic and De-motivated.
Properly constructed diet and exercise regimes can leave us more invigorated and ready to face our modern world, the key and gain is mental motivation.
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