My experience with bodybuilding #6 Tired of dieting?

Intermittent fasting

Are you tired of dieting, tired of doctors suggesting calorie deficit diet, tired of eating only salad at dinner, well you are at the right place.

See diet may affect different people in weight loss, it doesn't mean that  it should work with your body.

Everybody has a different reaction to different type of foods, you may get more insulin produced in their body even if you are dieting.

Intermittent fasting is a lifestyle change which will reduce your weight when done right.

Intermittent fasting is way of eating food in given window of time and fasting for rest of the hours.

The 16/8 formula is great when you are fasting.

It means that you eat healthy macro nutrients  for 8 hours and then you cease eating food for next 16 hours.

What it does? It makes you insulin sensitive and can also reverse diabetes.

When the insulin is low in your body the body breaks down fat for energy rather than storing food in fat deposits.

Now when you workout you are using the energy generated by breakdown of fats in your body.

 It also increases production of HGH (Human Growth Hormone) which enhances protein synthesis, helps to loose weight and increase fat breakdown.

My experience with bodybuilding #5 Why my muscles are not growing?

Muscle fibers:

Yes there are muscle fiber types which can be exploited to increase gains in muscle.

There are two types of muscle fibers

1. Type I

2.  i)Type IIa ii)Type IIb

Type I are slow twitch fibers which means they are triggered with high reps and low weight such as calf muscle which is mostly made up of Type I fibers.

With low weight you can do more repetitions such as 50 to 60 reps which will increase the size of calf.

You can train with slow twitch at any given time of day and can go on more and more they will work fine but be ready for the pain afterwards.

Type II fibers however fatigue faster but have great explosive strength.

You can lift more weight in first 15 minutes after warmup as they are activated they can perform quite well for less time but can give you the great advantage to lift 

My experience with bodybuilding #4 Want to loose lovehandles?

Today lets talk about cardio.

Cardio good is a way to get rid of the excessive fat around the body.

However running hours and hours daily for some gentlemen can be a bit hasty.

It also can result in loss of muscle mass as your body needs quick energy supply to maintain the body's nutrition balance.

But with a bit of resistance training before or in intervals can result in maintaining muscle with good running ability.

Now if you choose running for cardio consider these two options as follows:

1. Marathon running                               2.Intensive running

A marathon runner has developed slow twitch fibers lacking explosive strength but long run.

A sprinter has his upper body developed just like a bodybuilder and has type IIa and type IIb muscle fibers developed and with a higher degree of muscle tone.

These fibers have explosive strength and fatigue faster in 15 to 30 minutes.

So it is more preferred to do a intensive focused exercise which strengthens the muscle giving a good tone loosing belly fat.

 

My Experience with bodybuilding #3 Do we need to eat Eggs?

Previously we talked about myostatin now we shall talk about EGGS.

Eggs boiled, fried, poached, everybody has different method to consume them,

but lately they have been seen as bad for human health, mostly because of the

egg yolk.

Is it true? Well studies show that egg yolk has more cholestrol than your body

needs.But in a study experiment a adult consumed 25 eggs per day, nothing bad

happen to him, the poor hens in his village.

 The opposite is true, eggs have good amount of protein which  body needs in

order to maintain and gain muscle mass.

The yolk is a storehouse of cholesterol, saturated fat, vitamins and minerals. One egg yolk contains 55 calories, 4.5 grams of total fat, 1.6, grams of saturated fat, 184 milligrams of cholesterol, and small amounts of vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin B6, Iron and vitamin B12.

The egg white is mainly a storehouse of protein. One egg white contains 17 calories, 0 grams of total fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 0 grams of carbohydrate, and about 4 grams of protein. In addition, the egg white contains no appreciable vitamins or minerals.

So people eating only eating whites are lacking the advantage of vitamins and minerals in the yolk.

Egg yolk also contain omega3 fatty acid.Did you know, for example, that DHA

(docosahexaenoic acid), a type of omega 3 fatty acid, is a key structural

component of your retina, the part of your eye that is needed for visual

recognition.

As we shall explore, many of omega 3’s benefits stem from its anti-inflammatory

action. It’s thought that omega 3 can help to reduce inflammation by dampening

your inflammatory reactions, reducing your levels of pro-inflammatory

cytokines and eicosanoids.Omega 3 fatty acids are in fact considered to be

an important building block of your brain, so it’s hardly surprising that this

nutrient is so often linked with brain function.

As you know I share my experience on them  I have been eating 4 eggs each day non stop it helps in recovery and completing my protein goals.

So next time you see a egg don't miss its benifit.