Eating more fruits and vegetables
Did you know...that fitting more servings of vegetables and fruits into your day could be easy? Try these ideas:
Make breakfast count. In addition to your cereal or toast, start the day with a glass of 100% fruit juice and mixed berries stirred into lowfat or nonfat yogurt. Or combine juice, fruit and yogurt in a blender for a quick, healthy breakfast shake.
Pack a fruit or veggie snack for a day's outing. Bring along dried fruits, like apples, apricots, prunes or raisins. Stash a snack-size can of peaches or pears packed in fruit juice (and a plastic spoon) in your bag.
Add vegetables to your everyday meals. Add carrots, peppers and broccoli, or sliced mushrooms and zucchini, to pasta sauce. Top a baked potato with salsa. Lessen the layer of cheese on your pizza and load it with vegetables like tomatoes, onions, green peppers, broccoli and spinach.
Choose fruit for dessert. Top lowfat frozen yogurt with sliced strawberries. Slice ripe peaches onto graham crackers. Have a baked apple sprinkled with cinnamon.
Look beyond the usual. Try different varieties of melons, potatoes or greens. Make a fruit salad with mango, papaya, kiwi, pineapple or other fruits that are new to you. Create a new vegetable salad with Belgian endive, radicchio, cherry tomatoes and yellow bell peppers.
Make it easy on yourself. The convenience of frozen and canned vegetables and fruits makes them an easy addition to many meals. Veggies and fruits are frozen right after harvesting and contain similar nutrient levels to fresh produce. Canned products are preserved after being lightly cooked. They are also a very nutritious choice. Be sure to rinse canned veggies before using to wash off excess sodium. Also, choose fruit canned in its own juice.
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Stay Hydrated and Grow!
During the hot summer months it is of utmost importance that we stay hydrated. While bodybuilders emphasize eating proteins in order to grow muscle, one often overlooked nutrient is water. Incidentally, water is the most anabolic nutrient you can have since muscles are mostly composed of water! Thus, if you are dehydrated all the time you will short circuit all of the muscle building and fat burning processes. On top of that, your muscles will not be able to have the full look that you want and your workouts will suffer greatly.
How much water do you need?
Simply consuming 0.66 x your body weight in ounces of water each day will get the job done. So for example, if you are 200 lbs you need approximately 132 ounces each day. The best way to accomplish this is by carrying a water bottle with you and sipping throughout the day and especially during the workout.
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Stay Hydrated and Grow! originally appeared on About.com Bodybuilding on Thursday, July 15th, 2010 at 06:22:54.
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10 Minutes to Abs
While you may have been lead to believe that you need to do thousands of sit-ups each day in order to get your abs, I am here to tell you that this is not the case. And if you believe that abs are the hardest muscle to develop, then I have great news for you: that is a myth as well!
Remember that getting abs is a two step process:
First, burn off enough body fat via diet and cardiovascular exercise. Once you reach 10% body fat if you are a guy or 12% if you are a female, then you will be able to see your abs.
Second, train the abs with direct abdominal exercises in order to harden up your muscles. In that manner, once the abdominal fat is burned off, you will have a tight looking midsection to display.
With that said, there is no need to spend hours each day just training the abs. Ten minutes a day three times a week will suffice.
In this week's article, check out my 10 Minute Ab Routines which are designed to get your abdominals hard in record time!
10 Minutes to Abs originally appeared on About.com Bodybuilding on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 at 04:19:29.
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