Introduction to the Three-Pronged Approach
Finding the Fountain of Youth
How do we go about combating stress, obesity, adverse health conditions, and aging?
By using our exercise, recuperation, and consumables regimen which we call “The Three Prong Approach.”
The Three-Pronged Approach
There are three vital human routines for survival and longevity:
CONSUMPTION: What, when and how much to eat?
REST: Quantity vs. Quality: How much versus how valuable is what you can get?
EXERCISE:
· Cardio: When, Why, How much should be performed?
· Weight Training: Muscle Shaping VS. Strength Training
This three prong approach will make you feel energetic, strong, healthy, and give you an overall a sense of accomplishment and well-being!
Tackling one of the most common problems of human evolution with a simple to follow process may be the solution we’ve all been waiting for. Yes, that may work-something easy to comprehend, requiring no tracking device, avoiding costly and potentially dangerous supplements, and most of all highly inexpensive!
Consumption:
How would you like to be able to enjoy some of your favorite snacks, cheat meals, and other delicacies commonly deemed problematic yes help your weight?
Our process makes finding inexpensive and healthy food easier than ever and even builds in the cheats and snacks you love!
Recovery:
It is imperative that we modify our life styles to include as much rest as we can. The reality is most of us rarely get more than six hours of sleep.
Seven to nine hours of sleep per night can be hard to attain, but we’ll explain how to sleep enough and why this form of recovery is essential!
Training:
Many of us confuse weight or strength training with cardiovascular training; we’ll go over why both are extremely important and how they are so different and why performing them simultaneously is a bad idea!
These two types of training are different and serve vital but distinct purposes.
Cardio and strength training can not be substituted for the other, but establishing a routine will help you achieve your greatest well-being benefits.
We can teach you how to protect the hips, knees, and joints while gaining the right results!
Consumption, training, and recovery are the three keys to finding the fountain of youth, but there is one last element that governs them. Want to know what it is?
PLAN A: Recovery
Without the proper rest, no matter how hard and smart you train or how clean you consume, you’ll never see the benefits of your hard work!
The reality is, as we sleep, our bodies are removing bad, broken down or dead cells, and replacing them with knew ones. These replacements, are necessary due to the age of cells, a recent workout or injury. While this is happening, your mind is going into a deep stage of rest and must be allowed to take it’s course so that we can feel great about taking on the next day.
The body needs somewhere between 7-9 hours per 24 hours of rest in order for longevity and survive-ability to be successful. Of course you can sleep less, but think about how many years of life you could be losing if you didn’t follow the game plan?
The riddle of taking medicine, supplements, sleeping pills, and other drug assisting agents only causes temporary relief, and usage may cause unnecessary side effects; many healthcare corporations take pride in promoting these agents, especially through tv ads and celebrity figures; the long term implications are serious. Education and perhaps training is the best way to combat going this route to address sleeping issues. In this module, we will undergo several samples of how to overcome recovery barriers.
The body also causes chemical reactions resulting in fat loss and other benefits as you sleep; in addition, the body grows and/or become vascular or defined which is visible when you wake up-of course this varies from person to person.
The Various types of challenges that plague recovery
For many of us, sleeping can be challenging, and no matter what we do, we simply can’t get enough sleep. Issues can stem from stress, depression, aches, and so on; the greater challenge is that we have to do whatever it takes to find a solution and achieve the recovery process which is 7-9 hours for every 24 hours.
Natural Sleep Consumables
Herbal Tea, which is made out of chamomile and other ingredients.
Sleep Benefits
· Helps reduces stress
· Reduces Inflammation
· Makes You More Alert
· Improves Your Memory-Information Retention
· Aids in weight loss
· Repair/Replace cells and muscle tissues- the Body Repairs Itself as we snooze:
Sleep is a time to relax, but it's also a time during which the body is hard at work repairing damage caused by stress, ultraviolet rays, and other harmful exposure. Your cells produce more protein while you are sleeping. These protein molecules form the building blocks for cells, allowing them to repair the damage.
Massage Therapy
There are many different types of massage wellness solutions such as: massage chairs, masseuses, acupuncture, and so on; we will attempt to address as many of them as possible if not the main basic options.
The reality is western thinking and even perhaps ideology feel it is a luxury to be able to have these possibilities or believe that the remedy is only for medical, injury, or elderly reasons, but the reality is massage therapy is very much an essential component to increase blood circulation, relieve stress, and aid in sleeping longer. Here are some of the important methods that you can choose from; I would experiment with each solution in order to determine which best fits for your specific needs:
Massage Chairs: Selecting massage chairs can be tricky and since we do not endorse any one specific make or model, we show you what to look out for; the sales person may also not necessarily know or be the best option to place a recommendation as the intention is to sell you a product. So learning from a product specialist is often a better resource.
Hot Stone Massage
Acupuncture
Deep Tissue Massage
Craniosacral Therapy
Pregnancy Massage
We shall go over all of these to help you determine which one is right for you; even if you choose a temporary therapy, a second and longer term option is waiting for you!
When is Recovery best?
Recovery is best conducted when the body is approaching the latest part of the day; for example, if you awake at around 5am and normally go to sleep at about 10pm, the best time to begin your recovery is around 10pm. Your body and mind are winding down for the remainder of the evening and day; so it is highly advantages to rest during this time until the next morning.
ORGANIZATION AND REARRANGMENT:
What does your current schedule for the current and next 24 hours, week, and month look like? If your challenge is your steady game plan with how you cope with life including children, work, and other activities, that has to carefully modified. No one likes changes, especially those modifications that directly impact our daily lives, but if it’s a change that will make sleeping a lot easier, longer, and better, isn’t that worth exploring further? The change may actually be PRICELESS!
PLAN B: Consumption
Up first in our quest for improving our overall health outlook is: THE CONSUMPTION MODEL; Here you will learn programs that assist and guide you into making better decisions with foods, knowing what is organic and what is inorganic or processed foods. Also, how to gradually cut out the toxic/bad foods preventing you from a better consumption lifestyle. The goal to gain here is not to completely eliminate the toxic foods, but eventually and drastically cut the quantities back; thus replacing them with higher caliber foods.
Consumption: We are what we eat!
What we consume is comprised of either carbohydrates, fats, protein or a combination of all three; all three represent benefits to the body when consumed in it’s natural state of composition. That is, as long as they are not processed where chemical agents are involved. Often times, these agents cause dangerous side effects which we will go over later in this section. We will now define in simple terms what these 3 mean and what they do for us:
Carbs:
Provide your body with energy. Carbs are the sugars, starches and fibers fount in fruits, grains, vegetable and milk. Other Examples of carbohydrates are yam, rice, potatoes, bagels, pasta, pizza (plane), and so on.
One of the biggest misconceptions about carbs is that they must be eliminated from diets in order to achieve weight loss results; this is worse than being a myth! Carbs are essential because they provide the energy we need in order to perform the function or process of shredding weight or pounds. Carbs are often confused with sugars. For example, energy is also achieved through sugars, but the issue with sugars, especially artificial, is that we have this huge burst in energy followed by an equally loss of energy.
The result of loss of energy, leads to lack of desire to workout, crave more sugar, gain a sensation of laziness, lethargic, sleepiness, grumpiness. All these feelings or worse come about because of the initial workout expenditure. Keep in mind that every person is different and although some may experience one or the other, it is not uncommon to experience most side effects.
Carbohydrates DO NOT yield the above sensations. However, if you do experience any of those side effects, they are not as severe.
The key is one MUST limit intake of sugars and boost consumption of carbs in order to feel energetic necessary to complete your workouts; thus, achieve your destiny.
Fats:
Fats are found in almost every matter we consume and must be limited to less than 20% or less of our diet.
Nutrients your body uses some for energy, to absorb vitamins, protect your heart and brain health.
Monounsaturated and Polyunsaturated fats are good fats (avocados, nuts, peanut butter, seeds,
flax-seed, fatty fish, soy and tofu)
Trans Fats are bad fats (pastries, cookies, doughnuts, packaged snack foods, margarine and
fried foods)
Saturated Fats are not as harmful as trans fats, they can raise bad LDL cholesterol. Too much can impact heart health. Best to consume in moderation (red meat, chicken skin, whole-fat dairy products, butter, ice cream and coconut and palm oils).
Proteins:
Amino acids essential for our bodies to function properly. They are responsible for building muscle mass and repair tissues/organs; Egg-Whites, Lean Steak, Fish, Poultry, Beans, etc are samples of protein. Proteins as we no it is the building blocks of muscle; they are located in egg-whites, chicken, beef, fish, turkey, beans, etc. Protein consumption is critical for muscle growth and strength; for optimal results, its best to consume a protein diet prior a workout (weight training) 1-2 hours prior.
To a certain degree, fat consumption has it’s benefits including assisting in the loss of weight and is an energy source. Obviously, too much fat will result in looking bloat, out of shape, and it’s simply unhealthy. Examples of foods reach in fat are egg yellows, whole milk, meats, and so on.
Liquids:
(Drinks) Water, Milk, Orange Juice, etc
H2O or water should be on everyone’s list as the top fluids of drinking as opposed to soda, beer, or milk. Water aids in the breakdown of fats and helps clean the entire body’s system!
Supplements (Message in a Bottle):
Although I am a firm believer in consuming a diet solely with wholesome organic foods, there are times where protein drinks are necessary primarily for the lack of TIME to prepare our meals. Examples of supplements are: Whey, Soy, Creatine, and others.
Tablets sold in a bottle professing to bring about enhancements of any type are often accompanied with side effects the user does not immediately notice, but when you look at user reviews, feedback by either the FTC or Consumer Product Safety Commission, the findings are often scary to say the least. Side effects can consists of liver or kidney damage, and diarrhea. So prior to experimenting with these potentially toxic supplements, just as you do with researching the price of an item online, take a moment extra to see what short or long term side effects the product you’re about to take has.
Can be a great source when time constraints are placed on us, but they can also be a culprit for causing hunger, diarrhea, either lack results or result in questionable gains that rival muscle enhancing drugs, steroids, GH (growth hormone), etc.
Sugar:
Beware of this dangerous, but irresistible agent we all love as they are present in cakes, candy, and many delicacies we enjoy! Unfortunately, it is one of the main culprits for us behaving badly as in laziness, tired, etc etc.
Examples of artificial sugars are any sodas, candy, and energy drinks with high concentrations of sucrose. Other examples of sugars are most soft drinks, sweats, and so on.
Sugars are the most desired agents concentrated in most diets; we also need to eliminate them as much as possible as this particle can cause laziness, lethargic-sensation, tiredness, and aids in fact consumption. Examples of sugars are most soft drinks, sweats, and so on.
Natural sugars are fruits such as grapes, bananas, apples peaches, etc.
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The Substitution Cycle Goal: To Crush Bad Habits
Create a graph illustrating how folks can abolish bad habits by implementing the “Substitution Cycle” The Substitution Cycle a powerful method by which you break a certain habit by replacing a bad consumable with a healthy or organic meal or drink. For instance, if your habit is consuming a doughnut every day, you substitute one doughnut a week every other week to result in your eventual consumption of merely one doughnut per week and 6 bagels per week. The slow but steady or consistent process will trick your mind into thinking there is little or no changes, The graph illustrated below will show you how it’s done and can be applied to any consumable you wish to replace.
PLEASE NOTE: No matter how motivated one can be, never eliminate entirely the bad habit as doing so may eventually create an anxiety situation where you may crave that bad habit, and break the healthy cycle! Thus, resulting in the return to old ways and even gaining back all the weight you and possibly even more unwanted weight. So never completely eliminate the habit because the small portions will be enough to keep the craving at bay.
The Choices:
Choose your proteins which are the building blocks of muscle: Poultry, eggs, touffle, meats, legums, etc
Select your Carbohydrates which provide the energy you need to move those muscles and body: potatoes, yams, pasta, pizza, bagels, etc.
Finally, elect some quality fats such as peanuts, peas, seeds, etc.
Drinks: Limit your drinks as much as possible to water, milk, and grinded fruits, etc; avoid at all costs colas of any type including protein/carb drinks as these are often loaded with artificial sugars.
The Plan
First, mentally envision what your breakfast, lunch, dinner, and potential cheat meals could be; then place them in the following method: 60% carbs, 30% protein, and the rest in good quality unsaturated fats such as peanuts, seeds, etc. As an illustration, for breakfast, have a 5 egg white omelet with ham, onions peppers, tomatoes and cheese, 1-2 bagels. 1-3 glasses of water and one banana or small bowl of blueberries.
Lunch:
Another illustration, for lunch have a large grilled chicken breast with a medium plain baked potato, two spoon filled with either tour choice of ketchup or mustard, one orange or small bowl of cherries/strawberries, etc, finally, 1-2 glasses of water.
Dinner:
A dinner example would be either a small, medium, large or even extra large bowl of salad with any dressing. The goal with the dressing is to motivate your mind and body to engage in roughage consumption in the evenings ONLY.
Fourth Meal/Cheat treat:
Cheat meals could be a few spoon fills of honey, a small candy bar, one slice of pizza, etc etc. The goal here is to continue treating and tricking the mind into believing it can have anything at anytime. Please keep these quantities to no more than a few during this early phase in the program.
PLAN B: First Meal… Breakfast
Best Choice: Fully Self-Prepared Meals
The healthiest method to consume the first day’s meal is by making it at home; as you prepare your breakfast, you can sell exactly how it’s done and what ingredients go into it; thus, avoiding the unnecessary condiments, agents, or inorganic matter normally seen in meals we don’t prepare!
Second Choice: Packaged Meals in Stores
Although prepared meals from supermarkets don’t pose a major threat, they’re often accompanied with high sodium; so the best way to combat this is not only by not adding additional salt, but more so electing to choose meals low in sodium.
Although prepared meals from supermarkets don’t pose a major threat, they’re often accompanied with high sodium; so the best way to combat this is not only by not adding additional salt, but more so electing to choose meals low in sodium.
Third Choice: Supplements/Powder Meals
Supplements provide a less time consuming alternative to fast food options, and are absorbed into the system much faster. It is an extract however, and although supplements and powder meals have no malicious ingredients, they may cause other issues which we will elaborate later.
Final Choice: Fast Food Restaurants
PLAN B: Second Meal… Lunch
Example Lunch Meals:
There are infinite combinations of organic lunch meals; the challenge is making sure the quantities are more than enough for satisfaction, but almost never underfeed the body as later in the day consumption will be more desired more; the goal, however, is to consume less.
Secondary Lunch Meals:
Eat as much as you can during the day; slowly but surely, you will be accustomed to this new pattern.
Middle Day Meal Options 3:
Make lunch count! Indulge yourself with lunch meals enough that make dinner meals feel nonexistent!
PLAN B: Third Meal… Dinner
Sample Roughage Meal 1
It is now time to keep it light; later in the day meals call for minimal consumption.
Dinner Meal Sample 2
Use your imagination of how you wish to customize your evening meals, but be wise and keep in mind, keep it light!
More Options 3
As you consume more roughage, you will also begin to feel better in your gut as you begin the following morning over time.
PLAN B: Supplement/Cheat Meal
Example Fourth Meal 1:
Many of generate a feeling of hunger especially during the late hours and it’s especially essential that we attempt to suppress them as much as possible.
Example Fourth Meal 2:
When suppression fails, satisfy those cravings, but avoid as much as possible these patterns.
Keeping the Cheat Meal Also Fourth:
A cheat meal does not have to be a dinner meal nor does it have to be heavy-it could be in a form of a minor or fraction of a larger meal!
PLAN B: Working Recipes
Norm practices are difficult to break, especially, when you’re asking millions of folks to alter their consumption routines. Many of us are pressed for time with traffic, taking kids to school, and the list of reasons could be endless. For many it’s the reason we don’t have time to cook, and instead buy prepped meals, consume supplements, or drive through fast food places. It makes sense, but the question is how do you break this cycle or if it can not be altered how do you ensure that what is being consumed is not deadly in the short, interim, and long term especially.
The best method is to cook your meals. For those of you who have the time, there are a wide array of options for breakfast, lunch, and dinner you can customize. For breakfast, it’s oatmeal, egg-whites, lean ham, bagels, veggies with your eggs, lean cheese, fruits, and so on. for drinks, we recommend H20, 1% milk or skim, tea and coffee. Avoid as much possible the norms which are orange juice or apple juice and all sodas. If you enjoy a great tasting juice differ to fruits or squeeze the juice out of the fruit-that will make for a highly nutritious drink.
A second option as opposed breakfast prep is to purchase the meals from supermarkets and either heat them up prior leaving the home or when you arrive at your destination, for example work or meeting place. Supplements or powdered meal preps are alternative sources as well. They don’t take a lot of time, space or resources to prepare. Finally, there’s the popular fast food restaurants or drive through places that provide speedy meals.
Lunches and dinners apply the same principle as mornings are not the only times that can be hectic for most of us. The key in all that we have mentioned above is understanding what the ingredients are and how harmful they may be if any, and thus avoid the item all together if too much sugar or hydrogenated fats exist. In fact, whenever you acquire foods, be aware of all of the nutritional information, it’s easily accessible and where you are unable to see it, you can look it up online or ask for it at the place where you’ve bought it.
PLAN B: Breakfast Recipes
Roasted Breakfast Potatoes
Pierce a few potatoes with fork
Put them in microwave on potato setting (1-2 cycles)
Once done and slightly soft take out of microwave and remove skin
Cut potatoes in small squares about ½ to 1 inch
Sprinkle garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt & pepper
Toss to distribute seasoning
Heat non-stick sauté pan on stove top on Medium High heat
Sauté ¼ cup onions and ½ of a pepper in pan
Once soft and transparent add potatoes and cook until slightly golden stirring occasionally and serve
Many drive through places have healthy options, but driving every day to these fast food restaurants can be expensive, and out right unhealthy; so here we illustrate several healthy options without the excess sugar and hydrogenated fats.
PLAN B: Lunch Recipes
Sweet Potato Fries
Preheat oven 425 degrees – spray baking sheet with spray oil
Take 1-2 sweet potatoes pierce with fork place in microwave on potato setting (2 cycles if needed)
Cut sweet potato into French fry size pieces
Lightly spray baking sheet with oil
Toss onto baking sheet add salt & pepper
Bake in oven for 18-24 minutes until tender and golden brown turning occasionally and serve
PLAN B: Dinner Recipes
Preheat oven to 350-degrees
Rinse boneless chicken breast (6-8 breasts)
Sprinkle with garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, Italian or Poultry seasoning and salt & pepper on both sides of breast
Place in 9x13 pan and add chicken breast in single layer
Add ½ cup water on bottom of pan (on side not to rinse off seasoning)
Bake for 40-45 minutes until cooked thoroughly and serve
PLAN B: Ward off Infections
Because our main goal is to protect you, we must mention all avenues that aid in the benefits of humanity; here we illustrate as many crucial organic foods that help the body and mind be infection-free. Many foods are reach in benefits! In fact, there are way too many to list and describe here; so we will describe several of the most essential nutrients we feel are necessary, especially for the recovery process.
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PLAN C: Training (Cardio)
By most standards, cardio vascular training is defined as:
Cardiovascular training, also known as aerobic training, is exercise that increases your muscular endurance by improving the performance of your lungs and heart so they can distribute oxygen to the muscles more efficiently.
However, I define cardiovascular training in much more simpler terms with a greater meaning and significance: the activity increases your HDL levels, cuts cholesteral levels, burns fat; the motion is a steady, slow or fast activity performed intervally or manually in an effort to increase heart rates to burn fat. That’s how I define it and place it in simple terms so that the mainstream can comprehend how this activity can impact their body and mind. Thus, get motivated to perform the activity.
Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Cardio?
Too much cardio can actually negatively impact the body by lowering testosterone levels and causing weakness; other problems can stem from hips, knees, and/or hips. We’ll elaborate on long term side effects later.
We recommend keeping your cardio to no more than 45 minutes per day because doing more than an hour, is detrimental as the constant friction can impact the knees, joints, and hips.
If you’re a beginner, it’s best to keep cardio levels to about 20-30 minutes per day for 3—5 days a week for about 3-6 months; as your mind and body becomes more accustomed to the workout, gradually increase the amount of time by about 5- 10 minute increments per week until you’ve reached the max of 45 minutes per day and 5-6 per week.
Cardio is the most important “routine” of the 3 key factors of human survival because it aids in fat loss, lowers cholesterol , and provides a sense of accomplishment.
Cardio at any time is great for the body because it aids in burning calories , and provides other great benefits, but the absolute best time to perform cardio is in the morning or as soon as you wake up on an empty stomach.
Most of us engage in cardio workouts during the after noon or evening hours; the issue is our metabolism is at it’s lowest peak then and may not be able to burn as much as if you were in the earlier part of the day when you’re most active.
Other concerns is consumption taking place after the late day workouts; thus weakening the effect of the workout coupled with going to sleep after consumption resulting in fat gain, and/or possibly the inability to fall asleep.
A morning cardio workout on an empty stomach does wonders for the body:
High Energy, accelerated fat loss through out the day, mental clarity, feeling upbeat, etc
Cardio Equipment: Why Manual is Best for Results
If you want to gain the most out of cardio, one must engage the manual program/workout; Manual has proven to be the most effective method of burning fat because of consistency. Random, hill, intervals, etc., involve the lack of oxygen or is anaerobic which is the lack of oxygen. The lack of oxygen means you’re not burning calories or not as much; I have experimented with several different programs and although interval training may seem to provide the most intense experience it does not yield the best results over long term do to aerobic and anaerobic involvement-we should always be aerobic. There is also a deep impact to the knees, hips, and joints, especially after prolonged periods of times.
Another issue with non-manual workouts is it’s impact on knees, hips, and joints. The constant change negatively affects those vital areas. So you’ll want to limit those actions.
Cardio Equipment: Low to High Impact Units
Low Impact: the lowest impact training is anything equal to recumbent bike style training where your entire body is supported and only your arms and legs are in motion.
Medium Impact: Medium impact are those units in an upright bike or elliptical position. The body is adjusting to all sorts of movements, but impact is still not possible because of the circular position.
High Impact-involves running, pounding or jogging motions even if the upper body is in motion (arms). The motion by which the feet leave and land on the ground or surface is considered high impact.
The goal as you workout on any of the cardio machines is to minimize as much as possible the pressure caused by cardio on the knees, joints and hips.
Plan A (Beginner)
For those of you beginning a cardio session on any machine, begin your experience by selecting manual, and the time frame should be no more than 30 minutes; in fact, ideally stick with 20 minutes for 3 days per week. Try and conduct the sessions in the early morning or as soon as you wake up prior consuming anything. Stick with this plan for a period of about 3-6 months. Once you have completed the session, for example 90-180 days or so, you can experiment with other programs such as hill, random, and other interval training sessions, but if you can stick with manual mode, that is the best form of cardiovascular fitness since you’re constantly burning or aerobic.
Plan B (Intermediate)
Now that you have completed an apprentice session, you can now concentrate on a more stable program as an intermediate. You’re confidence level should be high knowing what program best suites you (manual, random, hill, interval, etc.). Your session should range from 30-45 minutes while still emphasizing on 3-5 days training; a 20 minute per day session at 5 days a week is also ideal especially for long term for those on a really tight schedule. We still recommend mornings and especially the manual program.
Plan C (Advanced)
For those of you who wish to become athletes, train for competitions, or enjoy the extra high intensity cardiovascular training offers, you’ve come to the right sector! We also would like to caution that long term, and long session cardio sessions can negatively impact the knees, hips, and joints; so while in this phase, please take breaks and try to use advanced training for merely preparatory basis. Use a shorter time table preferably on the 45 minute range and six times a week as a norm. Sessions here range from 45-60 minutes and 6 times a week; I would highly not recommend seven days a week as your new and steady approach to cardio vascular wellness; the mind and body simply needs to recharge or rest up; recovery is a vital factor in accomplishing your cardio goals. Also, excessive training may cause ailments and/or side effects. The side effects out way any benefits gain from the maintenance of prolonged training. Side effects include arthritis, hip, knee or joint pain. Every individual is different so please adhere to any sharp pain or moderate discomfort during these sessions.
PLAN C: Training (Strength)
I define strength training as the process by which weight is used to either gain strength or muscle or both. Again, simple verbiage.
Weight Training
Muscle Building or Body Shaping: body building is the act of weight training in an effort to look muscular; goals vary from person to person. One may want to compete in body building contests, while others wish to appear or feel massive (muscular)
Strength Training: To gain strength and not look muscular is a complex goal, but can be achieved. The effort requires low repetitions and caution in the consumption stage. In other words, try to consume a higher than average protein intake in order to gain strength.
Strength Training: Machine vs Free Weights; what’s the best option for me?
Strength training with free weights provide less security in the sense that if a spotter is often needed if you are carrying heavy dumbbells or plates. Whereas with a stack or cable machine, the user can simply gently lay down the handle bars. You can train with peace of mind with strength machines, especially if you’re alone or find plates, dumbbells, and barbells intimidating. So in conclusion it depends on the user as to what’s the best option. Many folks train with both!
Body Building vs. Competitive Body Building
For those of us who simply want to train to gain muscles and look massive or simply to have strength without the knowledge, or desire to properly diet or perform cardio training, we call this behavior weight training. The mainstream society has a tough time distinguishing between these two as many weight trainers or body builders are looked upon as steroid abusers because they appear very large. Some of these folks also consumer steroids, supplements, or other muscle enhancing products. At the same token, many folks body sculpt for the love, image, and feeling the exercise generates.
There is a HUGE difference between these two terms as to be “competitive”
One must learn the science behind what it takes to look defined, vascular and muscular; additionally, one must be able to present the body to the judges in the best way possible in order to place in the top five, win first place in the division, or overall.
Competitive, meaning , we need to learn the science of counting calories, how much cardio to do, what NOT to consume, and so on.
We have to be specialists in mastering how the body is going to behave or react towards certain changes in the 3 fountain of youth factors.
Myths
Almost everywhere you go, those of us who appear more muscular than normal are judged as steroid abusers, gym rats with no brains or lack knowledge of real well-being. However, that mindset is heavily misjudged. That is, we hold as much knowledge if not more than most health experts because we deal directly with avoiding the consumption of organic matter that destroys are bodies, and we utilize time to recover completely from rigorous training. The result of these actions, provide a physique that most in society only see in tv ads or celerity paid commercials.