Power Meals

August 18th, 2010 • Eating Healthy, Weight Loss Series
Tags: beef, Calories, Carbs, cardio sprint, Eating, fats, health, heavy lifting, macadamia, meals, mozzarella, Nutrients, Nuts, Protein, turkey, weight circuit

These workout-specific, pre-gym snacks will help you maximize your energy systems.
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4 Foods that are good for running and not bad for you – myth buster

April 28th, 2010 • Running, Weight Loss Series
Tags: Carbs, Cardiovascular, Cheese, Dairy, Egg, Endurance, Fat, Fatigue, Food, Heart, HI, Iron, Jogging, Lean Meat, Magnesium, Nutrients, Nuts, Omega-3, Protein, Red Meat, Reps, Run, Running, Steak, Swiss, Weight Loss, Workout

Many foods that are called “bad” are actually “good” for you.Welcome back these foods but not at once. Just forget the old nutrient taboos that surround them.
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What to eat to become a cover model in 7 days

January 25th, 2010 • 1 comment Eating Healthy, Weight Loss Series
Tags: Berries, Black Coffee, Breakfast, Brown Rice, Chip, Chocolate, Coffee, Cover, Diet, Dinner, Honey, Lunch, Memory, Milk, Mixed Green Salad, Model, Nut, Nutrient, Nuts, Plan, Planner, Protein, Recipes, Rice, Salmon Steak, Snack, Supper, Sweet Potato, Time, Turkey Steak, Vegetables, Water, Wholemeal, Yogurt

Cover models take all shapes and sizes. We’re going to focus on the slim, toned and athletic cover model for the sake of this post. Before diving into the diet plan template; essentially we are creating a diary of what you should eat in a 7 day period continuously with a well balanced diet to achieve the “COVER MODEL” status – let’s take a look at some simple steps to have in mind.

1. Gym sessions aside – take on high-intensity sprint training. Go to your local field with some cones, space them out and then sprint to each one, timing your sessions and try to improve each week. (Just to expand – this may seem a simple point – but imagine all the work you have to do, buy cones, organise a template and session log, time your sessions, record them, do your own graphs, look for field – this requires great work and great reward.)
2. Workout everywhere – no matter where you are, make a good attempt to workout everywhere – hotel gym, travelling? Hit a morning jog for 30 mins

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4 STEPS TO GO FROM SCRAWNY TO BRAWNY

December 1st, 2009 • Build Muscle
Tags: Biceps, Bodyweight, Build Muscle, Caffeine, Calories, Cardiovascular, Curls, Deadlifts, Eggs, Fatigue, Fish, Isolation, Junk Food, Kilogram, Lean Meat, Man, Men, Muscles, Nuts, Protein, Reps, Six-Pack, Stronger, Workout

You can muscle up next year after all the holiday food with some of these simple tips. Before I mention them I wanted to let you know about some cardio boosters. Cardio boosters are a way to jump your energy levels and place your brain into thinking you can work out longer. I’ll give you an example: A cup of coffee or anything containing high levels of caffeine can reduce your brains perception on how hard you think you have trained. The high levels of caffeine (Note I have not mentioned Lucozade Sport with Caffeine Boost – I find it the worst taste and I can never finish it, the Lemon Plus one) act as stimulant that interferes with the part of your brain that is responsible for dealing with pain – The University of Illinois in the US say’s that the caffeine can give you this energy boost resulting in you training for longer without mentally and physically taking note. Another cardio booster is having a warm shower before your morning training sessions – not only because it’s like -100c outside (Manchester) – but having a hot shower gets your blood pumping to your muscles and priming them for action and doubling as an effective warm-up ahead of early-morning sessions, helping you avoid strains and tweaks. Take a read of our “4 steps to go from skinny to biggy”.. Read more »