SUNDAY THOUGHTS!

These are random sunday thoughts about training and nutrition:

• Muscle is the only thing that burns fat in the body. Increase muscle mass = Decrease body fat.
• If you want to loss weight you need to do 2 things: decrease your calorie intake by 20% ( about 300- 500 calories), and resistance train combined with with aerobic workouts.
• If you are doing the same aerobic workout for more than 2 weeks, your body get used to it and yes you are not losing the same calories as before. If you keep performing only aerobic workout, your muscle mass is gone....baby gone.
• If you want to find out if you are healthy, just measure your % body fat and not your weight.
• Make sure you change your resistance training program after 4 weeks.
• If you are training for a long period of time, a period of deloading is a save bet...your body will thank you and your muscle/ligaments/tendons will be ready for the next training face. for example..2 months ON and then 1 week OFF (perform recreational activities).
• If you are an athlete you need to strength train if you want to take your performance to the next level...of course technique and talent are important but if your weak..you lose.
• Perform heavy lifting..it will boost your strength and metabolism.
• Try also speed training for a change...for example perform squats as fast as you can for 3 sets of 20-30 seconds...you do recruite more muscle fibers
• Be specific with your lifts...calculate your 1 Repetition Maximum and train accordingly.
  
• Take a 'power nap' for 20 -30 minutes a day of if you need to...believe it or not it restarts your nervous system.
• Men and women that never train before in their lives and they seem thin....believe it or not their muscle mass = 0 and their body fat is really high, which means that these people are very unhealthy.
  

I'm out......