Your Health and Happiness

The Power of Positive Habits

By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS

How much would your life improve if you could literally put your behaviors on “auto-pilot� and eliminate the need for “teeth-gnashing,� “gut-it out� willpower?

What would it mean to you if you could automatically just eat the right foods and automatically carry out your workouts every day, without straining… without even having to think about it?

How would your body and your health change if you just automatically did the right thing everyday… as effortlessly as you shower, brush your teeth or get dressed?

Every time you think you CAN’T, then you MUST!

by Pete Siegel

You’ve thought about running a marathon because the glory of such an accomplishment invites enthusiasm and yearning within you. You begin a marathon-training program but soon realize it’s not going to be easy. Watching the experience-hardened, power-lunged veteran runners, you find yourself saying, “Well, I guess they can do it, but I can’t.”

Or you look in the mirror and realize once again that 15 fewer pounds would do you and your waistline a world of good. But you’ve tried to diet before. “Well, I guess I just can’t lose weight,” you decide.

Health & fitness is not a 12 week program

by Tom Venuto

Not long ago, one of the members of my health club poked her head in my office for some advice and assistance. Linda was a 46 year old mother of two, and she had been a member for over a year. She had been working out sporadically, with (not surprisingly) sporadic results. On that particular day, she seemed to have enthusiasm and a twinkle in her eye that I hadn’t seen before.

“I want to enter a before and after fitness contest called the -12 week body transformation challenge.” I could win money and prizes and even get my picture in a magazine.”

The secret to fat loss

Learn the ins and outs of intensity, and make the most of your cardio workouts.
By Matt Fitzgerald

The word “intensity� is thrown around a lot in fitness circles. We hear it is important in relation to the results we seek. We are told we should always perform workouts with a desired training intensity in mind. We hear it should be neither too low nor too high.

But what is intensity, really? Why is it important? How do you control it, and what are the most effective ways to manipulate it in a training program? Given all the hype about intensity, it is surprising how seldom these basic questions are properly addressed. So let’s address them, once and for all…

The Psychology Of Bodybuilding!

I am about to touch upon a subject that is given little attention within the culture of bodybuilding. A quick internet search will show that the topic is skittishly danced around and / or avoided completely. In writing this I am going to incorporate an element of personal and brutal honesty. What I am asking of you is to do the same. Be honest, truly honest with yourself as you read this. In doing so, the goal is to make ourselves more complete bodybuilders and perhaps more complete individuals as well.

30 Biggest Lies in Bodybuilding

1 You can get as big as a pro bodybuilder. without taking steroids; it just takes longer.

Despite what many of the magazines say, all professional bodybuilders use either steroids or steroids in combination with other growth-enhancing drugs. Without manipulating hormones, it just isn’t possible to get that degree of muscularity, the paper-thin skin, and the continuing ability to pack on mass, despite sometimes having poor workout habits and relative ignorance of the principles involved that many pro bodybuilders have. Many supplement distributors, in order to sell their products, would have you believe otherwise.
Still, that’s no reason to give up. By using state-of-the-art training principles, consuming a nutrient-rich diet, and by getting proper amounts of rest, almost every person can make incredible changes in his or her physique. The competitive bodybuilder circuit may not be in your future, but building the kind of physique that gains you respect is certainly achievable, as are self-respect and robust health.

Bodybuilding Supplements Facts

By Sam Michaels

Bodybuilding is a fast-growing sport that is building popularity among the average citizens. Everyday more and more people take up the sport as they realize the countless health benefits of weight training and exercise. Thus, what was once considered a pastime in 18th century India became a huge sporting industry with commercial ventures not only in sporting equipment but in bodybuilding supplements as well.

The general myth is that bodybuilding supplements can help muscular development and gain. This belief has led many an athlete “stack� themselves up with bodybuilding supplements, protein drinks, and vitamins just to gain that edge that could catapult them to fame, money, and glory. The truth, however, is that many bodybuilding supplements are untested and some are proven ineffective.