Pre & Post Workout Nutrition – Most people are aware that nutrient timing is as important as nutrient composition. In other words, it’s not just what you eat, but when you eat it that gives optimal results. As the man says, “Timing is everything.” Consuming the right foods at the right time can have positive effects on body composition: which means more muscle and less body fat. Health-conscious... [Read more]
Some people will have to try harder than others to lose body fat quickly, but that does not mean that it is not possible to lose body fat quickly. This can be attributed to the fact that each individual’s personal set of circumstances, genetic factors, and metabolism are different. Despite this fact, there is a basic formula that everyone can use to figure out how quickly and easily they can transform... [Read more]
Natural Pro Bodybuilder Mo Mendez Name: Mo Mendez Height: 5′-10″ Weight: 230lbs Hometown: Bloomfield, CT Biggest Recent bodybuilding Title: Musclemania Superbody Pro Overall Number of meals/snack you eat a day: 4 meals, 2 shakes Basic breakfast on a training day: 7:00am 12 eggwhites Pro 40 grams 1.5 cup Oatmeal (cooked) Carb 38grams 1 whole grapefruit carbs – 20grams 1 black coffee multi-vitamin 10:00am 3... [Read more]
Burn Belly Fat Specific vegetables that actually help to stimulate the burning of stomach fat? Sounds crazy right? Well, check this out below and you’ll see why it’s not so far fetched. First, one fact that you may have not realized is that there are certain chemicals in our food supply and in our environment, such as pesticides, herbicides, and petrochemicals that have an estrogenic effect... [Read more]
In most of my Lean-Body Secrets Newsletters, I like to provide a healthy snack or meal recipe that not only is delicious and healthy, but also helps to get you closer to that hard-body appearance that everyone is looking for, while also more importantly, improving your health for life. In this article, I’d like to give you healthy food ideas in a different way. This time, I figured I’d... [Read more]
In this article, I cover what needs to be done with your diet. Don’t worry; I won’t take your carbs away or stick you with a liquid or celery diet. If you want a great body and have the determination necessary to do what it takes to get it, I describe the path that will lead to it. 1) Eliminate all sorts of junk food from your diet. That alone will cause you to eliminate empty calories... [Read more]
As you’ve probably heard before, your post workout nutrition meals may very well be your most important meal of the day. The reason is that when you’re finished with an intense workout, you’re entering a catabolic state where your muscle glycogen is depleted and increased cortisol levels are beginning to excessively break down muscle tissue. These conditions are not good and the only way to... [Read more]
"Bodybuilding is 80% nutrition!" Legendary bodybuilding trainer Vince, “The Iron Guru” Gironda was famous for saying, “Bodybuilding is 80% nutrition!” But is this really true or is it just another fitness and bodybuilding myth passed down like gospel without ever being questioned? Which is really more important, nutrition or training? This IS an interesting question... [Read more]
You’ve been deceived into thinking that saturated fats are bad for you, but let’s look at some facts below… I’ll preface this article by saying that it will help if you have an open mind and accept that some of these facts are a slap in the face to politically correct nutrition in this day and age where fats are admonished by many doctors, health “experts”, and the mass... [Read more]
Think putting yourself on a muscle building diet has to be a painful process? Whether your goal is fat loss or muscle building, getting proper nutrition is at least 80% of the game. If you don’t have that figured out, you are going to be a long time away from seeing results. The good news is that your tastebuds don’t have to suffer if you don’t want them to. There are plenty of... [Read more]
