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Most men tend to struggle with “beer belly” as they age. The good news is, there’s a solution to this problem. Read on to find out how to get rid of your beer belly for good.

 

Struggling to get rid of that spare tyre? We’ve consulted the experts to find out how to banish that beer belly for good.

There are plenty of reasons many men find themselves carrying excess ‘timber’ around their middle. The good news is there are also numerous ways to reduce it. We asked a team of health experts to explain 10 ways a man can banish his beer belly forever.

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In today’s busy corporate lifestyle, it is hard for most of us to find time to exercise, let alone dedicate at least an hour for meaningful exercise daily. The truth is, you don’t need to live by the belief that “more is better” to achieve results.

 

DITCH THE DATED BODY PART SPLIT AND FOCUS ON MOVEMENTS, NOT MUSCLES

Movements such as squats, presses and rows evoke a far greater hormonal response than do isolation exercises, which are often performed on machines. More hormonal response equals more muscle. Challenging compound movements trigger higher production of testosterone and growth hormone than do machine based exercises. Free weight movements and body weight exercises also require more stability, which engages the core and smaller stabilizer muscles during their execution.

Body part splits, popularized by bodybuilding magazines of yesterday, primarily focus on muscle groups, requiring the trainee to hit the gym five days or more per week, which for most busy professionals isn’t feasible. Also body part splits usually lock the trainee into machines for a bulk of the workout, as to really focus on singular muscle groups, thus removing the stability component, which is critical to activities of everyday life and preventing injury.

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To successfully lose weight, you need a balanced diet and an exercise regime. Exercise burns up kilojoules and raises your body’s metabolic rate. Exercise also improves muscle strength and joint flexibility, reduces the risk of bone fracture and reduces blood pressure.

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For successful weight loss through exercise, you need to expand energy in a way that is “aerobic”- in other words, engage in an activity which increases the oxygen needs of the body, thereby exercising the heart and lungs.

An exercise programme that uses the large muscles of the body – thighs, trunk and shoulders – over an extended period of time is an excellent form of aerobic body conditioning.

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Sweet potato is a good source of nutrients for bodybuilders when it is eaten as part of a balanced dietthat includes proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Bodybuilders eat sweet potato because of its high levels of antioxidant vitamins and high-quality carbohydrates.

 

Are you bodybuilding and eating sweet potatoes regularly?

Once the spuds are cooked, what do you do with it? Cooking several pounds of sweet potatoes at once means it will need to be stored somewhere in the refrigerator or freezer. Although it is stored in the refrigerator initially, your bodybuilding diet may not permit you to eat it all at once, which means you’ll have to save it in some other style.

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Age, wrong food choices, too much liquid calories, stress and lack of sleep, and hidden medical conditions are the main reasons for weight gain. Read on for tips on how to keep the extra weight off.If you have been gaining weight, join Brisbane Body Challenge to lose up to 15kgs in just 12 weeks!

 

YOU’VE been watching your weight. Yet, why have those kilos crept up stealthily over the years?

Find out what might be sabotaging your weight stability, and strategies to keep the extra kilos off your waistline.

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When exercising, it is important to ensure that you’re not only doing the right exercises, you’re also getting the right amount of fuel for your body from food, drink and supplements. Experts say that sports nutrition is essential to your daily exercise regime, even if you’re not a professional athlete.

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Sports nutrition differs to standard nutrition in that it focuses on the requirements related specifically to athletic performance. An important aspect to all physical training, sports nutrition focuses on the type and quantity of food and fluid which athletes consume. A healthy intake of natural substances such as carbohydrates, fats, protein, and nutrients such as minerals, vitamins and supplements is essential not only for overall health but, when our body undergoes regular strenuous activity it requires more fuel for energy and strength.

Despite the importance of sports nutrition, many athletes will focus on developing a solid training programme and spend less time on ensuring their body receives a healthy balance of nutritious fluids and food. Fad diets may seem like a quick fix, but they are generally low in calories and carbohydrates so you are unlikely to reach your peak performance. For a quick and easy boost, complement your healthy eating and exercise regime with supplements such as whey protein, which is popular amongst bodybuilders and athletes.

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Exercise can be categorized into three types: cardiovascular, strength and flexibility. People normally perform each type of exercise specific to their needs (e.g. losing weight or body building) without realizing that performing all three types of exercise has long-term benefits far more superior than when performing only one or two types.

 

Today’s busy life puts us in a position where we seek immediate results. If our goal is to lose weight, we do cardio. If our goal is to gain weight and build muscles, we do strength training. Most people ignore flexibility because it is not directly related to immediate weight loss and the results are not obvious.

What people forget are the overall long-term benefits of all three types of exercise and how they need to be combined to complement each other.

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Jodie Marsh, who was once famous as a glamour model, is once again making headlines as she joined the Natural Physique Association (NPA) Mike Williams Classic and Pro-Am Bodybuilding Championships. She went from 25 per cent body fat to 10 per cent body fat, gained 8 pounds of muscle, and lost 20 pounds of fat in just 50 days.

 

The 32-year-old, who came fifth in last weekend’s Natural Physique Association (NPA) Mike Williams Classic and Pro-Am Bodybuilding Championships in Sheffield, has admitted that the pictures that were revealed in the press made her look like she was “some 16 stone beast of a man”, but she says she’s tinier than ever.

In her interview, Marsh reveals that she’s 5ft 2″, weighs 8 stone and is a UK size 6.

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The world’s largest social fitness network, BodySpace, powered by Bodybuilding.com and Iron Man magazine, are currently searching for their 2012 BodySpace Spokesmodels and magazine cover stars.

 

The 4th annual BodySpace Spokesmodel Search, Presented by Iron Man Magazine, is offering health and fitness enthusiasts the opportunity to break into the fitness industry, help inspire others to reach their goals and gain admiration of fans from all over the world. One lucky man and woman will grace the cover of Iron Man Magazine and appear in a feature spread; receive national exposure through Bodybuilding.com (the most-visited bodybuilding and fitness website) with exclusive site placement and ad campaigns; represent Bodybuilding.com and the BodySpace community at the 2012 Arnold Expo in Columbus, Ohio and the 2012 Olympia Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada; plus much, much more!

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Six months after giving birth, first time mother Danielle Chambers won the ladies’ fitness category at the UK Drug Free Bodybuilding Association Open Championships. Chambers is an inspiration not only to women in general, but also to mothers who think they can’t lose weight after giving birth.

 

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Danielle Chambers won the ladies’ fitness category at the UK Drug Free Bodybuilding Association Open Championships on Sunday, after training at Body In Design in Batley.

Her success at the competition in Rugby means she can now compete at the World National Bodybuilding Federation finals in New York in November.

Mrs Chambers, 33, has been bodybuilding for three years, and started training for Sunday’s contest just weeks after giving birth to her son Colin in March.

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Yo-yo dieting or weight cycling is the cyclical loss and regain of weight. The term “yo-yo dieting” was coined by Kelly Brownell of Yale University, in reference to the cyclical up-down motion of a yo-yo. Read more about yo-yo dieting and its effects.

 

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What are Yo-yo diets?

Yo-yo dieting is the repeated pattern of losing body fat then gaining it back through episodes of diets. Each cycle, the fat loss or gain can be anywhere ranging from 2kg to 20kgs or more. Any diet that includes bouts of starvation, missing meals, cutting out whole food groups entirely, or very low calories produces the yo-yo effect.

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Flabby arms can be quite embarrassing. And sometimes, despite your workouts, you can’t seem to tone up flabby arms. Are you missing something?

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Do you ever feel like no matter what you do to lose weight, your arms are never toned like you want them? You are not alone. Cardiovascular exercise alone will not help you get chiseled arms, and spot reducing also is difficult.

It takes an entire, well-rounded program to maintain total body leanness. If you need some ideas of exercises to add to your routine to help improve muscle tone in your arms, here are some great ones.

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With a powerful built of 175 pounds, Steven Mott has managed to take control of Type 1 Diabetes—and his life—and is an inspiration to a lot of other individuals out there who are suffering from the same condition. Along with a healthy diet, he maintains an exercise routine consisting of cardio exercises for about 30 minutes every day and weight lifting an hour a day, three or four days a week.

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His health has changed so much that he’s planning to enter his first-ever bodybuilding competition, the Mr. Buffalo contest next year.

His success has drawn interest from others via his website at bodyspace.com/xstevenx.

“I want to help other diabetics. I have hits from all over the world.”

Mott says his best advice is: “Be consistent, try to eat healthy food. You are what you eat. If you eat clean health foods, you are going to feel healthy. When it gets to working out, start light and build yourself up.”

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Jamie Eason is a winner of the World’s Fittest Model competition. She continues her hard work and dedication by contributing her expertise about fitness and nutrition. She is currently a full  time spokesperson for Bodybuilding.com.

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Jamie Eason, celebrity fitness expert and Bodybuilding.com Spokesmodel, continues to show her expertise by joining hit morning TV show, Lifetime’s “The Balancing Act” on September 26, 2011 at 7:00 a.m. ET/PT. As a featured guest, Eason will address leading health and fitness issues the majority of women face – staying motivated to live a healthy life and getting enough quality protein in their daily diet.

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Ex-college basketball star, Phil Heath, turns into Mr. Olympia 2011. Heath didn’t dominate basketball like he dominated this year’s Mr. Olympia so his decision to focus on bodybuilding was right.

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Going in to this year’s Mr. Olympia, it was clear that Jay Cutler didn’t subscribe to the philosophy that it was better to give than to receive when it comes to Sandows. Nevertheless, he proudly, happily passed the torch to his friend and protégé, Phil Heath, who became the 13th man to be anointed Mr. Olympia.

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Hemp protein powder has become widely known for its unique build of nutrients and health benefits, which makes it ideal for body building. Most health supplement and bodybuilding stores haved added hemp protein to their shelves and they are encouraging the use of hemp protein as one of the best protein supplements to ensure the building, repairing, and sustaining of muscle mass.

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Hemp is a plant which has cultivated for thousands of years as well as by nature an excellent source of protein. This tiny little seed is really stuffed with nutrients that it’s become accepted as something of a superfood.

Sportsmen might make use of it as an all-natural recuperation smoothie, vegetarians benefit of computer as a health supplement to elevate their protein take with, and health enthusiasts solely incorporate hemp protein as one of the superfoods into their diet. Even fervent meat-eaters may squeeze it on their diet as a regular protein to replace animal products.

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Jo Stewart started bodybuilding training at the age of 19. She gave it up for her then fiance who didn’t think that weight training was best for her. Just before she turned 30, she realized that bodybuilding was what she wanted to do and she has been training and competing since—and has no plans of slowing down.

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Jaws dropped when 50-year-old Auckland bodybuilder Jo Stewart took to the stage at the Theatre Royal in Nelson on Saturday.

Ms Stewart’s built physique was among 42 bronzed bodies flexing their muscles to the delight of the crowd at the Top of the South Classic Body Building Champs.

The theatre was filled with about 200 people who turned out to watch men and women – some in glittery bikinis, Lycra briefs and silver stilettos – perform front double biceps, press-ups and strike their best poses on stage in the National Amateur Bodybuilding Association (NABBA/WFF) competition.

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FACT: Weight reduction can only take place when there is more energy burned than consumed.

And weight (muscle) gain can only take place when more calories are consumed than burned. In addition to an active workout routine, it is essential to have good nutrition to lose weight (fat) effectively.

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Almost every person has a “great set of abs” hiding beneath a smooth layer of fat. So let’s look at how we can chisel away and reveal those amazing, hidden abs.

These are basic guidelines for a properly structured, clean eating program:

• Carbohydrates — a healthy target is to have 40 to 45 percent of your total calories come from carbohydrates. Pasta, rice, beans, fruits, vegetables and whole-grain breads and cereals are good sources. The rule of thumb is 1 gram, per pound of body weight.
• Protein — a healthy target is 25 to 30 percent of your total calories from protein. Good protein sources are lean meats, chicken, shellfish, fish, soy, eggs and low-fat milk products. Rule of thumb is .75 gram, per pound of body weight.
• Fat — a healthy target is 20 to 25 percent of your total calories from healthy fats. Unsaturated fats, like those in olive oil, nuts, avocados and fish oil, are the healthiest. An emphasis should be placed on obtaining essential fatty acids, especially omega-3 fatty acids, found in cold-water fish, leafy greens, walnuts, almonds and flaxseeds. Rule of thumb is .25 gram, per pound of body weight.
• Water – a healthy target is a daily water intake of 64 to 80 ounces. Water needs increase with higher temperatures and humidity, as well as with the consumption of alcohol, coffee and soda. Rule of thumb is an average of 1/2 oz of water, per pound of body weight.

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Pm Franklin excels at women bodybuilding at 52 years of age. She has been competing since 1986 and she intends to enter future professional IFBB Women’s Physique competitions to prove that age is not a hindrance to having a great body.

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Pm Franklin, a Spring resident, has won the 2011 Team Universe Over-35 Masters, a drug-tested amateur bodybuilding competition held in New Jersey that made her eligible to compete in IFBB professional contests.

At 52 years old, Franklin is the oldest woman to turn pro in the International Federation of Bodybuilders. She beat younger women in multiple divisions, proving that age is no barrier to having a lean, muscular physique.

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There are several reasons why people take up bodybuilding. These are usually the same reasons we try out bodybuilding supplements. Without the right knowledge however, these supplements can have adverse side effects and they can end up doing more harm than good.Join us at the Brisbane Body Challenge and lose up to 15kgs in just 12 weeks! Join discussions and find out which bodybuilding supplements will work best for you and how.

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There are two types of bodybuilding supplements available in the market, muscle building and pre workout.

As the names suggest, muscle building add-ons are rich source of protein, an extremely critical nutrient required by the bodies of bodybuilders. Consuming this supplement ensures that your body gets its required quantity of protein and grows as per the plan.

On the other hand, pre workout add-ons such as Jack3d, Super Pump, etc. are formulated to give you extra energy to prolong your workout. They also enhance your concentration power and let you target even the most difficult sections of your body. People who use pre workout add-ons usually gain muscles much quicker than people not consuming them.

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