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Thursday, November 10, 2005

TOP 10 ANTIOXIDANT SOURCES IN U.S. DIET

Below is a list of the top 10 antioxidant sources in the average American diet

10 Potatoes
9 Tomatoes
8 Apples
7 Beer
6 Red wine
5 Corn
4 Dried Beans
3 Bananas
2 Black tea

and number 1 =Coffee

So what does this tell us? Well for starters the average person in the U.S. does not eat enough fruits and vegetables, which of course are better for your overall health due to their high content of vitamins, fiber and minerals. Berries and dates have the highest antioxidant value per serving but are not to be found on this list

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Friday, November 04, 2005

ENDOMORPH TRAINING

The endomorph will not have too much trouble building muscle but will have to be concerned with losing fat.

A higher proportion of high-set, high-repetition training (no lower than 12 reps) with very short rest periods in between to burn off as much fat as possible.

Additional aerobic exercise such as running, spinning, stair master or any other calorie consuming activity. Aim for 30-45 minutes cardio sessions

A low calorie diet with the minimum amount of protein, carbohydrates and fats. Supplement with vitamins and minerals to be certain that the body is not being deprived of any essential nutrients

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Thursday, November 03, 2005

MESOMORPH TRAINING

The mesomorph will find it easy to build muscle mass, but will have to include a certain variety of exercises in his program to develop muscles proportionately rather than just thick and bulky.

Emphasis on quality, detail and isolation training along with basic mass and power exercises. You build muscle easy so can can concentrate on working on the shape and seperation from the beginning

Since mesomorphs gain so easily, they don't have to worry much about conserving enery. A regular workout of 15 to 20 sets per bodypart is fine

Balanced diet with plenty of protein, since a mesomorph gains so easily there is no need to bulk up by gaining 40 pounds and then trying to lose that weight later on

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Tuesday, November 01, 2005

ECTOMORPH TRAINING

The first objective of an ectomorph is gaining weight in the form of quality muscle mass. A mesomorph will find that muscle mass develops very slowly and will have to force himself to eat enough to maintain the muscle growth

A mesomorh should use fewer reps and heavy weights

Get a lot of rest between sets so that he can stil use heavy weights in each set

Do very little cardio

Take in more calories than accustomed to, use weight gain shakes/drinks to help accomplish that

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