Anthony J Mahavorick writes under the pen name of Anthony Robbins and is also known as Tony Robbins. Anthony Robbins came up with a diet, which is much in keeping with Robert O Young’s theory of alkalizing the body to stay fit. But the Anthony Robbins diet adds to that and comes up with an entire way of life.
The Anthony Robbins diet involves a vegetarian approach to life. Robbins believes that if we do not alkalize out bodies we are heading towards our doom. Consuming alkaline vegetables and fruits are highly recommended by the Anthony Robbins diet plan. Avoiding eggs, animal flesh of all kinds and other such acidic foods is the way to achieve a healthy life. The Anthony Robbins diet does not simply result I weight loss but is targeted at achieving great energy as well as health. When most diets of today make one feel tired and fatigued the Anthony Robbins diet is a fresh and welcome change. Going on the high protein low carb diets that are doing the rounds usually result in temporary weight loss but along with that comes permanent damage to the body as well as extreme fatigue. Anthony Robbins is a health motivated man and talks of how he plans an entire life outlook rather than simply weight loss. He propagates high esteem and energy. The theory behind the Anthony Robbins diet is a collective effort on many fronts to gain complete health rather than simply concentrating on loosing weight most diets are intended for only weight loss and in so focus only on weight loss. In the process one looses energy by not eating and so is prone to falling sick or simply going off the diet soon. Most diet plans also strike and the skin, hair and nails. With improper eating these tend to loose their strength and luster like the rest of the body. But this is not the case with the Anthony Robbins diet.
Anthony Robbins diet advises one to eat vegetarian foods that are alkaline in nature so as to maintain the human body ph of 7.4. Apart from this Robbins also talks of vital breathing. Inhaling the correct way will lead to the body getting maximum oxygen from the inhaled breath. More oxygen will help create a more alkaline environment in the body and thus help in the functioning of the body. It is only when the cells are unable to release their toxins that problems occur. Oxygen will keep the cells red and round and so healthy.
Anthony Robbins diet includes not only the food we eat but also the water we drink. About three liters of alkaline water is a must for everyone wanting to reap benefits from the Anthony Robbins diet. Without exercise the lungs do not get proper oxygen, there fore Anthony Robbins in his diet plan suggests at least four days in a week for aerobic exercises which strengthen the lungs as well as help in high oxygen intake. Robbins also preaches goal setting and planning in order to achieve those goals.
The Anthony Robbins diet plan will take you to not only good health but also a happy and relaxed mind. You will be able to see the difference in your concentration powers as well as achieve your goals.
By: Will Johnson
The Celebrity Fit Club Diet was coined by Dr. Ian K. Smith’s book, Fat Smash Diet. This is one of those diets in which the main focus is on lifestyle change, which will inevitably bring upon weight loss. It is based upon the principles of eating healthy, and exercising on a regular basis.
What the Celebrity Fit Club Diet Consists Of
This diet consists of four phases. The first phase is the toughest and strictest, and is focused on ridding the body of its toxins. This lasts for nine days, and limits the types of foods that can be eaten. It is during this phase that the rate of weight loss is at its fastest. The next three phases gradually reintroduce foods that you were not allowed to eat in the first phase, one phase at a time. This teaches the dieter how to eat properly, and promotes a gradual change in lifestyle which makes it easier to implement. Although this diet does not require any calorie counting, controlling your portion sizes is essential.
What You Can and Cannot Eat on the Celebrity Fit Club Diet
During the 9 day “detox phase” – or phase one – carbohydrates are pretty much limited to fruits and unsweetened oatmeal. In addition, you are permitted to eat vegetables, egg whites, beans and nuts. During the second phase – or “foundation phase” – you are allowed to add lean animal proteins, such as chicken and fish, which lasts three weeks. The four week long “construction phase” – or phase three – you will be adding whole grains and cereals to your diet.
The fourth phase is a lifetime-long phase. It shouldn’t really even be called a phase because it is during this period that you integrate a complete lifestyle change. This is called the “temple phase”, which allows you eat all the foods you have been consuming throughout the first three phases. In addition, you can gradually introduce small portions of white breads and pastas, as well as the occasional alcoholic beverage.
Exercise
Keeping active and participating in an exercise program is essential during the Celebrity Fit Club Diet. You are recommended to work out about 5 times a week, and incorporate 30 minutes of cardio during these sessions. After the first three phases, you are encouraged to perform one hour of exercise, 5 times per week.
There is no magic to losing weight. Eating sensibly, restricting calories, and exercising regularly are the keys to weight loss success.
By: Lisa Simonelli Rennie
Due to the existence of high-level stress jobs, maximum people all over the world eat a lot of fast food and do not indulge in a healthy balanced diet. This, in the long term, gives birth to chronic diseases like heart attacks and cancer.
A balanced diet is one that includes everything from fruits to vegetable to milk and dairy products in proper proportion. It gives you wholesome quantities of carbohydrates, vitamins, salts and minerals.
An ideal balanced diet consists of adequate amounts of vegetables and fruits within calorie limits. Vegetables consumed should be all types like dark green vegetable, legumes, starchy vegetables, etc. several times a day. This helps to build the iron and zinc levels in your body. Each day’s meal should contain whole grain meals, milk and milk products. Non-vegetarians should eat lean meats and fish, either baked, broiled or grilled. Protein rich fish, beans, peas, nuts and seeds should be a permanent part of a balanced diet. Alcohol intake should be limited.
Keeping a balanced diet not only is a key to a healthy lifestyle, but it also helps keep your weight in constant check. A balanced diet should be introduced in the early stages of life, more importantly as a child. This helps to stay healthy, psychologically, as well as physically. It also assists in building immunity towards diseases and carrying on a healthy lifestyle for the rest of your life.
Guidance to the proper balanced diet can be given by any practicing dieticians or by surfing t website on health related issues. There are many books and different types of literature available that give you tips on maintaining a balanced diet.
By: Eddie Tobey
Perhaps one of the most notable and noticeable muscles in body builders is the pectoral muscle- that thick band of muscles that cover most of the ribs of a person. Pectoral muscles are one of the hardest to sculpt in professional bodybuilding. Known more commonly as the pecs, the pectoral muscle is a barometer of how far you’ve already achieved in your personal bodybuilding regimen.
To understand just how the pectoral muscle functions, we have to go about it in a scientific manner. Like studying a well-tuned car, we study the human body with an objective point of view.
Anatomy and functions
Located centrally, the basic work of the pectoral muscle is to unite both arms to the chest and to provide rotational movement to the arms when needed. The strain or pull that one feels during work outs in the upper part of the body is due to the increased activity of the human pectoral muscle. In any case, it’s the first muscle to gain mass, but the hardest to truly sculpt.
To sculpt the pecs, you have to sustain a certain level of weight training for many months so that the pectoral muscle does not revert to its pre-workout or pre-bodybuilding form. The pectoral muscle, as many bodybuilders already know, has this tendency to disappear overnight under a layer of subcutaneous fat and skin.
Chest muscles
The whole engine, so to speak is composed of a network of finely tuned muscles that do specific tasks. Their tasks may be understood from the context of their location in the over-all scheme of the human body.
The deltoids for example, provide sustained force and movement from the top of the arms, as it extends from the base of the neck horizontally. The biceps on the other hand, provide sustained vertical force for bodybuilders. This allows bodybuilders to lift heavy weights and to do repetitions with minimal strain to other parts of the body.
The sinew that holds together the arms and the chest is called the pectoral muscle. The pectoral muscle is located of course, on the chest, and is interconnected with all the other arm muscles. The pectoralis major is the largest pectoral muscle, and forms the bulk of the muscle band that creates the illusion of a “large chest”.
Building the chest muscles
Actually, there is no sure fire way to build chest muscles. Just as there are many types of bodies, there are as many ways of accelerating the growth of muscle mass on specific areas. However, what you can do to increase the chances of sculpting your chest area is to set aside specific days when you can work on the chest muscles all day.
This would ensure that all the specific muscle groups are given equal attention, and would also allow specific muscle groups to rest as well. Working out, as well as rest are two of the key activities that would lead to bodybuilding success.
Admittedly, bodybuilders give extra work to the chest muscles because they are hard to shape. But the rewards are great- just stick to your routine and find out for yourself.
By: Benedict Yossarian
Searching for the ultimate diet boot camp? There are many boot camp diets to choose from, each one promising that you will lose a significant amount of weight in a short period of time. So which one should you choose? Here is a review of several different boot camp diets:
Low-carbohydrate diets: By drastically reducing the amount of carbohydrates from your diet to 20 to 30 grams per day, your body will go into a state of induced weight loss, in which you can lose as few as 10 to as many as 30 pounds in the span of 2 to 3 weeks.
Pros: You can eat as much protein and fat as you want on this diet. Your craving for sugars diminishes within a couple of days.
Cons: You have to say goodbye to breads, pasts, fruits, and any food that contains carbohydrates in it that would cause you to exceed a daily allotment of 20 to 30 carbohydrate grams in one day.
Some examples of this type of diet are the Atkins Diet and the Protein Power Diet.
Low-calorie diets: By drastically reducing the number of calories from your diet to be a few approximately 500 to 1000 less than what your body typically requires in order to maintain its present weight, you body will lose 1 to 2 pounds per week. If you cut out even more than that, you may lose weight faster but that is tantamount to starvation.
Pros: You can eat any foods you want without having to cut out a specific food group. You are not training your body to make smart food choices because as you follow the diet, you will come to know that you can eat more foods if you eat healthy, but if you eat unhealthy foods, you will end up busting your daily caloric limit to quickly.
Cons: You have to keep track of the calories you consume daily by looking up numbers, measuring portion sizes, and keeping track of everything you eat. If you take the slow approach, you will not lose weight very quickly. If you take the fast approach and literally go on a “starvation diet” of 1000 calories or less per day, then you will actually end up harming yourself rather than helping yourself, because you will be losing muscle and not just fat, your body will not be receiving enough essential nutrients to maintain your bodily functions. Plus, if your body goes into starvation mode, it will actually adjust your metabolism to compensate, and thus you will end up losing weight more slowly anyway, which defeats the purpose of your diet boot camp efforts.
One classic example of this type of diet is the Weight Watchers program.
Low-fat diets: Eating a low-fat diet may be healthy in terms of nutritional content, or the quality of the food you eat. But it does nothing to actually cause weight loss, since you can still theoretically eat the same number of calories even though you are following a low-fat diet program.
Pros: This is a healthy diet plan, because too much fat in your diet is definitely not a good thing.
Cons: This really doesn’t result in weight loss, although it can indirectly contribute to it.
Sugar-free diets: Eating foods that contain low or no sugar, or which contain sugar-substitutes have absolutely no bearing on weight loss. Rather, these types of foods are intended for diabetics who would like to eat sweet foods but who cannot eat regular sugar.
Pros: This is a healthy diet plan, because too much sugar in your diet is definitely not a good thing.
Cons: This really doesn’t result in weight loss, although it can indirectly contribute to it.
Calorie-shifting diets: Rather than reduce the amount of food you eat or the type of food you eat, you can achieve rapid weight loss simply by shifting the type of food you eat to different times of day and rotating these foods across several days. By doing so, you end up triggering a metabolic response that induces rapid fat loss., while eating as much food as you want to until you feel satisfied. You can lose as many as 9 pounds in 11 days on this diet plan.
Pros: You can eat from every food group on this diet. You will not have to cut out any types of foods from your diet. You can eat as much quantity of food as you like, until you are satisfied, but not too full. (If you become too full, your body has to go into overdrive to consume the excess food). You can take a three day break after every eleventh day on this diet before you resume the diet again. You must eat at least 4 complete meals daily.
Cons: You must follow a structured meal plan that gives you the flexibility in terms of what foods you can eat, but you can only eat from specific food groups at specific times of day. For example, if you are used to eating meat for dinner, on one of your 11 days you might be eating fruits with your dinner but no meat. You have to plan your meals out and be prepared, because you may be eating groups of different food groups together at different times of day than you are accustomed to.
The best known example of this type of diet is the Calorie Shifting Diet.
By: Dawn Woods
It’s no secret that competitive bodybuilders are among the most successful dieters in the world at losing pure bodyfat and getting “ripped”. Bodybuilders do things differently than the 95% of dieters who fail. And in this article I will outline the basics of a good bodybuilding pre-contest diet plan. This information will really help you if you are planning on competing in the future. And even if you are not really interested in getting on stage as competitive bodybuilder, but you would like to look like one, then the info covered here will help you get that lean “beach body” look.
I’ve been competing in bodybuilding competitions since 1995 so I’ve picked up a few tricks over the years and I’m going to share them with you here…
I personally start dieting for a contest at least 6 months in advance. I want to have plenty of time to prepare myself. For the first month I simply cut out all junk foods and eat nothing but clean foods. Such as beef, chicken, turkey, fish, eggs, milk, protein shakes, rice, potatoes, pasta, fruit, vegetables, etc. I eat about 5-6 small meals each day. I drink plenty of water at least 1 gallon a day. I will also do about 30 minutes of cardio exercise 4-6 times each week, before breakfast. I will continue my regular weight training workout.
The second month of preparation is very similar to the first. I will still eat the same as mentioned above. But I will increase my cardio exercise to at least 45 minutes, 5-7 times per week, before breakfast. The whole idea of doing cardio before breakfast is to help burn up more stored bodyfat. At this time there is no food in your system to be used as fuel so you’ll burn more bodyfat from your cardio. It also helps to jump start your metabolism for the day. After exercise your metabolism is elevated and remains so for
several hours.
The third month I get stricter with my diet. I will begin to cut back on my portions of starchy carbohydrates while keeping my protein intake high (between 250-300 grams of protein per day). I also eat more vegetables. My diet is now mainly foods such as very lean meat, poultry, fish, protein supplements, vegetables, rice, potatoes, oatmeal, etc. I will increase my cardio to about 60 minutes each morning before breakfast.
I’ll also start taking a fat burner. For my last show I used “Palo Alto Labs Leviathan”. I found that it worked great, I would take 2 caps twice per day on an empty stomach. Once before cardio and again before my weight training workouts because it helps give me an energy boost, curb my appetite, and raise my metabolism enabling me to burn more bodyfat.
The fourth month is pretty much like the third month with dieting and doing cardio each morning before breakfast. I will also start practicing my mandatory poses 3-4 days per week. At this stage I am getting lean and can start to see the definition showing in my abs, legs, back, chest, etc…
The fifth month before the contest I get stricter with my diet. I will eat approx. 1 gram of carbohydrate and 1.5 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight each day. I don’t normally count fat grams, but they are kept as low as possible. But I will include essential fats through flaxseeds, fish oil, etc.
A typical day will go like this:
Cardio
- take fat burner and black coffee
- 1 hour of cardio
Meal 1
- bowl of oatmeal mixed with protein powder
- egg whites
Meal 2
- chicken breast
- garden salad
Meal 3
- can of tuna
- garden salad
Workout
- take fat burner and black coffee
- weight training workout
- practice posing
- protein drink
Meal 4
- steak
- steamed veggies
- sweet potatoes
Meal 5
- protein drink
I also salt my food and even add a couple shakes of salt to my protein drinks. This may seem off the wall to most people. But I find that if I don’t add salt to my diet I get bad muscle cramps when training. Don’t worry you will not retain water, your body will adjust to a higher salt intake within a few days and as long as you are drinking lots of fluids your body will flush out any excess water. I’ll keep doing this until 2 days out from the show.
I strive to be in shape one month out before the contest and then just keep with the diet, cardio, training, etc. to let my conditioning just harden up. I won’t lose a whole lot more bodyweight, but my skin will get tighter and thinner.
I don’t try and lift too heavy in the gym at this stage because I know that I will not gain any new muscle during the last month before a contest, I am just trying to maintain my muscle mass and get leaner. I basically have my posing routine down pat. I just want keep plugging away consistently. The temptation to cheat on my diet is very strong now. It is very important not too cheat. I keep my eye on the finish line and know that the dieting will be all over soon.
Carb Loading & Water Intake…
I do not carb deplete or carb load during the last week. I have tried all kinds of crazy stuff like this in the past and I found that it is best to just diet right up to the day of the show. Carb depleting and carb loading is too “hit and miss” you risk screwing up your conditioning, it may make you look a little better, or it could make you look a lot worse. You are better off playing it safe by sticking to your diet and then just slightly increase your carb intake slightly for a couple days before the show (i.e. instead of eating 1 potatoe at a meal, eat 2 potatoes, etc.).
During the last week I will increase my water intake to about 2 gallons per day. I will stop all weight training and cardio a couple days before the contest to let my body rest and recover.
Friday night before the contest I will cut back on my water intake and just have a small glass of water with each meal. I also take herbal diuretic capsules on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to help get rid of the excess water under my skin. I do not cut my water intake entirely, just cut back. Cutting out water entirely can leave you flat and smooth. You need some water in your system in order to pump up and pose properly.
Tanning…
I’ll go to the tanning salon about 4 times per week during the last 6 weeks prior to the contest. This will give me a base tan. Then on Friday before the show I’ll put on about 3-4 coats of ProTan. This is a spray tan that you paint on with a sponge brush. Saturday morning before the show I’ll also put on a coat of Dream Tan. This is a dark tanning cream that you rub on your skin. I’ll put a coat of this on Saturday morning, another coat before pre-judging, and again before the evening show. Dream Tan works great and it has oil in the tan so you do not need to use much if any additional posing oils.
Back Stage…
When I go to the contest I take a MP3 player with my posing music. I try to find a place by myself back stage so I can practice my posing routine. By doing this, my routine is fresh in my mind before going on stage in front of the audience and judges.
When pumping up before going on stage I will do some light, high rep, upper body exercises such as push ups, bent over rows, bicep curls, etc. with a rubber fitness band. Never pump up the legs or the abs, these muscles always look and flex better when they are not pumped. Do not pump up too much because it will make you shake when you pose. Just warm up and get the blood flowing to the muscles.
And the last thing that I recommend is to go out there and have a good time. Be confident and proud of your accomplishments and put on a good show for the crowd. At this point you have done all you can do, now it is up to the judges to decide the rest.
By: Lee Hayward
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By: Arturas Gotceitas
Are you tired of trying different diet plans, with no positive results? Turn to South Beach Diet. This is not a traditional low-carb plan. What makes it different is that here you’ll be encouraged to choose the right carbs like whole grains, certain fruits and vegetables and right fats like olive and canola oil and lean sources of protein. When you eat bad carbohydrates and fats you tend to feel hungrier and thus you end up eating more causing weight gain.
Good carbohydrates: They have a low glycemic index so they can be digested and absorbed slowly. They are high in fiber or high in good fats. You should also eat fiber or fat to slow digestion of the carbohydrates.
Good fats: They are polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats, especially those with omega-3 fatty acids. Saturated and trans fats are bad fats.
How does it work?
South Beach Diet was created a well known cardiologist, Dr. Arthur Agatston. He developed this diet for his cardiac patients after a lot of scientific dieting research. The best thing about this diet is that you will get your three, normal size meals everyday and you can even enjoy your snacks and deserts. In just a short amount of time you will see incredible results. So you can not only enjoy your favorite foods but you can also put your fear of getting fat to rest.
According to Dr.Agatston, when you consume bad carbohydrates especially those found in foods with a high Glycemic index, they create an insulin resistance syndrome which is an impairment of the hormone insulin’s ability to properly process fat or sugar and not only this, bad carbohydrates also increase the chances of getting cardiovascular disease.Therfore his diet includes the consumption of good fats and good carbohydrates.
The three phases South Beach Diet:
This diet works in phases, the first two for a specific timeframe and the third phase for life.
Phase I -You will eat normal-size portions of lean meat, fish, eggs, reduced-fat cheese, nonfat yogurt, nuts, and plenty of vegetables including snacks and desserts. This will last for two weeks. You would have to high or moderately high-glycemic carbs so that you eliminate insulin resistance .This way the body will lose its insulin resistance, and thus use excess body fat, causing the dieter to lose between 8 and 13 pounds.
Phase II- Whole grain foods and fruits will be reintroduced in your diet, although in smaller amounts than were likely eaten before beginning the diet, and with a continued emphasis on foods with a low glycemic index. You should continue to lose weight until you reach the desired weight.
Phase III- This begins when you reach the desired weight. Here you will continue to make good eating choices which would include three servings of whole grains and three servings of fruit a day.
Effective way to lose weight:
This diet puts emphasis on changing your way of eating and variety of foods. It discourages eating of very refined processed foods, high-fat meats, and saturated fats in general. Agatston says that you should eat until you are satisfied and you do not have to count calories. You just have to eat the right food that is good carbs and fats. By decreasing the intake of bad carbs, it will help you metabolize what you eat more effectively and improves insulin resistance as well leading to weight loss
By: Jeffrey Meier
The Calorie Shifting diet is an instant diet plan that can yield extraordinary results. If you were to follow the rules of this diet regimen strictly to a tee, then you can reasonably expect to melt away approximately ninepounds of fat every eleven days! If you do the math, then you realize that this astonishing rate of weight loss is an average of just shy of one pound of weight loss every day. So how do you follow the Calorie Shifting diet? The following list is a brief run-down of some of the rules and some of the features of this instant diet plan:
You must generate a personalized 11-day instant diet plan. Each day must consist of 4 meals. Each of your four daily meals must be spaced out by a minimum of 2.5 to 3 hours. Your meal plan requires you to eat a balanced variety of plentiful foods from the four food groups. You must structure your meals such that, on any given day you shift the types of calories that you consume, from meal to meal, and from day to day. In other words, the sequence in which you consume foods from each food group will vary not only a daily basis, but also within each day itself. For example:
- You may have some days in which more emphasis is placed on one food group than the other, for that entire day.
- You may have days where you have meat and dairy at one meal, but then you have fruits and meat at another meal.
- Or you might have a salad and bread at another. This constant shifting of calorie groupings is what is responsible for triggering the release of fat burning hormones in your body.
You are allowed to eat as much quantity of food as you want to at every meal until you are completely and fully satisfied. But you must stop eating when you reach the point of being just short of becoming too full. You must drink a minimum of 10 full 8-ounce glasses of water on a daily basis. You are required to take a 3-day hiatus from the diet at the tail end of every fortnight. What does that mean? That means that you follow the diet for 11 days. Then you take a break from the diet for 3 days. Then you may follow the diet again for another 11 days, followed by another 3-day break, and so on and so forth. During those 3 days, you are allowed to eat anything you want, as long as you do not overeat.
As is evident from the features described above, Calorie Shifting is a highly effective and easy-to-follow, instant diet plan.
By: Dawn Woods
Carbonated soft drinks including diet soda decrease calcium absorption by the blood stream, and therefore it can be said that calcium absorption and diet soda are closely related to each other but in the negative sense.
Diet soda and other drinks contain phosphoric acid which interferes with calcium absorption and as a result most of the calcium we obtain from diet goes out through urine. People who are used to drinking soda on a regular basis are at high risk of fracture and weakening of bones.
Phosphorus is a major constituent of bones other than calcium. It is also needed for proper absorption of calcium from stomach into the blood stream, but abnormally high levels of phosphorus in the blood are dangerous for health. We all should try to receive maximum quantities of all minerals from a well-balanced, healthy diet.
The relationship of calcium absorption and diet soda can be established by consuming no more than 1 can of soda everyday. And if you are not addicted to diet soda, then try to drink water, milk, orange juice, other fruit juices and soy beverages instead of diet soda. In addition to these, don’t forget to add a rich calcium source to your diet such as fish, seafood, boiled bone soup, blackstrap molasses and kale.
It is also recommended by doctors to consume calcium and vitamin D supplements on a daily basis. These supplements are particularly useful for women above the age of 40 who are at high risk of developing osteoporosis and other degenerative diseases. Similarly, pregnant women are in need of high calcium diet and calcium and multi-vitamin tablets.
Try to find the highest quality supplements available out there. Carefully read the contents of a supplement product before starting its course. You may develop an infection or allergy in reaction to a particular ingredient. Although these supplements are made with totally pure substances, people with weak internal health often experience constipation, diarrhea, stomach cramps and some infections.
Calcium absorption is also affected by eating a protein-rich diet coming from animal sources. Avoid caffeine, too much sugar and salt and artificially flavored foods as much as you can. If you can, try to drink at least 1 cup of pure milk daily. Milk contains many enzymes and nutrients in addition to calcium which help in maximum calcium absorption and makes our bones and teeth strong.
By: John Gibb