Fitness when woman pregnancy

Research has determined that remaining active during pregnancy offers several benefits to the mother and to the future newborn as well. The key to reaping out such benefits is to adjust your exercise program in order to make it safe for yourself and your baby during this period and to keep in mind that the goal of exercising during this period is to maintain your present level of fitness, not to improve.
The benefits that exercise offers to expecting mothers include:
Speedier recovery after delivery.
Increased sense of well being and self esteem during and after pregnancy.
Less leg cramps.
Larger placenta which in turn provides an increased nutrient base for the baby.
Decrease the risk of excessive weight gain caused by an increase of fat storage.
Stronger lower back which in turn reduces the risk of lower back pains.
Boost in energy levels.
Decrease the likelihood of varicose veins.
Reduced chances of having a Caesarean birth.
Higher chances of achieving labor either a few days earlier or on time.
Exercise helps prepare the body for the stresses imposed by labor and delivery.

How Much Exercise is Okay?

The amount of exercise that mothers to be will be able to tolerate during these 9 months is directly related to how active they were before becoming pregnant. If a woman has never exercised before in her life, this is not the time to start a full blown weight training and intense aerobics program. Starting a weight training program is very traumatic on the body. This is not the kind of stress that we want to put the body under at this time.

Just a Beginner? A sensible approach for someone who has never exercised before is to start a mild daily 20 to 30 minute aerobics program consisting of walking at a normal pace. Why walking? Because walking is one of the most natural and safest forms of exercise. At this time, it is crucial to choose exercises that do not result in a loss of balance since a fall during this period could prove to be fatal for both the mother and the baby. Therefore, aerobic activities such as aerobic dance, bench step classes, kickboxing aerobics, & roller blading are out of the question.

Precautions There are certain precautions that you will need to incorporate in your walking program in order to make it safe. Remembering that the goal during this period is to maintain, not to improve, your workout intensity should be mild to moderate. In other words, you should walk at a normal pace and should not attempt to push yourself. Pushing yourself will put undue stress in your body and will increase the chances of reaching two conditions that should be avoided at all times during pregnancy:



Your heart rate should never exceed 140 beats per minute. Therefore, be especially careful to monitor your heart rate during exercise. That can be easily done by counting the amount of times your heart beats in ten seconds while you are performing the activity and then multiplying that number by 6. This will give you the amount of beats per minute. In order to avoid your heart rate from going this high, walk at a normal pace.
Your body temperature should never exceed 100 degrees Farenheit (or 38 degrees Celsius). In order to avoid this, walk at a normal pace and choose a time and place where it is neither hot nor humid. Walking either early in the morning or in the late afternoons is the best time. Also, avoid wearing clothing that is too warm. If you rather walk indoors, do not use a motorized treadmill since it is easy to trip and fall while using these device, as it is the machine and not you the one that sets the pace. Instead, use the non-motorized models where you are the one that sets the pace. Other good forms of indoor exercises for expectant mothers are swimming and water walking.

If you have been weight training prior to becoming pregnant, then you may continue your weight training activities during pregnany as long as they are not activities that could result in a loss of balance and you lower your intensity to prevent an increased body temperature and heart rate. Again, the goal during this period is maintenance and not improvement. Therefore, don’t push yourself.

Women who weight training while pregnant should adhere to the following rules:
Increase your rest periods in between sets to two minutes in order to maintain a normal body temperature and a low pulse (below 140 beats).
Perform only 2 exercises per body part of 3 sets each.
In order to stay away from reaching muscular failure (point at which it becomes impossible to perform another repetition in good form) choose a weight that you can perform for 12-15 repetitions and perform 8-10 repetitions per set instead.
Eliminate exercises where you have to lay down flat in your back (such as flat dumbbell bench press) since this position can decrease blood flow to the uterus and therefore the baby.
Eliminate exercises that may cause a loss of balance such as lunges and squats. Instead, substitute them for exercises like seated leg curls and leg extensions. As a matter of fact, if you have access to machines, this is the perfect time to use them. Remember our previous discussions on the fact that we prefer to recommend free weights since our body is designed to operate on a three dimensional universe and machines lock us in a two dimensional one? During pregnancy, being locked in a two dimensional universe is a good thing since that would make the exercises safer and would eliminate the possibility
of losing balance. Also, by using machines, secondary stabilizer muscles, such as abdominal and pelvic muscles, are not activated. This is a good thing as we don’t want to create any undue stress in these areas at this time. Another reason why machines are more desirable at this time is to prevent joint injuries. During pregnancy, a loosening of the joints occurs. This loosening allows ligaments and tendons to stretch in preparation for delivery. Because of this, there is a higher risk of incurring a soft tissue injury if free weights are used. If you choose to continue using free weights during this period, then remember to pay close attention to your exercise form and to choose your exercises carefully.
Eliminate the Abdominal exercise portion of your workout as we must avoid any exercise that may risk even mild abdominal trauma. In addition, avoid exercises where you have to lay down flat in your stomach. For instance, substitute lying leg curls, by either standing or seated leg curls.
Don’t hold your breath while exercising since by doing so, you can cut the oxygen supply to your baby.

Fitness when woman pregnancy

Takeing break in playing bodybuilding make you better and increasing

                                                                                                  Mr. Universe Lee Labrada

   The goal is to maximize the amount of work (read "stress") you place on a muscle group, during the shortest amount of training time possible. Workouts should not take more than 30-45 minutes.
 

Your workouts should create sufficient stress on the muscle group that you are training so that the muscle group will respond in kind through the adaptation process to create new muscle growth.
 

Beginners who are just getting started in bodybuilding require very little stimulation in order to achieve gains in strength and muscle size. As a beginner's body adapts to workouts however, changes need to be implemented to keep progress from coming to a halt. Bodybuilding is an endless cycle of "stress, adapt; stress adapt." In other words, during training you place a stress on the muscle. You put a load on the muscles that they temporarily cannot accommodate. In response, your body grows additional muscle tissue i.e., it adapts.

If progress comes to a halt, we call this "hitting a plateau." A training plateau is a point at which no further progress can be made without a change in training. Breaking through a training plateau and continuing to make progress is a simple matter of changing the quality or quantity of your training.

If you have hit a plateau recently, here are several things to consider in order to push through the plateau and continue to make progress.

Lee Labrada's Plateau Busting Tips

Over-training is one of the most common causes of hitting a plateau in your physical development. The first thing you should do if your progress comes to a halt is to rule out the possibility that you are over-trained. How do you know if you are over-trained? Here are some symptoms to look for: aching muscles and joints, frequent colds or illness, low energy and motivation, and sleeplessness. If you are over-training, the remedy is to take a couple of days off to allow the body to completely rejuvenate itself and then ease back into training. This works wonders!

Perform a different variation of the exercises that you normally do for a muscle group. For instance, when training my shoulders, I like to perform my shoulder presses with a straight bar. For variation, I may substitute dumbbell shoulder presses for this movement. As a simple a change as this may appear, it will place a different stress on the shoulder muscles and could help help me break through a plateau in shoulder development. The second shoulder exercise would normally be lateral dumbbell raises. Instead of performing lateral raises with a set of dumbbells as I normally would, I could do the equivalent exercise with a low cable. The idea is to vary the exercise enough to place a novel stress on the targeted muscle group. Variety in exercises not only helps you to keep the muscles growing, but it will keep your interest fresh. As they say, variety is the spice of life!

Change the stress that is applied on a muscle group by changing the amount of weight used on an exercise. This will impact the number of repetitions that you can perform. I normally recommend no more than 8-10 repetitions per set, utilizing a heavy weight and carrying the muscular group to failure (i.e., the point at which you cannot perform another unassisted repetition.) Decreasing the weight that you use in your exercises by as much as 20% on every third or fourth workout will allow you to perform more repetitions on each set, before reaching muscular failure. For example, let's say that I normally perform eight reps in the bench press with 300 lbs. on my maximum set. On a third or fourth chest workout, I will decrease the weight I use to 240 lbs., which enables me to perform 15 repetitions. This higher repetition scheme taxes different elements of the muscle and can stimulate new growth.

Change the order in which you perform exercises. Coming back to the example of the shoulders, if I normally start with some sort of pressing movement such as the military press (or the dumbbell press), followed by a lateral exercise (shoulder laterals), I will flip-flop them. In other words, I will start with laterals first, then follow that with the pressing exercise. Changing the order of exercises once again varies the stress. Performing isolation exercises (exercises that isolate the target muscle group and usually only involve one joint) such as the shoulder laterals first "pre-fatigues" or "pre-exhausts" the muscle group. Then the muscle group is "overloaded" by the compound exercise (exercise that involves not only the target muscle group, but adjacent muscle groups, and involves more than one joint) which in this case is the shoulder press. Other days, I choose to do the compound exercise first, using as much weight as possible. Each regimen has its distinct benefits.

Use forced repetitions. Forced repetitions (or assisted repetitions) are one of my favorite training tools. Once you have reached the point of failure on a set (the point at which you cannot perform another unassisted repetition) your partner assists you in performing another 1-2 repetitions. Your partner should only give you enough assistance to keep the weight moving. Once he has helped you to raise the weight, you should lower the weight under your own control. These are called "forced reps." A tremendous amount of muscle intensity can be generated using forced reps so they must be used sparingly, and I recommend that beginners stay away from them completely until they have at least 6 months of training invested. I typically use forced reps only on the last set of an exercise, and then only when I am in a high intensity training phase. Don't overdo forced reps as they will quickly lead to over-training.

By the way, make sure that your bodybilding deit will support your training. If you are not getting adequate nutrition and protein intake, your training is for naught.

Playing bodybuilding one of the ways to Lose weight for woman

            To spend only three days a week in the gym, and have significant results, here is a great sample schedule to do it. Follow this exact schedule if you like, or feel free to adjust it to your preference if you wish to train other body parts on different days.

Monday: Legs and shoulders, calves
Tuesday: Training off
Wednesday: Back and biceps, abs
Thursday: Training off
Friday: Chest and triceps, abs
Saturday: Training off
Sunday: Training off

Number of Exercises, Sets, Reps

Try to do 3 or 4 exercises per major muscle group (legs, back, chest, shoulders), and 2 or 3 exercises per minor muscle group (biceps, triceps). You can do 1 or 2 exercises for abs and calves. Go for 3-4 sets of about 15-20 reps per set as I have found this repetition range to be optimal for toning and fat loss.

Training Time

On training days, try to train not later than before the 4th meal, so that you have enough energy to train well during the day.

Mercedes Khani's Bodybuilding Diet Advice for Fat Loss and Toning

Instead of talking about what you can not eat, let's talk about what you can eat. There are actually a lot of food items that you can include in your bodybuilding diet plan

I want you to have six 'meals' a day as eating more frequently will increase your metabolism which in turns helps you to lose fat and will also feed the muscle so that it gets that firm and toned look you are after. Don't worry, you won't have to spend your time in the kitchen cooking all day; some of the 'meals' will be a quick shake or a small snack. You will be eating every 3 hours so that your body becomes more efficient at burning all the calories faster. This is what we want to happen in order to lose that body fat.

I made a great tasting diet schedule for you, which will help you get the results you are looking for. Each meal consists of carbs, proteins and fat sources as you can see in the diet plan below. Feel free to switch the foods from the sample diet below up with any of the other food sources from the same category. Just pick what you feel like having from the table, or follow my sample diet schedule and you will be well on your way to great results. It's easy as that!

Food Preparation

Preferably I want your vegetables to be steamed and I want you to use Pam fat-free cooking spray instead of olive oil or especially butter to cook your food. You can find calorie-free salad dressing in all flavors for a great tasting salad and delicious calorie free marinades for chicken, beef or fish. You can also use fat-free mayonnaise, ketchup, sweeteners, herbs and spices to enhance the taste of your food. Told you this diet would be good!

The amount per food item is based on a 120-140 pound female who wishes to lose body fat and add some muscle at the same time to become more toned and firm looking. Add a little more amount per food item if your weight is higher and/or if you are very active during the day.

Meal Timing

I like to train after the 3rd meal and before my 4th meal, so I added some good fats in the meal before my training. If you want to train earlier, try to move your good fats (in this example the almonds) to the meal before your training. They will give you extra energy to train and will make you feel full, especially with a full glass of water to spread out the fibers in your tummy, which the almonds contain.

You don't want the good fats in the meal after your training. Fat slows down the uptake and digestion of nutrients in your body and after training the body needs carbs and proteins as fast as possible in order to start the recovery process. By having a post workout meal that does not include fats, the necessary carbs and protein nutrients will be taken up by the body faster after your training. 

Mercedes Khani's Sample Diet Plan For Fat Loss and Toning

Meal 1 / Breakfast:
½ cup oatmeal (with cinnamon and sweeteners)
6 egg whites with 1 yolk
Half grapefruit

Meal 2 / Mid-morning:
½ cup fat free cottage cheese
1 Apple

Meal 3 / Lunch:
½ cup (cooked) brown rice with 4 oz. chicken breast, broccoli and cauliflower
Small mixed salad with one full hand of almonds

Meal 4 / Mid-afternoon:
½ packet Meal Replacement Shake
Apple

Meal 5 / Dinner:
1 cup sweet potato
4 oz. salmon
Asparagus and carrots
Small mixed salad

Meal 6 / Pre-bedtime:
1 ½ scoop protein shake

Pick your carbs, proteins and fat sources here if you like to switch from the sample diet:
Good Carbs

• ½ cup (cooked) brown rice
• 3 rice cakes
• ½ cup oatmeal
• 2 slices whole wheat toast
• 1 cup sweet potato

Protein

• 4 oz. salmon (also contains good fat)
• 6 egg whites, 1 yolk (yolk contains fat)
• 4 oz. any fish
• 3 oz. chicken breast
• 3 oz. turkey breast
• 4 oz. lean beef (top round)
• ½ cup fat free cottage cheese

Good Fat

• Any fatty fish
• ¼ advocado
• ½ tbsp. olive oil
• 1 full hand almonds or walnuts
• ½ full hand peanuts or cashews

Free Meal Over The Weekends!

To give you a nice treat, besides the treat of your body changing to the way you want to pretty soon, the you can have one free meal on Saturday and one free meal on Sunday! During this meal, you can eat whatever you want. Try not to go overboard though; it's better not to. That way it doesn't take too many days for your body to get back on the fat-burning track again after the weekend. Also, in this manner, the free meals work to boost your metabolism as opposed to crippling your ability to burn more body fat.

Supplements for Fat Loss and Toning

Experimenting with supplements and fat loss myself, I found that the following supplements really helped me in losing fat, and gaining muscle for that toned fit body at the same time. Besides that, they helped me to feel energetic during the day. Since I want you to feel the same way, here is my recommended list of supplements for fat loss and toning:

• One 1000 mg vitamin C in the morning and one after training
• A good multi vitamin and mineral formula .
• One 400 mg vitamin E after training
• 5 gram L-Glutamine after training and 5 gram before bedtime (for great recovery)
• 5 gram Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAA) before training and 5 gram after training (for energy and great recovery)
• 2 servings of  fish oil a day (to help you lose fat)
• 2 to 3 servings of HMB a day, depending on the brand (to help you lose fat and gain muscle)
• 2 servings CLA a day (to help you lose fat)

These are the best supplements in my opinion to give you all the energy and all the nutritional support you need in order to lose body fat and gain muscle for a beautifully toned body. As you can see, there are no magic potions or formulas, but simply some basic proven supplements that will greatly benefit your training and dieting efforts as well as your health. 

S.O.S. - Need Help; I Have Cravings!

What should you do when the cravings come up strong sometimes? Well, actually there are all kinds of treats to satisfy your cravings without eating something you're not supposed to.

When you want to keep eating 'clean' during the week (so that you can have the weekends free to eat what you feel like in two meals) and you have a big craving somewhere during the week, don't worry. There is a way to jump over this hurdle.

Try any of the cravings control tips below to cut your cravings:

• Have a celery stick dipped in calorie free dressing.
• Have a hand full of almonds/walnuts or ½ hand of peanuts/cashews with 1 glass of water.
• Have some cucumber or a small mixed salad.
• Have a green apple.
• Have some water, green tea, espresso or coffee (with fat free creamer and/or sweetener).
• Watch TV or a movie.
• Go online to read some fitness articles for extra motivation.
• Go outside and take a walk.
• Go shopping. See how smaller sizes fit and look great on you!
• Meet up for social activities with friends, tell them about your new lifestyle. They will support you!

Also try this little trick; If you're craving for example chocolate, look at the back side of the packet and see how many calories per serving (if you're going to have that suggested serving), you're about to take in. 300 calories equals 45 minutes of cardio. Do you really want to make it harder on you and slow down your progress? Imagine yourself in nice low-cut jeans with a pretty top, showing your abs. Besides, it's just a few more days until the weekend is here so let's just put that chocolate bar aside and wait until the weekend.

Enjoy Food, Enjoy Life

Ever see commercials on TV or in magazines of fit people living a happy lifestyle, eating breakfast in the peaceful garden, casually riding a bike or taking a relaxing walk on the beach? They are being portrayed as happy people who appreciate life.

It's true for most fit people, and it could be true for everyone. You appreciate food, your bodies and life so much more now that you focus more on appreciating yourselves instead of only living to eat. This is karma; you give and you take. The energy you put into appreciating and caring for yourself all comes back to you, in a good way.

Appreciating whole foods for your body instead of stressor foods (unhealthy food), enjoying life and having fun attributes to maintaining a fit and healthy lifestyle. It even attributes to a happy lifestyle.

To every action there is a reaction. You've made a couple changes in your life to have a great fit and toned body so now you are burning fat, although sometimes it takes a while for you to notice it.

One, you may not see it at first until the results are greater, even though your friends and family will be complimenting you and telling you they see you've lost weight, and two, sometimes the fat has to become looser first inside, until it starts coming off.

This may happen for the first few weeks, but soon before you know it, you will see the fat flying off at a rapid speed. You will be so happy with the results that you won't want to have it any other way. You will choose to keep this way of eating as a lifestyle, a healthy lifestyle that guarantees you having a fit and healthy body for the rest of your life. And you'll do it with pleasure too!

I can't wait for you to have a fit and healthy life style as well! Be sure to make before and after pictures for us all to see when you start this guide to lose your body fat and have a great toned body. Feel free to email them to me. I will be looking forward to seeing those awesome results on you!

I hope to us good healthy

Advice For Women by IFBB Figure Pro Mercedes Khani

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Tough diet takes woman To be loser

When woman wants to lose weight they killing themselves in Tough diet

There are so many stories, so many tales. How do they do it? And who really knows the best way to do it, without it being too hard on you? We all have our jobs, a busy lifestyle and family to attend to. 

There is no time for a complicated diet added to your busy schedule. I understand it's hard to take the first step and get started if you don't know what to do. When you see someone who has done it, then you know this person must know the answer. 

Being a fitness model, a figure competitor and a personal trainer, I know how to do it and now I am telling you all to learn! Just follow the free schedules and titles below as a guidance to your new lifestyle, to the new you. Are you ready to see the fat melting off, easy and stress-free? Let's go! 

Training As Little As 3 Times A Week

You can train with weights as little as three times a week, just 45-60 minutes per session. After weigh training I want you to do 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise to burn off the fat even faster. You can also do up to 45 minutes of cardio if you're up for it, but no more than that. I will leave that up to you. 

Alternatively, you can do your cardio on your days off from the weights. The best time to do it in this case is as soon as you wake up on an empty stomach since research indicates that more body fat is burned when performed on a fasted state since glycogen (stored carbohydrates) levels are low. A walk outside or on a treadmill will get the job done but in reality, you can choose any machine you like. However, do not underestimate the power of waking in the pavement. 

There is no need to spend your life in the gym. That is what the commercials tell you on TV, to sell you their 'new innovative' product. But it's really not that hard; actually you will find yourself enjoying doing the exercises. Time flies by as you're occupied and before you know, you're done. You just need to get up and go. I promise that you'll feel great when you're done!