Diet and Exercise Planning: Body Building Part II

Posted February 14th, 2006 by admin

Learn more about today’s diet and exercise planning topic; beginning body building basics, part II.

Continuing on about body building basics, you need to track what you are eating. Once you know your nutritional intake to meet your goals, you can easily track your food to meet your daily goals. Choose an exercise routine. This routine should involve every major muscle group. For example, leg exercises involve squats, lunges, leg curls, leg extensions, and leg presses. Shoulder exercises involve dumbbell raises, side lateral raises, and the military press. Chest exercises can include flyes, dips, and the bench press.

Try different variations on these exercises and routines. You need to mix up your routine to avoid a fitness plateau. In order to make gains in fitness, you need to change up your routine. At some point you may consider supplementing to make maximum gains. Here are a few of the basics of supplementation.

  • Daily liquid vitamin supplement with omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids
  • Whey protein (after workouts)

Monitor your progress. How can you do this? Take body measurements, this will help you track your progress. Tracking your progress helps to keep you motivated to reach your goals. Measuring your efforts on a frequent but not daily basis will help you see that your efforts are paying off.

by Kristy Haugen


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