Exercise of The Day: Olympic Bar Stiff-Legged Deadlifts

Starting Position: Grip the bar with your palms turned toward you and your arms straight so that the barbell is hanging directly below your shoulders. Bend at your waist keeping your back and legs straight.

Movement: - Exhale as you raise yourself to a standing position, holding the bar at your waist.  Inhale as you slowly lower the bar back to the starting position.  Repeat as required.

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Dear Time-Efficient Friend,

You want more muscle, less fat and better health in less time. Everybody does. Hundreds of BS artists and con men have suckered smart people like you and me into buying all kinds of pills and potions to give it to us.

It has all been just a fantasy…until now.

What you are about to discover is not a pill or a potion. It is not a gimmick. This is not some hype to steal your hard-earned money. I couldn’t live with myself if I tried to sell lies. I have a family and a belief that demands living up to a higher standard of ethics.

The truth is I stumbled on a way to work out that is so powerful yet so brief I had to share it with the you and the rest of the world.

Here’s How I Went From Hours to Minutes In the Gym

Let me share a true story with you. Several years ago I started to notice that my entire life revolved around my workouts and eating “six meals a day”. Sure, this is my job. But come on. I have a life…and I demanded it back.

I soon discovered a connection between the training routines we read about in the magazines and trainers want to put us on…and steroids. Even worse, greedy supplement companies were just sitting back and laughing all the way to the bank as real-world trainees like you and me emptied their wallets on worthless pills and powders. “Recovery” supplements became the rage. What a scam!

I’m going to cut through the nice talk and say it straight: Many of the articles you read in magazines were written by genetic freaks and drug-abusing muscle monsters who couldn’t teach a REAL person to train if their pathetic lives depended on it. The same goes for most of the trainers I see in gyms today. And the supplment companies depend on this for their lives. The more you train, the more pills they can sell you. After all, you need all the “help” you can get in the gym.

It’s time for some honesty!

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Today, I just wanted to share with you my special muscle meal of the week, and it actually comes in the form of a salad.

I know the ladies will love this idea, but for all of you guys out there that think eating a salad makes you less of a man… Well, you haven’t tried the ultimate “salad on roids” yet!

Keep in mind that this salad is not low in calories. It’s not low in fat. It’s not low in carbs.

And guess what…that’s the whole point!

It’s not low in anything, but it sure as hell is HIGH in everything under the sun that’s good for your body… just about every vitamin, mineral, antioxidant, and phytonutrient on the planet! And that means your body will receive all the nutrition it needs to maintain optimal hormonal balance, function at it’s highest capacity, keep your appetite satisfied for hours, and prevent any unwanted cravings.

Keep in mind that last point… when you fill your body with all of the nutrients it needs on a daily basis, you pretty much totally eliminate cravings! This happens because your body is satisfied and doesn’t need to crave any more food, because it has all of the nutrients it needs.

I’ve experienced this myself. Years ago, I used to crave sweets ALL THE TIME. But now that I eat the balanced diet that I do these days, I can’t say that I’ve had a craving in at least 5 years! No joke.

Alright, here’s the recipe:

The Ultimate Muscle Salad

* approx 1 cup spinach leaves
* approx 1 cup mixed leaf lettuce
* shredded carrots
* 1/2 of a ripe avocado, diced
* 2 hard boiled eggs, diced (preferrably organic, cage free)
* 3 Tbsp chopped pecans
* 1/4 cup dried cranberries
* top with homemade dressing made of balsamic vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, and Udo’s Choice Oil Blend (3/4 of total liquid should come from the vinegar)

Mix it all together and you’ve got one delicious and ridiculously nutritious salad. For an extra shot of antioxidants, wash it all down with some homemade iced green/white/oolong tea lightly sweetened with the natural sweetener Stevia or a little touch of raw honey.

Alright, now let’s look at the approx macronutrient breakdown:

Prot: 23 g., Carbs: 46 g., Fiber: 12 g., Fat: 45 g., Calories: 640

Now before you throw your arms up in disgust and call me crazy for recommending such a high fat, high calorie meal, keep in mind to scale back the portion sizes for your own caloric goal. The portions above are simply the portions that I use considering that my maintenance caloric intake is around 3000 calories/day. If your maintenance is 2000 calories/day, then scale back the portions accordingly.

Also, I don’t care about the high fat content of this meal… because every last gram of the fat in this meal is VERY healthy… from the pecans, the olive oil, the Udo’s oil, the fresh avocado… and yes, even the fat from the egg yolks is good for you!

All of this healthy fat makes it a very hunger-satisfying meal, causing you to eat less for the remainder of the day (that’s right… no cravings later that night!).

How about the carbs? Well, out of a total of 46 grams, you’ve got approx 12 grams of fiber. That’s a pretty good ratio. Also, the healthy fats and protein in this meal will slow down the carbohydrate digestion, giving you a healthy glycemic response and steady controlled blood sugar.

Alright, so you’re probably also wondering why there isn’t a larger amount of protein. After all, protein is all the rage with bodybuilders, right.

Well, actually 23 grams isn’t too shabby, especially considering 14 grams of that comes from the highly bioavailable protein from the hard boiled eggs. Also consider that this meal has a whole lot of healthy fats, which increases the utilization of your protein. This happens because your body does not need to use your protein for energy, and can instead use it for muscle building & maintenance, and all of the other various functions that amino acids are needed for in the body.

Overall, with this meal, you’ve got a great mix of healthy fats, good fibrous carbs, quality protein, and a huge diversity of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other trace nutrients.

If you enjoyed this idea today, feel free to fwd this link to your friends, family, and coworkers that might enjoy it.

If you liked this healthy lean-body meal idea, there are 84 other healthy and quick meal ideas in my popular Truth about Six Pack Abs Manual. If you don’t already have a copy, check out some of the Truth About Abs reader reviews right now.

I’ll be back in touch soon. In the meantime… train hard, eat smart, have fun, and enjoy life!

Mike Geary
Certified Nutrition Specialist
Certified Personal Trainer
Founder - TruthAboutAbs.com & Busy Man Fitness .com

Exercise Of The Day: Single Reverse Grip Low Cable Curls

Starting Position: Attach a handle to a low pulley and stand facing it. Grip the handle with your right hand, palm turned down.

Movement: Exhale as you curl the handle up towards your shoulder. Inhale as you slowly lower the handle back down to the starting position. Repeat as required on other side.

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I have seen ‘whey protein’ advertised in health food stores as the source of food protein with the highest nutritional value. Is this correct, and, if so, should I be eating it to ensure that I get enough protein???

The nutritional value of a food’s protein is determined by the mix of amino acids that it contains. Amino acids are the ‘building blocks’ of protein.

Only some amino acids are essential in the adult human diet - that is, they must be obtained from food because they cannot be manufactured in the body. So the nutritional value of protein in a food is determined by the quantities of the essential amino acids in that food.

Apart from human flesh (and there are ethical considerations that generally preclude obtaining protein from this particular source!), the food with the protein of highest nutritional value is usually taken to be the humble egg (although for infants, breast milk is probably the most appropriate ‘gold standard’).

Therefore, one way of rating a food as a protein source is to give the egg the maximum rating and to compare all other foods against this according to their levels of essential amino acids. Whey is the fluid that remains after the curd has formed (largely from the fat component of milk) in the process of cheesemaking. Whey contains not only protein, but also lactose (milk sugar).

The protein in whey (’lactalbumin’) is good quality protein and does make a useful protein supplement. However, it is not correct to state (as some practitioners of alternative nutrition do) that whey is the ‘best source of protein’; it is simply another good source.

Protein is derived from a huge range of everyday foods. Many of the foods that are good sources of protein (meat, fish, eggs, milk/milk products, cereal foods, vegetables such as beans and other legumes) are also major sources of other essential nutrients.

This means that it is better to eat a wide variety of nutritious foods rather than try to derive most of your protein needs from one source (eg from whey).

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A beautiful body on a magazine can indeed be a product of modern technology. Many people ask how do I start bodybuilding?

To answer this question you need to know that no amount of physical activity can give you your desired body if it is not coupled with bodybuilding nutrition and a body total workout. Actually, it is the bodybuilding nutrition that is the most vital factor in building the best body. But I will give you ten rules for building muscle.

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Exercise of The Day: Olympic Bar Narrow Overhand  Row

Starting Position:  Grip the bar 6-8 inches apart with your palms turned down and your arms straight so that the barbell is hanging directly below your shoulders.

Movement: - Exhale as you pull the bar up until it touches your chest. Pause briefly with the bar held against your chest.  Inhale as the weight is slowly lowered to the starting position.  Repeat as required.

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Exercise of The Day: Twisting Cunches

Starting Position: Lie on your back and raise your bent knees in the air, with your hands at your ears.

Movement: Exhale as you bring your left knee towards your right elbow by twisting your trunk. Then inhale as you slowly lower yourself back to the starting position. Now exhale as you bring your right knee towards your left elbow, and then inhale as you lower yourself back to the starting position. Remember to squeeze your abs, and repeat as required.

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If you’ve ever had a hard time developing your shoulders, this exercise is going to be a lifesaver for you! Personally, shoulders are one of my WORST bodyparts. It’s tough to keep them strong…tough to get them bigger…and tough to really feel them working when I’m actually doing shoulder exercises!

But the first time I used this technique, it absolutely blew my mind. As soon as I finished the set, my shoulders felt like they were inflating! The blood was came rushing in and I knew I was on to something special…that RARELY happens to me with ANY shoulder exercises.

So what makes THIS exercise so special? You’re going to reach muscular failure TWICE within the same set. AND you’re going to do it with NO REST in between the two phases of the exercise. BAM BAM…one part right into the next.

But here’s the twist…it’s not a typical drop set in which you reduce the weight to achieve this! You’re going to use the SAME weight for both phases of the exercise.

The REAL key lies in the range of motion of each part of the exercise…..CLICK HERE

Fitness Tip: The Role Of Genetics In Weight Loss - Genetics play a part in a person’s metabolic rate and thyroid function which both impact on the body’s ability to burn fat efficiently. However, having overweight parents does not mean you are destined to a lifetime of obesity and disease.

This just means you have a little bit more work to do to train your body to burn fat more effectively. This means you can’t get away with cheat meals and skipping exercise as much as others can. It means you have to be more disciplined to get results.

At the end of the day, it comes down to making a conscious decision to adopt a health enhancing lifestyle, and you will soon enjoy the benefits.

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