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Staying focused during weight training routines can be one of the toughest things to do - especially if you're not conditioned to working out at all. Read this article for an insight into how to keep on going when the going gets tough! Trust me, it will really help you!

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Throughout my 18 years in the fitness industry as a trainer, nutrition consultant and motivational coach, I have noticed that some people who start a nutrition and exercise program give up very easily after hitting the first obstacle they encounter. If they feel the slightest bit of discouragement or frustration, they will abandon even their biggest goals and dreams...

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You can use visualization to plant goals into your subconscious mind. You simply close your eyes, use your imagination and mentally create pictures and run movies of your desired results. For example, in your mind's eye, you can see the "body of your dreams". If repeated consistently with emotion, mental images are accepted by your subconscious as commands and this helps with changing habits, behavior and performance.

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"What should I do to get abs?" is still one of the most frequently asked questions I receive out of the 7,000+ emails that come into my office every week. Although the question is often phrased differently, my answer is always the same:

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Here's another issue we usually get a lot of conflicting advice about: Post Workout Nutrition. Sure, a lot of research had already established that we really lose a lot of essential nutrients during exercise, and the sooner we replace them after workout the better. But is it really imperative for our post workout meal to be in liquid form? Or is this just another one of those hypes that protein supplement companies are using to get us to buy their products all the time? And what about this talk about having to wait a specific amount of time after your workout before you take your post workout meal? Tom Venuto, author of Burn The Fat Feed the Muscle, provides some helpful answers.

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As “gimmicky” as eating from every color in the rainbow may sound at first, there is some very legitimate and scientific evidence that this is a great idea. Each various food color is indicative of the phytonutrients and other healthful nutritional compounds found within these foods. According to the textbook Sports & Exercise Nutrition by Katch, Katch & McArdle), over 4000 phytochemicals have been identified, and 150 of them have been studied in detail.

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Now we all know how ladies find bulging arms in men attractive, so it's no wonder a lot of us guys are obsessed with biceps curls. The question of how to build big biceps is always a classic bodybuilding topic, especially for hardgainers like us. Like most bodybuilding topics, the issue of building big biceps is ridden with myths. So here Vince DelMonte addresses the common myths when it comes to achieving big forearms, and leaves you with a comprehensive list of bicep workouts and exercises you can start doing right away.

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A common concern that some of you have expressed to me is not being able to bodybuild without a gym membership. While a gym membership is definitely going to enable you to perform a much wider range of bodybuilding exercises, a gym membership is not essential to achieve your bodybuilding goals. There are bodybuilding exercises you can do just by using your own bodyweight, and if you're a beginner bodybuilder this is a great place to start with. Once you outgrow your own bodyweight however, you'll need to use equipment that will provide you enough progressive resistance. This is when investing in setting up your own home gym could come in handy. Home Gym Essentials I'd say the minimum requirements for a home gym are: * Workout Bench * Sets of Barbells and Dumbbells (those with detachable weight plates are best) * Stability Ball In the end, it doesn't really matter what resistance equipment you use, as long as you can have progressive resistance.

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In a previous post, I have listed the top food choices that are best for healthy weight gain and muscle mass building. A few of you got concerned when you saw that some of your favorite foods are not on the list and wrote to me voicing out your concerns. Obviously I wasn't recommending that you eat those foods on the list and those foods alone. Not all foods not mentioned on the list are automatically "bad" and should be avoided. So to address the confusion, here are a partial list of foods you really are better off not eating. This is not an exhaustive list, but I'm sure you'll be able to get the general idea and soon you'll be able to distinguish bad food choices from good ones. The basic guideline is for you to avoid foods that are: * low in nutrients, vitamins and minerals. * highly processed - contains a lot of artificial flavorings, colorings, additives, preservatives and ingredients you can't spell or pronounce easily * loaded with simple carbohydrate, and refined sugars * very high in saturated and trans fats

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Do you pass by the magazine stands in the store and envy the bodies of the cover models? More and more women today are coveting this body type; strong and muscular while still being feminine. Here's how to make some smart changes to your workout program to look like the next female fitness model, maybe even covermodel!

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