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The Importance of Food and Training

I have started with what I really believe to be the most important part of training - the mind. The mind will work to get you the results you want.

The second most important thing that you need to consider is the fuel you are going to use to get the results you want. Eating right is not just for people who want to train. It is for every living creature. Let us have a look at what should be simple and common sense. There is so much information out there about diets and the way people claim you have to eat. This can be very confusing and unfortunately is now a very big money making racket. There are high fibre, low carbs, high protein, soup only, bananas and milk diets. In fact, anything you can imagine to eat, there is a diet using it. The most amazing thing about it is almost all of them work for a limited few people who believe in the diet. The key word here is believe. Unfortunately most people spend their lives yo-yoing from diet to diet.

What is the best diet for you?

None of the above. Dieting is one of the worst things you can do. I am not a believer in dieting but rather healthy thinking and healthy eating. I prefer to use a common sense approach to food. If you use your mind in the right way, why would you diet?  The first thing you need to do is to decide how you want to look and then put that picture in your mind. Then there are two things you will have to do. You will have to think and eat yourself into the size you want to be.  This might sound confusing but it is a fact. You have to really think of the exact way you want to look. Let’s assume you are overweight and you want to lose some fat. If you see yourself to be slim, and you believe it is possible, then you would think thin. Thin people do not diet. They also eat right. You would look at junk food and you would say to yourself "a thin person would not eat that". If you did, it would be in very small quantities. You would then go about eating the right foods. In other words, you would eat yourself thin.

The same goes for a thin person who wants to put on weight.  When you see yourself as a person with the size you want to be you will then eat accordingly. Again it is a matter of eating yourself to the size you want to be.

If you use common sense you will realise that fat people who put in more than they use will gain more weight. Thin people who eat more than they use will gain weight. It is as simple as that. Eating right is not rocket science. It just requires a bit of understanding about food and which are good foods and which are not.  Once you do that you are on the road to a healthy life and a great look.

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to Train and Build Massive Muscles

The Mind and How To Use It.

One of the biggest things that you need to realise is that you will have to learn to use your imagination again.

A lot of people get confused about what is visualisation and what is imagination. Visualisation is the recall of past experiences. It works with history.  If you plan to use visualisation you had better have been massive in the past so you can recall what you looked like and how it felt. If you were not huge in the past then you will have to use imagination. Imagination is what you learned to do when you were a child. You could imagine yourself to be superman and really believed you were.  I know of many kids who play with imaginary friends and those friends really exist in the child’s mind. If you want to build an awesome body then you must become like a child again and use your imagination. Picture what you want to look like. Forget what you currently look like. That is just a shell that requires some adjustments. You will have to go into a lot of detail in your mind and imagine yourself looking really impressive. See people complimenting you on how great you look. Here you need to notice how you feel about yourself. You should be feeling fantastic. It is by doing this that you will fix the image of what you want to be like in your mind. What you are doing is taking possession of what it is you want in your mind. All that is left to do now is to put in the effort. You see, you will believe that you are like this even though the mirror might say different right now. When you want to go and train, because you have taken possession of how you want to look, you can now use visualisation. You see this is now history in your mind because of the imagination that you used.

This is something that is really important to remember -the mind cannot tell the difference between something that is real or something that is vividly imagined.  It will become really easy to train and to achieve the kind of results you want.

Arnold Schwarzenegger  is one of the examples of this method. He imagined himself winning Mr Olympia long before he won it. He would then visualise every time he trained. He would see himself walking off with the trophy and so he would then put in a very intense training each time. This method can be used in any part of your life. It really works if you believe it will work for you. See what you want and then believe that you will get it. The rest will be history.

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to Train and Build Massive Muscles

The Mind - the Starting Point.

It really does not matter what kind of training you want to do - it all starts in the mind. This is the time most people make the biggest mistake. They decide that they would like to change the way the look and feel, so they choose a type of training they want to do. That is anything from running on the road to serious bodybuilding.  They then start to put together a training plan. Even if you went to a good gym you would find this is what the personal trainers would do. They would ask you what you want out of the training and then build a plan for you.  Unfortunately this is putting the cart before the horse.  Most people will end up giving up long before they get the result they thought they were going to get.

Let’s look at how to do it properly so when you start you will see it though to conclusion.

You have to first ask yourself a few simple questions and you have to be brutally honest with yourself.

• Do I like myself they way I am?
• Why do I want to change? (You had better have a very, very good reason for wanting to change or you will never achieve it. It has to be for you and if you are doing it for someone else you have failed before you start.)
• What is the end result that I expect? (Here you start to think very carefully about how you want to look. This is the start of the power of the mind.)

Once you can see the picture of how you want to look in your mind, you can build on this. You need to see this image every day. You can even get a picture of someone else that you would like to resemble and imagine your head on their body. The more you can do this the more you will believe you are able to achieve the end result. This is the key “BELIEF”. If you do not really believe you are going to achieve the result you are heading for failure. The more you believe and the more you have this image in your mind the easier it is to train and see it through. You also need to add emotion to the picture. Be excited about the end result. Emotion is the cement that binds it into your mind and makes it permanent. When you have done this you will be ready to start with the kind of plan you need to use.

I have found, with this method, I can train on days that I really do not feel like training. I keep reminding myself of the end result and because I want that so much I just get up and go and train.

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to Train and Build Massive Muscles

Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding can be a combination of both strength and fitness training depending on how you go about it. You will use weights to change the way you look.

There are many bodybuilders that get obsessed with building the biggest muscles they possibly can.  This class of bodybuilder often will resort to taking steroids to enhance their training in the short term.   They often, in the quest to build massive muscles, end up doing permanent damage to their bodies.

The average bodybuilder is a person that is not completely happy with the shape they are and wish to change that. They are not obsessed with training but believe in the benefits and make it a way of life. These people often end up with a great looking body, with lots of energy and a great deal of self-confidence.

Exactly the same as with power lifting or strength training, what the bodybuilder is trying to achieve is to tear the muscle fibres so they will grow.  They also want to gain mass and build but only with muscle. They focus on losing body fat and try to bring their body fat content right down.

With all training, food or the fuel you will use is very important. Bodybuilders often can become obsessed with the exact amount of calories they put in and the exact time to eat etc.  Keeping it simple is the answer so it is not an obsession but an enjoyable way of life. You can increase the size of certain parts of your body and decrease certain other parts. It is quite amazing what you can achieve.  You can use a combination of medium weight, high repetition training with some heavy weight, low repetition to build tone and gain fitness. A rough guide is - the more reps you do the fitter you become and the lower reps with heavy weight the more you will build.

It is important to take a photo of yourself and to be honest with the various areas of your body. Some might be reasonable and other parts not so good. With weights you can change all of that and that is what makes bodybuilding such a fantastic part of your life.  Bodybuilding is NOT about steroids and being incredible hulk. It is about doing what is right for you, and enjoying it. It is all about training for yourself and getting to the size you choose to be - not about what others think or say. Often we are too influenced by how someone else looks and how much they can lift. If you choose to change the shape of your body you are bodybuilding, and you need to do what is right for you. That means lifting as much as you can lift and forgetting what others can lift. Look the way you want to look and never compare yourself to others. You are you and doing bodybuilding is to try to get you to be the best you that you can be.

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Strength Training

There is a very big difference between strength training and fitness training. Strength training is just that -you are trying to build up your strength. Here you will use weights. Common sense will tell you that if you use weights that are easy to lift, and you stick with these, you will gain some strength because of the repetition - but that is about all. To gain strength you will have to go very heavy with the weights and do a very limited number of repetitions. The purpose is to lift as much as possible and to increase the weight at every given opportunity. This will build strength. You will bulk up in size too if you eat right.

The reason why this will happen is - we all have a certain number of muscle fibres in our body from birth. We do not use anywhere near all of them with the normal lives we live. Even fitness training will not use all of them. (You will use a few more with fitness training but most of them will still not be used). As you increase the amount of weight you lift, the more fibres you bring into play. What actually happens is you tear the fibres in the muscle because of the resistance and the blood that is pushed into the muscle. That is why you are often sore and stiff the following day or two. If you eat right you will then be able to repair the tears. When the fibres knit back together, they are a bit bigger and so you will get some growth and strength.

As you train with heavy weight you will force more muscle fibres to work, and so your strength will increase. Strength training is about trying to lift as much as you can. You will not be doing many reps. Often power lifters will put as much weight as they can and only lift it 2 or 3 times. Each time they train however they will try to increase the weight. They will bulk up, of course, because of the weights, but they really do not end up with a great build. You can have a look at the people who go in for the strongmen competitions; they are big all over. You will find that people training for strength will not be very fit. A lower weight with lots of repetitions is what gives you fitness. Lower reps and very heavy weight gives you strength. It follows then that just because you lift weights, it does not mean you will be fit.

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Fitness Training

A lot of people use this for the purpose of losing weight as they want to look good. Fitness training is all about high activity. You workout, normally for 40 minutes plus, to get the heart rate up and the metabolism stimulated. This is what causes the body to burn off excess fat. Because you are not putting much resistance on the muscles, they will work but they will not really change shape.  They cannot unless you use resistance - they have to go above what is normal for them. They will learn to carry more oxygen so you can go on for a lot longer. You will get more energy and you will, without question, start to feel a lot better. It will affect your confidence and how you feel about your self. 

There are many ways to do fitness training. The most recognised way is to go out on to the road and run. This is probably one of the cheapest ways to train too. You will require good running shoes. Never buy cheap. You are putting your knees and other joints under a lot of stress when you run. If you use cheap shoes, the jarring on the joints will wear them out and cause you problems later on in life. Good shoes will give you many years of problem free running. Other ways to develop fitness are dance aerobics, spinning, normal aerobics, cardio training, stationary cycling, seated rowing, x trainers and normal cycling . There is a problem with this type of training. It will burn off the excess fat but you will not change your shape. For example, if you are a big pear shape and you start to do fitness training, you will be delighted with the weight loss. What you will find however is, at the end of the day, you will go from a big pear shape to a little pear shape. It is great if you have a good looking body that is just carrying too much fat when you start, but unfortunately not many people fit this bill.  A number of marathon runners end up coming from just wanting to get fit.

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What is the correct training plan? There is so much conflicting information on the market that it is really very difficult to decide what is the best way to train. A lot of the information that is put out is done by the Incredible Hulk, so you feel intimidated before you start. Then there are the academics that hit you with so much technical jargon that you are too scared to start. Then there are the Know-it-Alls and they have only one way of training. Anyone who does not train their way is wrong and normally insulted.

I think it is important to really put training into perspective. There are different ways to train and they are there for different reasons. There is fitness training, strength training and bodybuilding. The first thing you need to decide is what you want.  You need to ask yourself why you want to train and what you want out of it.  It is at this time that you need to take some time to understand what the different training does and how it will suit you. You will have to decide how much time you would like to invest in the training. Some types of training will take hours every day and other training will take less than an hour. Once you have decided on how much time you want to invest in yourself, and what you want, then it is time to have a look at the different training methods.

I'll follow on with this article in the next post.

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to Train and Build Massive Muscles

This is a fantastic way to start the New Year. I wanted to share this message with you that was sent to me on my YouTube site (bazblog). There is nothing that a person cannot achieve if they set their mind to it. Lifting weights is not just about picking up pieces of iron but how you think. If you get your thought process right then the muscles will be a lot easier to build.
What a person believes is so important to any result they want in life. Some times you can even do an exercise that most people will think will not work very well but if you absolutely believe it will then for you it is the right thing to do. Make sure that this year you honestly believe you will get the results you want and that you will do it with intent. MAKE EACH REP COUNT.

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Hi Baz, thanks for the plan, I’m going to start training very soon. Your videos are great tips and advice on how to train with care and skill, it is really inspiring. I mean that. I have been reading some advice on your website's and it has really encouraged me to do something with my life, get back on track and make most of the 1 crack I have at life. Because you can achieve anything if you put your mind to it, with motivation and hard work of course :)
For the last year I have just let my life slip away from me, I have had a lot of problems with anxiety and it has been controlling my life to an extent where I could not leave the house it was really bad.
But when I bumped across your YouTube Blog and websites it really helped me to realise how good life can be if you really put your mind to it, your words were really powerful and encouraging it has just woken me to up reality, and I have you to thank for that keep up all the good work up on Bazblog its great.

Thanks again Baz, just a few words has made me realise what life is really about :)
I’ll say it again keep the great work up, because your helping a lot of people get back on track with there life. In 150 days I’ll let you know how my training has gone and hopefully I’ll have some great results.
:)

Good luck with every thing you want to achieve this year. Make it a year that will bring you a lot of happiness.

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Happy New Year and fantastic 2010 to you all.

This is the time to make each day count for you to achieve all that you want in life. Obviously this blog is focused on bodybuilding, but in fact, works in all parts of your life.  Bodybuilding can become a habit like brushing your teeth. You will have to do it every day and make it part of your life. The more you do this the quicker it will become a habit. Nearly everything we do in life is done by habit.

I have mentioned this before, and I will say it again, make sure that with each rep that you do that you make it count. If you apply this principal to every part of what you do you, will get some really outstanding results with a lot less effort.

I am starting the New Year with a bang and training with real intent.