3 Random Fitness and Nutrition Tips by Mike Geary, Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist I just had some casual and workout nutrition tips for you on my mind today, so here they are: 1. Cipolla = Amazing Superfood. . . Eating onions a day, if possible. Not only did I like the onion, but I recently read a study of longevity, who studied a large number of people who lived over 100 years old. One of the common threads have noted from the survey of these remarkable people who have lived for centuries has been more than 100 who ate lots of onions. Kind of weird huh. . . but not a surprise to me. In fact, onions are certainly an important super-food because they contain compounds organosulphur unique and powerful antioxidants that are rare in other foods. I also read dozens of studies that correlated the onions with a pretty impressive reduction in the risk of cancer. I like to add onions to almost all the meals I can think of. . . slices of sandwiches, salads, added to my morning eggs, in mixtures with veggie lunch or dinner, and more. 2. Mix your workouts with “5 minutes of bodyweight exercise challenges,” This is a great way to add variety to your workout and maybe have a friend in a small competition with you. You can launch one of these in the end of a workout as a finishing-intensive, or even do at home in days not the gym. Basically, all you do is pick 1 exercise specific body weight, like body weight squats, push-ups, lunges, etc. and try to do as many repetitions of this exercise, as can be exactly 5 minutes (timed). I also used 1-arm swings dbell these exercises 5 minutes and great work. This works better, trying to do 20 or 30 repetitions at a time and then taking vents about 10 seconds before continuing on your next cycle repeats. We also made this competition a bit ‘in a couple of people at my gym in the past when we all line up and arrive in time for 5 minutes and see who can do more squats or push-ups or whatever it may be at that time 5 minutes period. From what I’ve seen, if you can do 100 or more push-ups in 5 minutes, or 200 or more bodyweight squats in 5 minutes, those numbers are pretty impressive. I think my record was somewhere around 225 bodyweight squats in 5 minutes. 3. Example of glycemic index (GI) is useless in many of my newsletter in the past, I gave examples of how to choose your food based on glycemic index may be misleading and unhelpful in many cases. Case. . . Watermelon is one of the highest measured GI of all foods (much higher even cake and ice cream). However, a normal service, cake and ice cream can make a huge 700 or 800 calories, while a typical service of watermelon can give 50 or 60 calories max! Trust me. . . Watermelon is not fat no! Lesson. . . GI is almost useless when you’re not considered “glycemic load”, which also factors in the amount of carbohydrates ingested in a typical service. Of course, if you have not already read Program Isabel De Los Rios’ Diet Solution, I highly recommend you check it out. . . It’s everything you could want to know about nutrition, calories, macronutrients, foods that burn fat, foods that stimulate the increase of fat, and so on. . . Mike Geary Certified Nutrition Specialist Certified Personal Trainer TruthAboutAbs. com

Posted on February 27th, 2010 by admin
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