Author: Alicia Bell
What Women Want In A Mans Body
All women want something different. However, on average women want a man that is not too skinny and not too big. Women want someone who is healthy and that takes care of their body not just in the gym but at home with food choices. A woman’s perfect man isn’t 100 pounds and he definitely isn’t a 300 pound muscular superhero. There is a balance.Remember to lose or gain weight you must eat more. Most people only eat two to three big meals a day. You need to eat more often to be healthy and have the body that women want. However, it is important that you make your food clean and healthy for both healthy weight loss and weight gain. Follow these ten tips for successful clean eating for your perfect body:1. Eat five to six small meals a day. If you eat less your body may be a risk for malnutrition, diabetes or it can even cause weight gain in the form of fat storage. 2. Never skip a meal. When you skip a meal your body goes into starvation mode and tends to store fat in unwanted places. If you eat frequently (i.e five to six small meals) your body stays constant and does not go into starvation mode and store fat. 3. Combine lean protein and complex carbs every meal. Make sure to include dark green veggies in every meal as well. Remember that variety is the spice of life and having variety at each meal is very important. 4. Avoid sugars and processed foods, refined sugars, and white breads. The best way to do this is try and shop along the outside aisles of a grocery store and avoid the middle (and the candy store). Alcohol is also included in the avoidances. A lot of alcohols are high in sugar and calories especially if you mix them so make sure to always avoid cola’s and juices. 5. Drink plenty of water. On average you should be drinking at least two litres a day or 8 glasses of water. However, if you are active or out in the sun for long periods of time you should be drinking even more. 6. Take a daily vitamin. It helps with nutrient absorption and that will help you digest your clean diet properly. 7. Avoid fried foods and saturated fats. These are high in trans fat and will cause you to gain weight and store fat instead of build lean muscle. 8. Take a daily dose of Omega 3. There are many health benefits of omega 3 fatty acids. They can boost heart health and lower triglycerides. Omega 3’s also help with rheumatoid arthritis, depression, and many more. 9. Prepare your meals beforehand. Try making your meals on Sunday night for the rest of the week. If you fail to plan you have planned to fail. Make sure that you have lots of tupperware on hand for your meals, label them for the different days and refrigerate them until you need them. 10. When choosing a protein make sure to chose a lean meat such as chicken, turkey, fish or lean ground beef. If there is excess fat on your cut of meat simply cut it off. Avoid seasonings for your meat that contain sodium and cook with olive oil or coconut oil instead of using fattening butter. These ten tips if followed properly will guarantee success in your search for the perfect diet for the perfect body that women want. However, it will only be successful if you are exercising regularly. So hit that gym, plan your meals and eat a variety of clean planned and prepared meals. Follow Alicia on Twitter
Zensah Compression Short Review
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Lingerie Football is Back: 2012 Season Launching in Canada Saturday
Check out the Sexiest Women of LFL CANADA which is Launching Saturday in Abbotsford BC. The first Canadian Team the Toronto Triumph have their season opener at the Hershey Center September 15th at 8pm. (Alicia Bell our own contributor for Global 14 plays). Jenny Butler of the Philadelphia Passion who will be playing with the Toronto Triumph Alicia Bell and Donna Paul of the Toronto Triumph Alicia Bell of The Tonto Triumph Solo Shot Kylie Rossler of Regina Rage Andrea Cecchini of the Regina Rage Sylvie Manaigre of the Toronto Triumph Steph Manou of the BC Angels Cassandra Strickland of the BC Angels
Try This At Home Stair Workout with Alicia
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Workout with Alicia
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Active Recovery and Why You Should Do It
Have you ever gone to the gym and seen someone perform a series of reps of an exercise and then stand around, texting, chatting or starring in the mirror for few minutes before doing another set. This is called passive recovery. Powerlifters and body builders are use this form of recovery. I suggest you ask yourself if you want to bulk up or loose weight and tone? If you want to get toned and lose weight quickly, you should not use a passive recover. You should be doing what is called “active” recovery for your rest breaks. Using this type of recovery also allows you to get more out of you hour that you have in the gym. As the name implies, you are active between sets instead of resting. Incorporating active recoveries into your workouts will burn extra calories, and improve your cardiovascular strength. Active recovery doesn’t have to be complicated you can do sit ups, jumping jacks, high knees, mountain climbers, squat jacks or try running in the spot. Above is an example of a spider jump (it’s one of my favourites.) Follow me on twitter for more tips or check out my Train It Right site.
Change Up Your Workout -Try This Cardio Exercise in Between Sets
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Best Exercises for your ASS-ets
You don’t have to be a celebrity or an athlete to have a tight “brazillian” booty. Here are some of the best exercises to tone up and tighten your legs and your rear end ASS-ets. I use these exercises in my routine weekly along with lots of sprints to get my legs and butt looking like this: Squats Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, holding weights at the shoulders or at your sides if desired. Then slowly lower your body as though you are ‘sitting’ in a chair until your thighs are parallel with the ground. Keeping the weight in your heels, push yourself up slowly until you’re back where you started. Don’t allow your knees to extend over your toes, and keep your abs contracted and the torso uprightDo this exercise for 2-3 sets of 8-15 reps. Lunges Stand in a split stance with one leg forward and one leg back, holding weights if desired. Slowly bend the knees, lowering into a lunge while keeping the front knee and back knee at 90 degree angles. Remember to keep the weight in your heels, push back up to starting position. Avoid locking your knees at the top of the movement, and keep your front knee behind the toe as you lunge (you should be able to look down and see your toe). Abs should be engaged and the torso upright. Do this exercises for 2-3 sets of 8-15 reps. Unilateral Hip Extension Begin by placing your left knee on the bottom of an incline bench. Bend your elbows and place your forearms across the top of the bench so they support your body weight. Slowly raise your right leg as high as comfortably possible, keeping it straight throughout the move. Contract your glutes and then reverse direction, returning back to the start position. After performing the desired number of repetitions, repeat the process on your left Stiff-Legged Deadlift Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Grasp two dumbbells and let them hang in front of your body. Keeping your knees straight, slowly bend forward at the hips and lower the dumbbells until you feel an intense stretch in your hamstrings. Then, reverse direction, contracting your glutes as you rise upward to the starting position. Remember to keep the weight close to your legs through the entire movement and keep your shoulders back. Do this exercises for 2-3 sets of 8-15 reps. It is important to remember though that doing just these weight training exercises will not get rid of body fat. It is important to do cardio 5-6 times a week as well for best results, and eat a healthy and well balanced diet that includes protein.