Q1 - Hi lee, i'm currently on a high protein, low fat and low carb diet to try and become leaner. I've been reading different articles about dieting and they suggest you have one cheat meal a week, why is this?
A1 – Firstly I'd never recommend a low fat diet to anyone, fat is an essential nutrient and very important in producing hormones important for building lean muscle and breaking down adipose tissue (stored body fat). Having a cheat meal once a week is crucial in my opinion, the easiest way to explain why is if you think of a cheat meal as being a means to reset your metabolism. Basically your body is forever trying to normalise through adaptive rates of metabolism, think about it like this if you did the same workout week after week your body would adapt and after a while the workout would be too easy. The same idea can be applied to dieting, after a while any diet looses it's effectiveness. A cheat meal allows a fresh start if you will. It can also be strategically implemented to bring up a lagging body part, for example if you cheat the night before training a weak body part then you'd have slightly more energy (glycogen) for the workout.
Q2 - Hi lee, been trying to get lean for a while now and found out about fat burners, I know they're not miracle workers but i'm up for giving anything a try if it's going to help me in my training to achieve my goals. so my question to you is are they worth the money? And if so what ones do you recommend?
A2 – Most fat burner claim to be thermogenic, meaning they increase the thermic (fat burning) effectiveness of foods. They tend to include ingredients which have very limited scientific proof of their fat burning properties, and are usually completely misdosed and over priced. There are however a few companies which have excellent reputations as being true pioneers in the supplement industry. For example Arthur L. Rea's company ALRI have a couple of products which I haven't personally used but do have very good reviews as well as air tight scientific evidence to back up their claims. ALRI are always changing their products to keep up to date and original, they currently have a product called Poison which has been very well received by customers.
Q3 – Hi, I've recently been experiencing pain in my right shoulder after my chest workout out. It sometimes prevents me from training shoulders as well. Do you have any idea what this could be and what can I do to prevent it in the future?
A3 – It sounds like you're pulling your rotator cuff, it's a fairly common injury in weight lifters. The best thing to do is spend five to ten minutes at the beginning of your chest and shoulder workouts just warming up with rotator cuff exercises. For examples just search you-tube for rotator cuff warm ups.
Q4 – Hi Lee, I've always had a slight belly which I find it impossible to get rid of! I really want a six pack in time for summer, will doing lots of sit ups help?
A4 – The most important aspect in regard to building a six pack is your body fat percentage. You could train your abs every day for an hour and not see any changes if you have a layer of fat sitting on top of them. I personally believe that people find it hard to loose that last “tire” of fat because their fat intake is too low. Everyone knows that if you don't drink plenty of water you tend to retain water, the same is true with fat. Unlike carbohydrates your body actually needs fat for all kinds of biological processes, so if you're not eating enough fat your body is more likely to hang on to the fat it already has stored (in adipose tissue) to ensure there is enough for these processes. So with that being said I would recommend a high protein, moderate fat and low carbohydrate diet as well as regular exercise. If these variables are in place then by all means doing sit ups and crunches will have a noticeable effect on ab development.
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