Body Building Is A Healthy Sport

This is one article in a series of articles relating to the healthy VS unhealthy image that body building has acquired. See the initial post here. The unhealthy image is due to the practices of only a handful of body builders who abuse their bodies. Body builders as a whole are some of the healthiest people I know. Check out the article written by Curtis James on my show yesterday at his blog on BodyBuilders.com. I earned a 4th place in my age group and a 5th place over-all. Thanks Curt, for the write-up!

Body Builders Eat Healthy

A natural body builder usually focuses on eating very healthy and whole foods on a year round basis. When you look around in this blog Wow! You Are Really Lucky! focuses on the healthy living and eating skills that are a part of my life. Eating right is a habit that I enjoy and allows me to enjoy a better quality of life. So if you want to eat like a competitive body builder, then study all of the articles on the WOW site.

Increase Your Metabolism

This is a healthy eating program that will work for anyone. The WOW way of life focuses on more frequent small meals. Ideally, everyone would eat six small meals a day to maintain a high metabolism. Whole foods have more fiber as well and that also keeps the metabolism stoked like a crackling fire. If the articles here sound like a good way of life, check out the home study set WOW! You Are Really Lucky, so you can get started on building a high metabolism. So check out the WOW! You Are Really Lucky! Healthy living program by clicking here and learn living skills that will keep you healthy so that you do not have to use will power. It is all about skill power not will power. I provide a free coaching session with every purchase of the WOW program too!

Dieting Down

During the last 3 months of preparing for a show I may diet down from my everyday weight of 138 pounds to my competition weight of 118 pounds. I usually loose about a pound and a half per week through wise food choices, well balanced meals, and basically impeccable eating habits. It then takes me another 4-5 months to regain that weight back. ( A lean muscular body can burn a ton of calories!) This faze of body building training is when I most frequently get asked “Is that healthy?” My usual thought when looking at the person asking the question is that “it is a heck of a lot more healthy than being 30 or 100 pounds over weight year round!” I doubt if it is unhealthy to gradually reduce ones weight by a pound or so a week then to gradually increase weight in the same manner. It is not a see-saw effect like many crash dieters continually go through. YUP… Body building is a healthy sport!