The In-Office Emergency Nutritional Kit

Written by Jon Gestl


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Low-fat cottage cheese/low sugar yogurt: Small containers of these on hand will provide nutritional meal options.

Ricecakes: A bag of low-sodium ricecakes tucked away can satisfy a need to eat something crunchy. Just stay away fromrepparttar ones loaded with flavored sugar coating.

Toothbrush/Mouthwash: I learned this trick from a friend who was a competitive bodybuilder. During pre-contest dieting, he would attempt to deflectrepparttar 115343 temptation to eat blacklisted foods within his reach by brushing his teeth. He saidrepparttar 115344 last thing he wanted to do after brushing with minty toothpaste was chew a gooey piece of fudge or candy. Not bad for keeping your breath fresh, either.

Utensils: Make sure you have a serving or two of utensils at your desk, along with something to cut your food if needed.

Thermal-Lunchbags: Perfect for storing food when a refrigerator is not available. Available in many sizes.

The first step to staying on track with your eating, particularly at work, is planning. You don’t haverepparttar 115345 power to control what your co-workers bring intorepparttar 115346 office, but you can help ward off temptation by stocking up on a few items of your own. Remember,repparttar 115347 point is to not make your own desk resemble a supermarket aisle, but to have enough options on hand in order to substitute forrepparttar 115348 really bad stuff shouldrepparttar 115349 need arise.

Jon Gestl, CSCS, is a Chicago personal trainer and fitness instructor who specializes in helping people get in shape in the privacy and convenience of their home or office. He is a United States National Aerobic Champion silver and bronze medalist and world-ranked sportaerobic competitor. He can be contacted through his website at http://www.jongestl.com.


Women bodybuilding, determining your body type.

Written by Kevin Doberstein


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Mesomorph: This type of person can generally put on muscle very easily. They have more of an athletic build. Broad shoulders, wide back and thick thigh muscles are some ofrepparttar characteristics of this type. This person does have to watch what they eat or they will be adding fat on their body. This person might have an aggressive type of behavior. Do first, ask later mentality. Forrepparttar 115342 bodybuilding diet, eat enough calories to maintain and build muscle, but keep it a very clean and healthy diet or you will put onrepparttar 115343 fat. Do enough cardio work to keeprepparttar 115344 fat off. But don’t overdo it or you will waste away your hard-earned muscle.

Endomorph: The only thing this type of person has to do is look at food and they gain weight. And notrepparttar 115345 right kind of weight. Some possible characteristics are narrow shoulders or a pear shaped body. Watching their diet is a big problem for this person. This person might have to monitor their health more closely for heart disease later in life. This person must strive to keep an active lifestyle to burnrepparttar 115346 calories. The bodybuilding diet, eat low calorie foods such as vegetables and fruits. Preferably in whole and natural form. Protein should come from very lean sources.

You can be a combination of two or even all three-body types. You can be a bodybuilder no matter what type of body you have. Its just that some will have an easier time than others will. After deciding onrepparttar 115347 type of body you have you can adjust your workout accordingly.



The author, Kevin Doberstein is a writer for www.nature-boy-bodybuilding. The site is dedicated to natural bodybuilding and preserving nature and wildlife. Water, forest, soil and wildlife conservation is paramount to Nature boy. You can contact Nature boy at natureboy_bodybuilding@hotmail.com


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