Archive for February, 2010

People do thousands of sit-ups without every getting the strength or definition they are looking for. You’ll never get the abs you want without learning and practicing great posture. That is because having great abs has a lot to do with the way you stand, walk and run. Real core strength comes from your lower abs and all the muscles around your hips.

The easiest way to understand what we are talking about is to study the Speed and Agility exercises practiced by professional track athletes. There you will find a huge variety of exercises that focus on all these muscles at once. You will also come to understand the specific posture these athletes practice. It is their attention to posture that activates deep core muscles and conditions the athlete to achieve greater power and speed. They also get the fringe benefit of great looking abs and less risk of injury by improving core strength.

These are some of the most rewarding exercises you have never heard of and you can learn more about them here. Posture, Speed & Agility for Great Abs

Drinking protein shakes right after a muscle building workout delivers protein to your muscles at a time when they are best prepared to absorb it.  The best thing you can do is get in the habit of drinking a shake right after your workout.  It is also beneficial to drink several smaller portions of protein shake through out the day. This gives your muscles a steady supply of fuel for even more growth.  This steady supply of protein will also boost your metabolism.

To make all this shake making easier on yourself, go ahead and prepare a bunch of servings ahead of time.  Wash out a half gallon milk jug and fill the entire container full with protein shake using any brand of powder.  You can keep it in your refrigerator for 2-3 days and the flavor only gets better as the protein powder becomes fully disolved.  The main thing that will make the protein shakes taste bad is using too much water.  A good shake should be about the consistency of store bought chocolate milk. Experiment with the water to powder ratio until you get it right.

Having a large supply of  protein drink ready made makes you much more likely to follow through on this muscle building nutritional tactic.