Important bodybuilding lesson – Training prioritization

Hi Lee,

What would you say is the most important thing for a bodybuilder? I respect your advise and I am eagerly awaiting your esteemed reply.

Regards,
Ashwin


Biglee:
Dude, you really asked a very tricky question!

I would say that the most important thing is to make a realistic workout and diet plan and positively work towards it without wasting time.

I too had a question like you when I started out bodybuilding seriously and learned to prioritize my training from the “Iron Guru “Vince Gironda’s Books.

For example, if your calves are lagging behind other bodyparts, then you will concentrate on calf workouts more than other bodyparts.

But what actually most of the people do is that calves are often left to the end of the workouts. They hardly do some miserable workouts for calves and at times they skip the sessions.
It does not make any sense. So training the calves at the beginning of the workout when you can give 100% to it would make more sense and you could workout more efficiently in bringing your calves in par with other bodyparts.

So the most important thing that a bodybuilder should learn is to prioritize his training and diet plans to suit him.

Train hard and reach your genetic potential.

All the best

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From fat to fit

Jay:

My problem area is my stomach -.-

I do about 100 sit ups a day and have been doing so for a few weeks now. 

I was just wondering, I’ve read many sources and they all tell me different things and...

When you do for example these sit ups, do you create abs beneath a layer of visible fat or does the fat get burnt away as well?
 
Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

 

Biglee:

Hey Jay,

Spot reduction of fats is not possible.

Let me give you an example.

If you pick up a mug of water from a tub of stored water, where does the water come into the mug? Is it from the top, bottom or where? Similarly it’s tough to judge the spots from where fats are pulled out. Nature knows best and the laws of nature cannot be broken either.

Generally women have a tendency to store lots of fat around their stomach, hips and butt. It is nature’s choice to help them in maternity and heat radiation. 

So when you do sit ups, it induces work from the stomach muscles and tones them up. But the calories burnt will never be pulled from abs alone. It will be pulled out from the whole body. So for natures choice, the fats will be pulled out lastly from the mid section. 

A better approach to attain physical goal would be to do cardio activities like walking or jogging thrice a week. Train abs and other body parts on non cardio days.

some thing like -------
Monday, Wednesday and Friday -> weight training and abs
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday -> cardio
Sunday -> Rest

And do not worry about weight training. Women won’t put on lots of muscle as women do not have the right hormone for it. They lack testosterone and they won’t put on much muscle. Instead weights will improve your posture and womanly shapes. To understand better read this one – Weight training for women.

Diet plays a very vital role in it as much as your workout. To make some adjustments to your current diet, consider the guidelines given here – Fat loss diet for all.

Have a nice time in attaining your physique goal. And enjoy what you do.

All the best

Mr Olympia 2008

Place	Name	Country
1	Dexter Jackson	USA
2	Jay Cutler	USA
3	Phil Heath	USA
4	Dennis Wolf	Germany
5	Toney Freeman	USA
6	Melvin Anthony	USA
7	Silvio Samuel	Spain
8	Dennis James	USA
9	Moe Elmoussawi	New Zealand
10	Gustavo Badell	Puerto Rico

Many of the leading bodybuilders have given their reviews on this event, so I will not give in much of writing. Everyone witnessed many new things on state this year. 

One being the raining Mr.Olympia Jay cutler was dethroned (not much to say) and the other is what I would like to call as the Ronnie coleman effect. 

Till last year every bodybuilder was bringing in a bigger package, may be the fear of standing near a guy weighting 300 lbs in dry and contest shape. But this year it was all different. Most of the bodybuilders were weighing in 15-25 lbs lesser than the previous Olympia and most of them had brought in a streamlined waist look and it was really nice to witness that kind of package from everyone. Professional bodybuilding is taking a new detour again towards aesthetics. 

In My opinion, Phill Heath was toe to toe with Dexter Jackson and he beat Both Jay and Dexter in many poses. And the German mass monster Dennis wolf also brought in a very tight package. The two youngsters, Phill and Dennis are men to watch in the upcoming Olympia’s for a long time.That’s all I have to say now. 

Here are some awesome black and white Olympia wallpapers and photos and some comparisons too.

   Phill Heath 

                                                                      Dennis James

                                                                    Dennis wolf

                                                         
                                                               Dexter Jackson

                                                                         Jay Cutler