It would seem that calories have been all the rage in recent years and in many dieting programs. It is hard to enter the supermarket and find a food package item that does not list how many calories it contains per serving. However, what is a calorie really? You might be surprised to find out that a calorie is actually referring to a unit of energy. This is why we use calories to also refer to the amount of exercise we have performed in a given workout period. For instance, today you burned two hundred calories from running. What this really is referring to is the amount of energy you put into whatever exercise you were performing.

Now that the basic run-down on this subject has been explained, let’s move on to how calories relate to the world of bodybuilding. If you want that ripped appearance, the best thing you can do is focus on getting the right nutrition for this is what will ultimately help your body grow and recover from the workouts you will be going through regularly. Let’s focus on a few tips to help you get off to the right nutrition pathway.

First off, and probably most importantly is to remember that eating frequent and small meals throughout the day is essential. This will increase your metabolism and in turn reduce the chances of your body going into a catabolic state where it essentially feeds of lean muscle and stores fat because it feels as if … Continue Reading >>>