Make Out Best Workout Plan For Body Building

By: Nick Clipton

An increasing number of people are taking up bodybuilding these days. World over people have realized the importance of having a fit body and what better way to fitness than through bodybuilding. A good bodybuilding workout plan should incorporate a regimen of exercises, weight training and a diet plan.

Body building is a great sport that allows competitors to use their experiences and knowledge, all while attempting to sculpt the perfect body. However, it is hard for a beginner in the sport of body building to know how to separate all the hype from the truth, in order to avoid wasting time and effort in the gym. If you are not working out properly, or you do not have a workout plan that will "work out" for you, you are only wasting your time and you are on the path towards frustration!

Once you have a bodybuilding workout plan ready, the most difficult part is in sticking to it. There are many who are keen on exercising for a week or two before dropping out. You must remember that bodybuilding is something in which you cannot expect overnight results. You will need to stick to a strict workout plan, for a substantially long period of time. It is the only way in which you can achieve your bodybuilding goals.

You can always devise a bodybuilding workout plan in consultation with a trainer. These professionals will also be able to teach you the proper exercise and weight training techniques. This is an important aspect that should not be neglected since faulty technique can lead to muscle injuries.

Despite one’s body type, there are common techniques to follow when bodybuilding. These are:

1. Keep a training diary so that you can monitor your progress and determine what you should aim for in the future.

2. Pay attention when lifting any kind of weight to avoid injury. Carelessness is probably the foremost cause of injuries in bodybuilding.

3. Choose the types of exercises that can contract as many muscle fibers as possible during one set. This will maximize the effectiveness of the core repetitions which make up most of one’s training.

4. Warm up properly prior to doing any exercise to prevent injury.

5. Don’t change the technique of doing any exercise unless you know what you are doing. Experimenting is another cause of injury.

Typically a bodybuilding workout plan can be divided into, flexibility, cardiovascular and weight training sessions. Flexibility training helps in keeping the muscles limber and relaxed. Cardiovascular training helps in building up stamina and strength. Weight training is the one that helps in muscle building. You must remember that these three types of training are not supplementary but complimentary to each other. You must therefore concentrate on all the three types of training in order to achieve your bodybuilding goals.

Your nutrition should consist of all the essential nutrients that you would need to achieve your bodybuilding goals. All these factors need to be considered before you decide on your workout plan. musclebuildingprograms.com 

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Essential Meditation: Insight or Energy?

There are thousands of different meditation traditions across the world. There are likely hundreds of thousands of meditation techniques. For the purposes of this article though, we will over-simplify and break these techniques down into two general categories: energy and insight. 

Insight meditation teaches students to train their awareness, direct it skillfully, and to learn to accept an experience as it is... to allow whatever thoughts or feelings arise to flow naturally without interference. The primary skills of insight meditation are awareness and acceptance. 

Insight meditation often trains to students to pick a single focus for a given meditation. When the focus begins to drift, the student gently brings it back to the focus of meditation. Accepting whatever arises in consciousness (or in life) develops deep peacefulness. Growing more and more aware of the specifics of our experience allows us to deeply change the nature of our understanding (insight), and we can begin to be more selective about what we bring into our lives! 

Energy meditation teaches students to notice and circulate energy in the body, to notice how experience and perception changes with the location of the energy. Some of the most popular systems of energy meditation are the meridian system of qigong and the chakra system of Yoga. 

With energy meditations, a student will often use a breathing method that is outside of their normal pattern of breath. Then the student will pay attention to whatever feelings arise in the body. Once an awareness of the feelings develops, the can then be directed as the practitioner sees fit. This energy can be directed into chakras, or through the meridians, into the aura, etc. Many powerful effects grow from developing control over the energy fields in and around the body. 

Even these two very generalized varieties of meditation cross over quite a bit. In order to pay attention to energy in the body, the meditator has to develop a somewhat skillful level of awareness. Before the energy can be effectively circulated, it must be accepted and allowed to flow. On the other hand, the insight meditator is bound to have experiences of energy flow in the body, whether this is the object of meditation or not. The very awareness and acceptance the insight meditator is developing will allow energy to flow more freely. 

In the long run, the reported benefits of these two styles of meditation are very similar. Meditators who open all the chakras usually report an experience of transcendence, oneness, and/or the inter-connectedness of all things. Long term insight meditators typically report similar experiences. 

With either method, powerful meditative experiences can translate into transcendent day-to-day experiences. This is not hard to do with either method of meditation. When you are completing a session, allow the meditative state to linger as you get up and begin to go about other activities. Once you are proficient with them, you can also practice some of your meditation techniques with open eyes while you are doing other activities during the day (please use common sense: don't do this while driving or operating heavy equipment). 

Ultimately, there is little if any qualitative difference between these two approaches. The most important thing to do is practice. Get started today! If you already meditate, choose to take it a little bit further today. Whether you prefer insight or energy meditation, there are powerful benefits to come for those who keep up the practice! 

About the Author: Benjamin Langley
Benjamin Langley has been studying and training in meditation, yoga, and other sciences of the mind for over 10 years. He regularly writes and shares powerful insights on his own blog. Come take a look: http://peacefulprosperity.com/blog