Workout - the routine missing in your life.

I have been a fitness buff from the military days of special training and all that fun, yet it is a shame it took me years to make this a habit. Well, here I am and working out is an inseparable part of my life now. I know this generates a load of interest yet find many people doing the wrong things to obtain the results they intend.

One friend noticed positive developments in me and phoned me the other day to ask what I do for a workout. I asked him what he does and he replied he works out every day, lifts heavy weights to gain muscle mass and totally skips his dinner to avoid getting a pot belly! Put me aback for a moment here... I inquired what his breakfast and lunch consist of and the reply was normal meals. I asked him how he plans on obtaining the required protein to build the muscle mass he is after and how he gets the energy without the carbohydrates. He was dumbfounded and admitted he now suffers from a lack of energy!

Well what do you expect? You need to get carbs for energy. I mean you need to still eat some carbs about an hour or two before a workout. He said his fat stored in the body will provide it. I said that is only a small percentage. When you work out some of the fat stored in your body is burned as fuel but not all of it. If you do not eat sufficient carbs your muscle will be burnt for fuel! Oops! This is the trick and the delicate area people fail to understand. So work out but make sure you eat intelligently and healthy!