Barbie Barbell’s BodyBlog

I have people ask me about diet and training so here is a brief explanation of what I do. I eat every three hours from the time I get up until I go to bed without fail. I eat 4-6 ounces of protein with each meal.  In the mornings I usually eat fresh fruit with a couple of eggs, then the rest of the day I eat 4-6 ounces of Chicken breast, turkey or buffalo with veggies and I will eat a complex carbs like brown rice, yam or new potatoes for the next two meals after breakfast. My 4th and 5th meals are protein and veggies only. I do not eat carbs in the late afternoon or in the evening. I eat the carbs only during the time I am physically active. A simple rule to follow is,”You always eat for what you are about to do not for what you have already done”, so loading up on carbs in the evening will most likely store as fat unless you are active at night. My training is 45 minutes-1hour in the gym four times a week. I train chest, shoulders and triceps on Monday, Legs on Wed, back and biceps on Friday I also go in on Sat or Sunday and work a little on my shoulders again. I do abs and calves every time I train. I avoid cardio at all cost because it burns muscle and you end up being a skinny fat person. To drop my last little bit of fat for competition I will do sprints on Tues and Thurs about 4 weeks out from my show. I never, never do cardio in a gym. High impact brief cardio is all I will do and that gets me  as lean as I want. The trick is eating enough of the right foods so you can burn fat while maintaining muscle.  Also if you go to the gym and lift don’t go in there and just go through the motions of exercise, put some weight on the bar or drop that pin lower into the stack on RESISTANCE EXERCISE. I see so many girls in the gym and they all run and grab the smallest weights and do so many reps and that is a waste of time. You MUST place heavier loads on the body and tax your central nervous system or you will never attain the look you want. I have been lifting heavy since I was 8 yrs old and I would not look like I do without heavy weight training.

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