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If you are an athlete, a fitness enthusiast or a regular dude, you probably understand the importance of food, diet and nutrition. In fact, I’m sure you’re currently following some sort of diet or dietary guidelines along with a workout program to achieve your ideal physical condition. Hopefully, your dedication and commitment to diet and exercise has allowed you to see results and make progress. But what if you could make even better gains and non-stop progress just by making simple changes to your diet? No extra sacrifice – just better results! This can be achieved through right nutrition.
I have dedicated the majority of my life o finding ways of increasing muscle mass, decrease body fat and improving physical performance. It started with my own personal quest to excel I high school taekwondo and then as a National Level Competitive Bodybuilder. I was fortunate enough to have fairly good genetics for building muscle. However, I knew that in order to compete at the top level ranks against people with equal or better genetics, I had to compensate through a superior training and nutrition program.
I devoted a lot of time researching nutrition and supplementation and their effects on muscle building, fat burning and performance. The extra nutritional knowledge I gathered and applied toward my program helped me excel further than myself or anyone else had expected. But through my research and personal experiences, I realized there was a lot of room for improvement in the sports supplements being offered to athletes.
Most people realize that their eating habits and diet play a major role in the way they look and feel. Most, however, do not realize just how powerful a force “food” can be. Minor changes in the foods we eat can have a huge impact on our bodies. Food (carbohydrates, proteins and fats) controls and regulates every hormone and function of the body. A right and balance daily nutrition intake prescribed macro-nutrient ratio 45% carbohydrates, 35% proteins and 20% fats from select sources is designed to create the ideal metabolic and hormonal environment for maximum muscle building, fat burning and endurance.
The 45/35/20 ratio is “the Lean Mass Equation”. This ratio of nutrients is based on extensive research and scientific scrutiny of the performance nutrition field, as well as documented experiences with the precise nutrition your body needs to function at its best. Because let’s face it, if you work out, your nutritional requirements exceed those of the average person. Without the proper nutrition, you never get the full benefits from your training efforts. In fact, by the time you finish reading this, you’ll realize, without a doubt, that the reason why most people never reach their full potential is not from lack of effort in dieting or training, it’s from lack of knowledge in proper nutrition and the right fitness program.
Mr. Ranel Muñoz is the Assistant Athletic Director of the Guagua National Colleges. He is an Asian certified fitness consultant of General Nutrition Center (GNC-Philippines)
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