Chia Seeds- How To Use Them For Your Fitness Goals

Everybody knows  chia seeds are kind of ridiculously popular right now. Why is that? Do they work?

I’m going to show you why chia seeds are better to use in your diet then not using them, and how to use them so that you get the most out of them.

Fitness like many things is about using all avenues to reach a goal. If you leave one out, it could be a mistake and cause you to  re-think what you’re doing.

Since we are working hard and smart to reach goals, we aren’t concerned if they are some magical seed that will make you lose a ton of weight and be lean by eating a couple of spoon fulls. That’s silly bs.

But we decide if it’s benefits for changing your body for the positive is worth the price, side effects, and so on.

Chia Seeds are worth using it when comparing it all.

chia seeds benefits

What are the benefits of using chia seeds?

• They are a good source of fiber and protein.
• Fiber is good to lean up since it transports all that heavy waste out of you. Plus, it makes you use carbs better for fat burning.
• Protein is protein, you need a pretty good amount daily to keep up your metabolism and burn fat by building muscle with it.
• Don’t be concerned with the high amount of fat in chia seeds, although it’s not the best version of fatty acids like found in fresh fish, it’s not bad fats either so it won’t hurt your bottom line. Use it for the fiber and protein, not the omega 3 or fish oil benefits.
• You can get a good amount of it for $9.99 or so. It seems a lot for what it is, but it lasts a while. 10 bucks could be worse.
• Sprinkle a tablespoon or a couple pinches on clean foods to enhance their benefits.
• Use them on foods like these to enhance chia seeds benefits;
• Salads
• Cottage cheese
• Greek Yogurt
• Eggs
• Peanut butter toast
• Protein pancakes
• rice
• sushi
• soup

Chia Seeds are also extremely high in a ton of nutrients, and it doesn’t take much of it to get all them nutrients. This is a big key because when you are dieting strictly, you miss out on some other nutrients you get from eating anything. So you need to replace them with a multivitamin daily and a serving or two of chia seeds on the foods listed above.

You don’t even have to cook them or do anything with chia seeds. You open the bag and toss them on something. It’s that easy.

Supposedly, chia seeds have as much antioxidants as blueberries, which have a ton compared to most fruits.

I don’t know if this is entirely true, I just read that. But hell, if it’s even remotely close to blueberries in antioxidants, it’s w inner in my book. Antioxidants are huge in recovering from workouts, because workouts create free radicals and antioxidants reduce free radicals.

It’s like if you were getting deducted 500 dollars a day in your bank account for no reason. You’d be trying to figure out what is deducting it and what for. That’s what it’s like for working out, you want to build muscle, but at the same time, you also need to reduce the things that cause you to lose it fast too. Antioxidants in high amounts found in chia seeds do that for you.

That is why it is worth taking, not a bs trendy worthless supplement, and will give you real benefits to use on top of a clean diet and working hard in the gym.

Start adding the chia seeds to your fitness lifestyle, and might as benefit instead of not. Good stuff.

Fitness model Chuck Strogish

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Tilapia-The Best Fish For Fitness Results?

It’s pretty well known that fish like tilapia, orange roughy,cod, and salmon top the charts in the fitness world because they work so damn well.

But why is  fish so tremendously effective at all the good benefits like burning fat, weight loss, building and repairing muscle, and brain function?

And what fish is the best exactly? Tilapia? Orange Roughy? Cod? Salmon?  Let’s do a comparison and get a verdict now.

All compared at 3 ounces of each to keep the serving amounts similar.

Tilapia-The Best Fish For Fitness Results?

Protein Content:

Cod-15

Orange Roughy-19

Tilapia-23

Salmon-17

Carbs:

Cod-0

Orange Roughy-0

Tilapia-0

Salmon-0

Good Fats:

Cod-.06

Orange Roughy-1

Tilapia-2.3

Salmon-11

Calories:

Cod-70

Orange Roughy-89

Tilapia-112

Salmon-177

Allen Timothy Chang, aka Allentchang at en.wikipedia

And the fish bread winner for the ultimate fitness food is…..

we have a tie.

Sorry. But a good tie as some good news because they are all extremely fantastic fitness fish choices. If I had to subtract one from the list, I would say cut out the salmon. Even though it is the best for brain function from all the high amounts of fish oils and good fats, I would aim for one of the others for weight loss and getting lean muscle.

Which would I choose? As a fitness model I prefer to use tilapia.

Why?

Simply because I know how well it works from experience, and I like the taste of it.

A quick tilapia recipe I love is to marinate 2 tilapia filets inside low sodium soy sauce with some salt and pepper. Then cook low on stove top with a side of omega 3 butter asparagus. Delicious and extremely results driven. You will notice, feel, and see the results of your body combined with an exercise workout plan for yourself.

Cod, and orange roughy are also effective as much. It basically comes down to the taste and your preference. Just buy the bags of fish frozen and eat it once or twice a day.

Notice the supercharged feeling knowing your body is in maximized results mode!

Another side is to add it in some brown rice to get your healthy carbs, since fish has no carbs at all making it amazing with the good fat and high protein content.

If you talk to any any professional bodybuilder, fitness model, or personal trainer and ask them the top 5 fitness foods possible, they will all include on of these fish in there.

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Tilapia-The Best Fish For Fitness Results? Yes. Absolutely.

How To Show Your Abs Faster

When talking about showing your abs faster, I’m going to let you in on what I know works. I been training for over 10 years and had to physically prep for over 100 paid fitness shoots. And the one important thing you always have to have is….yep….you guessed it, defined abs.

So what is the deal with why some people have em’ and some just don’t. I can tell you why right now.  Ready?

Those who don’t aren’t doing the right process away from the gym. Maybe they are in the gym, but what are you doing when you wake up and before you go to bed?  Everyone knows the routine of doing endless crunches, leg raises, and sit ups. Of course you gotta do those to maximize results, but what is the most important?

How to show your abs faster foods to start eating and the right amount of cardio:

Foods to Start Eating Today:

• Blueberries
• Rasberries
• Almonds
• Walnuts
• Fresh fish
• Plain sushi with brown rice or sashimi(however you spell)
• Grilled chicken in salads or byself with a potato or brown rice
• Lean steak with mixed vegetables
• Only eat with moderate amounts of omega 3 butter. No other butters.
• All vegetables
• Sunflower seeds
• Asparagus as a side with omega 3 butter
• dark chocolate after weight training
• Protein Shakes(without carbs unless right after training or in the morning for breakfast)
• Eggs(use a yolk for every 4 eggs)
• 1 gallon of water a day(drink as much water during a workout as possible)
• a cup of hot tea before bed
• sugar substitute or very minimal sugar

Foods to avoid like the plague if you want to show your abs faster

• High carb/sugar/sodium meals(unless as a carb day which is good one day per week)
• any drink that has large amounts of sugar or carbs
• Bad fats like the fats in a big mac or chicken nuggets, not good fats like avacados, nuts, or omega 3 butter.
• lots of salt like the sauce on general tsos chicken at a Chinese restaurant. This will bloat you. Eat low sodium foods and only sprinkle some table salt for sodium moderately to get the right amount of sodium levels.

There you have some substitutions to make when you go out to eat. make some subs right away in your diet and it will be huge. Still enjoy foods you like, it’s about making key decisions throughout the day. If you must drink soda, always drink diet soda. Not because it’s “healthier”, but because it doesn’t have added carbs and sugar. If healthy is the goal, just drink water. But for looks for your physique or figure, diet soda here and there isn’t gonna hurt your abs showing at all. Trust me.

Amount of cardio to do weekly to show your abs faster:

• To start shedding fat, do at least 3 60 minute sessions of fast walking per week.
• To show your abs the fastest, do 6 60 minute sessions per week, either after weight training, or first thing in the morning.
• Do 2 exercises of ab workout choices twice a week doing 4 sets of 15 reps for each exercise. Pick between upper abs, lower, and obliques.

There you have it, simply add in these diet subs, and increase consistent cardio, while always drinking at least 1 gallon of water daily, your abs will come out in no time. Depends on how bad you want it and can follow these subs throughout each day. If you mess up, just accept it that day and start over the next. 5 successful days out of 7 for the week is a huge percentage increase over zero or 1 successful day.  Don’t be afraid to take a day once a week to eat what you crave or rest yourself. It’s just as important as strict training and dieting to how fast you want to show your abs.

Try it out or you can join for email contact for any questions you have.

Chuck Ryan Strogish

Fitness Model For Bare Fit