Why you should give competing a go

Everytime I go to a show I’m always asked ‘are you going to compete again Lisa’. I’m surrounded by athletes in great shape and I think ‘yes I’d love to do another show’.

You see the pictures on Go Figure and you think I’d love to look as good as those girls for just one day.

Give credit where its due

I was rummaging through Go Figure's old site and stumbled upon this little gem of an article by Vanessa Alexander that she wrote in 2005. Wow where has time gone!!! Its a great article about giving credit where its due to those who've worked hard to get their bodies into top shape. And asks whether you're working hard enough to achieve your best physique. Hope this inspires you to work harder in the gym! Lisa

"At present our society dedicates itself to the politically correct way of thinking (exasperatingly so!).Common sense is slowly dying and this is not just related to general life, but also to the gym environment that we all train in and spend the precious little free time that we have in our busy schedule by working out to take time for our health.

Does sweating help you burn fat?

Can you believe this picture? Pretty silly isn't it? A guy wearing a plastic bag on his head. Imagine if someone actually wears a platic bag on their entire body and even silier still, wears it while exercising!

Couldn't believe people were still doing this until one of my facebook friends mentioned how she saw a lady at her gym doing this exact thing. Crazy!!!

Can't believe people still think sweating will help fat burning. Go Figure!

Sweating has absolutely nothing to do with fat burning, and there is no relationship between how much you sweat and how much fat you burn. If sweating meant losing fat, we would all be looking skinny as we 'sweat' off the fat in this amazing hot summer.

Sweat occurs when our body excretes water and dissolved salts from our sweat glands along with a small amount of urea. Sweating is the way in which our bodies regulate our body temperature so we don't overheat as the evaporation of sweat from the skin's surface has a significant cooling effect on the body.

During exercise, when your muscles heat up from exertion, you will tend to sweat more, however the amount of sweat has nothing to do with how much fat you burn, or how effective your workout was. Some people naturally seem to sweat less than others while training, but this is not always an indication of how hard they were training. A study conducted at Osaka International and Kobe Universities, in Japan, found that men being perspiring faster than women and tend to sweat twice as much as women do while exercising but that has no bearing on fat loss or levels of exercise intensity.

Training for your bodytype

Don't you hate it? You've been slogging it out at the gym for years to get your body into shape. You do every exercise under the sun, you experiment with all sorts of sets and rep ranges and yet your results are coming slowly - if at all. Yet a newcomer comes along and it seems they've only been training a couple of weeks and they've got muscle sprouting out from everywhere.

It's just not fair is it? Why is it that some people can make progress in an instant and others just takes so long? The answer is simple. Pure genetics. Some of us are born to build good muscle tone while others have to work a little harder (and longer) to get the body we desire.

However, don't despair. We all have the potential to build muscle it's just a matter of recognising
our own genetic makeup and making the most of what we have. Not everybody responds to
the same way of training so what works for one won't necessary work for another.

Before you decide which programme is best for you it's best to identify which body type
you have so you can make the most of your natural genetics.

	Ectomorph: Usually have short upper body, long arms and legs, long narrow feet and hands, very little fat storage. Narrow chest and narrow shoulders and long, thin muscles. Ectomorphs are characterized by their high metabolic rates which makes it difficult for them to gain both muscle and strength.
	Endomorph: Generally they will have large bone structure, round face, short neck, wide hips and high fat storage. They have a soft body and general gains weight easily due to their slow metabolism.
	Mesomorph: This kind of physique makes natural bodybuilders. They are usually naturally fit and strong and have large chest, long torso and solid muscle structure.

Why you should give competing a go

Give credit where its due

Does sweating help you burn fat?

Training for your bodytype

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