Better eating habits are the key stone to better health and fitness. These small and simple changes that are done over a sufficient duration will have amazing effect on your health and efftiveness in your workouts.

An extra 30 min of Cardio a week will increase your level of energy and improve cardiovascular endurance or eliminating soft drinks from your daily routine will rid diet of unwanted empty calorie from 120 to 170 calories per can of coke or Pepsi.. There are 4 calories in one gram of Carbohydrate times 25 grams of sugar per can of cola. YOU DO THE MATH!

Good workouts and fitness starts with small steps of change and commitment that can be obtain thru manageable actions and reachable goal.

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 I love Thanksgiving dinners at my moms and grandmother's house were the food never stops after church. Corn bread, collard greens green beans, potato salad, candy yams, carrot and raisin salad fried chicken, and smothered pork chops OH MY GOD. German chocolate cake, sweet potato pie, pound cake. Thanksgiving is next week so enjoyed and celebrates everything you are thankful for with a great dinner with your family.

Everyone around the table, eating and caring on, talk about remembers when so and so did? Those days are emblazoned into my soul. The food was the best in the world because it was made with loving hands and souls of your family...

But We as Black men can not afford to eat in this fashion everyday. Today diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure heart disease these foods have been known to contribute to these condition that develop later in life.

Nutrients are the life sustaining substances that supply the body with energy and structural material to regulate growth maintenance and repair of the body. Proteins, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals and water are the six major nutrients.

In any workout or training routine there are exercises that challenge you physically and mentally, pushing you to your limits of exhaustion.

Theses are the very exercise that are important in your training for packing on the muscles and sculpting the body of your dreams. Here are some of the best overall exercises of a good workout routine that really hope to pack on good solid muscle.

To build muscle your body needs correct amount of protein nutrients, rest and recovery to optimize muscle development which is the incredible well built machine of the human body Not only is the are the correct amounts important but also at the correct timing that your protein is ingested can be crucial in the development of good muscle. There are many forms and type of protein all which play a different role in muscle development. A varied diet of many types of protein is wise.

There are several different and varied methods of training and working out to increase mass and strength or to sculpt your body. Everyone is different, so try the find the one training method and routine you enjoy doing.

Here are some examples of training programs that can be useful in training and working out to maximize your time and effort.

Each day in the gym should be goal oriented. Each day of training is a step towards your goal of gaining mass and thickness or sculpting and definition of the muscle.

Mass and Thickness can be achieved by training with heavy weights and moderate reps pushing the muscle to the limits of exhaustion with each set.

Good body starts with a Good Diet. Training starts at home with what is contained in your cabinets... let me give you a few tips to help you develop the body you always wanted.