Zero to Hero

This is my first blog that I have posted since Andy and Deano have begun blogging about the fields and interests they have in their chosen sports, for example nutrition and weight lifting among many other topics.

Come September I will be entering a charity white collar boxing event called zero to hero. Being a sporting enthusiast I have always been keen to try my hand at boxing, although rugby is my bread and butter and the passion that drives me to train hard, I couldn’t let the chance be lost for a dabble at boxing.

 As this is a charity event I will be raising as much money as I can for the Harvey Hext appeal. Since the fitness hubs reopening, I have been involved in many different events to help raise much needed money for this extremely local and worthy cause! And what a better way to help raise money and enter a new field into the sporting world then the zero to hero event!!

Since breaking my elbow last November playing rugby no other, and having reconstructive surgery to enable to have use of my arm again. I was told that I would not be able to play any contact sport for the rest of my life. But through much research and personal rehabilitation just 3 months after the operation I was given the all clear and was able to return to rugby, which I did and finished the season.

This is in no contrast what the family of the Harvey Hext appeal have to go through every day of year, and even though at the time I was down and out, it has only made me ever more grateful to have the life I live, the friends and work colleges I have and the relationship I have with my girlfriend!  

The fight night will be held in November this year, after a 10 week training programme, as I am fighting for the Harvey Hext appeal no matter who I am put up against I WILL NOT LOSE that is a promise I am willing to throw down. I will be 110% committed to my training with extras from rugby conditioning and people I work with. So Zero to Hero compotators watch this space and pray we are not standing toe to toe, the fire in the belly is raging!!!!

Follow me on blogger and on the fitness hub face book page as I will be regularly posting blogs and photos, as I progress through my training.

Please sponsor me for the Harvey Hext appeal every little truly helps

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Ps any names or ring entry music ideas would be grateful!

Thanks for reading, looking forward to any comments along my journey as I post away!

Please check out these links of the fitness hub and the Harvey hext appeal! 

http://www.facebook.com/zerotoheroboxingtraining

http://www.facebook.com/thefitness.hub.7?ref=tn_tnmn

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Harvey-Hext-support-page/220761027955121

You’re truly

 Timbo 

Calendar week

A bit of a different blog theme today.

As you all may know all of us males at the fitness hub are going to be posing in front of the camera this week shooting for our charity calendar.

We have all been on 6 weeks diets and this last week is crucial.

This week is minimal carbs, only first thing in the morning, no protein shakes just natural proteins, lots of water then decreasing and starving ourselves of water and carbs for 2 whole days.

It has been an interesting few weeks and this week Deano,Sambo and Timbo will be posting there diets.

Today started with

1 final protein shake
1 cup of porridge
1 tea spoon of honey
1 tea spoon of peanut butter
1 green tea
1 cla tablet
1 fat burner

1 apple

250g of chicken breast
100g carrots
100g brocoli
1 cla tablet
1 fat burner

hand full of blueberries

250g chicken breast
250g carrots, broccoli and cauliflower.

1 tea spoon of honey
1 green tea

4 litres of water

Are you Getting enough sleep

Sleep is massively important, its important in all aspects of your life but especially when you are training, whilst you are sleeping your muscles are recovering, food is digesting and getting great mental rest.

I came across this link recently whilst reading how important sleep is and how beneficial it is to my training and daily lifestyle!

http://www.apa.org/topics/sleep/why.aspx

Eggs set the standard for which other proteins are measured

This Article is about why Eggs are so important to a Bodybuilders diet!

Without Protein your bodys will not grow! Fact!! when we excercise we cause Micro tears in the muscle which is felt as soreness for the days after known as DOMS. The protein from our diets then repair the small tears in the muscle causing the muscle to come back Bigger and Stronger!

For this to happen we need quality Protein in our diets!

Biological Value is a measure of the proportion of absorbed protein from our food which becomes incorporated in to the body! Eggs have the highest Biological value with a BV of 100 all other proteins have their BV based on the measure from eggs: Cows milk has a BV of 91 and beef has a BV of 80!

Each egg has around 6 grams of high quality protein they contain all 8 essential amino acids (building blocks for protein) which are the amino acids that need to be obtained through diet as the body cannot make these!

Fat content for eggs: egg whites contain no fat whatsoever!! The yolk contains around 5 grams of fat but only about 1.6 grams of this is saturated fat(bad fat)

Eggs in the diet:

6 Egg whites and 2 yolks: 26.5 grams of protein, zero carbs, 5.23 grams of fat 2.7 of that is unsaturated (good fats) 153 calories!

Add a bowl of oats, a bananna and 2 tablespoons of Flaxseed oil to get: 39 grams of protein, 78 grams of carbs, 48 grams of fat only 4 grams of this is saturated fat (bad fat), 900 calories!

From Sambo!!!

Psyllium

Psyllium is a soluble fibre used primarily as a gentle bulk forming laxative in products such as metaucil. It comes from a shrub like herb called Plantago ovata that geows worldwide but is most common in India. Each plant can produce up to 15,000 tiny gel coated seeds, from which psyllium husk is derived.
This stuff has a bunch of great health benefits along with aiding and supporting fat loss.

I found this article very interesting so please take a look at the link, it can help with gastrointestinal, colon cancer, constipation and much more!

Enjoy the read guys, i know i did.
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/psyllium-000321.htm

Tabata training

Still smashing through your diets and supplementing well?

If you have come to a bit of a head with training and need motivation and want to push harder why not try Tabata training.

I am going to start incorporating this into my training over the next 3 weeks to help get the final bits of fat off and also to get fitter for pre-season.

I read about Tabata a while ago and did a little training and found great results, like alot of things in life you let things slip to the back of your mind, i overheard someone who teaches at our gym the fitness hub the other day mention Tabata and thought ah ill get back into that.

Take a look at this article i read on Tabata it'll give you a basic understanding of it and some training routines, this link has everything to know about tabata, how to use it ,why you should use it and pros along with cons. it also has a few different videos to watch to understand it more.

You can add Tabata into any kind of training.


http://tabatatraining.org/

Drink Green tea!

As we have a calender coming up for charity all of us taking part have been trying new diets and trying to get all the food side of things perfect.

along with hard training, correct supplementation which we already know how to do, with any weight loss or increasing muscle and decreasing fat its all about diet, well 70-75% is diet!

A great great natural fat burning drink is green tea which is included in many fat burning supplements including our thermoHub burners by nutri hub!

i stumbled across this great article about green tea so guys and girls please check it out!

Its got heaps of benefical effects on your body from all health angles! its quite long winded but its got everything you will ever need to know about green tea and its vital you know what your putting into your sculpted bodies!

http://www.jacn.org/content/25/2/79.full