| Bodybuilding is not, has never been and will never be a | | | | the dieter. |
| one-day affair. It's no short-time picnic or entertainment | | | | A serious body builder knows that gains accrue when |
| volition. There are no overnight miracles that can pack | | | | they maintain the diet regime without faltering, even the |
| you biceps or curve your abs to perfection. It takes a | | | | diet bores, even when temptation to steal a bite of |
| persistent endurance in the weight room to build a | | | | unhealthy foods is high, and even when the appetite |
| champion's physique. The backbone of every | | | | goes on strike. The diet must be kept religiously, |
| bodybuilding program is persistence. | | | | sometimes by sheer will. That is persistence and it is |
| The ability to continually and maximally exert yourself | | | | mandatory. |
| to training and dieting rigors is what determines your | | | | On the other hand is training workouts. Whereas the |
| achievement as a body builder. In other instances, | | | | diet might provide growth materials, the body needs to |
| persistence in bodybuilding refers to the staying power | | | | be prompted to use those nutrients to build new |
| of a body builder. The beginner stages are usually | | | | tissues. If not, the body automatically switches to |
| attacked with a venomous motivation. The beginner | | | | autopilot, and only synthesizes the bare minimum |
| body builder is almost always impatient to achieve the | | | | nutritional ratio to keep going, while the bulk of ingested |
| optimal muscle mass and strength. The vision, the | | | | foods go straight to storage sites. That is why the |
| dream and the ambition of muscle accumulation is at | | | | population keeps on growing fat despite a million and |
| its highest ever during these initial stages of training. | | | | one attempts to loose body fat. The only way to |
| Persistence though, is what ensures that this optimal | | | | nudge the body out of this lazy-mode autopilot is to |
| muscle build is achieved. It takes a continuous training, | | | | force it through weight exercises. |
| dieting and positive thinking to build muscles. | | | | When the going gets tough, the body efficiently burns |
| Bodybuilding must be nurtured, must be fueled, must be | | | | not only the ingested foods but also the stored |
| fed on self-sacrifice, determination and endurance. And | | | | supplies. This leaves a leaner and healthier physique. |
| persistence is in the two facets of training, namely; | | | | The condition however is that the training must be |
| dieting and workouts. The diet must be designed and | | | | continued, because the moment it stops, the autopilot is |
| scheduled in such a way as provides the body with | | | | back. Initial stages of training are very hard, as the |
| adequate levels of necessary nutrients to exercise | | | | muscles resist their involvement and overwork, and a |
| and build muscles. The diet provides the raw materials | | | | body builder must persist in the training until these |
| to build new muscle tissue as well as helping achieve | | | | same muscles are at home with an active lifestyle. |
| maximal stimulation for growth during workouts. But | | | | The training intensity must also be perpetually |
| even the most superb diet if taken inconsistently, with | | | | increased after a stage of growth, persistently, without |
| an irregular and undependable way, yields no gains fro | | | | allowing for stagnation in growth. |