In the world of health and fitness developing a healthy nutrition plan is as important as, even more important, than your exercise plan. Both go hand in hand and if you are serious about getting fit and staying fit, it’s in your best interest to learn the basics of getting enough exercise but more importantly, what a healthy nutrition plan is.

The Basics of a Healthy Nutrition Plan

Here we’re going to give you that basic understanding and some ideas to set you in the motion of thinking the right way nutrition. By no means are we able to cover all the details, so in this report we’ll stick to the basics of a simple healthy nutrition plan.

You already know that it’s important to eat correctly and as the old saying goes “you are what you eat!” rings true. You know that if you eat too much you’ll tend to be overweight and on the opposite end of that spectrum, if you eat too little you will be thin, sickly and suffer from malnourishment.

What we need is a well-balanced approach to a healthy nutrition plan.

In this learning series will cover some things you’ve probably already heard before and if that’s you, just use these guidelines as a healthy nutrition “refresher”. Chances are that you’ll grab a few good tips out of this either way.

At the end of this guide we’ll talk about how combining certain foods can also be a big benefit to you too. Combining the right foods can help you jump start your metabolism and get you in the losing weight mode fast. We’ll also cover a little information about eating raw foods and the importance of detoxifying. So let’s get started…

Eating the right food is important to a healthy nutrition plan.

Everyone knows and agrees that you need food to survive. Finding good quality food and fresh drinking water has been at the center of our existence as humans beings since our beginnings. We can survive, albeit not as comfortably, without a house, vehicle, and fancy clothes but give it a few days without water and a few weeks without food and simply put – We’re toast!

You can find the evidence of this can in many third world countries where malnutrition runs rampant. Where they do have some food, the food that is available does not meet the daily nutritional requirements for the body. Many times the food that is available is in such short supply and there’s not enough food for anything that even resembles a healthy nutrition plan. All too many people feel lucky when they are able to eat just once a day!

This is extremely difficult and hard on the body especially for growing children.

Your body requires food for the energy you expend with every movement you make; even breathing requires effort and energy from your body. This effort needs food to fuel that function.

Eating the right food helps keep our body in top condition and ensures that our body performs correctly and to its potential. When you eat healthy nutritional foods you feel and look better. All of your vital organs work better when fed properly and you can see physical evidence of this in your hair and skin.

A word about healthy nutrition and diets

Everywhere you look nowadays you’ll find a barrage of information on diets, weight loss and exercise plans both old ones and the next new fad. To say the least, it can be overwhelming trying to pick and choose what diet you should do.

They all seem to tout “We’re the best”.

The danger with this sea of information lies in the fact that for most people, if you don’t know what to do, you’ll do nothing at all. That’s a normal reaction but the fact is that if you do nothing at all, you’ll stay on the same path you are already on.

You’ve heard the advertisements… Low carb diets, no carb diets, Atkins diet, the Paleo diet, Weight Watchers, South Beach, and the list goes on…

Some of these diets are really good diets but some are also so restrictive that you will never last long enough doing them to accomplish your goals and that is very disheartening.

When looking at changing the way you eat, you need to look at it just that way. You’re changing the way you eat, not that you are “going on a diet”. Look at it as a healthy lifestyle change and start changing it gradually over time. In other words, don’t associate it with dieting when what you’re really wanting is a long term healthy nutrition plan for eating better.

If you’re the kind of person that likes to have a regimen to follow then following a preplanned diet might be your very best choice. Go ahead and read the rest of this Healthy Nutrition guide and apply the principles when you are looking for the best diet for you to follow.

Another point is that you might have to try a couple of different diet plans to find the one that works best for your body. There’s nothing wrong with mixing and matching different elements from different diets to develop something that will work best for you.

Again, just follow and apply some of the principles in this guide. As you continue reading you’ll gain a pretty good basic understanding of how to proceed. With that thought in mind let’s move on to “A Healthy Nutrition Plan Starts with the New Food Pyramid” so that we have a better understanding of what to eat and how often.

It seems like there is real craze with building muscles right now. Everyone including men, women, young and old are starting to shape up and sculpt their bodies like never before.

We’re all aware that obesity has taken over lately but now there seems to be a tide-shift with a reversal going on in a positive direction. For the first time in many years the obesity rate of school children in the USA is dropping instead of growing.

With more and more people looking to build their muscles and strength this trend can certainly accelerate.

So what is makes building muscle suddenly so popular?

In this article we’ll discuss building muscles for:

Bodybuilding Competition
Looks and Confidence
Strength and Stamina
Gain or Lose Weight
Building Muscles for Women
Doing More and Being More

In general people have different reasons for getting into body and muscle building. One person might do it for competitive reasons, others for confidence issues, others to build strength and stamina, gain weight, lose weight and then some people just want to be able to do more and live a healthier life.

Building Muscles for Competition

Bodybuilding competition is one reason why people are interested in building large muscle mass. Building muscles for competition is a huge sport. You can find big rewards in competitive bodybuilding but competing on this level takes much dedication and effort. You’ll need to dedicate time, lots of time working out every day to build and maintain large muscle mass and shape.

Building Muscles to Compete is not Meant to be a Hobby

You will not naturally obtain a perfectly chiseled body with pumped up muscles overnight and if you are looking to make it to the top of the muscle building food chain, you’re going to have to invest tens of thousands of hours in workout time and the younger you get started as an adult body builder the better chance you’ll have at making it to the top.

Building Muscles for Confidence

If you are getting into bodybuilding because you’re overweight, too scrawny and thin or just not happy with the way your body looks, body and muscle building can help and the results can bee seen in a matter of weeks. When done properly, you’ll be muscle building in a matter of days and many people see noticeable improvements in just 4 to 6 weeks time.

Getting stronger, building muscle tone and depending on your situation, gaining or losing weight is a great confidence and self image booster. You just need to be sure that you don’t get carried away doing too much too fast. Set a rational schedule based on where you are starting from and you’ll begin to see improvements in quick order.

Building Muscles for Women

Body and muscle building for women isn’t as popular as it is for men but it is really a great way for women to build strength without being concerned about bulking up like a man would. There are many petite women who body build and can lift an extreme amount of weight. So don’t confuse building big muscles with raw strength and size.

Many women are coming to realize this and finding that even though they build muscle mass at a slower pace than a man would, they still get the luxury of building strength, stamina and their metabolism without the worry of looking like the Hulk’s masculine twin sister.

Speaking of building muscles to look masculine, younger males get into body and muscle building many times to impress the girls. They want to look fantastic and they want ripped muscles and they want them now! Their desire to look ripped, strong and desirable for a potential mate can become problematic.

This is the same problem competitive bodybuilders can get caught up in when they try to build muscles too fast and take shortcuts that they think or have been told will give them an edge.

Avoid Using Steroids and Growth Hormones when Building Muscle Mass

When the pressure is on to bulk up quickly, some body builders turn to using growth hormones and steroids to hasten muscle building. There are a couple of big problems with this. In the case of teenagers trying to bulk up quickly, they have to remember that their bodies are still in a growing mode and the use of hormones or steroids can have some bad side effects that can seriously mess up the rest of their life.

As far as competition body builders go, there’s really nothing to say to you here. You know what’s going on because you see it nearly every day in the world of sports and fitness; elimination from competition, health problems and stripped titles after years and years of hard work and full dedication of a big piece of your life.

It’s not worth it and cheating at building muscles for competition won’t make you feel very proud if you do happen win an event.

In the case of the young “want to impress” bodybuilder or the super Hulk competitive version, doing steroids and growth hormones is rarely a good idea.

Bodybuilding in its beginning was created to be a sport and when given it respect and patience it deserves it can be a rewarding way to stay fit and healthy for a lifetime.

If you’re into the competitive body and muscle building realm it can be a great way to travel and socialize with people all around the world from local events all the way up to the Olympics if you are so inclined.

If you’re looking at the field for a career there are huge opportunities for working in the health and fitness industry and if you’re into it to impress others and gain confidence then building muscle mass may be a great way for you to achieve it.

Whatever your reason for building muscle and getting into bodybuilding is, the benefits to your health, fitness level, confidence and ability to do more and be more is undisputed.

Grab a hold of these two muscle-building video programs and get started. The first one shows you how to build muscles using Dumbbells at http://myfitnessnut.com/dumbbell-exercises, and the second one is training on building muscles using Kettlebells at http://myfitnessnut.com/kettlebell-exercises . Both follow along video programs are free for the time being and both work well for the beginner and the fitness nuts alike.

Build Shoulder Muscles – Dumbbell Exercises Video 1

Building your shoulder muscles doing Dumbbell exercises is a great way to shape up and gain strength in ypour shoulders. There’s no need for lots of heavy and expensive fitness equipment; just a pair of Dumbbells, the workout routine we’ve prepared for you here and you’re ready to get started pumping those shoulder muscles.

This muscle building training program is broken down into six sections with each section concentrating on one specific muscle group at a time.

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3 Choices Using the Dumbbell Workout Video Trainings:

1. Follow along with the main “Build Shoulder Muscles With Dumbbell Exercises Video”. This is the first “larger sized” video that you see listed below. You can use this first video as a complete workout routine. Note that there are two main videos covering all of the arm muscle exercises.
2. Follow along with each separate exercise found on the “smaller sized” videos below the first one. You can scroll down the page to view and practice each separate Dumbbell exercise following the order they are in on the main video or buff up on ones specific exercise that you need to work on most.
3. Make your own personal workout session by combining any video exercises of your choice from the list below or from any of the Dumbbell exercise that you find on each of the following pages:

Arms 1 | Arms 2 | Back | Chest | Legs | Shoulders

Build Shoulder Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises includes Bent Over Raise, Front Raise, Lying Incline Bench Bent Over Raise, Prone Front Raise, Seated Front Raise, Seated Shoulder Press, Seated Side Raise, Side Raise, Standing Bent Over Raise and the Standing Shoulder Press. These are on the smaller size videos below this video right here.

Now let’s get started with our first dumbbell workout routine…

Build Shoulder Muscles with Dumbbell Exercise Workouts

 Below are the individual Dumbbell Workout Exercises as shown in the video above:

Shoulders: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Bent Over Raise

Shoulders: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Front Raise

Shoulders: Dumbbell Exercises – Lying Incline Bench Bent Over Raise

Shoulders: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Prone Front Raise

Shoulders: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Seated Front Raise

Shoulders: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Seated Shoulder Press

Shoulders: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Seated Side Raise

Shoulders: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Side Raise

Shoulders: Dumbbell Exercises – Standing Bent Over Raise

Shoulders: Dumbbell Exercises – Standing Shoulder Press

This Concludes the Build Shoulder Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises

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Build Leg Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises

Building your leg muscles doing Dumbbell exercises is a great way to shape up and gain strength. There’s no need for lots of heavy and expensive fitness equipment; just a pair of Dumbbells, the workout routine we’ve prepared for you here and you’re ready to get started strengthening those leg muscles.

This muscle building training program is broken down into six sections with each section concentrating on one specific muscle group at a time.

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3 Choices Using the Dumbbell Workout Video Trainings:

1. Follow along with the main “Build Leg Muscles With Dumbbell Exercises”. This is the first “larger sized” video that you see listed below. You can use this first video as a complete workout routine. Note that there are two main videos covering all of the arm muscle exercises.
2. Follow along with each separate exercise found on the “smaller sized” videos below the first one. You can scroll down the page to view and practice each separate Dumbbell exercise following the order they are in on the main video or buff up on ones specific exercise that you need to work on most.
3. Make your own personal workout session by combining any video exercises of your choice from the list below or from any of the Dumbbell exercise that you find on each of the following pages:

Arms 1 | Arms 2 | Back | Chest | Legs | Shoulders

Build Leg Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises includes Straight Leg Deadlift, Front Squat, Natural Grip Deadlift, Split Squat and Standard Squat. These are on the smaller size videos below this video right here.

Now let’s get started with our first dumbbell workout routine…

Build Leg Muscles with Dumbbell Exercise Workouts

 Below are the individual Dumbbell Workout Exercises as shown in the video above:

Legs: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Straight Leg Deadlift

Legs: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Front Squat

Legs: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Natural Grip Deadlift

Legs: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Split Squat

Legs: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Squat

This Concludes the Build Leg Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises

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Build Chest Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises

Building your chest muscles doing Dumbbell exercises is a great way to shape up and gain strength. There’s no need for lots of heavy and expensive fitness equipment; just a pair of Dumbbells, the workout routine we’ve prepared for you here and you’re ready to get started tightening and toning those chest muscles.

This muscle building training program is broken down into six sections with each section concentrating on one specific muscle group at a time.

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3 Choices Using the Dumbbell Workout Video Trainings:

1. Follow along with the main “Build Chest Muscles With Dumbbell Exercises”. This is the first “larger sized” video that you see listed below. You can use this first video as a complete workout routine. Note that there are two main videos covering all of the arm muscle exercises.
2. Follow along with each separate exercise found on the “smaller sized” videos below the first one. You can scroll down the page to view and practice each separate Dumbbell exercise following the order they are in on the main video or buff up on ones specific exercise that you need to work on most.
3. Make your own personal workout session by combining any video exercises of your choice from the list below or from any of the Dumbbell exercise that you find on each of the following pages:

Arms 1 | Arms 2 | Back | Chest | Legs | Shoulders

Build and Tighten Your Chest Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises includes Chest Fly, Chest Press, Decline Bench Press, Decline Chest Fly, Incline Press and the Incline Chest Fly. These are on the smaller size videos below this video right here.

Now let’s get started with our first dumbbell workout routine…

Build Chest Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises

 Below are the individual Dumbbell Workout Exercises as shown in the video above:

Chest: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Chest Fly

Chest: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Chest Press

Chest: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Decline Bench Press

Chest: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Decline Chest Fly

Chest: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Incline Press

Chest: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Incline Chest Fly

This Concludes the Build Chest Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises

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Build Back Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises

Building your back muscles doing Dumbbell exercises is a great way to shape up and gain strength. There’s no need for lots of heavy and expensive fitness equipment; just a pair of Dumbbells, the workout routine we’ve prepared for you here and you’re ready to get started pumping those muscles.

This muscle building training program is broken down into six sections with each section concentrating on one specific muscle group at a time.

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3 Choices Using the Dumbbell Workout Video Trainings:

1. Follow along with the main “Build Back Muscles With Dumbbell Exercises”. This is the first “larger sized” video that you see listed below. You can use this first video as a complete workout routine. Note that there are two main videos covering all of the arm muscle exercises.
2. Follow along with each separate exercise found on the “smaller sized” videos below the first one. You can scroll down the page to view and practice each separate Dumbbell exercise following the order they are in on the main video or buff up on ones specific exercise that you need to work on most.
3. Make your own personal workout session by combining any video exercises of your choice from the list below or from any of the Dumbbell exercise that you find on each of the following pages:

Arms 1 | Arms 2 | Back | Chest | Legs | Shoulders

Build Back Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises includes Basic Standing Shrug, Basic Two Arm Row, Cross Bench Pullover, Incline Bench Row, One Arm Row, Pullover, Seated Bent Over Row and Seated Shrug. These are on the smaller size videos below this video right here.

Now let’s get started with our first dumbbell workout routine designed specifically for back muscles…

Build Back Muscles doing Dumbbell Exercises

 Below are the individual Dumbbell Workout Exercises as shown in the video above:

Back: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Basic Standing Shrug

Back: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Basic Two Arm Row

Back: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Cross Bench Pullover

Back: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Incline Bench Row

Back: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell One Arm Row

Back: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Pullover

Back: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Seated Bent Over Row

Back: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Seated Shrug

This Concludes the Build Back Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises

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Build Arm Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises Video 2

Building your arm muscles doing Dumbbell exercises is a great way to shape up and gain strength. There’s no need for lots of heavy and expensive fitness equipment; just a pair of Dumbbells, the workout routine we’ve prepared for you here and you’re ready to get started pumping those muscles.

This muscle building training program is broken down into six sections with each section concentrating on one specific muscle group at a time.

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3 Choices Using the Dumbbell Workout Video Trainings:

1. Follow along with the main “Build Arm Muscles With Dumbbell Exercises Video 2”. This is the first “larger sized” video that you see listed below. You can use this first video as a complete workout routine. Note that there are two main videos covering all of the arm muscle exercises.
2. Follow along with each separate exercise found on the “smaller sized” videos below the first one. You can scroll down the page to view and practice each separate Dumbbell exercise following the order they are in on the main video or buff up on ones specific exercise that you need to work on most.
3. Make your own personal workout session by combining any video exercises of your choice from the list below or from any of the Dumbbell exercise that you find on each of the following pages:

Arms 1 | Arms 2 | Back | Chest | Legs | Shoulders

Build Arm Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises Video 2 includes Lying Extension, Lying One Arm Extension, One Arm Extension, Prone Curl, Prone Hammer Curl, Reverse Curl, Seated Curl, Seated Hammer Curl, Seated Incline Hammer Curl, Seated Reverse Curl, Two Arm Extension and the Two Arm Kickback. These are on the smaller size videos below this video right here.

Now let’s get started with our first dumbbell workout routine…

Build Arm Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises – Video 2

 Below are the individual Dumbbell Workout Exercises as shown in the video above:

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises –  Dumbbell Lying Extension

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Lying One Arm Extension

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell One Arm Extension

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Prone Curl

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Prone Hammer Curl

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Reverse Curl

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Seated Curl

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Seated Hammer Curl

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Seated Incline Hammer Curl

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Seated Reverse Curl

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Two Arm Extension

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Two Arm Kickback

This Concludes the Build Arm Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises Video 2

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Build Arm Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises Video 1

Building your arm muscles doing Dumbbell exercises is a great way to shape up and gain strength. There’s no need for lots of heavy and expensive fitness equipment; just a pair of Dumbbells, the workout routine we’ve prepared for you here and you’re ready to get started pumping those muscles.

This muscle building training program is broken down into six sections with each section concentrating on one specific muscle group at a time.

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3 Choices Using the Dumbbell Workout Video Trainings:

1. Follow along with the main “Build Arm Muscles With Dumbbell Exercises Video 1”. This is the first “larger sized” video that you see listed below. You can use this first video as a complete workout routine. Note that there are two main videos covering all of the arm muscle exercises.
2. Follow along with each separate exercise found on the “smaller sized” videos below the first one. You can scroll down the page to view and practice each separate Dumbbell exercise following the order they are in on the main video or buff up on ones specific exercise that you need to work on most.
3. Make your own personal workout session by combining any video exercises of your choice from the list below or from any of the Dumbbell exercise that you find on each of the following pages:

Arms 1 | Arms 2 | Back | Chest | Legs | Shoulders

Build Arm Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises Video 1 includes Bicep Curl, Concentration Curl, Decline Lying Extension, Decline Lying One Arm Extension, Hammer Curl, Incline Curl, Incline Lying Extension, Incline Lying One Arm Extension, Incline Preacher Curl, Incline Preacher Hammer Curl and Kickback. These are on the smaller size videos below this video right here.

Now let’s get started with our first dumbbell workout routine…

Build Arm Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises – Video 1

 Below are the individual Dumbbell Workout Exercises as shown in the video above:

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Bicep Curl

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Concentration Curl

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Decline Lying Extension

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Decline Lying One Arm Extension

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Hammer Curl

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Incline Curl

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Incline Lying Extension

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Incline Lying One Arm Extension

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Incline Preacher Curl

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Incline Preacher Hammer Curl

Arms: Dumbbell Exercises – Dumbbell Kickback

This Concludes the Build Arm Muscles with Dumbbell Exercises Video 1

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