Drink more water if you want to lose weight and build muscle fast

As you know water is the source of life and our body is constituted 75% of water. All metabolic processes, including protein synthesis requires water. The easiest and meantime most important thing you can do for your body is to drink plenty of water during workout.

Do you think that soda or coffee beverages can replace water? No, they can’t. Be aware to the fact that these drinks are not liquids, as using caffeine or soda increase fluid loss through the formation and excretion of urine. At the same time body starts storing water. In ordinary life a person should drink 6-8 glasses of water a day. In case of people practicing sport the amount of water intake have to be doubled at least. Of course it depends on the intensity of exercising.

Water eliminates toxins

Water helps clean the body of toxins and is especially useful if you are on a diet rich in protein. It helps to remove excess of nitrogen, toxic substances. If you want to gain weight while eating large amounts of food, then the water will help to assimilate all the products in the body.

Bodybuilders like no one else needs to maintain their body well hydrated as in case of less water intake body takes water from other organs, and this can damage your health. Besides this water improves digestion, which is pretty good, when using more than 4,000 calories a day.

Water is absolutely necessary for those who love salty foods. The more salt you eat, the more your body tries to hold water to reduce the concentration. So either you eat less salt, or increase intake of water.

More water if you take supplements

If you are taking supplements such as creatine, than be aware they retain water in the body, especially in muscle cells, resulting in increased protein synthesis required for their growth. To make this process work as it should, always keep a high level of hydration of your body. In addition, if you training intensely and take water-soluble mega-vitamins, you need to drink plenty of water too.

Best water to drink

Another question that appear usually to bodybuilders when it comes to water intake is about the best type of water recommended for them.  Raw, boiled or distilled water is best for bodybuilders?

You have to know that boiled and distilled water are very different in their structure. Boiled water is quite easily to obtain, while distilled water is obtained by the distillation of raw water in a special device.

Distilled water in the process of getting it is fully exempted from minerals. Later it was found that taking large doses of distilled water leads to a malfunction of the kidneys, and cause problems in the cardiovascular and excretory systems.

Distilled water due to low salinity has no taste, and most importantly has a very adverse effect on fluid and electrolyte balance. If we are talking about the use of distilled water in bodybuilding, then the violation of the water-salt metabolism can lead to seizures, disruption of the heart, as well as the accumulation of such “water” under the skin.

Boiled water is not an alternative. Things are even worse here. The main point is that this water molecule is different from the normal water molecules by its huge size, and thus water can’t penetrate into the cell, as result it goes under the skin, and visibly weakening the visibility of muscle relief.

Now you know which water is bad or less helpful for our bodies. But which kind of water is full of minerals and necessary for good health? Mineral water -natural spring water or artesian- is the best water to drink. It has the best combination of trace elements and is perfectly absorbed by the body of those engaged in bodybuilding or anything else.

Here are some important tips that every bodybuilders should pay attention to:

1.     Never consume tap water

2.     Drink water at every 15-20 minutes

3.     Drink water 1-2 hours before the workout

4.     Try to drink warm water.

5.  Pour in water some lemon juice. It greatly helps to burn fat and improves metabolism. Make a routine to drinks such a mix every morning after you wake up, with at least 30 minutes before the breakfast.

Hydration is crucial for bodybuilding. If you want  to give the most in the gym and stay healthy you need to carry a close eyes on your water intake. The more water you drink, the higher performance will be achieved.

How to Burn Fat Quicker

Your body requires a specific number of calories to complete its daily biological functions, and your metabolism is responsible for converting fat into fuel your body can use. If you take in more calories than you need, your body stores the surplus in fat cells located all over your body. Since famine is no longer a concern for most Americans, you may find you have stored more fat than you need. Losing it quickly can be a challenge because your body is genetically programmed to hold on to fat stores. Shedding fat requires a strategic combination of diet, exercise and time.

Step 1

Exercise each day if possible, since burning calories is the key to burning fat. To lose one pound of body fat, you need to burn 3500 calories. Depending on your fat-loss goals, that may translate to burning through 500 to 1000 extra calories per day, which requires serious effort. According to the Mayo Clinic, a 160-pound individual can burn up to 533 calories in one hour of high-impact aerobics. Running between 5 and 8 miles per hour can burn anywhere from 600 to over 800 calories.

Step 2

Build lean muscle by resistance training three to five times a week. Muscle requires more energy to support than fat, so your body uses more calories when you have a higher percentage of lean muscle. You can build muscle by weight training with dumb bells and weight machines at the gym, or you can practice resistance training with your own body weight. Yoga, Pilates, push-ups, pull-ups and squats all use the power and resistance of your own body to strengthen and tone. These exercises can be done anywhere whenever you have a few minutes to spare.

Step 3

Eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables along with lean protein and healthy fats, such as almonds and avocados. Leafy green vegetables such as kale and spinach are loaded with vitamins and nutrients in addition to protein and fiber, which will help you feel satiated and avoid overeating. Health and fitness trainer Jennifer Cohen also recommends including more vitamin C in your diet because it is essential in producing carnitine, a substance essential to converting fat into usable energy.

Step 4

You also may use fat loss drugs. In the last few years Clenbuterol (clenbuterol hydrochloride) has replaced Ephedrine as the drug of choice when it comes to fat loss and contest preparation in general. Clenbuterol is used throughout the world as a bronchodialator for asthma patients.  In terms of fat loss, Clenbuterol is what's known as a "repartitioning agent" - an agent that increases your ratio of lean muscle mass to fat mass.

Another attractive quality of this drug is its extremely long half-life in the body which gives it an active life of approximately 24-36 hours. This makes it easy to maintain steady blood levels with a single or twice daily dosing schedule.