The most important factor in any fat loss system is nutrition, most will tell you that any gym regimen consists of 75% nutrition. That’s the big boys talking so you bet your ass its probably even more vital than 75% I’m thinking 85%-90%. Just like a car can’t run without gas, our bodies can not run without fuel. So that will be the first topic that i will cover before February hits.

The next thing i will cover will be my gym routine, consisting of my cardio ad well as my weight lifting routine. Now as important as establishing a proper, effective weight lifting routine, consistency is the main factor in a gym routine. Now my routine will have a major shift this season, and for the first time i will be finding myself doing more cardio and less weights. My biggest struggle will be staying consistent with my routine and keeping myself motivated in doing the cardio.

The last thing that i will cover will be supplementation. As important as supplementation will be i strongly feel that without proper nutrition and exercise you are just pissing away your money. I will be taking a few supplements on top of my vitamins and protein. I will be taking fat burners starting in April and i will continue to use glutamine and creatine. There will be reviews of the supplements that i am taking as well.

Some other things that i will be trying to do will be taking progress pictures every 2 weeks, with accompanying measurements. I will also add some recipes that i like to cook and eat, and i will be trying to add some video footage whether it be webcasts or footage from the gym, if i can manage to find a camera man.

That being said i strongly encourage you to keep checking in on my website Http://www.titanicproportions.com for updates in my quest to live life titanic!

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After an extended hiatus to enjoy the summer sun and the outdoors with my family, i will be gradually gearing myself up to contributing to this site every day or two. I have still been going to the gym just as hard as i can and i feel like i am making some great gains. I have started taking a new product, that being Nutrex Lipo6 Black, and i have to say it is absolutely incredible. I will be writing a full review of lipo6 black in the next day of two. If i get ambitious tonight i will be doing that. Other than that i hope your summers have been going well and i will be keeping you update on my comings and goings with regards to my transition into the bodybuilding world.

So on to the article.

The exercise of the week this week will be of a different sorts. Many of you gym goers will not have used it. Some of you may have, but i dont anticipate alot of you have. That exercise is called Chaos Shrugs. First off the chaos concept is a very excellent concept as it works the muscle very thoroughly. The basics for chaos exercises is that you will suspend a kettlebell or a plate, or a dumbbell with tension bands, and the harder you work the more the weight will bounce thus creating more tension on the muscles.

For this exercise in particular all you need is a pair of kettlebells or dumbbells and some tension elastics. All you need to do is fold the elastics so that they will hold the weight, then thread it through the handle. Wrap the other end of the elastics around your wrist to set yourself up to do your first lift.

Now you are going to start slow, and lift up the weight using only your traps, just like a normal shrug. Hold for 2 seconds and release the tension in your traps. You will notice that as you lift and lower the weight it bounces. This is good, it is the whole concept of the exercise. It will work your muscles from a totally different angle and way then doing shrugs with a dumbbell or a barbell.

I would suggest keeping the rep range in the mid-range area. 8-10 should do. As with all of my exercises i will do 3 sets. You are welcome to do more or less if you so please. So try it out. Do the sets for a couple weeks, see how you feel, and let me know how it works for you.

As this is my first blog on my brand new website, I will be telling you what will be happening around here in the upcoming weeks. I have big plans for my new digital home. As you may have already noticed, or clued in from the title, TitanicProportions is a Bodybuilding/Bodybuilding Culture themed blog site. We will be covering a wide range of topics but the general theme will always be Bodybuilding. There are many features planned for this site, things that include product reviews, athlete spotlights, tips and advice to get you building muscle fast, as well as a feature that is very special to me. This feature will be called Road To The Stage, and it will be the ‘Meat’ of this blog, Road To The Stage will chronicle my effort and timeline in burning fat that has been left over from the winter, and getting prepped to take part in my first bodybuilding competition. There will be more on these features in the coming days, so stay tuned.

Thanks Everyone.