Secrets of meal frequency - get your metabolism running wild!

Today I'll start on a completely new subject; Meal frequency. It's probably the most important factor
when you want to make the best out of your genetic and athletic potential.

"Meal frequency and meal frequency alone has the capability of having some miraculous effects on
human physiology!"
- TC Luoma, Bodybuilding writer and editor of Testosterone Magazine

"If you haven't figured it out yet, let me spell it out for you: depending on your goal, it is either five or
six meals a day or forget about reaching your potential!"
- Keith Klein, nutritionist expert and the writer of “Get Lean.”


The secret to turbocharge your metabolism


A fast metabolism. Just hearing that phrase makes you think about a rock hard, fat-free body.
Having a “fast” metabolism means that you’re burning calories efficiently all day long, no matter
if you’re resting or exercising. When you have a slow metabolism, your diet doesn’t work so
effectively and even a well-designed workout program is much less effective. Having slow-
metabolism syndrome is very likely the reason of seeing little to no results, even when eating
very little calories and "cardioing their brains out".

Your goal is clear: Find ways to charge up your metabolism and get it spinning as fast
as possible. These upcoming posts will tell you how to do that.

Of all the nutrition strategies, the habit of eating small, frequent meals – one approximately every
three hours when awake - is by far the best way to speed up your metabolism. In fact it’s so 
effective, that when you start to see the results, you may wonder why you’ve ever had 
any difficulty losing body fat in the past!


After 3-4 months of strict pre-contest dieting on super-clean, high protein foods eaten 6-7 times a
day, competitive fitness models/bodybuilders often have their metabolism “spinning” so fast, that they
burn huge quantities of food, and yes, even junk food! (Still they're just getting fitter and fitter!). Their
bodies become like “human food incinerators,” producing massive amounts of heat and burning off
calories at an astounding rate.

When combining frequent eating and the right food choices, your body will turn into a "turbo-charged fat burning machine!" And further more, eating a healthily constructed meal every 3 hours is also the optimal
way to build and maintain muscle. The longer you practice the five to six meals per day habit, the more muscle you’ll develop. And the more muscle mass you gain, the faster your metabolism will become.
This a positive, self-reinforcing cycle!



Why you will never reach your maximum genetic potential if you're not eating five to six meals per day


Just how important is meal frequency? Let's put it this way: Comparing
three “squares” to six meals a day is like comparing a 450 horsepower V-10, 8.0 liter
Dodge Viper to a four cylinder Honda Civic. There’s nothing wrong with a Honda Civic -
it will get you where you want to go – in the end - but if you wanted to get somewhere fast, which engine would you choose? With a top speed of 192 mph, I’d at least take the Viper, wouldn’t you?


The odds are good that you are looking for the fastest way to get the results you want, and achieve the goals you've set. There are of course limits to how fast you can safely lose body fat, but high meal frequency will allow you to do it as quickly as possible. You can choose the right foods and exercise daily, but if your metabolism is running slow, it compares to swimming upstream; very slow and time consuming.

Don't take this as a claim that you can’t get any results on three meals a day – of course you can.
A traditional and nutritional breakfast, lunch and dinner, carefully selected using the guidelines in this blog and mixed with aerobic and weight training, will definitely get you noticeable results. Unluckily, it will take more time. If you have ambitious goals, such as bodybuilding or fitness competition (or if you just want to look like one), then five or six meals per day is an absolute requirement.

To be continued...stay tuned!