Fitness & Nutrition Challenge Guide
Fitness & Nutrition Challenge Guide
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MYFITNESPAL HOW TO
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Protein is essential for repairing and regenerating body tissues and cells, a healthy functioning
immune system and manufacturing hormones. Protein is essential for muscle tissue growth and
repair. Under “stress” (exercise) your muscles tear and thus you need to intake high protein meals
after your workouts to help with new tissue growth and to repair the “damaged” muscles.
Fats are an essential part of a healthy diet. They improve brain development, overall cell functioning,
protect the body’s organs and help you absorb vitamins. Fats help with brain development and
normal hormone function. For women, we need to keep a stable fat intake because our body fat
composition determines our monthly cycle, fertility, skin issues and overall hormones.
Alcohol is considered a “non”essential macro. However, it still contains calories thus it should be
tracked into your calorie intake even if it is an occasional drink or two.
The rst step towards calculating your macros would be guring out your goals.
Finding out your body mass index or BMI would be a good way to guide your calorie
or macro goals.
A BMI of 25-29.99% is considered to be overweight, or 25-30 pounds above the
recommended weight for ones height. A BMI higher than 30 % would
classify a person as obese, or more than 30 pounds above the
recommended weight for their height. The the healthy BMI range is 18.5 to
24.9%.
Health is MORE than looks, and having a high body mass index can put you
at many risks for diseases. Knowing your BMI can better help guide your
macro calculation. So let’s gure it out! Based on your answer here are
your appropriate approaches:
BMI LOWER THAN 25 = SURPLUS
BMI BETWEEN 25-30 = MAINTENANCE
BMI HIGHER THAN 30 = DEFICIT
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To determine your current “maintenance” intake you should take your current weight in pounds
and multiply it by your current activity level.
If your goal is to gain strength, muscle mass and fat you will opt for calculating your
macros for weight gain (SURPLUS CALORIE INTAKE). This would be recommended for
someone who is thin and wants to gain weight overall.
If you want to lose fat while gaining muscle de nition (not muscle size) and lift/make
your booty rounder not necessarily bigger and tone your legs/overall body, you will
calculate your macros for maintenance.
If you want to weight (mostly fat and some muscle) and tone your legs/overall body, you
will calculate your macros for maintenance.
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If you want to gain weight add 300 calories to your “maintenance” calorie amount. Eventually as weeks
pass by (2 weeks) you can add 100 extra calories every 2 weeks. I recommend this so that you don’t
overwhelm yourself with food and so that you don’t gain a lot of fat while trying to gain muscle.
To determine your current “maintenance” intake you should take your current weight in pounds and
multiply it by your current activity level.
Curing a maintenance phase, you won’t gain or lose weight, but you can gain strength and lose fat with
If you want to lose weight drop your calorie intake by 300 calories for steady weight loss. For a more
aggressive approach you’d drop it by 500 calories.
You can also pick a number in between and decrease it by that amount.
(I don’t recommend less than 1,600 calories per day!)
EXAMPLE FORMULA:
Your body weight in lbs x 1 gram (if you’re under 180 lbs) = protein intake
The recommended fat intake for women ranges between 25-35 % of their daily
calorie intake. I recommend opting for 25% of your calorie intake to come from fats.
Fats help regulate hormones and brain function so it is essential in your diet, and no
consuming fat wont make you “fat” when consumed moderately. In my case I am
supposed to consume 2,100 calories daily, so to gure out how many grams/
calories of fats to eat I would multiply 2,100 by .25 (represents %.) and the amount
this equals to is the amount of calories I should intake from fats. 2,100 calories x .25
= 525 calories
EXAMPLE FORMULA:
Then you would move onto determine how many grams of fat to consume by
dividing the calorie amount (525 for me) by 9, since 1 gram of fat = 9 calories.
Example: 525 calories / 9 calories = 58.33 grams (round to nearest whole number)
so 58 g of fat is what I would consume daily.
FINAL FORMULA:
Your cal intake x .25 = Fat calorie intake / 9 cals = Fat intake in grams
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Carbs are essential in your diet. Low carb diets will slow down your
progress when gaining muscle is a priority, so consuming carbs
moderately is the best option in my opinion.
To determine your carb intake you will subtract from your original calorie
intake goal the calories consumed from fats and protein, the amount of
calories remaining is the amount of carbs you should intake.
In my case that would be 2,100 goal cals - 600 cals (protein ) - 525 cals
(fat) = 975 calories worth of carbs would be my carb intake and to
determine the amount in grams I would divide 975 calories / 4 calories
(since 1 gram of carbs = 4 cals). Leaving me with 975 / 4 = 244 grams of
carbs when rounded.
So remember: To calculate your carb intake you need to figure out the amount of fats
and protein you are consuming first, the remainder is carbs.
Final Formula:
Entire cal intake - (FAT CALS) - (PROTEIN CALS) = CARB cals / 4 cals =
CARBS in grams
PRE WORKOUT ROUTINE
WEIGHT SETS REPS REST COMMENTS / INSTRUCTIONS
C1 DUMBBELL SPLIT 4 SETS OF 12 REPS PER LEG 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/292448978
QUAT LIGHT WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
E1 DUMBBELL WALKING 4 SETS OF 10 REPS PER LEG 60 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/292452937
LUNGES MEDIUM WEIGHT TEMPO:
TAKE WIDE STEPS 4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
G1 DUMBBELL STEP UP 4 SETS OF 8 REPS PER LEG 60 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/292449437
LIGHT WEIGHT TEMPO:
SLOW & CONTROLLED 4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
C1 DUMBBELL UPRIGHT 4 SETS OF AMRAP (AS MANY 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/357031162
ROW REPS AS POSSIBLE) TEMPO:
BODY WEIGHT 4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
D1 DUMBBELL REVERSE 4 SETS OF 5-8 REPS 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/310498360
FLYS HEAVY WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
B1 DUMBBELL SUMO 4 SETS OF 5-8 REPS 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/357031159
DEADLIFT HEAVY WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
E1 DUMBBELL WALKING 4 SETS OF 10 REPS PER LEG 60 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/292452937
LUNGES LIGHT WEIGHT TEMPO:
TAKE WIDE STANCE STEPS 4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
AND HAVE A SLIGHT
FOWARD LEAN
F1 DUMBBELL SIDE 4 SETS OF 12 REPS PER LEG 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/292646014
LUNGE LIGHT WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
WEEK 1-3 THURSDAY
FOCUS - CHEST / TRICEPS / ABS / SHOULDERS / CARDIO
B1 DUMBBELL SPLIT 4 SETS OF 12 REPS PER LEG 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/292448978
SQUAT LIGHT WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
F1 DUMBBELL DONKEY 4 SETS OF 12 REPS PER LEG 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/310498234
KICKS LIGHT WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
G1 DUMBBELL DEFICIT 4 SETS OF 8 REPS PER LEG 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/310498431
REVERSE LUNGES MEDIUM WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
WEEK 1-3 SATURDAY
FOCUS - CHEST / TRICEPS / ABS / SHOULDERS / CARDIO
F1 SIDE PLANKS 4 SETS OF 60 SEC HOLDS PER 45 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/310498581
SIDE
BODY WEIGHT
G1 SHOULDER TAPS 4 SETS OF 10 REPS PER ARM 45 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/310498572
BODY WEIGHT
B1 STEP UPS 10 SETS OF 10 REPS PER LEG 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/292449437
LIGHT WEIGHT TEMPO:
(YES 10 SETS OF 10 REPS!) 4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
C1 DUMBBELL SPLIT 4 SETS OF 12 REPS PER LEG 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/292448978
QUAT LIGHT WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
E1 DUMBBELL CURTSY 4 SETS OF 10 REPS PER LEG 60 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/310498182
LUNGE INTO SQUAT MEDIUM WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
F1 DUMBBELL SINGLE 4 SETS OF 10-15 REPS PER 60 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/310498392
LEG THRUST LEG TEMPO:
LIGHT WEIGHT 4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
KEEP FEET STRAIGHT WITH
TOES POINTING TOWARDS
CEILING
B1 DUMBBELL ROW T 4 SETS OF AMRAP (AS MANY 60 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/397741645
BAR ALTERNATIVE REPS AS POSSIBLE) TEMPO:
BODY WEIGHT 4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
C1 RENEGADE ROWS 4 SETS OF AMRAP (AS MANY 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/292647584
REPS AS POSSIBLE) TEMPO:
LIGHT WEIGHT 4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
D1 DUMBBELL REVERSE 4 SETS OF 5-8 REPS 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/310498360
FLYS HEAVY WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
B1 DUMBBELL SQUAT 4 SETS OF 5-8 REPS 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/292448264
HEAVY WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
E1 DUMBBELL WALKING 4 SETS OF 10 REPS PER LEG 60 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/292452937
LUNGES LIGHT WEIGHT TEMPO:
TAKE WIDE STANCE STEPS 4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
AND HAVE A SLIGHT
FOWARD LEAN
https://vimeo.com/showcase/
8761200/video/310498572
WEEK 4-6 FRIDAY
FOCUS - FULL LOWER BODY
B1 DUMBBELL DEFICIT 4 SETS OF 12 REPS PER LEG 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/310498431
REVERSE LUNGES LIGHT WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
F1 LONGBAND GOOD 4 SETS OF 12 REPS PER LEG 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/397741974
MORNINGS LIGHT WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
G1 BANDED KICKBACKS 4 SETS OF 8 REPS PER LEG 120 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/292455662
MEDIUM WEIGHT TEMPO:
4 SECONDS GOING DOWN -
HOLD 2 SEC - RISE 2 SECONDS
WEEK 4-6 SATURDAY
FOCUS - CHEST / TRICEPS / ABS / SHOULDERS / CARDIO
G1 SHOULDER TAPS 4 SETS OF 10 REPS PER ARM 45 SECONDS BETWEEN SET https://vimeo.com/310498572
BODY WEIGHT