a couple of questions (personal trainer certification)

[dread_girl]

hello,
just wondering if there is any bodybuilders out there. i am working on my personal trainer certification and i need to do a report on bodybuilding.if there are any answer a couple of question if you would.....
what is your meal schedule like?
do you take any supplements?
if so what kinds

i need the same thing for like marathon runners and long distance cyclists.
any info will help. thanks

[purrpelle]

what certification are you doing?

[dread_girl]

my personal trainer certification through ISSA

[purrpelle]

and you have to do a report? I never heard of that. isn't ISSA a home study?

[karenlovessnow]

barrylove can probably help you. He owns a gym and is way into health and fitness. Maybe you can pm him?

[dread_girl]

yeah ISSA is home study, but for my final exam i have to write a couple of reports

[zoebird]

i wouldn't say that i'm a body builder, but i do strength training and i work toward developing strength specificly. this, of course, builds muscle. but, i'm not looking for that 'body builder' physique (for men or women), but rather for functional strength. i also enjoy 'odd object lifting' as a form of training.

and here are the answers to your questions, specificly. :)

what is your meal schedule like?

8:00 am breakfast
10:30 am snack
12:00 pm lunch
3:00 pm snack
5-6 pm dinner
8-9 pm snack

do you take any supplements? if so what kinds?

this really depends upon what is considered a supplement. I do not take multivitamins or protien powders or any thing of this sort. I do use oils such as coconut oil, hemp seed oil, udo's perfect blend, etc.

here are a few other facts which may be important:

exercise schedule

i tend to weight train only twice a week--functional training methods. one day is pulling: dead lift, chin up/pull up, row; the other day is pushing: squat, overhead press, bench press.

i do yoga for 2 hours each day. i do a vinyasa form of yoga, which is quite vigorous and rigorous. i'm a yoga teacher, but i do yoga on my own outside of class, and assist/adjust while in class.

i like to go rock climbing twice a week. with this, i also belay for 10 hrs a week so that i can climb at the rock gym for free.

i like to walk for 45 minutes or so a day. sometimes longer. I like about 5 miles, actually, when i can get to it. Recently, i've been busy. In warmer months, hiking is more common than just walking track/neighborhood.

general dietary preferences

i tend to be a 'whole foods' ovo-lacto vegetarian. i eat predominently organic foods--say 95%. I consume eggs from pasture-raised chickens and raw dairy from pasture-raised goats (milk, etc, to make home-made ice cream) and cows (cheese, yogurt). i consume 'whole' dairy products--which means full fat and not skimmed. My diet is predominently fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, and legumes (sprouted and cooked).

my typical day looks like this: breakfast smoothie of frozen berries, 'nut cream' (soaked nuts, purred with coconut water), and oil (1 tblsp); snack of apple and cheese slice; lunch of large salad with many veggies and beans with 1-2 hard-boiled egg; snack of veggies with bean dip; dinner of veggie soup (home-made) with salad or steamed veggies and bread (usually home made as well); snack of boiled veggies, sometimes cheese or egg also. Typically, i eat 1-2 servings of dairy and 1-2 eggs per day (excluding egg in bread). Sometimes, i butter the bread, which i count more as a serving of 'fat' (like the tbsp of oil) rather than 'dairy' (which i consider more as a protien-fat food).

average daily caloric intake is 1800-2000 calories, predominently veggies.

[dread_girl]

thanks fo the info that will help out A LOT