14M So I have a double jointed shoulder and doing exercises involving it makes it start to hurt quick, any suggestions as I don’t want to just not workout my shoulder and have it out of proportion compared to the rest of my body
I used to go to the gym and we did that exercise but it’s been about a year and I’m sure I’ve lost everything I’ve gained. I don’t want to injure myself. I have weak upper body strength
Sharing a delicious and healthy vegan lunch idea: jackfruit carnitas burrito bowl! You can make the jackfruit in advance to enjoy in bowls, burritos, or on sandwiches throughout the week.
Hi friends! How’s the day going so far? I hope you’re having a lovely morning. I’m going to get in an upper body workout and I think we may hit up the outdoor shops this afternoon just to get out of the house. The kiddos haven’t been in a store since the beginning of March, so this is a pretty big deal.
Can we just talk about Down to Earth for a second? If you haven’t watched this gem on Netflix yet, I highly recommend it. The show is a docuseries that follows Zac Efron and his friend Darin Olien around the world as they learn about different sustainability practices, cuisine, tips for longevity, and health. It’s absolutely fascinating and I feel like each episode is better than the last! (I’m only on episode 5 right now.) Also, Zac and Darin are very nice to look at. 
I ordered Darin’s book and can’t wait to dive in when I finally finish City of Girls.
The show has given me a lot of things to ponder and scheme, especially with the current climate and everything going on in the world. It’s inspired me to make positive changes, focus more on sustainability (and save our sad little garden), and also eat more plants! In a recent episode, they were in Costa Rica and hacked into an enormous jackfruit. I’d been thinking about jackfruit ever since and couldn’t wait to make some jackfruit carnitas this weekend.
If you’ve never cooked with jackfruit before, it’s an awesome vegan meat substitute. You can shred it like pulled chicken or pork and flavor it however you’d like. Unlike many other meat substitutes that were created in a lab with a bunch of sketchy ingredients, this one is plain and simple young green jackfruit. It has spiky skin and a sweet flesh, and conveniently, you can find the canned version at Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s (or international grocery stores). It’s high in Vitamin C and has a decent amount of fiber. It’s nutrient dense and tastes delicious.
I recommend draining the can – make sure you get the ones in brine and not in the sweet syrup – and shredding with a couple of forks or your hands. From here, you can either sauté it on the stovetop or pop it in the oven on a lined cookie sheet to bake or broil. I prefer savory and aromatic seasonings on jackfruit, like garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, citrus, salsa, or BBQ sauce.
I recently used jackfruit carnitas as the star of an incredible lunch bowl. The bowl had romaine, salsa, guacamole, cilantro-lime cauliflower rice, black beans, fajitas veggies, and lime wedges. It was EVERYTHING! To make the jackfruit carnitas, I followed the exact steps in this recipe.
Then, I transferred the jackfruit to a lined cookie sheet (lined with foil and sprayed with avocado oil) and broiled it for 10 minutes to get the crispy BBQ edges on the jackfruit.
Here’s the recipe for this awesome jackfruit carnitas burrito bowl!
A delicious and savory vegan lunch or dinner option! Make the jackfruit carnitas and enjoy in a burrito bowl, salad, or breakfast scramble. Here’s the recipe for my favorite burrito bowl!
For the jackfruit:
20 oz jackfruit (brined in water), drained and shredded
1/4 red onion, small diced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 teaspoon oregano
1 tablespoon orange zest
Juice of 1/2 orange
To serve:
Cooked fajita veggies ( I sauté an onion with bell peppers and garlic, and season with salt, pepper, and oregano)
Cooked grain of choice (I used cauliflower rice with lime zest, lime juice, cilantro, and salt)
Guacamole (homemade or store-bought)
Salsa (homemade or store-bought)
Cooked beans of choice (I used black beans seasoned with garlic powder, cumin, and oregano)
Salad greens (romaine or spinach work well here)
Lime wedges and cilantro
Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil. In a large pan, sauté the jackfruit ingredients on medium heat for about 7 minutes, until warm and fragrant.
Transfer the jackfruit to the cookie sheet and broil on high for about 10 minutes, until the edges are crispy.
While the jackfruit is broiling, prepare the rest of the burrito bowl. Place the rice, beans, fajita veggies, guacamole, salsa, and salad greens into a bowl and arrange according to your preference.
When the jackfruit carnitas are done, add some to the bowl and top with lime wedges and cilantro.
Store any leftover jackfruit carnitas covered in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Keywords: jackfruit carnitas, how to cook jackfruit, easy jackfruit recipes, healthy jackfruit lunch ideas
Have you tried jackfruit before? Any recipes that you love??
Team Zac or Team Darin?
xo
Gina
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I'm a 15-year-old competitive swimmer and soon to go into sophomore year which is either a make or break for me. I wanna know if its a good idea since I do pilates and weight lifting
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I have all the problems of spending too much time at the computer, plus an anterior pelvic tilt. Can planks, push ups,etc make my posture worse or I can just make whatever workout I want until the gyms reopen?
I know you should do cardio AND strength training, so I have been doing 30-45 minutes of cardio workout videos (ontop of extra walking) and then 30-40 minutes of pilates (I am gradually increasing the time I do both) 7 days a week for the most part (on off days that I feel like crap I usually will force myself to do at least 1 or the other, I have done that twice in the last month since I started)
I thought pilates would be considered strength because I feel like I am building muscle and TBH they kick my ass each and every time I do them (and my muscles burn/hurt after) but I was recently reading that they might not be enough and weren't really considered "strength training".
I was looking at hand weights and resistance bands or something similar to add to what I am already doing, but I am not sure if that would be enough or if they are truly needed.
Any advice for adding to at home workouts?
As of Friday I had lost 21 lbs since June 24th.
TIA
I’ve been training at home since gyms haven’t opened up yet and recently picked up a dip station. I’m running an upper lower ppl 5x a week, and was wondering if I can do dips (leaning forward a bit) on my upper body day to build up my chest and do them again on my push day (more upright) as a tricep exercise? Would it be more beneficial to find another tricep exercise since they’re being hit by the chest dips or would this work. Thank you.
I have been training alongside volleyball since March (sometimes intensly, sometimes not for 2 weeks) and I've gotten quite big from what I was before. I've gotten a big chest despite not focusing on it. I'm afraid it's not muscle because of the ease of getting it.
Any way to know the difference? Thank you
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I need to get a six pack and quick, does anyone know an abs workout for the fastest way to get abs regardless of any rules. I don’t care how hard it is to do I am determined to get women
The food you eat can have a major impact on your metabolism. Sure, any fad diet can result in weight loss—all it takes is eating less. However, if you want to build a body that remains metabolic—burns fat and builds lean muscle—you need to give it the right fuel to get the job done.
Doing so isn’t just about reaching a certain macronutrient profile, it’s also about ensuring those macronutrients are nutrient dense and delivering you exactly what you need to keep you metabolic. On that note, here are four diet secrets that you might not know about the food you eat that can crank up your metabolism.
Secondly, eating protein provides us with aminos. Those aminos are the building blocks of muscle and, without them, we can’t build muscle or maintain it. And – muscle is metabolic! The more we have, the higher our metabolic rate.
If you want to be more metabolic, you need to get your body into a fat adaptive state by using a carb cycling approach. A fat adaptive state is when your body starts to burn off fat, instead of using carbohydrates, as its main energy source.
Most of us tend to over eat carbs and under eat protein. By doing this, we overflow our carbohydrate stores in the muscle and end up storing more as fat. By changing your macronutrient profile to one that is low in carbs and high in protein, we can efficiently get the body to use up the carbs we have stored and force the body to start burning more fat preferentially. Keeping protein high helps ensure the body’s amino levels are maintained so muscle building can continue and your hard earned muscle is spared.
Cycling carbs also keeps the body from reaching a plateau. After about 2-weeks on any calorie-reduced diet, appetite and metabolic hormones start to fall, which reduces metabolism and slows fat loss. A spike in carbs and calories triggers hormones involved in metabolism to up-regulate resulting in an increase in metabolism.
It takes about three days to get your body into a fat adaptive state, where the rate of fat oxidation or burning increases. Depending on how much fat you need to lose can determine the length of your carb cycle. Try following a low carb diet for 4 to 6 days, followed by a single high carb diet day. Low carb days should provide roughly 50% protein, 10-20% carbs and 30-40% fat.
The Mediterranean diet has long been shown to have many health benefits, and many of those benefits have been linked to its rich fat content from monounsaturated fats or MUFAs and polyunsaturated fats or PUFAs. These fats have been suggested to increase fat oxidation, decrease fat storage, reduce hunger and improve body composition.
There is also some evidence to suggest that increasing PUFAs in the diet might promote increases in lean muscle tissue mass thus increasing metabolic rate and indirectly assisting with body fat reduction. Consuming doses of 2-5 g per day of PUFA might also promote better nutrient delivery to muscles due to their vasodilation effect, which would reduce the availability of nutrients for fat storage.
The polyphenolic compound Oleuropein from Olives has been found to potentially have metabolic effects, including increasing thyroid hormone T3, noradrenaline and adrenaline. Oleuropein boosts UCP or uncoupling proteins. Uncoupling proteins generate heat energy, which results in excess calorie burning, instead of generating ATP. This increase in UCP is most likely related to the increase in T3, noradrenaline and adrenaline. In a meta-analysis on PUFAs, it has been suggested that intake of 0.3 to 3.0 g per day of PUFAs is effective for reducing body weight and improving body composition in humans, including decreasing body fat and increasing lean muscle.
If you weren’t aware, the fat you have hanging around on your body is not an innate object. Fat tissue pumps out inflammatory cytokines and hormones that can impair the function of insulin, leptin and block fat burning receptors. This results in the body becoming insensitive to insulin and leptin. As a result, the body can’t store or use the nutrients we put into it efficiently—not to mention the metabolism can become sluggish.
When the body can’t process food properly, this can result in excess sugar in the blood that forms glycated compounds, which are also inflammatory! Increased fat means greater inflammation and a further reduction in fat metabolism. One way to ensure we reduce inflammation in the body is to reduce dietary causes of inflammation. If you know you are sensitive to gluten, dairy or certain other foods, make an effort to reduce them from your diet. Also, reduce sugar and start eating more whole natural fresh foods including fruit and vegetables, which contain natural anti-inflammatory compounds including antioxidant vitamins and phytonutrients.
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Oi-Kano Y, et al. Extra virgin olive oil increases UCP1 content in brown adipose tissue and enhances noradrenaline and adrenaline secretions in rats. J Nutr Biochem. 2007. 18(10): 685-92.
Poudyal H, Campbell F, Brown L. Olive leaf extract attenuates cardiac, hepatic, and metabolic changes in high carbohydrate-, high fat-fed rats. J Nutr. 2010. 140(5):946-53.
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Welcome to the Physique Phriday thread
What's the point of having people guess your body fat? Nevermind that it's the most inaccurate method available, (read: most likely way wrong - see here) you're still just putting an arbitrary number to the body you have. Despite people's claim that they are shooting for a number, they're really shooting for look - like a six pack.
So let's stopping mucking around with trivialities and get to the heart of the matter. This thread shall serve two purposes:
Let's keep things civil, don't be a creep, and adhere to Rule 1. This isn't a thread to announce what you find attractive in a mate. Please use the report function for any comments that are out of line.
So phittit, what's your physique pheel like this phriday?
In the past my fiancé enjoyed going to the gym and working out as it’s a really good outlet for him. We travel frequently now for work and aren’t home for months at a time. Sometimes the hotel gyms are definitely lacking and he’s fallen out of the routine. Our newest location has a decent gym and he’s been so excited about it! Are there items/equipment/gadgets/whatever that are easily moved from one location to another that I could gift him so that he can keep some of that gym spark even without a decent gym? I’m in the dark here as I’ve never been very into going to the gym myself (giving it a shot here though since we have a decent one!). Also he’s much more into lifting than cardio if that helps.
