{"id":638,"date":"2017-11-15T22:45:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T22:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/peer-jacks\/?p=638"},"modified":"2017-11-22T19:36:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T19:36:14","slug":"building-and-burning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/peer-jacks\/building-and-burning\/","title":{"rendered":"The building blocks for building and burning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font_9\">Creating realistic goals is very healthy and can push you to the next level in your fitness routine. Giving yourself a solid\u00a0date can be the best thing. Having a limited amount of time does not give you the excuse of \u201cI\u2019ll start tomorrow.\u201d Most people want to build more muscle or reduce body fat, which are great goals to have. Most people are good about getting to the gym, but muscle and abs, as you may have heard,\u00a0are &#8220;built in the kitchen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/D7z8JfNANqahW\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"cartoon spongebob squarepants in an excessively muscular pose, ripping off his shirt and baring his chest muscles\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/>85% of building lean\u00a0muscle or burning fat comes down to your\u00a0diet. To build muscle you need to increase the amount of calories you consume and to lose weight or muscle, you need to\u00a0decrease the amount of calories consumed. First, start out by looking up how many calories you need to sustain your current weight, then add or subtract calories. Start small so you don\u2019t shock your body, once you feel comfortable with the amount and it starts to not have any affect, increase or decrease again. Don\u2019t be fooled though, cardio is still important to\u00a0building muscle for overall health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_9\">Building muscle is\u00a0also a great way to burn more calories so you can consume more while still having the same net amount at the end of the day. Always make sure you&#8217;re\u00a0eating healthy food. This can drastically decrease the amount of time it takes to reach your goals, while also being good for you. Everyone is unique and you know your body best. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Start slow with anything you decide to do and see what works best for you!<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-block-quote -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-block-quote shortcode-block-quote--right\">\n    <div class=\"shortcode-block-quote__inner-container\">\n        <span>Andrew M.<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating realistic goals is very healthy and can push you to the next level in your fitness routine. Giving yourself a solid\u00a0date can be the best thing. Having a limited amount of time does not give you the excuse of \u201cI\u2019ll start tomorrow.\u201d Most people want to build more muscle or reduce body fat, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,12],"tags":[4,44,32,7,9,10,11],"class_list":["post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healthy-eating-on-campus","category-mentor-blog-posts","tag-blog","tag-exercise","tag-healthy-eating","tag-mentor-blog-post","tag-nau","tag-northern-arizona-university","tag-peer-jacks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/peer-jacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/peer-jacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/peer-jacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/peer-jacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/peer-jacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/peer-jacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/peer-jacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/peer-jacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/peer-jacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}