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(Ultimate Performance Supplements) specialise in sports nutrition and dietary supplements.

UPS is fast becoming a leader in the supplement industry with its top end professional grade product range, without all the fillers, fancy binding agents, skim milk powders, anti foaming/anti caking agents and certainly no unproductive overmarketed useless ingredients.

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The team consists of some of the top formulation engineers and flavourists in the country.

They have one objective in mind – "To make the best and purest products possible".

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In a short amount of time UPS has grown from just another of the many supplement companies on the market to a tried, tested and trusted business.

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Monday, August 29, 2011

Get off your butt! 10 ways to get motivated when you're in a slump. By UPS sponsored athlete, Georgia Holton

Get Off Your Butt: 10 Ways to Get Motivated When You’re in a Slum

Georgia Holton- Miss International
         
  1. One Goal. Being  in a slump can often be because you have too much going on in your life. And it saps your energy and motivation. It’s probably the most common mistake that people make: trying to accomplish too many goals at once. You cannot maintain energy and focus (the two most important things in accomplishing a goal) if you are trying to do two or more goals at once. It’s not possible. You have to choose one goal, for now, and focus on it completely.It is hard. I speak from experience. You can always do your other goals when you’ve accomplished your One Goal. The key however, is to prioritise what is most important to you!
  2. Find inspiration. Inspiration for some, comes from others who have achieved what they want to achieve, or who are currently doing it. Perhaps placing inspirational words or photos on your wall or desk at work can inspire to you push your self. Even better, surround yourself with positive people that will support you in accomplishing your goal. I personally place photos on the wall next to my treadmill, of fit and healthy women to keep me motivated. Come competition time though, I put up the previous years photos of myself and aim to better my achievements each year!
  3. Get excited. This sounds obvious, but most people don’t think about it much: if you want to break out of a slump, get yourself excited about a goal. But how can you do that when you don’t feel motivated? Well, it starts with inspiration from others (see above), but you have to take that excitement and build on it. It’s just a matter of carrying that energy forward and keeping it going. I focus on how I know i will feel when my goal has been attained and imagine the end results.
  4. Post your goal. Print out your goal in big words. Make your goal just a few words long, like a mantra (“Exercise 45 mins. Daily”), and post it up on your wall or refrigerator. Post it at home and work. Put it on your computer desktop. You want to have big reminders about your goal, to keep your focus and keep your excitement going. My words are, "Train today, like there is no tomorrow".
  5. Commit publicly. None of us likes to look bad in front of others. We will go the extra mile to do something we’ve said publicly. You don’t have to commit to your goal in your daily newspaper, but you can do it with friends and family and co-workers, and you can do it on facebook. And hold yourself accountable — don’t just commit once, but commit to giving progress updates to everyone every week or so. it adds a little pressure but making it public, adds more sense of reality!
  6. Think about it daily. If you think about your goal every day, it is much more likely to become true. To this end, posting the goal on your wall or computer desktop (as mentioned above) helps a lot. Sending yourself daily reminders also helps. And if you can commit to doing one small thing to further your goal (even just 20 minutes) every single day, your goal will almost certainly come true.
  7. Realize that there’s an ebb and flow. Motivation is not a constant thing that is always there for you. It comes and goes, and comes and goes again, like the tide. But realize that while it may go away, it doesn’t do so permanently. It will come back. Just stick it out! In the meantime, read about your goal (see below), ask for help (see below), and do some of the other things listed here until your motivation comes back. My husband can tell you the countless amount of times I feel I've fallen off the bridge to success and even talked myself out of perusing my goals. But, that's what I'm talking about.These are just emotions.... emotions that can dealt with by using the right motivational tips.  Whatever you do, don’t give up. Even if you aren’t feeling any motivation today, or this week, don’t give up. Again, that motivation will come back. Think of your goal as a long journey, and your slump is just a little bump in the road. You can’t give up with every little bump. Stay with it for the long term, ride out the ebbs and surf on the flows, and you’ll get there.
  8. Start small. Really small. If you are having a hard time getting started, it may be because you’re thinking too big. If you want to exercise, for example, you may be thinking that you have to do these intense workouts 5 days a week. No — instead, do small, tiny, baby steps. Just do 20 minutes of exercise. I know, that sounds wimpy. But it works. Commit to 20 minutes of exercise for one week. You may want to do more, but just stick to 20 minutes. It’s so easy, you can’t fail. Do it at the same time, every day. Add some crunches and pushups. Once you’ve done 20 minutes a day for a week, increase it to 45, and stick with that for a week. In a month, you’ll be doing 45-60. Want to wake up early? Don’t think about waking at 5 a.m. Instead, think about waking 20 minutes earlier for a week. That’s all. Once you’ve done that, wake 30 minutes earlier than that. Baby steps...After a couple of months, your small steps will add up to a lot of progress and lots of successes.
  9. Think about the benefits, not the difficulties. I started competing in women's figure bodybuilding championships in 2005. Although I am yet to win a 1st place national title and I too experience days of being in a slump... I wont give up !
"Results Start Within"




Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Recipes by Elissa Jewell

High protein, high fibre and low-carb quiche
(Serves 4-8)

Ingredients:
2 low carb wraps
1/2 cup of chopped mushrooms
2 whole egg, 1/2 cup of egg whites
1/2 cup of fresh spinach
1/2 cup of cottage cheese
1 whole capsicum, freshly chopped or roasted
About 2tbs of reduced fat vintage cheddar cheese
Salt, freshly chopped chives & Pepper to taste

Method:
Preheat the oven to about 180C, lightly spray a round baking dish with some
olive oil spray and then line with the tortillas to create the 'pastry.' Put in the oven
for about 15minutes, then take it out and leave to cool briefly.

In a bowl, combine the eggs, egg whites, chives, seasoning and cottage cheese
together and whisk until smooth. Chop up the vegetables and cook in a pan until
they start to sweat, then take them off the heat and combine them with the
egg mixture. Pour all the ingredients into the tortilla dish and then top with the
vintage cheese.
Bake for about 45 minutes or until the eggs have risen and are no longer liquid.
(Test by lightly touching the top of the quiche with your finger, if there's any movement, it's not cooked.)
Nutritional info per 1/4 slice:
Calories: 227
Fat: 9.5g
Protein: 22.0g
Carbs: 9.7g (2.3g net)
Fibre: 7.4g
 
 

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

PRODUCT OF THE MONTH

Ultimate Pro-Form 

MASS/WEIGHT GAINER, ENDURANCE & RECOVERY

Ultimate Proform is a unique product, popluar with cyclists, bodybuilders, powerlifters,and other  endurance sports athletes.

UPS brings a revolution in mass gain/performance formulations. Zero sugar, Zero fillers. Real nutrients for real results. Comprising of our unique time release blend of proteins for sustained release of muscle building amino acids; milled oats (high in beta glucan) for sustained energy and growth, waxy maize and A.L.A (alpha lapoic acid) to spike insulin response to uptake nutrients. creatine for cell volumisation and endurance. peptide bonded glutamine, ZMA (zinc, magnesium, vit b6) for hormone repair and immune system enhancement and L.S.A (linseed, sunflower, almonds) omega 3 and 6 essential fats for optimal health, repair and recovery. ultimate nutrition for ultimate performance.

- Sustain release protein system
- Revolutionary carbohydrate matrix
- Omega 3 & 6 essential fats
- Cell volumising & recovery compounds
- Zero sugar

UPS is a trusted name in the sports nutrition industry bringing professional grade formulas to the market.

Ingredients: Oat Flour, Whey Protein Concentrate, Instantised Whey Protein Isolate, Waxy Maize Starch, Micellar Casein, Alpha Lopoic Acid, Creatine, Peptide bonded glutamine, ZMA (zinc, magnesium, vit b6), D-Aspartic Acid, Tribulus Terrestris (60:1), Tongkat Ali (100:1), L.S.A (linseed, sunflower, almonds), natural and artificial flavours, colour, sucralose



Thursday, August 18, 2011

Aerobic Vs. Anaerobic

Aerobic Vs. Anaerobic

 

Aerobic and anaerobic are words originally applied by bacteriologists to bacteria. Aerobic the word applied to the bacteria requiring free oxygen in order to live. Anaerobic the word applied to the bacteria able to live and survive in the absence of oxygen or air.

Later, as exercise started to become more and popular, these words were adopted to designate certain types of exercise. Most everyone is familiar with Aerobic Exercise”. Not everyone is familiar with non-aerobic or anaerobic exercise.

When performing a set of aerobic exercises you are causing the body to utilize oxygen in order to create energy. The oxygen is needed to breakdown glucose. Glucose is the fuel needed to create energy. However, the opposite applies to anaerobic exercises. In anaerobic exercises the body creates the energy without oxygen. This basically is because the body’s demand for energy is greater so that it will find natural body chemicals to create it.

Breathing properly when exercising is very important. The air enters the lungs and the oxygen in the air is passed through the lining of the lungs. The oxygen is taken up by the red blood cells. The red blood cells enter the circulating blood carrying the oxygen. The blood goes to the heart and is circulated throughout the entire body. The muscles use this oxygen for the needed energy as it is being used will give off a waste product (carbon dioxide). The carbon dioxide (CO2) is in turn released into the blood stream and returned to the lungs to be exhaled.

The above explanation may be simplistic in its description. However, I assure you it is an extremely complicated feat of nature. That is why it is important to know why and how you are exercising. Your heart rate when exercising can determine whether you are doing aerobic or anaerobic exercise. The maximum heart rate for men is 220 less your age. For women it is 225 less your age. The goal rate for exercising should be 70-80% of your maximum rate.
* When the heartbeat is faster than the 70% you are doing aerobic exercises.

How exercise is performed will determine it to be aerobic or anaerobic. Any type of movement your body makes requires the use of energy. You don’t have to do aerobics to lose weight or maintain a desired weight. It has been determined that anaerobic exercise will burn more calories than aerobic exercise, on a ratio of 5 to1 basis, and even as much as a 7 to 1 ratio. The aerobic exercise will burn 25% muscle and 75% fat, while anaerobic exercise will burn 100% fat.

Examples of aerobic exercises are:
  1. Aerobic/Fitness classes
  2. Treadmills
  3. Exercise bicycles
  4. Cross Trainers 
  5. Air gliders
  6. Jogging

Aerobic exercise will have more of an impact on the cardiovascular and circulatory system. Combining the two would give the greatest health benefits. 

Examples of anaerobic exercises are:
  1. Weight lifting
  2. Machines that offer resistance
  3. Dumbbells

Anaerobic exercises use resistance so that you will also be building muscle and supporting bone density as an added benefit.

Don't get sucked into to every fitness article you read about jogging being the best for fat loss. Also, do NOT get caught up in shows like the 'Biggest Loser' for advice on fat loss! Your number one priority should be knowing the nutrients you put in your mouth, then be wise and train specific to your goal.




Friday, August 12, 2011

There's recipes.... And then there's recipes by Elissa Jewell

Every now and then you come across a person you believe has that little special thing going on.... One such person is Elissa Jewell. We asked Elissa if she could write us a bio on herself, and this is what she says;

"I've been an avid fitness freak for about four years, but the true importance of diet escaped me until just recently. Sick of being unable to stick to my diet, I entered an online body transformation challenge and sought out the help of an expert, bodybuilding-specific trainer for a diet and fitness program. Clean eating is paramount to changing your body composition and unfortunately a diet of 100g of chicken and steamed vegetables just didn't appeal and I struggled to stick with the monotony.

Using the macro and nutritional requirements my trainer gave me, I sought ways to keep my diet interesting, but CLEAN. To keep myself motivated, I created a Facebook page where I uploaded my clean eating experiments. This kept me committed and focused, and helped me to lose 12% of my body fat eating foods which people normally attribute to "junk" - puddings, cakes, biscuits etc. UPS's Ultimate SLIM features heavily in my recipes because of their amazing taste and quality, plus the highest protein content and the lack of additives and fillers. I've literally made a recipe using UPS which is perfect for every purpose including fat loss, maintenance and bulking.

My plans for the future are as varied as they are many! I wish to grow my page with more interesting and delicious recipes, to work with UPS on exclusive recipes using their products and to gain exposure to publishers and magazines, as well as to become a qualified personal trainer. Imagine how great it would be to train a client to win a figure competition based on a "pre-contest diet" of chocolate truffles, custards and lasagne!"


Now, don't you want to know more about this girl and what she does? Well, Elissa has created a Facebook Page ' No cheating! Clean but indulgent recipes for buff fitness buffs But believe us when we say, this aint no ordanary recipe page. We have asked Elissa if she would like to create new recipes for our page to share with our customers. We take this opportunity to welcome Elissa and say thank you as she will be adding new recipes to our UPS blog page regularly. We are very excited to have you Elissa!

Elissa has prepared 3 recipes to kick start you off; One for brekkie, lunch & dinner....YUM!

Honey,lime and prawn omellette

You know when you're on a diet and for whatever reason you've eaten over, or nearly over your calorie intake but you're still starving? Keep this recipe in your arsenal - it combines every super-low calorie ingredient known to man in one massive, delicious meal that will only set you back 170 calories!!
Ingredients:
12 large raw & shelled prawns (about 90g)
1/2 cup of bamboo shoots
1/2 a red capsicum
2 spring onion stalks
2 celery stalks
1/2 teaspoon of honey
1 small chilli (optional)
Fresh coriander
1tbsp of lime juice
1/2 cup of pastuerised egg whites, or about 6 fresh

Chop up the prawns and vegetables into small pieces and stir fry for about 5 minutes on a high heat, adding the spring onions and coriander at the last minute. The secret to not overcooking the prawns is to take them off the heat as soon as the tails have formed a circle, and the outside is a light pink/white.
Take the vegetables and prawns off the heat and put to one side. Make the egg white omellete and try to keep it as thin as possible so that the edges are crispy. Take the omellette off the heat, and place the prawn and vegetable mixture in the centre, wrapping the omellette around the top.
Nutritional info:
Calories: 170
Protein:33.1g
Fat: 0.8g
Carbs: 5.6g (2.1g net)
Fibre: 3.5g


 
Elissa's roasted beetroot, walnut & pear salad (w/ grilled chicken)

Serves 4

4 whole raw beetroot
2 large, fresh pears
4 small handfulls of walnuts
cumin powder
spinach / dark lettuce leaves
dash of lime juice
4 teaspoons honey
1 cup of cottage cheese
1 tbsp olive oil
2 large chicken breasts (cut into halves)

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
Chop up the beetroot and the pear into 2cm chunks
Mix the lime juice, cumin, and oil together and then drizzle over the top.
Leave to roast for about 1/2 an hour, or until pears and beetroot are soft.

10m before the pears & beetroot are ready, grill the chicken until tender.
Once veg is cooked, place into a bowl and while still hot, mix through honey and cottage cheese. Add lettuce and walnuts just prior to serving with chicken.

Calories: 349
Fat: 14.1g
Protein: 31.2
Fibre: 5.7g
Carbs: 20.3


Surf & turf with creamy satay sauce

(Serves 4)

2 chicken breasts (cut into halves) or 120g lean beef steak x 4
1 cup cottage cheese
2 tbsp peanut butter
One cup of raw peeled prawns (frozen is ok)
Cumin and tumeric powder
Coriander and curry powder
Steamed broccoli, cauliflower and carrots to serve
Dash of olive oil

Heat olive oil in a pan and add chicken or steak
Meanwhile, blend cottage cheese until smooth
in a food processor or blender. Mix through curry powder
peanut butter, spices and put to the side
5m before steak is ready, begin steaming vegetables
and add the prawns to the pan.
Cover the pan with a lid and leave to steam/broil
until the prawns have cooked through and the flesh has turned white.
Take the steak/chicken out of the pan and place on top of the vegetables.
Add the satay sauce mixture to the prawns still in the pan and warm through.
(Don't overcook the sauce - it'll get cheesy!!)
Top the veg and steak etc with the satay sauce and prawns.

Calories: 268
Fat: 4g
Protein: 42g
Fibre: 8.2g
Carbs: 9g


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Monday, August 8, 2011

Ultimate Performance Supplements

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Flavours:
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Belgian Chocolate - A deep rich pleasure full experience
Peppermint Twirl - If you love chocmint, this is to die for...
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