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Swayze’s interest in diet and fitness began early on in an attempt to release excess weight. After over 2 years of struggling with anemia, restless leg syndrome, and “those last 10 pounds,” she stumbled upon the raw food diet in late 2007.
Swayze has been actively living and avidly promoting a low-fat, high-fruit raw vegan diet ever since.
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What is the one thing vegetarians, vegans, and raw vegans are all known for, besides the obvious absence of meat eating?
A lack of muscle tone, which leads many to believe that anyone toying with the idea of giving up animal flesh is destined to a life of comments like, “You’re too skinny. Here, have some meat.”
Don’t believe the naysayers. You can totally build lean and healthy muscle on a raw vegan diet. Wanna know how?
Eat More Fruit?!
No, but good guess! Eating more fruit is my answer to just about everything else. 
The correct answer is STRENGTH TRAINING.
Overload and Recover
If you want to build muscles, you just have to do two things: overload and recover. This is called training and if you don’t do both of these, you will not build any muscle at all.
You can eat all the fruit smoothies you can stand, but it won’t make a lick of difference if you are not:
Overloading the muscle using some form of resistance (e.g. hand weights, machines, resistance bands, or even your own body) and
Allowing for adequate recovery time.
Super simple!
Eat More Fruit
Okay, I know I said fruit isn’t the answer to building muscle, but it is part of the equation.
You see, when you start strength training, you will start burning more calories; the mere act of working your body burns calories by itself. In addition, muscle has a higher metabolic rate than fat so once you’ve gained some muscle, you will be burning more fat just sitting around doing nothing.
Sweet! 
And since you’ll be using up more fuel, you will need to eat more food. Sure, you can try to limit your caloric intake in order to lose weight quickly, but I definitely do not recommend it.
Not only will calorie restriction leave you very hungry and craving less optimal foods, all your muscle gaining efforts will be thwarted as well. Eating enough food is part of the recover process and is necessary if you want to build healthy lean muscle.
So there you have it! Exactly what you need to build some mighty muscle on a radically raw diet. No disgusting hemp shakes or gagrific protein bars required. 
Go raw and be fit,
Swayze
P.S. There are many, many great resources out there for getting fit and building muscle. Here are just a few of my favorites:
As Summer nears, people across the nation are checking themselves out in the mirror, hoping that their body will look swimsuit ready, and more attractive than ever. Who doesn’t want to show off their sculpted frame at the beaches and pools, so that others can stare, and talk about how you look like you are on steroids? After all, isn’t that why we spend an hour a day exercising on treadmills, home gyms and elliptical machines, even when we are very busy and tired of working all day?
Let’s not get it twisted, for the majority of us, the reason we exercise is so that we look good. Being in awesome shape and looking like you have been conditioning with Kobe Bryant, is what makes the months of June, July and August, so fun and exciting! In the wintertime, it is too cold to wear less clothes in order to show off our fantastic bodies. But the problem is, it is close to impossible to turn your body into a lean, mean, fighting machine, in a matter of months, let alone days. Therefore, one must dedicate themselves to getting on the treadmill, lifting weights on the home gym and climbing steps on a stair-climber, long before it is time to put away the sweatshirts and sweaters for the summer. We here at KingsofCardio.com find that way too often, people are looking for the quick fix when it comes time to put those shorts and tank top on.
One way to make sure your body looks healthy, fit and trim, is to use home fitness equipment on a regular basis, to increase agility, endurance, strength, while toning and defining your muscles. Hard work and daily exercise may seem very difficult to most, however, with the right home gym equipment and exercise gear, any cardio or strength workout can be enjoyable.
Health club quality home fitness equipment is necessary in order to stay in shape without going to the gym. It is much easier to get a great workout session in after a long day of work, if you are able to exercise at home, versus taking even more time out of your personal and family life, by going to the gym. If you are riding on the Life Fitness 9500 Upright Exercise Bike at the gym, it would be near impossible to help your daughter Julia with her Social Studies homework. However, if you have exercise equipment to use at home, such as the commercial, health club quality Life Fitness cycle mentioned above, or a stationary bike similar to it, then you would be able to help Julia with her homework as you exercise on your upright or recumbent, exercise bike.
With the right approach towards becoming and remaining health and fitness a super-star, you can have your buttocks, thighs, biceps, triceps, torso and abs beach-ready, every-day of the year. There is no reason we should wait until it warms up every year before we start to worry about how our bodies look. If you go to gyms in the winter time, you can jump on your favorite piece of gym equipment, whether it is the Life Fitness 95Xi or the Precor EFX 546, and not have to worry about someone being on your treadmill or elliptical. However, if you go to the gym in the summer time, it will be packed! Good luck getting on that Cybex Arc Trainer that you love so much. We sat good luck because there will most likely be a long waiting list and line to get on all of the most popular pieces of fitness equipment at the gym in the summer time.
From a technological standpoint, home gyms and standard cardiovascular exercise equipment such as treadmills, rowing machines, stair climbers and elliptical machines, have improved tremendously through the development of new ideas, parts and software. Twenty years ago, if one were to exercise on a treadmill for longer than thirty minutes, then their knees, hips, and ankles would be in pain, due to draconian treadmill running decks that had no give, bounce or suspension. In the fitness world, it is more than possible to get in a comprehensive workout including a long run on your treadmill, without having the setbacks caused from pain in your bones and joints.
Cheap and inferior pieces of cardio and strength equipment litter the exercise equipment industry and always will. The key to finding the right piece of equipment for yourself is to determine through word of mouth, independent reviews and personal experience, which treadmill, recumbent bike, rowing machine or home gym, is optimal for your needs.
Recently, Kings of Cardio LLC, sent out an independent party of fitness experts in order to determine the best of the best when it comes to fitness equipment. With the amount of distributors and manufacturers of fitness equipment that want us to sell their home gyms and fitness equipment, it was nearly impossible for us to arbitrarily decide which fitness equipment brands would be best for our home gym store to carry. For instance, if I were to ask you what the best name brand pieces of fitness equipment are in today’s health and fitness industry, you would most like reply with answers such as the Precor EFX 556, Life Fitness 95Ti, Life Fitness 97T Engage, Star Trac Pro, and approximately ten to fifteen other models of exercise equipment. Those are all commercial pieces of exercise equipment and although they may be the best for health club settings, are they really the best buys for your home? The answer to that question remains uncertain and subjective. Each individual has a stride length and running style that conforms to certain pieces of exercise equipment more so than others. On the other hand, the structural integrity, specifications, features and mechanical capacities of treadmills, elliptical machines, rowing machines and exercise bikes, is an objective measurement. Therefore, it is easy to determine which home gym or commercial fitness equipment, has the thickest gauge steel frame, or which treadmill goes at the fastest speed.
So we know that the overall performance of an elliptical machine would be a subjective measure and certain features and specifications such as its speed range, is objective. We also know that there is no way to absolutely define one elliptical, treadmill, rowing machine or any other piece of fitness equipment as the best, because people react have different body types and therefore are more comfortable on some gym equipment than others.
HERE ARE SOME GREAT PRECOR ELLIPTICAL CROSSTRAINERS FROM THEIR EFX SERIES
1.) PRECOR EFX 546:
Frame: Non-Folding, commercial grade, health club quality.
Mechanical Capacity: 400 Pounds
Arms: Do Not Move
Ramp: Adjusts from 13 to 40 Degrees
Reputation of Brand: The 546 EFX elliptical machine is made by Precor. They has been a well-known and highly established fitness equipment manufacturer, for quite some time now. Even a simple “Google” search of its name, would be a simple and easy way to read the endless amounts of their positive customer reviews. Precor has been well known for the design, creation and marketing of some of the best treadmills, cycles, climbers, elliptical machines, cross trainers, stretch trainers and strength training systems, the fitness equipment industry has seen over the past 20 years.
2.) PRECOR EFX 556:
Frame: Non-Folding, commercial grade, health club quality.
Mechanical Capacity: 400 Pounds
Arms: Move with User / Non-Stationary
Ramp: Stationary / Non-Adjustable
Reputation: The 556 EFX elliptical machine is made by Precor. Precor has been a well-known and highly established fitness equipment manufacturer, for quite some time now. Even a simple “Google” search of its name, would be a simple and easy way to read the endless amounts of their positive customer reviews. As a company, Precor has been well known for the design, creation and marketing of some of the best treadmills, cycles, climbers, elliptical machines, cross trainers, stretch trainers and strength training systems, the fitness equipment industry has seen over the past 20 years.
3.) PRECOR EFX 576i:
Frame: Non-Folding, extra heavy duty commercial grade steel frame.
Mechanical Capacity: 500 Pounds
Arms: Adjustable and Swing Back and Forth
Ramp: Adjustable
Only Commercial Precor Elliptical Crosstraining machine with an adjustable ramp and adjustable arms.
Reputation: The 576i EFX elliptical machine is made by Precor. Precor has been a well-known and highly established fitness equipment manufacturer, for quite some time now. Even a simple “Google” search of its name, would be a simple and easy way to read the endless amounts of their positive customer reviews. As a company, Precor has been well known for the design, creation and marketing of some of the best treadmills, cycles, climbers, elliptical machines, cross trainers, stretch trainers and strength training systems, the fitness equipment industry has seen over the past 20 years.
Are you looking for sports equipment? If so, you have come to the right home fitness store! When is the last time your fitness equipment broke down? If you are like most people, then your exercise equipment and other sports equipment has had many service issues, and the home gym supplier that you purchased from, has done little to help.
The Kings of Cardio set ourselves apart from the rest of the fitness business by actually taking care of our customers. When you call and inquire about exercise equipment, we do not like to just give you a quick price, and then make the sale. Our fitness experts go the extra mile and pay attention to detail more than your standard sales rep just trying to get in your pocket! Whether you are looking for a treadmill, elliptical, an exercise bike, rowing machine, or other “fitness” equipment, our friendly staff full of friendly and informative personal trainers and fitness experts would take great pride in helping you chose the right piece of hoem fitness equipemnt for you!
Speaking of “Sports Equipment”, I was recently involved in an argument with a group of friends over which sport was more dangerous, Rugby or Football? I personally believe, and basically know for a fact, that American Football is much tougher on the body and causes more injuries than Rugby. Those sports fanatics that argue the other side, base their flawed argument on the fact that SPORTS EQUIPMENT is used in American Football and their is no SPORTS EQUIPMENT in Rugby! W A T ?????? That arguement makes zero sense.
The arguement that Rugby is more dangerous because they do not use sports equipment such as football helmets, shoulder pads and so on, is wrong for several reasons. First of all the flow of the game itself, American football that is, is sooooooo much faster than Rugby. The speed difference is extrememly relevant because when players move faster in Sports, whether or not they are using sports equipemnt, they are prone to more injury than if they were moving at slower speeds. For Example, if two cars collide and they are each moving at 10 miles and hour, there will not be nearly as much of an impact as there would be if they were moving at 50 miles per hour. For those of you who do not think the speed differential between American Football players and Rugby players is equal to that of the example mentioned above, then you are right. The speed difference is much greater! Football players are that much faster than rugby players that whether or not they are wearing sports equipment or not is irrelevant.
If you are looking for Precor, Life Fitness, Star Trac, Kettler, BodyCraft, Cybex, BodySolid, Hoist, First Degree Fitness, or any other brand of fitness or weight equipement, then look no further. You have arrived at the promise land! Call 800-990-1108 right now for more exercise equipment and fitness info! Talk to you soon….
