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Feeding your body the right kinds of food is vital for a healthy lifestyle and aiding you in achieving your fitness goals. Here are some more power foods suggested by MensHealth that you should be eating regularly.

Wholemeal High Bran Bagels

Why? They’re loaded with fibre, which keeps your digestive system healthy and stunts any mid-afternoon hunger pangs. The seeds are a good source of protein and essential fatty acids to help muscle growth.

Baby Leaf Spinach

Why? It protects your entire cardio-vascular system. A handful of the stuff will give you half your RDA of folate, which fends off depression and keeps your sperm count high.

Makerel Fillet

Why? A 2006 study published in the Journal Of The American Medical Association found that the hearty benefits of eating oily fish twice a week far outweighed the risks of consuming low levels of mercury in the feisty fish. So get stuck in.

Avacados

Why? Avocados have 60% more potassium – an electrolyte lost during exercise – than bananas. They are also rich in B vitamins which will help keep your wits up and your trouser size down, as well as vitamin C and vitamin E.

Tomatos

Why? This cancer basher is loaded with vitamin C: that’s C for collagen which will help your body form strong tendons, ligaments and bone tissue after it has been lifting weights. Plus the abundance of lycopene can cut your risk of prostate cancer. Season with half a lemon and black pepper.

For more recipes and information on top quality Foods for Fitness, look here

“You don’t just take iPod nano on your run. You let it take you. Music is your motivation. But what if you want to go further?

Thanks to a unique partnership between NIKE and Apple, your iPod nano becomes your coach. Your personal trainer. Your favorite workout companion. Introducing Nike + iPod.”

This is a great product that will really help you with your motivation, improve your cardio fitness and allow you to reach your personal fitness goals. If it’s good enough for some of the worlds top athletes, then why not consider giving it a go? Thoroughly Recommended!

Find out more information here.

Everyone needs a word or 2 of encouragement now and again, and most definitely someone to look up to. An example of just such a person is Bear Grylls, a British explorer and, quite frankly, a modern day hero among men.

“Bear spent three years with the British Special Forces.

During this time he had a horrendous parachuting accident whilst in southern Africa and broke his back in three places.

Yet two years later, after severe rehabilitation, he overcame the odds to become the youngest British climber ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest and return alive.”

Quite an achievement, and clear demonstration of what setting goals for yourself, and having the strength of mind and character to fulfill them can do for you.

To find out more about Bear Grylls’ fascinating story and what he’s up to now, check out his website here.

If you fancy a supreme challenge, take a look at this workout used to get actors in shape for the movie 300. A word of warning, it’s a real killer, no joke.

Perform this routine twice a week for 4 weeks. Any more than that could lead to overtraining. Do not rest between sets.

Overhand Grip Pullups - 25 reps

Deadlifts with 135lbs - 50 reps

Pushups - 50 reps

24-inch Box jumps - 50 reps

Floor wipers (laid on the floor holding a barbell above your chest with locked out arms, bring your straightened legs upwards to the left side, lower, then repeat on the right side; that’s 1 rep)- 50 reps

Single-arm Clean-and-Press with 36lbs Kettlebell - 50 reps

Underhand Grip Pullups - 25 reps

If you cant manage such a challenge yet, consider this workout to ease yourself into the big boy.

15 Bodyweight rows

25 Bodyweight squats

15 Pushups

50 Jumping jacks

20 Burpees

10 Close grip pushups

15 Bodyweight rows

You’ll be a lean, mean killing machine in no time!