Many people who join gyms and want to improve their body composition and physical appearance automatically start training for fat loss. This may mean that they perform circuits, sets with high repetitions, decreased rest periods, or that their focus centers solely on fat loss and nothing else. This is especially the case with women. There have been numerous occasions when women have come to me …
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More Exercise is Not Always Better
This is one of the most common things I see in the gym every day. Most people are overwhelmed with the concept that “more is better” when it comes to exercise. The thinking tends to go somewhat like this: If strength training three days a week is good, then four must be better. If four is better, than five has got to be even better. If performing conditioning exercise (aka: cardio) two days a …
10 Minute Time Crunch Workouts for Fat Loss
I told you last week that I would share one of my favorite kettlebell complex with you. You're also going to get a 10 minute sandbag and dumbbell workout. These are perfect if you don't have a lot of time to workout but you still want results. There are a couple of ways you can use these following workouts: 1) To replace a workout if you're short on time 2) At the end of a workout to crank up …
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The Ultimate Fat Burning Workout
Instead of giving you more fat loss and nutrition information today, I thought I would give you a sample workout that I am dubbing the ultimate fat burning workout. Is this the “holy grail” of fat burning workouts? Well, I don’t think there is such a thing, but if you put 100% into these workouts, you will definitely burn off some body fat. To really get a great fat burning effect, make sure you …
Stop Trying to Reach an Ideal Weight
Let’s take a quick poll: if you have an ideal weight in mind that you would like to reach (higher or lower), raise your hand. Okay. If you won’t truly be happy until you reach that ideal weight, keep your hand up. I’m willing to bet that most people reading this have their hand in the air. If you do, then make sure you read the rest of this post. If you don’t, read it anyway because you could …
Women Should Not be Afraid to Get Strong
If you’ve been reading my blog for anything length of time, I’m sure you knew this was coming eventually. The truth of the matter is this: most women are terrified to lift anything remotely heavy because they are afraid they’ll be big and bulky. *Sigh* I’ll start off by stating this fact. A woman I used to train competed in pageants. I’m not talking figure or bodybuilding pageants—think beauty …
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27 of the Best Weight Loss Exercises
I created a list with some of the best exercises for weight loss. Now while this is by no means an exhaustive list, you could simply only use these exercises and get amazing weight loss results. If you don't know how to perform an exercise, just leave a question below and I'll help you out. Now, on to some of the best exercises for weight loss! 1) Back squats—this exercise needs no explanation …
Fasting for Weight Loss
Fasting for weight loss is a controversial and debated topic. Some people swear by it as the simplest way to lose weight, and others think it’s foolish. Whatever you think you may know about fasting for weight loss, think again. I was able to interview the fasting expert—Brad Pilon—and ask him some important questions about his book and weight loss method. He truly revealed more helpful and …