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  • October 12, 2008   Published ~ 16 years ago.

    Water and Weight Loss


    As a member of a popular fitness center for a few years, I noticed countless others frustrated with their fat burning exercise routines and eating practices, working so hard and long but with virtually no improvement to show for it. Several of my own friends and relatives would mention this new program or product they had just shelled out cash for that was the answer to their fat loss or fitness goals. They were so excited about it and couldn’t wait to get started.

    Then, a few weeks later, the same happy-go-lucky people that were once jumping with joy about their new plan to burn fat and get a new body became downright discouraged. It was hard to watch. I’d ask them how their fat burning plan was working and they’d tell me that it seemed pretty good at first, but they didn’t get the results they were expecting or they felt were promised. They quickly became tired of following the daily workouts and found following the strict eating guidelines almost maddening at times. So they hopped onto the next plan.

    Even worse, they became so frustrated with following these so-called exercise gurus’ programs, that they fell even deeper into unhealthy eating habits once they stopped the program. Binging became their only form of satisfaction. Forget about maximum fat burning, and talk about moving in the wrong direction. What’s worse is that all of these people were following the typically recommended exercise and fad diets that were all the rage. They were doing what everyone else was doing to burn fat fast.

    After speaking with many of these friends and inquiring about their exercise routines, I noticed one common theme that kept popping up in our discussions…they were focused on the short term…their approach was wrong. They weren’t thinking of lifelong health and fitness, but instead they were thinking about burning fat and getting in shape for “swimsuit season”. More specifically, they were also performing their exercise in a less than optimal manner. And then I noticed this with many others at the fitness center I worked out in. They just seemed to lack the fire or intensity in their fat burning workouts which I knew could turn their programs from nothing to something literally overnight.




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  • October 12, 2008   Published ~ 16 years ago.

    Fastest Weight Loss


    Fad diets, they all have one thing in common. They’re diets. They are like a pair of bell bottom pants. They are in for a couple of years and they’re gone. Then they find they’re way back just when the fitness professionals know we are ready to eat ‘em up again…no pun intended. When you’re trying to burn fat, you really should avoid these things like the plague.

    Now, realistically many of these diets will provide some initial fat loss for many people. So you get some weight loss initially, but you could also lose some muscle on these programs too, and you know that losing muscle can spell disaster to your fat burning efforts. But the bigger problem with these diets is that most who follow outlandish diets gain back the fat they lost, and then some! On top of that, they often recommend focusing too much on one type of food, which can lead to unhealthy eating habits. I’ve found they are too strict to be realistically followed, especially for a long period of time, and they’re no fun. And anything you can’t follow as a lifestyle will not burn fat in the long run.



    You see, the very concept of a diet is doomed to fail. Why? Diets are based in a temporary mindset. The fact that someone goes on a diet means they will have to come off of the diet. This is temporary…why force yourself to lose 10 pounds when you’re just going to gain it back and then some when you go off of the diet? That may sound simple, but most people just don’t get it…they look to diets as the answer to their weight and health problems. But they’re not the answer, and they actually create more problems for you. People who are regular dieters don’t burn fat over the long haul.



    If you seek life long fat burning, health and fitness in a lean body, you should take some advice from my mom, and probably your mom too. When I think about it, probably the best base of nutritional knowledge I received was from my mom. For the most part, my mom was right. She didn’t know anything about fat burning, but she made sure I got nutritious foods growing up. She especially made a point to make sure I ate my vegetables, especially the green ones. She limited sugary stuff and other junk, but didn’t totally eliminate it, making it a special treat for me on occasion. She tried to provide a balanced offering of the different food groups throughout the day. Thanks, Mom. Mom’s diet was actually quite sound, and I’ve found that heeding some of this advice in the pursuit of maximum fat burning and a lean healthy body for the rest of your life is a smart way to go.





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  • October 12, 2008   Published ~ 16 years ago.

    Losing Weight Tips


    By now, most people realize that adding lean muscle mass to your body does wonders for your metabolism and fat loss, as well as a host of other benefits that allow you to live out your life as healthy as possible. Unfortunately, most people I see performing weight training or resistance training at the gym are spending too much time with the exercise and not working hard enough. They’re not going to burn very much fat this way. The secret I’ve found is that training for lean muscle and strength requires the proper application of three vital elements that are often ignored by those who attempt it. Those three elements are:

    -Intensity

    -Volume & Frequency

    -Progression

    The intensity is how hard it is to perform for you, given your current condition. The volume and frequency are how much and how often you perform the exercise. The progression is related to how much the demands increase from workout to workout. Most times, weight training, is carried on for too long and performed too many times per week. It is unfortunately treated much the same way as so-called fat burning aerobic exercise. But they are vastly different forms of exercise. In fact, they’re complete opposites.
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    Aerobic exercise typically is characterized by low to moderate intensity, high volume and frequency, and little progression. Anaerobic exercise, or weight training, must be performed at a high intensity, lower volume and frequency, and with progression to be as effective as possible. No amount of weight training performed at a low or moderate intensity will provide significant muscle or strength building benefit beyond the first few weeks. On a high level view, it is simply the combination of sufficient intensity, coupled with attempting to increase either the number of repetitions of a weight training exercise or the amount of weight used each and every workout that will keep your body evolving into the ultimate fat burning machine!

    You also have to pay attention to other details when creating an effective and efficient routine to maximize your workout and minimize your time spent in the gym. Why? Because perhaps even more important that the workout itself is the rest period that follows. You’re not going to get stronger or more muscular if you don’t rest.

    You see, when you strength train properly, you are creating tiny injuries to your muscles. You then have to let the body repair itself, and then overcompensate and build upon the already existing amount of muscle mass you have. If you workout again before that process in completed, you’ll experience lackluster, if any, muscle building or fat burning results. So make sure to get proper rest between workouts, which typically means a minimum of 1 to 3 full days of rest between properly executed resistance workouts.


  • October 12, 2008   Published ~ 16 years ago.

    Fast Muscle Building


    You have seen him on the beach. He has six pack abs, clearly defined muscles on his arms and legs, has a great tan and looks fabulous. You’ve heard other people remark “would you look at the muscles on him?” How did he get that way? Did he simply have good genes or did he work hard to earn it? Chances are, he worked for it and worked hard enough to accomplish that shape.

    Different types of muscle building develop different types of muscles. Michael Phelps is a swimmer and has long muscles. These muscles were developed by the type of swimming and muscle building that he does. An NFL football player has more clearly defined muscles because of the type of muscle building that he does.

    If you want to look like Michael Phelps, plan on spending 8 hours a day in the pool building your muscles. If you want to look like an NFL football player with more clearly defined muscles, it’s off to the gym for a shorter period of time with the weights.

    For fast Muscle Building

    Lifting weights and using resistance machines in a workout are considered anaerobic exercises. Anaerobic exercise produces the energy needed without oxygen. They use the strength of the muscles to produce the energy needed to complete the task. Anaerobic exercise burns 100% muscle during the exercise

    Running and swimming are aerobic exercises and the body uses oxygen to create the energy to perform the exercise. Aerobic exercises strengthen the cardiac and circulatory systems. Aerobic exercises burn 25% muscle and 75% fat during the exercise.

    Muscles are built through exercise. During exercise, muscle tissue breaks down. During periods of inactivity (rest) the body rebuilds those muscle tissues and makes them stronger to allow them to have more demand placed on them. Going to the gym every day and exercising sore muscles never allows the body to recover and rebuild the muscle tissue that has broken down.

    In order to allow your body to build those muscles, you have to provide the building blocks to do it. The minimum requirement your body needs to rebuild muscles is 25 calories and 1.5 grams of protein each day, for each pound of body weight. If you don’t provide your body at least that much, then you are never going to develop the muscles you want.

    Muscle building can be as simple as taking a brisk walk through the park. It can be as complex as a highly detailed workout schedule in the local gymnasium. The type of muscle that you want to build will determine your workout schedule and what type of workout you are going to do. Muscle building is hard work. It takes dedication and perseverance. However wouldn’t it be nicer if the next time you went to the beach you will hear someone say, “Wow, look at the muscles on him!” And this time, you know that they are talking about you.


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  • October 11, 2008   Published ~ 16 years ago.

    Fat Loss Diets updated Sat Oct 11 2008 4:11 am CDT

    Almost everyone wants to lose some excess fat on their body somewhere. For the vast majority, they’re looking to lose belly fat and they want to lose belly fat fast! Whether you want to admit it or not, most of us spend far too many months of the year overeating and then scramble at the first sign of warm weather in order to remove what’s accumulated over the time. Unfortunately, if you’re trying to learn how to lose belly fat, it’s not exactly a quick fix.

  • October 6, 2008   Published ~ 16 years ago.

    water and weight loss updated Mon Oct 6 2008 6:29 am CDT

    Most people that I talk to about health and fitness talk about "getting in shape". But I don’t think they realize that their words are actually counterproductive to their aspirations of burning fat. You hear a lot of people lamenting about being out of shape and saying, "I need to get in shape and burn fat", or, "I want to get in shape and burn fat." What you don’t hear them saying is, "I want to get in shape, burn fat, and stay that way

  • October 6, 2008   Published ~ 16 years ago.

    losing weight tips updated Mon Oct 6 2008 6:25 am CDT

    Do you want to know how to triple your results from your resistance training? Why wouldn’t you? Properly conducted resistance training can give you startling fat loss results, along with muscle and strength gains.

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