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Thursday, November 8, 2012
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Exercises to Get Rid of Love Handles: Skinny-Fat Appearance? Try This
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Okay, the first thing I am going to tell you will not be highly popular but it is the truth so here goes. Targeted exercise will not remove specific areas of fat from your body!
How and why this myth was perpetuated is beyond me, but if you will look at the idea rationally, you will see instantly why exercises to get rid of love handles or any other trouble spot are faulty.
Think about it, did you eat a donut or piece of cheesecake one day and instantly see it on your hips, abdomen or arms? Of course not! Weight gain is gradual and spread out which means your weight loss will be as well.
That being said there are "exercises to get rid of love handles" if you accept that your exercise will have to be coupled with a healthy eating plan.
You see when you do the exercises you will not lose fat spots, however you will tone the muscle underneath the fat layers, and when the weight begins to come off you will have a lovely toned and trim midsection. So, healthy eating with exercise will help you lose weightand result in a great looking body.
Fat Burning Routines
Now that we have established the fact that you will need more than just targeted exercises to get rid of love handles let's look at some potential routines. Start out with a high intensity cardio workout, this will rev up your metabolism and make your body a fat burning machine if you do it correctly.
Instead of going through 30 minutes of high intensity aim for short bursts of extreme cardio followed by slower but steady movements. This is known as interval training and is totally different from what most people are doing; of course, most people are not losing weight!
Cardio is not the only way to burn calories and tone your body. Institute a routine that includes weights, squats and dead lifts to increase muscle mass. This has the potential to prevent the dreaded plateau most people encounter during weight loss.
Love Handle Location
Love handles is the innocuous name given to fat stores on the side of your waist, or the oblique's. These are the most often overlooked abdominal muscles when it comes to exercise.
Your abdomen is actually made up of several different muscles, transvers abdominus, rectus abdominus and obliques. You will want to work all of these muscle groups to attain a flat sexy abdomen, and if you want to take care of the love handles, it is time to focus on the obliques.
Oblique Exercises
Once you have the fat burning in full swing you will want to use some targeted "love handle" exercises. Forget all the fancy machines on the market today, they will make you lighter all right but only in your wallet! Instead, revert to what works, the crunch.
To flatten your abdominals and trim your oblique's use do several sets of crunches with a twist. Instead of just the up and down motion, come up and twist at the top of the movement.
Conclusion
Healthy nutrition and adequate workouts are the only way to truly lose weight. Moreover, the exercises to get rid of love handles are going to be the same movements you use to lose weight from many areas of the body.
Targeted movements such as the crunch, waist twist and more are good for toning that specific muscle, but not for losing fat from that specific area, when you understand this concept you will be well on your way to flat sexy abs and better health.
The last factor which I haven't covered here is of course your diet. You can watch my free video which reveals the number 1 diet secret that stops most people from EVER getting in shape despite everything else they do. You can watch it here: http://thefatfurnace.com
I hope you enjoyed this article on exercise to reduce stomach fat.
I hope you enjoyed this article on exercise to reduce stomach fat.
Sage Thompson is a fat loss coach and fitness enthusiast. She regularly contributes to the health and fitness community with her articles, newsletters and blogs.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Losing Weight the Couch Potato Way
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The Couch Potato no longer needs to feel embarrassed by the title. This program will cause thousands of people to claim their spot on the couch next to other family members. The one change will be that more family members will fit on the same couch!
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Losing Weight and getting fit The Couch Potato Way game plan:
WEEK ONE:
1. Put on your most comfortable Couch Potato clothing. Be sure that you do not have anything tight around your waist or arms. Take your shoes off. No shoes on the coffee table. Get your Remote Control and get comfortable. Scared yet?
LEAVE THE TELEPHONE IN ANOTHER ROOM.
LEAVE THE TELEPHONE IN ANOTHER ROOM.
2. OOOPS, Get up because you forgot your snacks. So, don't call out for your spouse or your children or your roommate to get your snacks. GET UP and go to the kitchen now. You can dance into the kitchen...move your arms, sing a tune, be happy you are going to get a snack! So, choose your snack. The only thing you MUST include with whatever snack you choose is a variety of of raw veggies with NO FAT dressing. So, chop up some celery, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, whatever you would enjoy. Now, get some LOW FAT (no transfat) Tortilla Chips or other Baked Chips. make a bowl of tomato -based Taco Dip or salsa, or use store bought. Try the one that is MILD or HOT. These foods will help you BURN CALORIES. It has been proven that Cayenne Pepper (red pepper) contains thermogenic properties that will stimulate your metabolism.

3. Bring the snacks into your TV room. Carry one tray at a time. So that means you might have to walk back to the kitchen three times. You will do it, why? Because you are excited about what you are about to watch on TV, AND because NO ONE KNOWS you are on the Couch Potato Fitness Plan.
4. Next, get comfortable again. OOOPS...you forgot your beverage. GET UP and go to the kitchen (you can't call anyone to get things for you) pour yourself a nice tall glass of your favorite beverage. Also, pour a tall glass of ice water. Carry your favorite beverage in first. Walk back to the kitchen to get your water.
5. Now sit down on the couch and get yourself settled in for the show, whatever it is. Make yourself a deal now. EACH time there is a commercial break, or your team scores a point, you must stand up and do some "move." Like a victory dance!
You must get INVOLVED as though you were actually sitting at the game and everyone around you is jumping up when they are excited about a play. If you can't get up, then you must do special arm movements during the commercial. While sitting down you just pick up each foot and run while sitting. It's easy, just lift one foot and then the other and allow yourself to run in place, only you are sitting not standing! EASY!!
6. When you reach for your chips or your glass you MUST take a sip or a bite and then PUT THE food or GLASS DOWN. REACH out and pick it up AGAIN and take another sip/bite. Each time you reach for anything and eat or drink you MUST PUT IT BACK DOWN. EASY enough?!
7. OKAY, commercial time...do your dance and then walk to the bathroom to urinate! You'll have plenty of time to get back before the next part of the show. Commercials generally run at least 3 minutes a segment.
8. Do you get it yet? You are making extra trips, extra movements, drinking more water, more fluid, eating foods that help burn calories and having fun! So, GET UP again and go make a phone call from another room. Call someone who knows about your Couch Potato Fitness Plan. Stay on the phone no more than one to two minutes and say, "Gotta go, my program/game is starting. I'll call you back."
9. Get settled on the couch again, or the chair if you are on the computer. While you are watching your program start to move your legs, Just keep your feet on the floor and move your legs, sway them, tap your hands on your legs and MOVE to the movement of whatever you are watching. GET INVOLVED!! This will be like virtual football. "The quarter back goes back, back, cocks his arm to throw...sees the Tight End in the end zone and wham...lets one sail!" Stand up and watch as your throw either hits the hands of your receiver or it misses. PRETEND THAT QUARTER BACK IS YOU...OR PRETEND THAT YOU ARE A RUNNING BACK, THE COACH, WHOMEVER GETS YOU EXCITED ABOUT THE GAME.
10. Reach for a snack. CHEW 22 times. Reach again, repeat! Don't forget to drink WATER (iced water) in between snacks. Now REACH FOR a celery stick and take a bite. DELICIOUS!
11. Okay...let's move out beyond game time. You get the idea now. MOVE, CREATE EXTRA STEPS, REACH FOR HEALTHIER SNACKS THAT TASTE GOOD TO YOU, AND ONES THAT WILL HELP YOU BURN MORE CALORIES.
12. Your regular day should consist of MORE STEPS. So, take the stairs at the office. Park your car further away and walk the extra 30-40 yards. NO ONE will know that you are doing the COUCH POTATO WORK OUT. No one will have to know that you are getting healthier. NO GYMS, NO MACHINES, NONE OF THAT! You are going to surprise everyone as the pounds just start falling away. Why? Because no one knows you are working out, no one will tease you about your program. No one needs to know except for one or two support people in the family or a close friend.
13. In a store, walk EVERY AISLE, even though you may know where the product is that you want. Takes about fifteen minutes to walk up and down every aisle with a shopping cart, even longer depending upon the store. So ENJOY EVERY TRIP YOU TAKE...
14. Sing a song that you love in your mind, or wear HEADPHONES. (Listening to either a tape or the radio) That alone CHANGES YOUR MENTAL ATTITUDE. NO ONE IS TELLING YOU TO WORK OUT OR LOSE WEIGHT...YOU are in control and the weight will begin to fall off. Why? Because you are giving yourself permission to be healthier!
15. HOUSE CHORES...do the same thing. Make a mental note to go up the stairs or out to the garage MORE THAN ONE TIME for things that you will need. THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF convenience planning. YOU ARE PLANNING to get well, not create a life with everything at your fingertips. During the summer you can even mow the lawn while you listen to your favorite game on your headphones. You can wash dishes, do the laundry or any other household chore with your headphones on listening to great music or your favorite show.
16. SPEND TIME WITH YOUR SPOUSE/LOVED ONES doing something you all enjoyl COOKING!
Make it like a game. Everyone has to make one part of the meal. Do the DANCE of SUCCESS because you are all ready healthier than you were one week ago. And don't forget your WATER BOTTLE. Take water with you every where you go. It is time now to add one teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar to your water bottle. Apple Cider Vinegar acts like a rotter-rooter for fat in the body. Drinking this mixture (you can add a little honey too if you'd like) can help you lose inches off of your waistline.
Make it like a game. Everyone has to make one part of the meal. Do the DANCE of SUCCESS because you are all ready healthier than you were one week ago. And don't forget your WATER BOTTLE. Take water with you every where you go. It is time now to add one teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar to your water bottle. Apple Cider Vinegar acts like a rotter-rooter for fat in the body. Drinking this mixture (you can add a little honey too if you'd like) can help you lose inches off of your waistline.
17. DON"T ask for help from colleagues/secretaries when you know you can walk to the copy room yourself and make the copies. Don't ask family members to run down to the basement to get you something, THIS IS YOUR time to silently GET FIT! So, show off FOR YOURSELF. I'll bet your pants are loose all ready, you have a little more energy. You probably don't think about food as often, but YOU DO THINK ABOUT ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT YOU ENJOY! That's the fun of this program. ENJOY, ENJOY, ENJOY LIFE! You are reprogramming yourself.
18. Couch Potatoes THINK that they have to LIVE UP to their label, so they are often afraid to lose weight. Everyone that knows you might see you as the FAT person, the LAZY person. NO MORE OF THAT! YOU CAN BE A THIN COUCH POTATO ...don't you have friends who are fit and who still watch football, basketball, hockey, baseball, soccer, game shows, soap operas, etc.? Sure you do! You do know people who are thin, who eat a little "junk" food, who drink some soda, beer, or wine and still look great.
19. Next, GET YOURSELF A SMALL TAPE RECORDER (or a small pocket notebook). I want you to make your own Positive- SELF HELP TAPE (or pocket full of positives) booklet. Here's all you do: Record the following types of phrases into the tape recorder and when you are finished, you will listen to this tape privately with your headphones whenever you are going to participate in a passive activity, or one that you would be safe listening to music while doing. You are going to be a hypnotist for yourself. This is really a form of self-hypnosis and it WORKS! (I've used this technique with professional bowlers and other sports figures. They take themselves through the correct form for their sport and it helps retrain the expectation portion of your thought system. You will BEGIN TO EXPECT GREAT THINGS AND THEY WILL HAPPEN!)
"I LOVE MYSELF! I like everything about myself. I enjoy living my secret Couch Potato Fitness Plan. It makes me feel good. Every day in every way I am getting healthier. I am shrinking and my clothes are getting big on me. I LOVE the feeling of getting well. I LOVE that I AM DOING IT ALL BY MYSELF. I enjoy music, I enjoy participating in life. I am getting healthier than my wildest dreams! I am I am I am!! I take more steps today than I did yesterday, and I LOVE IT! I love motion as much as I love sitting down watching my favorite things on TV. My energy is contagious! I am getting better and better looking every day! I am writing a list of things I want to accomplish daily. I LOVE accomplishing the things on my list! It makes me feel good. No one needs to know what is on my list. Everyone around me is beginning to think I look great! Because I DO LOOK BETTER AND BETTER EVERY DAY! Everyone wants to know my secret. When I accomplish my weight and fitness goals I WILL SHARE MY COUCH POTATO FITNESS PROGRAM WITH THEM!! I give myself a mental hug because I DESERVE IT! WAY TO GO_________(say your name). I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT!!"
20. Now take the Couch Potato Plan and expand it into other areas of your life. KEEP YOUR DESIRES to YOURSELF. You can share your success AFTER YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS! Change the tape as you want to accomplish other things in your life.
These are the 20 steps to living a wonderful Couch Potato Fitness life! YOU CAN DO IT!! NO ONE NEEDS TO KNOW....JUST YOU! So, fellow Couch Potatoes sit down and GET FIT!!
Wishing you all much success! You can write to me and visit me at http://www.totallywell.com
Sincerely,
Janet Angel, PhD is an expert in wellness and psychology with over 22 years in private counseling. She has helped thousands of people achieve their personal and professional goals using various self-improvement tools. She is an accomplished author, and guest on TV and Radio programs who speaks about the Power Within You to create the life that you really desire. To learn more about getting well physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, visit http://www.totallywell.com and sign up for her free Newsletter and upcoming seminars.
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Friday, July 20, 2012
Belly Fat Loss Tips For Chocoholics
Belly Fat Loss Tips For Chocoholics
By Tammy Carter
The people who pass out belly fat loss tips often take it for granted that everyone will have the same level of difficulty in following a regime aimed at getting rid of belly fat. In reality, we are not all the same. Some people are happy to exist on a diet of salads, fruit and plain water and don't understand why their favourite meals aren't everyone's idea of enjoyable eating. To some of us following a healthy eating plan to lose fat seems near to impossible.
How can you survive on a low fat, low sugar, restricted calorie diet when you just can't live without chocolate? The answer is that you will find it a lot harder to maintain a controlled eating plan than the people who prefer tomatoes to chocolate. If you have a sweet tooth, it will probably be hard for you to stick to a belly fat loss regime. These tips will help you to manage your cravings for chocolate and other sweet things and to lose the troublesome fat in your tummy area.
The usual reasons any person gains weight are that we often eat the wrong types of food and we tend to eat too much. The body stores the extra calories as fat, our weight creeps up and our waistlines expand. When we look for help to get rid of some of the fat build up (particularly fat around the stomach area) we learn that we need to change our eating habits and increase our level of physical activity. If you are a sweet-lover, you will soon learn that the foods you like best are top of the list of things to avoid.
If you have tried dieting previously, you will know the feelings you get when you read the list of forbidden foods and find your favourite things there. Isn't it strange how just reading a diet sheet can bring on an immediate craving for chocolate? Don't worry, you will be able to overcome that feeling and you will be able to lose that dangerous fat lurking around your midsection. Death from chocolate deprivation is highly unlikely to occur on a sensible balanced eating plan.
The first belly fat loss tip for chocoholics or any sweet toothed person is not to let yourself get too hungry. You already have this natural fondness for sweet things; if you are also feeling very hungry it will be very much harder to resist snacking on the kind of sweet food that will just add to your belly fat problems.
The best ways to avoid hunger are to eat regular meals and to ensure that you include foods that will make you feel full for longer (the best foods for this are high fibre foods), and to substitute healthy alternatives to your usual high sugar treats. You might find you feel better if you eat smaller meals and have several snacks throughout the day as well. Some people swear by eating a large breakfast and smaller lunch and evening meal. Others do best on six small meals a day instead of the normal three. This is something you will need to work out for yourself by experimenting.
When you feel hungry in between meals, try drinking a large glass of water. As well as being good for us, water can give a feeling of fullness that will get us through to the next meal without resorting to snacking. Dehydration can also create feelings of hunger, so make sure you drink plenty of water throughout the day.
High calorie treats containing refined sugar should be avoided, but you can satisfy your craving for sweets by eating fresh fruit which contains natural unrefined sugars. In addition to avoiding refined sugar, you will be getting the added benefit of the vitamins and minerals which occur naturally in fruits.
Don't make yourself feel deprived by skipping dessert, simply make sure you avoid pastry or very creamy desserts, and opt for fruit based desserts instead. Fat free fruit yoghurts are an excellent quick dessert or snack.
Keep busy. You don't need to be a chocoholic to indulge in eating through boredom, many people fall into this trap. If you have been planning to start a project, this is the time to get going; a new interest will occupy your mind and keep chocolate fantasies at bay. If you can get involved in active messy jobs like gardening or decorating, you will be using extra calories, and keeping yourself occupied. Having dirty hands will also deter you from picking at foods. If you have nothing in particular to do, go for a walk, phone a friend, take a shower, take up Sudoku puzzles; what you do doesn't matter as long as you keep yourself occupied.
If your dieting downfall is cakes or cookies, you can try the special diet ranges, but be sure to read the labels carefully because low fat items often contain lots of refined sugar and as many calories as the normal non-diet variety. As most of these diet foods don't taste anywhere near as good as the "real" thing, they are best avoided altogether. If you can trust yourself to keep to a small portion, a piece of your usual favourite cake will be much tastier than a substitute diet product.
Chocolate! There, the word's out. Chocolate is the big one, the most common reason for people to break their good dieting habits. If you are a chocoholic you will know that there is absolutely no substitute for the real thing.
How are you going to lose your belly fat? Firstly, it would be a mistake to vow that you are going to live chocolate free forever. This pledge will make you feel miserable at the start and a failure later when you give into temptation; if you are a real chocoholic giving in to temptation is inevitable and will most likely result in a huge chocolate eating binge. The minute you ban something from your life, you will find it just about impossible to stop thinking about it.
It is best to take things step by step. If you can trust yourself not to cheat on the portions, you could allow yourself a small ration of chocolate as part of your daily calorie intake. If you don't trust yourself to stick to your chocolate allowance, it might be better for you to give up chocolate altogether for a set period.
If you follow through on a decision to eat no chocolate for, say a month, this will give you time to see some definite progress in your effort to lose belly fat. I won't try to kid you; you know it is not going to be easy, but seeing the improvement in your weight and size at the end of the punishing first month, will give you the strength you need to keep your chocolate eating under better control through the next month and the months after.
Most sweet "diet" food ranges leave a lot to be desired, but there are some low fat chocolate flavoured drinks available that actually taste the way a chocolate drink should. Try a comforting mug of guilt-free hot chocolate if you feel you are about to give in to your chocolate craving.
What should you do if you slip and indulge in a chocolate-fest? Pick yourself up, promise yourself that you won't let it happen again, and keep going. Don't use this slip-up as an excuse to abandon your attempt to lose your belly fat. Don't tell yourself that your diet is broken beyond repair; it is only damaged a bit, and it will still work if you give it another chance.
This step by step management of your favourite treats works well with most foods. This technique cuts down on the likelihood of giving in to bingeing, or completely giving up your attempt to eat sensibly and healthily while trying to lose belly fat. If you make sure you never say never, you can look forward to the day when you have lost the dangerous belly fat and can introduce your favourite forbidden goodies back into your everyday diet (in moderation, of course).
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Diet Soda and Body Fat Loss

Soda also called "pop" in some areas is one of the most deadly chemicals you can take for the control of body fat. There is nothing healthy about drinking diet soda to get rid of that abdominal or body fat because the so called addicted and dedicated drinkers of it got "FATTER" than those who take it occasionally.
As a matter of fact, total soft drink use was associated with overweight and obesity and the obesity risk of the addicted drinkers of diet soft drinks is very high. This is because for every can or bottle of diet soft drink you take in a day, there is 41 percent increase in risk of being overweight.
However, why intake of soda makes you fatter rather than lose fat is associated with some reasons which are highlighted below:
The artificial sweeteners that are present in diet sodas create a negative hormonal response in the body which increases fat storing hormone production and cravings for more sweets and refined carbohydrates in a short while after taking the diet drink.
Another reason is that some people think and believe that because they take diet drink, they are at liberty to eat more of every other food not minding the combination and calories. This taught will not help you in any way but put you at the risk of developing abdominal and body fat.
To conclude, there is no problem without solution. The best alternatives to diet soda are good old water with lemon or unsweetened iced teas (green, white, black, red....). The only thing is that just be creative and careful in making your iced tea for maximum enjoyment and greater array of anti-aging antioxidants.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Do I Work My Abs Everyday or Every Other Day? The Biggest Confusion
Do I Work My Abs Everyday or Every Other Day? The Biggest Confusion

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By Stan G
Recently I overheard two of my students arguing on this topic. One of them insisted in working out everyday. His argument was that the abdominal muscles are a lot different than the other muscle groups. He mentioned that your muscle actually brakes when you workout, and it gets repaired and becomes larger when you rest for the next day. But ab muscles are the only muscles you can workout for everyday. And in this way he said, you will be able to burn fat around your abs much faster.
The other student's argument was that the muscles are muscles. Even your abs need rest. She explained further that if you workout every other day, your ab muscles get all the rest they need. And hence when you workout on them again after a day's rest, you can push your ab workout further and train harder than the last workout.
I pounced into the conversation and said, I do not quite agree with both of your arguments.
Now it appears to me that it is a biggest confusion about abs workout amongst many people. So I decided to write this article to clear things out. In that conversation I corrected my male student that you don't burn fat around muscles while working out. It's commonly known as Spot Reduction. And there is no such thing as Spot Reduction in reality. You certainly burn calories while working out, but you can only lose fat by maintaining your diet. And it also depends on your genetics.
My female student is correct about her understandings, but kind of. What she thinks is right that when you workout with heavy weights, your muscles need rest in order to regain strength, this is also correct with ab muscles. But in my opinion, you do not really need to workout on your abs with heavy weights.
Lets understand muscles little better. There are two types of muscles. 1. Slow Twitch 2. Fast Twitch. Abs and even calves have slow twitch muscles, because these muscles are worked out anyway during the daily activities. And hence, more enhanced workout with more reps gives good results for these muscles.
So the question remains unanswered - Do I work my abs everyday or every other day?
The question is answered by questioning this - What is your Goal? Did you know that you can do ab workout only once a week, if your goal is such? There are people who need strong waistline for heavy weight lifting. These people use abdomen in order to lift heavy. They are only required to workout once a week or twice a week at the most.
If you need to have just a flat belly and shiny six pack abs, then you need to concentrate more on your diet. Slow twitch ab muscles can handle a daily abs workout. But I highly recommend you workout 3 to 4 times a week.
If you wish to know more about Exercises For Abs, I would suggest you watch this Free Presentation that explains why Best Workout For Abs is just not working out.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Stan_G
Do I Work My Abs Everyday or Every Other Day? The Biggest Confusion
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By Stan G
Recently I overheard two of my students arguing on this topic. One of them insisted in working out everyday. His argument was that the abdominal muscles are a lot different than the other muscle groups. He mentioned that your muscle actually brakes when you workout, and it gets repaired and becomes larger when you rest for the next day. But ab muscles are the only muscles you can workout for everyday. And in this way he said, you will be able to burn fat around your abs much faster.
The other student's argument was that the muscles are muscles. Even your abs need rest. She explained further that if you workout every other day, your ab muscles get all the rest they need. And hence when you workout on them again after a day's rest, you can push your ab workout further and train harder than the last workout.
I pounced into the conversation and said, I do not quite agree with both of your arguments.
Now it appears to me that it is a biggest confusion about abs workout amongst many people. So I decided to write this article to clear things out. In that conversation I corrected my male student that you don't burn fat around muscles while working out. It's commonly known as Spot Reduction. And there is no such thing as Spot Reduction in reality. You certainly burn calories while working out, but you can only lose fat by maintaining your diet. And it also depends on your genetics.
My female student is correct about her understandings, but kind of. What she thinks is right that when you workout with heavy weights, your muscles need rest in order to regain strength, this is also correct with ab muscles. But in my opinion, you do not really need to workout on your abs with heavy weights.
Lets understand muscles little better. There are two types of muscles. 1. Slow Twitch 2. Fast Twitch. Abs and even calves have slow twitch muscles, because these muscles are worked out anyway during the daily activities. And hence, more enhanced workout with more reps gives good results for these muscles.
So the question remains unanswered - Do I work my abs everyday or every other day?
The question is answered by questioning this - What is your Goal? Did you know that you can do ab workout only once a week, if your goal is such? There are people who need strong waistline for heavy weight lifting. These people use abdomen in order to lift heavy. They are only required to workout once a week or twice a week at the most.
If you need to have just a flat belly and shiny six pack abs, then you need to concentrate more on your diet. Slow twitch ab muscles can handle a daily abs workout. But I highly recommend you workout 3 to 4 times a week.
If you wish to know more about Exercises For Abs, I would suggest you watch this Free Presentation that explains why Best Workout For Abs is just not working out.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Stan_G
Saturday, July 14, 2012
How To Develop Six Pack Abs

Learning how to develop six pack abs is not rocket science. The main thing you need to get a six pack is a low body fat percentage. If you have too much body fat your abs will not show. The best way to get rid of your body fat is to make sure the calories you are taking in is less than the calories you are burning. For example, if you eat 1,500 calories in a single day and burn 2,000 calories that means you are going to lose weight. On the other hand, if you eat 1,500 calories per day and only burn 1,000, you are going to gain weight. This article is going to give some good tips on how you can make sure your calories in is less than your calories out!
Find A New Physical Hobby
A lot of people would tell you it is important to exercise because exercise burns a lot of calories. This is true, it is a great idea to exercise. However, not many people enjoy exercising and a lot of people simply do not have the time for it. If you feel like that is you don't worry! If you can find just twenty minutes per day to do something simple, even if it is just walking, that is a great way to burn extra calories. it does not matter what you do, just make sure you do something physical for twenty minutes every day.
Use Smaller Plates And Bowls
This is an interesting and funny tip in my opinion. New research shows us that families who have bigger plates and bowls usually weigh more than families with smaller plates and bowls. We are taught at a young age to eat everything on our plate because we do not want to waste food. When we eat with bigger plates we usually put more food on the plate and wecontinue eating even after we become full because we do not want to waste food. If you get smaller plates you will not have to worry about this over eating problem.
Get More Sleep
If it is possible for you to get more sleep, do it! When you sleep you are in an anabolic (fat burning) state. If you can get just one extra hour of sleep per night you will burn more calories. This might sound weird but give it a try for a week and watch how much weight you lose!
Develop A Full Exercise Plan And Diet
One of the most important tips for getting Six Pack Abs is to have a plan of action created for you. There is a free five day course you can get on developing a six pack quickly and the best part is it is free! Click Here to sign up and receive your first lesson today!
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Easy Six Pack Abs
Easy Six Pack Abs
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Six Pack Principle Revealed |
We all want to have a nice body, but one of the keys to having a nice body is to get six pack abs. If you are looking for then we are glad you are here reading this article. You have to understand, getting a six pack is not hard if you know what you are doing. The problem is many people don't know what they are doing. In fact, most people think that exercise is more important than diet to getting a nice looking stomach. This could not be further from the truth! Diet is the number one thing you need to change to get some nice looking abs. In this article, I am going to be talking about how you should change your diet to get some nice abs.
Eat Six Times Per Day
I know this might sound a little strange, but it is very important you eat six times per day. This does not mean you will be eating more food though, it means you will be eating six smaller meals per day instead of three larger ones. This is important because the when you eat, your metabolism has to speed up. If you eat three meals per day, your metabolism speeds up after the meal, but then after a few hours it slows down again. If you eat six times per day your metabolism is constantly going fast. So at the end of the day you ate the same amount of food but you burned more calories!
Do A Fast Before You Start A New Diet
Many people don't do this, but if you do a fast before you start a new diet you will be able to lose a lot more weight than if you didn't do a fast. We want to clean out our system and get rid of all the impurities before we start to eat healthy. If you get rid of all the impurities in your body, your body will be able to break all the nutrients down much easier and not store as much fat.
Eat Your Veggies!
How many of you honestly have five cups of veggies per day? Probably not many, but that is the recommended dosage. If you are not eating at least five cups of veggies per day start doing so now. The easiest way to do this is get a juicer and juice five servings of veggies in the morning. drink it all at once or slowly throughout the day.
Develop A Full Exercise Plan And Diet
One of the most important tips for getting Six Pack Abs is to have a plan of action created for you. There is a free five day course you can get on developing a six pack quickly and the best part is it is free! Click Here to sign up and receive your first lesson today!
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