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Interval Training Killed The Cardio Workout

Posted by jag252 on August 9, 2009

Interval Training Killed The Cardio Workout

Thankfully we have a better way for fat burning than spending hours on a treadmill. RIP old cardio. Welcome Interval Training.

Stop doing the slow boring cardio workouts for fat burning and switch to shorter, more effective interval training for fat burning and weight loss. This will help you get more fat burning results in less workout time.

Research proves that interval training is better than cardio workouts for fat burning, weight loss and fitness.

 * But what is Interval Training? *

Interval training is when you do a period of hard work followed by a period of easy work. Although I do prefer weight training, bodyweight exercises or kettlebells for interval training, you can also use the treadmill to do interval training/ fat burning workouts.

A good time to do your interval training is immediately after your strength training session. That way you only have 3 full training days per week.

Interval training can also be done on your off days of strength training.

After you’ve finished your strength training workout, you’ll move into the interval training workout. Start by warming up for 5 minutes at a progressive pace and then you are going to go 45 seconds at a hard 8.5-9/10 intensity level, followed by 90 seconds at an easy 3/10 intensity level.

For another interval training workout, you’ll again start with your 5-minute warm-up, but instead of 45 seconds, you will do 60 seconds of hard work followed by 90 seconds of recovery. This time your hard interval training will not be as difficult at it was in the first fat burning workout I described, but still at a pretty good pace that allows you to do 60 seconds of hard work.

As a side note, you always want to be able to finish your interval training and fat burning workout. If you can’t, then you need to bring the intensity down.

When you come down to your recovery interval, it should always be at the same intensity, and always be very easy. So, no matter which interval training/ fat burning workout you are going to be doing, you will always come back to the same easy level intensity for your recovery period. Again, you are going to repeat the intervals in the workout up to six times and then finish off with a cool down.

Interval Training better results for fat burning, lean muscle and fitness. Let’s see shorter workouts better results? Sounds pretty much like a no brainer.

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The Busy Woman: Fat Loss Workout At Home

Posted by jag252 on August 3, 2009

Good Morning: I have a great fat loss workout for you this morning. Do it at home with no equipment. Thanks to Craig Ballantyne.
 
 
Busy Woman Workout  
By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Turbulence Training

You can get an incredible weight loss workout at home without any equipment. That’s right, you can burn fat and lose fat in the comfort of your own home. Your a busy woman, you don’t need fancy machines or expensive mega-gym memberships, and you don’t have to deal with line-ups or sweaty, stinky fellow gym-members. Ewww!

Okay, here’s the first thing you need. About a 8×8 open area. And your bodyweight. That’s it. Don’t rest between any of these exercises.

First exercise: Prisoner Squat

Place your hands behind your head, keep your elbows back, and squat down halfway to the ground. Keep your shoulder blades together to work your upper back and push your hips back as you squat to work your back of your legs.

Do that 10-20 times depending on your strength levels.

Second exercise: Push-up Plus

Do a regular pushup, but at the top, add a little extra push to round your upper back and make your shoulder blades move away from one another. Do 4-12 reps depending on your strength.

Third exercise: Plank

Support yourself on your forearms and toes and keep your body in a straight line from ankles to shoulders. You’ll be “hovering” just above the ground. Keep your abs braced and hold for 10-60 seconds depending on your endurance.

Fourth exercise: Split squat

Stand with one foot 2 feet in front of your body and the other foot 1 foot behind your body. This is a stationary lunge position. Bend your back knee and drop your hips to the floor. Then push up using the muscles of the lead leg. Use a wall for balance or support if needed. Do 5-12 reps per side depending on strength.

Rest 1 minute then repeat the circuit up to 4 times.

Have fun, and burn fat,

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training

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Low Calories Slows Your Metabolism For Less Fat Loss

Posted by jag252 on August 2, 2009

Bodybuilders have long known that if you eat too little for too long, you can actually decrease your resting metabolic rate (the number of calories you burn at rest).  

Now, scientists are catching up to what our muscle-building friends have known in the real world for a long time. Researchers from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisana studied long term dieting in 48 normal-weight subjects.  One group of subjects reduced their calories below normal by 25% for 6 months. A second group reduced their calories by 12.5% and exercised to burn another 12.5% of calorie intake each day. A third group consumed only 890 calories per day until they lost 15% of their body weight, and the fourth group served as a control group.  

Researchers found that resting metabolic rate decreased in subjects on the 25% calorie restriction group after only 3 months. Likewise, this decrease in metabolism was also found in the 890 calorie per day and the exercise + diet groups, but not until after 6 months.

 In addition, researchers also found that the calorie restriction subjects decreased the amount of physical activity they did each day.  

Therefore, when you diet too hard, too much, and too long, your body starts to conserve energy by reducing your metabolism and by decreasing the amount of activity you do.  

To avoid lowering your metabolism, don’t cut your calories by such a big number. Instead of cutting by 25%, cut only by 10%. In addition, you can permit yourself a reward meal each week where you eat your favorite foods and a normal number of calories for the day. And third, take a few days off dieting every 8-10 weeks, where you go back to eating a normal number of calories each day.  

These three simple changes should help you lose weight while avoiding a reduced metabolism. Of course, you should also follow an exercise program to keep up your activity levels.

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, M.Sc., has been writing for Men’s Health magazine for over 8 years, and is the author of the world-famous Turbulence Training for Fat Loss System

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Interval Fat Loss Training: Turbulence Training For Abs

Posted by jag252 on July 30, 2009

 The Turbulence Training For Abs Beginner Level Workout

Hi I wanted to bring you this ab workout from Craig Ballantyne of Turbulence Training 

 

Ab Circuit

Exercise Descriptions – Beginner Level Workout

 
 
 
 Plank
  

• Raise your body in a straight line and rest your bodyweight on your elbows and toes so that your body hovers over the mat.

• Keep your back straight and your hips up. Hold (brace) your abs tight. Contract them as if someone was about to punch you in the stomach, but breath normally.

• Hold this position for the recommended amount of time, and try to hold it a little longer each workout.

 

• Lie on your stomach on a mat.

Disclaimer:You must have a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) or Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) provide you with instruction on correct form for all exercises1) Plank – 20 seconds.

• No rest.

2) Side Plank – 10 seconds per side.

• No rest.

3) Bird Dog – 5 repetitions per side.

• Rest 1 minute before repeating this circuit.

 Side Plank
 
 • Raise your body in a straight line so that your body hovers over the mat.

• Keep your back straight and your hips up. Hold your abs tight. Contract them as if someone was about to punch you in the stomach, but breath normally.

Bird Dog• Kneel on a mat and place your hands on the mat under your shoulders. You should be on “all fours” (like a dog). Brace your abs.

 

• Raise your right hand and left leg simultaneously while keeping your abs braced.

• Point your right arm straight out from your shoulder and your left leg straight out from your hip. Your pelvis should not rotate (if someone placed a ball in the small of your back, it shouldn’t have fallen off). Your back should be flat like a table.

• Hold for 3-5 seconds and then slowly lower without rotating your pelvis.

If you want to lose stomach fat and get rid of your ugly, embarrassing belly without doing hundreds of sit-ups and crunches each night, then you need to discover the belly fat burning power of interval training and total body ab exercises that can be done at home to give you six pack abs.
 
 You don’t need fancy ab machines or expensive equipment to get flat abs. And yes, it is possible for men of all ages to lose stomach fat and get six pack abs at the same time, so that you no longer have to hide your belly under baggy sweatshirts or t-shirts at the beach.
 
 In fact, you can burn belly fat and reveal your abdominals just by working out at home, without relying on the dishonor of crunches or cardio to burn belly fat, nor do you need to spend your monthly car payment on supplements.
 
 
 
 
 

 

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Interval Fat Loss Training Ab Workouts

Posted by jag252 on July 29, 2009

turbulence training ab workoutsHome Ab Workouts & Obliques

Stop Wasting Time on Side Bends, Torso Twists & Other Oblique Exercises… Try These Killer Oblique Ab Workouts!

by Craig Ballantyne, Men’s Health Magazine Fitness Expert, Author of the Best Home Abdominal Workouts Program

Most ab training programs neglect one of the most important muscles in your “core”. Sure, you can do tons of crunches and sit-ups, but if you aren’t properly working your oblique muscles, then you won’t have the complete 6-pack package.

And while your first thoughts of oblique exercises are dumbbell side bends or bicycle crunches, I’ve got 3 killer ab & core exercises for you today that are just as effective and safer for your low back.

If you do all 3 of these abs exercises once per week along with one other ab workout later in the week, you’ll double the effectiveness of your ab workouts.

Plus, you can do this ab workout anytime, anywhere. You don’t have to do it just at the end of a regular workout. You can do it in the morning before work, in your office (if you have privacy), in the park at lunch, or while watching your kids or TV at home. It’s so simple and effective, yet doesn’t require any equipment. It’s the perfect three-exercise ab routine for building a sharp set of oblique muscles to compliment your 6-pack abs.

Do each exercise back to back with no rest between exercises. At the end of the circuit, take a 1 minute rest before repeating the circuit 2 more times. If you are a beginner, make the beginner modifications to each exercise and do the circuit only 1 time for the first week. In the second week, you can bump it up to 2 circuits, and finally to 3 circuits in week 3.

Follow this program for 4 weeks, and then add in some new exercises, remove some of the old exercises, and change the order and repetition scheme of the exercises. You need to change every aspect of your workout every 4-6 weeks so that you don’t get bored and so that your program stays as effective as possible.  Don’t forget that your main focus should still be full body workouts and not just ab workouts if you really want to have lean six pack abs.

Here’s the 3-exercise abs oblique obliteration circuit:

1) Cross-Body Mountain Climber – 10 reps per side
2) Side Plank – 30 second hold per side
3) Spiderman Pushup – 8 reps per side

Here are detailed descriptions of how to do each exercise:

Cross-Body Mountain Climber

  • Start in the top of the push-up position.
  • Keep your abs braced, pick one foot up off the floor, and slowly bring your knee up to your opposite elbow.
  • Do not let your hips sag or hike up in the air. Keep your body in a straight line.
  • Keep your abs braced and slowly return your leg to the start position.
  • Alternate sides until you complete all of the required repetitions.
  • Beginner Modification: Do the standard Mountain Climber bringing your knee straight ahead and do not try to cross your body with it.

Side Plank

  • Lie on a mat on your side.
  • Support your bodyweight with your feet and on your elbow.
  • Raise your body in a straight line so that your body hovers over the mat.
  • Keep your back straight and your hips up. Hold your abs and entire core tight. Contract them as if someone was about to punch you in the stomach, but breath normally.
  • Hold this position for the recommended amount of time then SWITCH sides.
  • Increase the duration of the hold each workout.
  • Beginner Modification: Do the exercise from your knees. Hold for 10 seconds.

 

Spiderman Push-up

  • Keep your abs braced and body in a straight line from toes to shoulders.
  • Place your hands on the floor slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
  • Slowly lower yourself down until you are an inch off the ground.
  • As you lower yourself, slowly bring your knee up to your elbow, but keep your foot off the ground as you do so.
  • Push through your chest, shoulders and triceps to return to the start position, and return your leg to the start position. Alternate sides until you complete all repetitions.
  • Keep your body in a straight line at all times and try not to twist your hips.
  • Intermediate Modification: If you can’t do all 8 Spiderman Pushups per side, do as many as you can and then finish the set with regular pushups.
  • Beginner Modification: Do the Spiderman Pushup from a kneeling position, or just do regular Kneeling Pushups.
Try adding these abs and obliques exercise circuits into your regular workouts or on alternate days.  Give it some time and dedication and you’ll have razor sharp obliques and rock hard abs in just a couple cycles.
 

 

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Done For You Fat Loss Meal Plans PT 3

Posted by jag252 on July 3, 2009

Hi,  just wanted to give you a quick reminder about the Done For You Fat Loss Meal Plan. The price will be going up so if you think it will work for you get in before the increase.

Here is some info I took off Vince’s site.

Nutrition Reality #1 You Can’t Out Train A Bad Diet

You could run two marathons a day and still get fat.

Even if you resorted to a bodybuilders diet of chicken, broccoli and brown rice six-times a day, you can still get fat.

How?

Eat too much of it.  The excess has to get stored somewhere and unfortunately that is known as your belly-bulge.

It doesn’t matter how many hours a day you workout, what kind of supplements you take or how “healthy” you eat if you consumed too much of it.

You probably learned that back in high school science class.

It’s amazing how marketing geniuses can get us to underestimate this simple nutrition fact.

Nutrition Reality #2 Diet Is 90% of the Equation

Think about it.

It takes about 3-minutes to consume a delicious muffin or donut and wash it down with a glass of juice or your favorite mocha drink.  3-minutes later you’ve consumed almost 1000 calories, 50 grams of fat and 120 grams of sugar.

Bam!  So much for that flat stomach…

You just cancelled out 2 days worth of working out! That’s called one step forward, two steps back.  I don’t’ have to tell you how hard you have to work your butt off to burn those 1000 calories, right?

You got to bust your ass sprinting up some stairs for an hour just to cancel out the damage you inflicted on your belly.

So it takes 3-minutes of mouth-watering delight to lose your six pack and it takes 60-minutes of heart-pounding, muscle-screaming workouts to get your six-pack.

Now you see why all the cover-models and bodybuilders say, “It’s all diet, diet, diet…”

Nutrition Reality #3 “Eating healthy” Without a Plan Is Guaranteed Failure

My clients protested, “But I eat healthy…” or “I don’t eat bad though…” while I confronted them with this truth.

 “Eating healthy” is a relative phrase.  You may be in fact eating “the top super foods” every day or a “variety” of proteins and fats or avoiding the “bad carbs” but still crippling your success.

Why?

How do you know if you’ve eaten too much or too little?

What do you modify at the end of the week when you jump on the scale and nothing has changed? What do you do?

Eat “healthier?”

Done For You Fat Loss Meal Plans

I bet you can relate to the three C’s…

Confusing, Challenging and Consuming

#1 Diets are CONFUSING

Just like you, I agree that nutrition advice has become overwhelmingly confusing.  One best-selling book says no carbs, another book says no fat.  This expert says to skip the protein and the other expert says to ignore that advice.

Maybe I should eat according to my ancestors or my blood type?  Maybe I should go with the instinct diet?  That one sounds interesting…

It’s at the point now that every single food is on some guru’s “bad list.”

If I followed all of their advice, my plate would be empty every meal!

Bottom line, it’s impossible to escape the confusion, especially since every diet promises to be better than the last.

Aren’t you dreaming of the day you can stroll into a grocery store and not be terrified or torture yourself with guilt, no matter what you eat?
#2 Diets are CHALLENGING

Just like you, I can’t possibly keep up with all the “breakthrough” diets that rain in from the sky each-and-every-day.

It doesn’t help when at least 10 of these diets get national publicity and make the best-sellers list.  What if the next one is actually the real thing?

You would be making a horrible mistake passing up this new diet opportunity even though the diet will force you to shell-out more money, make you feel miserable, overanalyze, is outrageously unpractical, and impossible to follow long term.

Bottom line, the diet mafia is seducing you, again, to abandon your better judgment and eat like you’ve never eaten before.

#3 Diets are CONSUMING

Did you ever realize that the countries (a.k.a. United States and Canada) that are most obsessed about nutrition, dieting and diet foods are the fattest and most out of shape?

Go figure.

Being consumed with food is affecting your mood and self-worth!

It’s one thing to be a little upset because you over ate in a meal, it’s another thing to be downright depressed because you ate some garlic toast for lunch!

Our society has never been so consumed with diet and nutrition as it has in the past 50 years and yet our physiques and health are going right down the tubes.

If food is consuming your life and leaving you emotionally drained, guilt-stricken, literally afraid of eating and straining your personal relationships, then keep reading to discover a simple-fix that defies common sense!

It’s the exact simple-fix that will help you lose the last 10 pounds or the first 100 pounds like a bad habit and obliterate even the most stubborn fat from any body part.

Fact: More than ANYTHING else, you’re diet is holding you back and here is what you can do to fix it, once and for all…

Done For You Fat Loss Meal Plans

Get lean, or stay fat.  It’s your decision.

Why do I say that?  Because this is your absolute LAST chance to get the program that is going to put your results over the edge, while being
maintainable and livable, and DOABLE, before the price DOUBLES Friday night.

You want to talk about why people fail?  It’s because 99% of the diet programs out there aren’t realistic.  They aren’t practical, and believe me, I feel your pain.

But that’s NOT this program, This one is special.  This one is going to be a GAME CHANGER for you–and I guarantee it–because it’s just so incredibly livable.

Not only that, but you get to EAT NORMALLY to get you the head-turning physique you’ve always wanted–FASTER.

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Are Meal Plans Necessary For Fat Loss?

Posted by jag252 on July 2, 2009

Are Meal Plans Really What You Need? That’s the purpose of this article I have for you it’s from my buddy Nick Nilsson of Metabolism Surge.

Some food for thought if your on the fence either way about the Done For You Fat Loss Meal Plans Iv’e been telling you about.

And I have to say, it IS an excellent product. The meal plans
have been created by people who know EXACTLY what they’re
doing when it comes to food prep and nutrition. I have no
hesitation recommending this product for people who are
looking for meal plans and a way systematize their nutrition
for optimum results.

Learning by doing is, quite honestly, one of the best ways to
learn good nutrition.

So if you’ve ever found yourself confused about what to eat
for best results, THIS is a program you should get, especially
while it’s being launched at HALF the regular price (47 bucks
instead of 97 bucks). This is only going until Friday at
midnight, so grab it now if you think you might want it.

Heck, you don’t even have to follow the meal plans exactly –
it’s a great to way to just grab some random, healthy meals,
too (with all the nutritional info all laid out, as well as
proper portion sizes).

I definitely don’t mean to come across like I’m down on meal
plans…I think they absolutely have their place in training
programs.

It’s the same deal with actual workout schedules…I tell
people to follow a pre-written program from an expert so you
learn how to train properly before you starting mucking around
with things yourself…chances are, if you don’t know how to
put together a program properly, you’re not going to get the
best results.

Same thing with nutrition…if you don’t know how to put
together a nutrition plan (even if your plan is a very general
one), you’ll benefit tremendously by learning exactly how to
do it from an expert.

Okay, off that soapbox and onto another one…

So ARE meal plans necessary for fat loss?

And without further ado, the answer is yes…and no!

Allow me to explain…

Following meal plans is one of those things that you either
love or hate. You either feel like you HAVE to do it in order
to get results or you feel like there’s NO WAY you’ll ever be
caught dead doing it. It’s rare you find somebody who sits on
the middle ground in this one.

As most people know, in order to lose fat, you’ve got to have
a caloric deficit, taking in fewer calories than you burn on
a daily basis. No surprises there.

Now here’s the thing…in order to consistently achieve that
caloric deficit and lose fat, you must be AWARE of your calorie
intake.

I believe the REAL question we should be asking here should not
be “Is meal planning necessary?” but “Is calorie-AWARENESS
necessary?”

So if, in order to be aware of how many calories you’re taking
in, you need to specifically PLAN and COUNT them (by weighing
food and referencing food charts), then THAT will be what you
have to do to get results.

And that is totally fine!

But if you’ve already GOT a good awareness of how many calories
you’re eating in a day and you know what you need to eat (or
not eat) in order to achieve that caloric deficit, then meal
planning is NOT necessary for you.
The key here, again, is awareness.

You see, the big problem with not following meal plans arises
when a person THINKS they’re aware of their caloric intake but
they really are NOT.

It’s a fact that most people dramatically under-report their
caloric intake when they are asked to estimate how much they
eat in a day. When they keep a food diary and have to write
down every little thing that goes in their mouth, in some
cases their TRUE caloric intake nearly DOUBLES.

So even if you don’t want to follow a meal plan, it may be
time for a quick compromise. It’s a temporary calorie count/reality
check!

If you’re not losing fat right now and you feel like you’re
not really eating much, here’s something you can try in order
to test your “caloric awareness”:

First, write down how many calories you THINK you’re eating
every day.

Now for the next full week, write down everything you eat.
And I do mean EVERYTHING. Every little taste and every little
snack. EVERYTHING. Just write down foods and portion sizes –
don’t try and look up how many calories each thing has and
don’t suddenly change your diet because you want to make
yourself look good – just keep doing what you’ve been doing.

At the end of the week, go to a food chart and research
everything you ate. Add it up and divide by 7. This will
give you your average daily caloric intake.

If you’re within a few hundred calories of your original
estimation, congratulations! You’ve got good “calorie awareness!”

But if you’re off by a significant margin, this will give you
some VERY useful feedback on what you need to do to get fat
loss rolling again.

So there’s a vote FOR meal plans…let’s look at the other
side of the coin.

And I’ll be blunt here…the calorie counts in meal plans,
no matter how careful you are, are simply NOT 100% accurate.

Think of it this way…no two pieces of food are alike. When
you buy a steak at the grocery store, they don’t charge you
per steak, they charge by the pound. And even when they charge
by the pound, two steaks of the same cut can have DRAMATICALLY
different composition – one could be lean and one could be fatty!

But if you look at a calorie chart, you’ll see “3 oz sirloin
steak – 100 calories”…or something to that effect.

So even if you weigh and chart every single piece of food you
put in your mouth, you’re STILL going to be off by a fair
margin. That’s just a fact.

And while how MUCH you eat has an impact on fat loss, WHEN
you eat it and what foods you eat together makes a HUGE impact
on your results. “Calories are calories” is true only up to
a point.

For example, if you eat a big meal after a workout, most of
that will get used for recovery purposes. But if you eat that
same big meal late at night, nowhere near a workout, a good
portion of that will just be stored as fat.

Another example is eating sugary carbs with fatty foods – the
insulin response you get from sugary foods will jam that fat
right into your fat cells with very little trouble!

So now that you have absolutely no idea WHAT the heck to do
now, here’s my step-by-step solution…

1. If you like to follow meal plans and it gets you results…
   keep it up!

2. If you like to follow meal plans but you’re NOT getting
   results, either eat less or make sure you’re writing down
   EVERYTHING you’re eating AND are being as accurate as possible
   with your charting (and get some good meal plans, for crying
   out loud).

3. If you DON’T like to follow meal plans and you ARE getting
   results…keep it up! Meal plans are NOT necessary if you’re
   aware of how many calories you’re taking in AND you’re
   getting results.

4. If you DON’T like to follow meal plans and you’re NOT getting
   results, it’s time to take one week to count your calories
   and improve your caloric awareness. It’s only a week and
   it’ll give you a MUCH better idea of what you’re actually
   taking in. This will pay off BIG in the long run because
   once you get a feel for your TRUE intake, you can very easily
   keep yourself honest and ADJUST on the fly.
To my mind, the bottom line is results. If you’re NOT losing
fat, then you’re not getting the results you want…simple as
that. Your approach should be focused on doing what you need
to do to get those results.

Developing your caloric awareness is the key to long-term
success with fat loss. And if you have to follow meal plans
to do it, then that’s what you’ve gotta do!

If that’s the case for you, then go grab the meal plans right
now, because they’re excellent and their relatively cheap
right now (especially considering the amount of work that’s
gone into putting these together).

Thanks Again to Nick for this look at meal plans and will they work for you. If you are still on the fence here is the link to Done for You Fat Loss Meal Plans and some more info.

Hope this helps. I do endorse the Done for you meal plan system very highly. But this is something you have to decide for yourself – Will I Follow It And Get The Full Benefit. Talk to you soon    Joe

There is this really funny you tube video up with two of my fellow fitness experts that had a “Pizza VS Cardio Contest!”

They wanted to put the famous saying: “You Can’t Out-Train A Bad Diet”
to the ultimate test.

The video hammers home an invaluable nutrition lesson…

So one fitness expert jumps on the treadmill and cranks it up to the absolute maximum speed with a slight incline (without falling off) and starts sprinting.

While he’s busting his butt at 11.0 MPH, killing himself to lose fat, the other fitness expert is standing beside him consuming a box of pizza.

After about 3 minutes, the guy eating has consumed 800 calories (half a pizza) and the guy sprinting has burned 42 calories!

Moral of the story – you CAN NOT out train a bad diet.

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Here’s What You Can Do…
========================

Stop following a diet period.

Use these MEAL PLANS instead.
Done For You Fat Loss Meal Plans 

Compare any other diet book or diet method to simply following a “designed-for-you” meal plan that eliminates 100% of the guess work and you’ll come out on top 100% of the time – GUARANTEED.

How do I know this?

Because the best meal plan is based on BALANCE and VARIETY which is exactly catered to your physiological make up. You can’t get more personalized than that!

And the best part is, all you do is plug in a few basic measurements to determine which plan to follow and you begin your VERY NEXT MEAL today.

It’s critical that you put your meal plan into action TODAY – not tomorrow, not next week or next month.
I love these plans because they are SO EASY to implement your very next meal and continue until you have developed the habits necessary to see results so that you stay motivated and finally perfect your body and health.

There are no rules to follow, complex formulas, expensive supplements, ridiculous macronutrient ratios that you need to concern yourself with.

Everything is already DONE-FOR-YOU and designed-for-you.

Grab your PROVEN meal plans here:

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I promise these will give you everything you need to eat right so you can implement them immediately.

P.S. Eliminate all the nutrition nonsense and stop thinking you need a “special diet” which is a complete LIE, massive nutrition conspiracy and scam.
You need to start with a simple nutritional template that is CONSTANT and COMPLETE with the CORRECT foundational nutritional principles.

Take advantage of the HALF-PRICE sale that ends in 60-hours:
 Done For You Fat Loss Meal Plans

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Done For You Fat Loss Meal Plans PT 2

Posted by jag252 on July 1, 2009

Yesterday we discussed that you need a nutritional template if you’re truly committed to having the healthiest and most attractive body possible.

A nutritional template just means, a meal plan.

A lot of people make the mistake of thinking they need a SPECIAL PLAN designed to meet their individual needs and that is a MISTAKE, at first.

Eventually you can incorporate some more advanced nutrition techniques but if you’re not flaunting a ripped six-pack, right now, or exuberating all-day energy, you are probably swimming in water too deep.

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You’ve Been Lied To
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We’ve both been conditioned to believe that you need a nutrition plan different than everyone else. You’re right, partly!

You’ve been told to worry about calories, macronutrient rations and other advanced details in the beginning, which in my opinion is wasted energy.

Focusing on these details is like working on your finishing sprint in the marathon when you’re not even in shape to run 1 mile yet.

The best meal plan is based on BALANCE and VARIETY which is exactly catered to your physiological make up. You can’t get more personalized than that!

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The TRUTH:
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At the start, EVERYONE’S nutritional quest should begin at the SAME starting line.

Plainly put: You Need A SIMPLE Nutritional Plan You
Can Implement IMMEDIATELY, COMPLETE With The CORRECT,
Foundational Nutritional Principles.

That’s why I want you to download Vince DelMonte’s “Done-For-You” Fat Loss Meal Plans available at

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It’s critical that you put your meal plan into action TODAY – not tomorrow, not next week or next month.

I love these plans because they are SO EASY to implement your very next meal and continue until you have developed the habits necessary to see results so that you stay motivated and finally perfect your body and health.

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The Best Part Of Your Own Meal Plan
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There are no rules to follow, complex formulas, expensive supplements, ridiculous macronutrient ratios that you need to concern yourself with.

Everything is already DONE-FOR-YOU. 

I prefer to say “DESIGNED-For-You!”

Don’t get me wrong, once you get to being a few percent away from “camera-ready” and “contest-ready” shape, you’re going to have to incorporate some more advanced tricks but for now, it’s best you accept the 3-phase meal plans as the best place to start.

Get your complete set of 30 unique 84-day fat loss meal plans TODAY
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To your success,

Joe

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Interval Training:Why Toning Workouts Don’t Work

Posted by jag252 on June 17, 2009

High-Rep. Low-Weight “Toning” Workouts Don’t Work  
By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
www.TurbulenceTraining.com

The old “high reps get you cut” myth is probably one of the most common misconceptions in the fat loss workout world. Spot reducing with high-reps and light weights doesn’t work. It won’t work for your abs, and it won’t work for your arms or chest, or your butt or thighs.
However, that doesn’t mean strength training is a waste of time for fat loss and body sculpting.

There are two very important reasons to include strength training in a fat loss program, but it’s not because high reps get you cut. Instead, lifting moderately heavy weights for a lower number of repetitions will help you gain muscle at the same time as you lose body fat, and it will also help you burn a lot more calories during training and after.

This goes for both men AND women. A study of women showed that when they used heavier weights and lower reps they burned more calories in the hours after training. And that’s the key. You have to put “Turbulence” on your body so that your muscles will increase their metabolism. By doing that, you burn fat and calories all day long, even while you sleep!

And as if the high-reps belief wasn’t enough, I can’t believe it when I read a fitness article misleading women that they can get “toned triceps” by lifting soup cans or water bottles. This will never happen!

It doesn’t matter how many photos the magazines show you of your favorite exercise instructor doing triceps kickbacks with water bottles in her hand, you will not get her body by doing that type of program. On the other hand, the bodyweight exercises in the Turbulence Training workouts will help you get sleek, sexy, defined arms.

So let’s leave it at this: For men and women looking to get lean and lose fat, you should go for efficient exercises – obviously the more muscles used per exercise the better. By doing pushups for example, you can train your triceps, chest, shoulders and abs all at once – literally cutting your workout in half (or more). And that’s what Turbulence Training is all about – more results in less time.

Sincerely,

Craig Ballantyne,
Author, Turbulence Training

About the Author

Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines. His trademarked Turbulence Training fat loss workouts have been featured multiple times in Men’s Fitness and Maximum Fitness magazines, and have helped thousands of men and women around the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get lean in less than 45 minutes three times per week. For more information on the Turbulence Training workouts that will help you burn fat without long, slow cardio sessions or fancy equipment, visit www.TurbulenceTraining.com

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Interval Training Getting That Six Pack Abs Look

Posted by jag252 on June 17, 2009

Interval training  if it isn’t should be an integral part of your workouts. If fat loss and the desire for that six pack abs look is what  your after you need and want to do interval training.

Why would you want to do interval training? Less workout time 15-20 minutes 2-3 times a week. How’s that sound?

Interval training has been scientifically proven to be much more effective for fat burning than the old steady rate marathon cardio workouts.

I can’t believe there really is a debate about this but there seems to be. If you would rather spend 60 minutes plus 4-5 times a week on a treadmill or exercise bike and get less results well okay knock yourself out.

Losing fat happens when you burn more calories than you consume. By creating a calorie deficit, your body draws on your fat stores for energy.

What is unfortunate is that most people still are turning to traditional methods of cardio, hopping on treadmills or exercise bikes, running or pedaling at a constant speed for 30 minutes or more. These exercises obviously take up a lot of time, can be hard on your joints, tire you out and it is sooooo boring.

What’s more effective for burning calories is the high intensity interval training workout. It takes up less time, provides plenty of variety and burns calories when compared to traditional cardio workouts.

A high intensity interval training workout involves exercises which vary in pace from quite moderate and relaxed, to fast paced and intense. These exercises usually alternate between two levels of intensity in short spurts or durations.

By alternating between moderate and fast paced, your body is able to perform with much more intensity which normally cannot be sustained for prolonged periods of time, and the moderate pace allows you to catch your breath to get ready for your next burst of high intensity.

A typical workout could look like (but isn’t restricted to) the following:

• A five minute warm up period to get things moving!
• Jog at a moderate pace for 1 minute.
• Sprint at full speed for 20 seconds.
• Repeat the jogging/sprinting process 6 to 10 times, depending on your fitness level.
• Cool down for 5 minutes.

The entire duration of this exercise session including your warm up and cool down should last between 15 and 20 minutes and it is not restricted to jogging/walking. You could alternate other exercises, as follows:

• Jump rope/march on the spot
• Cycling at varying speeds
• Burpees/march on the spot

The intense part of your workout must get the heart rate going while the moderate part should allow you to catch your breath, in readiness for your next high intensity burst. The main advantage of a high intensity interval training workout is that you will burn more calories in less time than you would by exercising at a steady pace for 30 minutes or more.

 The high intensity part of your intervals pushes your body’s metabolism higher, burning more fat than if you were moving at a steady pace. This alone is reason enough to do intervals rather than steady paced cardio!

High intensity interval training workouts should be combined with resistance (weight) training exercise for maximum results High intensity interval training should most definitely be an important part of your fat loss or body building program due to both the time and effective benefits achieved by doing so.

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