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Posts Tagged ‘Fat Loss’

It's not as bad as you think!

Sounds paradoxical eating snacks and still being able to get a defined 6 pack Abs but it’s true.

And I don’t mean as a cheat meal but you can eat these daily!

OK there is a punch line, I need to be doing these few things first to be able to eat like this, the ground rules are:   …. Read more of this article

MMA or Mixed Martial Artists are some of the fittest athletes in the world.

Watchout your head is in the way!

You have to be fit to hold up your hands for 5 rounds with 1 minute rests while someone is trying to punch portholes into you.

If fat-loss is a goal and you are bored of doing endless “TV watching”  treadmills then mix it up and consider doing a good hard MMA workout as an alternative cardio routine for fatloss.

I’ll guarantee it will engage your mind rather than being placed in neutral, your athletic skills increase and you’ll find it more enjoyable and satisfying.

So Why MMA Workouts for Cardio?

  … read more at the musclehacker!

How to get 6 pack abs you probably already know is one of the most searched health topics on the Internet.

Me in Feb 2011

Checking with Google there are 5,600,000 results and this article makes 5,600,001 and when you finished reading this there will be 10 more!

There are plenty of articles that will tell you how to get a 6 pack abs but with this post I’ll simply stick to (1) objective  of real measurements … there are no magical 6 pack promises allowed on this!

If you are like me I hate spending too long at the gym (1 hour max.) so at the end I tend to rush through doing my ab routine so I can get home and do other things.

Rather than do my abs at the gym I want to identify what are the most effective exercises that can be done at home for developing a defined mid section. Read the rest of this entry »

When do we start?

I have published a guest article over on musclehacker.com  about discovering what is the best type of cardio for fat loss!

I provide a definitive answer that will work for you guaranteed.

Maybe you have heard that before but if you haven’t then the answer is (drum roll please) ….  click here  to find out at the musclehacker.com!

I wanted to find the best method to lose weight fast in a week!

How to Lose Weight Fast

Why? Just for the sake of curiosity and see what worked plus we are in Mid Winter and I always tend to put extra weight on over that period.

So I chose 3 methods but there are many more ways to lose fat however these were easy enough for me to do.

The 3 that I decided on for my weight loss experiment were:

1. Intermittent fasting during the day.

2. Eating mainly simple Carbohydrates during the day.

3. Eating mostly Proteins during the day.

But firstly I had decided on some simple rules: Read the rest of this entry »

Build larger muscles, burn more fat or perform better then make sure you drink water. 

That’s it, no need to read any more but ONLY if you know how much to drink!

Do you know how much water to drink daily to help reach peak performance?

I mean too much water could be as bad as too little water! Over hydrating can lead to an electrolyte imbalance.

I use to run and exercise a lot and I kept away from processed foods and added salts, which I thought was a good thing.

After I had a blood test it showed I was very low in sodium which came from excessive sweating and was flushing out all the salts in my body, which inturn meant I was not absorbing water but it was passing right through my body even though I was drinking all the time.

I remember getting ready for a race and drank so much leading up to it, I felt bloated so I wasn’t even in the mood to run hard.

So here are some strategies to hydrate correctly during exercise. Read the rest of this entry »

Anorexic or Buffed

My all time favourite body weight exercise is to go for a run.  I find running is a very effective method for fat loss and if done the right way can help build a muscular body.

Running doesn’t cost much, no fancy equipment or gym membership needed, it gets me outdoors and I can do it anywhere, anytime.

I have been running regularly for over 5 years, initially long distances where I was doing about 80-100 kms per week but through injury and the everyday time restraints,  I had to run much shorter distances just to fit in all my daily activities.

As I lowered my running distance and increased the intensity I noticed a change in my body.

I had been lifting weights all throughout my running but on shorter the distances my body started to develop a muscular shape.

The Best Way To Run For Muscle Growth.

You probably heard many times of the comparison between Sprinters and Marathon runners. At the Olympics you can see how real this comparison is.

By the way there are very lean body builders who just walk or slowly jog, this keeps their heart rate very low and they can build a ripped muscular body too.

So from experimenting over the last few months I’ve discovered the best way to run and build or at least maintain a muscular body is follow these two extremes. Read the rest of this entry »

Cheat meals play an important part of any nutritional diet plan which will greatly help you lose body fat over the long term.

Typical Cheat meal for me No1 for the day

If you want to get or stay lean having a fantastic cheat meal will do a lot of good things to your mind and body.

If you are like me I hate having spent the whole week working hard to lose body fat and then having a cheat meal (see the pics on the right from last Friday morning) like a big cheesy pizza or deep fried fish and chips and a few too many beers but feel terribly guilty later and think  ”Have I wasted that whole week?”

Well I have just done some ‘hard work’ over the last month I have been experimenting with different cheat meals and see how they affected my body weight.

These meals I am about to show you are borderline cheating but also border line healthy!

So the criteria of these meals needed to meet the following so I could recommend them, they are;

Straight After No1 is No2 an almond tart

1. Easy and quick to make in approx. 30 minutes
2. Simple ingredients
3. I could eat as much of it as I liked and it will help me stay trim
4. My body fat level was to remain essentially the same
5. These meals had to be nice enough tasting to be a cheat meal Read the rest of this entry »

These are 2 of the best muscle building tips on how to build a hot and lean body that I know will work for anyone.

It’s taken a few “trial and errors” but I found out the hard way, I hope it will save you some time?

If I tell you then it’s our little secret! … just kiddin’ but hell some people just don’t get it so it doesn’t matter!

Hold on there is a catch, it will be more effective if you discover your own muscle building tips rather than use mine.

Huh? you thought I was going to have all the answers?

Watch out here comes the ZEN: If you think I’m talking in circles well you are partly right.

In ZEN the truth can not really be explained in words, it can only be experienced. (Next time don’t just bench press and count the reps but focus and connect to the muscles doing the work, feel the lift, you’ll get the idea) .

It’s about others pointing the way, it’s a path to take all on your own to progress towards your goals, so create your own bodybuilding tips (hey and then pass them on).

Don’t always be the Grasshopper! Read the rest of this entry »

I have read so much about Crazy Celebrity fad diets that I decided I should try one to see if they really would work.

I picked the Cabbage soup diet only because it went for 7 days and would not be so disruptive in my normal routine. It has also been recommended by medical institutions as a pre-surgery diet so I guess it couldn’t be that bad.

Most diets are not suitable for long-term weight loss but are good for losing weight fast.

The Cabbage Soup Diet is a low-fat & low- calorie, high-fiber diet that should help drop weight fast.

It could be used before you embark on a long-term eating plan.

The CABBAGE SOUP DIET

Day One: Read the rest of this entry »