1. TIME YOUR PREMEAL SNACK
Eating a low-carbohydrate protein bar 90 minutes before you work out will enable you to exercise longer and harder (and burn more calories) than you normally would, says Steve Zim, author of Hot Point Fitness. However, that 90-minute mark is crucial. Eat any closer to your workout, and blood will rush to your stomach, actually diminishing your performance.
2. BREATHE THROUGH YOUR NOSE
Inhaling and exhaling through your nose, rather than your mouth, helps stabilize your heart rate and (like the preworkout snack) increase your endurance. The result? You work out longer and burn more calories. But don't get discouraged if it feels unnatural at first — it takes about six to eight workouts to perfect.
3. DO CARDIO LAST
Strength-train before doing any cardiovascular work, says Ken Fitzgerald, owner of Lift Gym in New York. Why? It takes the body about 15 minutes to warm up and start burning fat. So, a 30-minute bike ride is really only burning fat for the last 15 minutes of your workout. But, if you lift weights first, your body is warmed up by the time you hit the bike, and you'll burn fat throughout the entire ride.
4. VALUE VARIETY
Do the exact same workout every time you hit the gym, and your body will start to adapt to it — and eventually stop burning as many calories, says Zim. So if you jog one day, try biking or swimming the next. Or, if you weight-train from the shoulders down one day, next time, begin with your legs and work up. The important thing, Zim says, is to keep your body guessing.
5. DON'T SLOUCH
Slumping over the handlebars on a stationary bike inhibits the amount of oxygen your body can take in — and slows your fat-burning process, says Fitzgerald. The bars and handles are there to help you balance, not to support you. If you can't move without holding on, slow down.
6. TRAIN IN INTERVALS
The best way to burn fat is to work out as hard as you can for as long as you can, says Malick Diop, a trainer at Equinox Gyms in New York. But, if you're just starting to exercise, interval training's your ticket. Two minutes on the treadmill at, say, 7 mph, followed by two minutes at 5 mph, then back to 7 mph (and so on) for 20 to 45 minutes will whittle away pounds and build your endurance. Eventually, you'll be able to extend the high-intensity periods (and decrease the low ones) until your whole workout is done at top speed.
7. ADD LIGHT WEIGHTS
It's a fact: The more muscle tone you have, the more calories you burn — even when you're sitting still. So, if you can't seem to find time to weight-train and do your cardio, Zim suggests doing bicep curls and overhead presses holding two- to three-pound weights while you're fast-walking or stair-climbing. This will build muscle tone, helping you shed more fat during your cardio workout than you would without the weights.
Saturday, 31 October 2009
Friday, 30 October 2009
What Makes the Best Weight Loss Program
The concept of losing weight isn't tough, but the actions of changing our lifestyle and diet to accommodate weight loss is. Having a good weight loss program to follow is a corner stone of being able to achieve success with losing weight. This article will review the key points a good weight loss program should have and make our recommendation for which program to follow.
It all starts in the kitchen
You're not over weight because you're lazy, you're over weight because of what and how much you eat. In order to lose weight we need to cut calories to a limit below what our daily requirement is. Why below? Because only then will our body start burning some of our fat reserves for energy.
The easiest way to do this is to follow a weight loss program that either counts calories for you or creates meal plans for you to follow. Depending on how disciplined you are with eating and following diet rules should dictate what diet program you should look at .
A weight loss program like Strip That Fatprovides an online diet generator that customizes meals just for you. All you have to do is follow the daily meal plans and exercise and you'll lose weight. This is great for someone who wants structure, although it doesn't leave much to the meal imagination.
Drinking and Cutting out empty calories
Drinking water has to be a top priority for any weight loss program. It is a natural appetite suppressant, and helps keep you feeling awake and alert. Drinking 6-8 glasses a day is a minimum. While on the topic of drinking, any good diet will tell you to stay away from alcohol while trying to lose weight. Beer, wine and spirits all put a lot of empty calories that we get no energy or value from in our bodies.
Other empty calories you should be told to watch out for include high fat snacks such as cookies, crackers, and chips. As well as sweets. All of these offer very little nutrition value but lots of calories.
What weight loss program should you try?
If you like having the freedom to do your own thing then look for a diet similar to Weight WatchersTM, their diet program is great for teaching people how to eat right and within their means. Of course it does take a lot of discipline to follow their plan and if you need more structure I suggest trying an easier program like Strip That Fat. Their weight loss program uses their diet creator software to formulate a diet that's just right for you. The best thing is all the meals are already laid out for you so there's no guessing about what to eat when.
Try Strip That Fat now
NOTE: we are not affiliated with Weight Watchers and feel their diet program is an excellent method to lose weight and learn healthy eating habits.
The concept of losing weight isn't tough, but the actions of changing our lifestyle and diet to accommodate weight loss is. Having a good weight loss program to follow is a corner stone of being able to achieve success with losing weight. This article will review the key points a good weight loss program should have and make our recommendation for which program to follow.
It all starts in the kitchen
You're not over weight because you're lazy, you're over weight because of what and how much you eat. In order to lose weight we need to cut calories to a limit below what our daily requirement is. Why below? Because only then will our body start burning some of our fat reserves for energy.
The easiest way to do this is to follow a weight loss program that either counts calories for you or creates meal plans for you to follow. Depending on how disciplined you are with eating and following diet rules should dictate what diet program you should look at .
A weight loss program like Strip That Fatprovides an online diet generator that customizes meals just for you. All you have to do is follow the daily meal plans and exercise and you'll lose weight. This is great for someone who wants structure, although it doesn't leave much to the meal imagination.
Drinking and Cutting out empty calories
Drinking water has to be a top priority for any weight loss program. It is a natural appetite suppressant, and helps keep you feeling awake and alert. Drinking 6-8 glasses a day is a minimum. While on the topic of drinking, any good diet will tell you to stay away from alcohol while trying to lose weight. Beer, wine and spirits all put a lot of empty calories that we get no energy or value from in our bodies.
Other empty calories you should be told to watch out for include high fat snacks such as cookies, crackers, and chips. As well as sweets. All of these offer very little nutrition value but lots of calories.
What weight loss program should you try?
If you like having the freedom to do your own thing then look for a diet similar to Weight WatchersTM, their diet program is great for teaching people how to eat right and within their means. Of course it does take a lot of discipline to follow their plan and if you need more structure I suggest trying an easier program like Strip That Fat. Their weight loss program uses their diet creator software to formulate a diet that's just right for you. The best thing is all the meals are already laid out for you so there's no guessing about what to eat when.
Try Strip That Fat now
NOTE: we are not affiliated with Weight Watchers and feel their diet program is an excellent method to lose weight and learn healthy eating habits.
Thursday, 29 October 2009

The basic idea behind this product is that it’s one of those weight loss programs that do not ask you to go on a crash diet, but on a more sensible diet. Thus, what Rob says is that you need to follow a normal diet and a recommended physical workout.
The entire fat burning furnace package is available for under $40 at the website Fat Burning Furnace. The package also consists of 2 free eBooks, 3 months of free email support and a full money back guarantee within 60 days. The two eBooks are:
1.F. B. F. Tools – This eBook provides you with different types of tools to monitor the weight loss and the rate at which you are losing weight. This eBook also provides workout charts as per your requirement and the weight category in which you fall. It also includes a body fat percentage analyzer.
2.F. B. F. Tactics – It talks about what food to eat and what not to eat. It talks about 15 food items that you should include and 15 that you should straightaway avoid to increase the rate at which your body burns fats. It also includes a guide to effective weight training in the gym. Weight training helps in burning fat faster and thus, the emphasis on weight training.
Although there have been mostly positive feedbacks for this product but, my only concern with this product is the lack of cardio exercises. On the whole, on a scale of 10, I’d happily give it 9.5
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