by Craig Ballantyne
The truth about low-carb diets, interval training, cardio exercise, body part training, and total body workouts. Find out how all of these affect your body fat and muscle and weight loss.
The truth about low-carb diets, interval training, cardio exercise, body part training, and total body workouts. Find out how all of these affect your body fat and muscle and weight loss.
I had dinner with a great client the other night. Among other things we discussed:
Low carb diets - And how they can work for some people, but definitely aren' the way to go for muscle gain. You have to have energy if you want to gain muscle, and some of that energy will come from carbohydrates. Eat your carbohydrates before and after training if you are concerned about gaining fat while you gain muscle.
Training one body part per day - Rarely is this the best approach to take. And it's definitely not the right approach to take long term, nor for fat loss. Total body training, or upper-lower body split routines (working upper one day, and lower the next) are likely to be more effective, more practical, and more efficient.
Meal frequency - And how it's a lot easier said than done to eat 6 or more small meals per day. But if you plan ahead, prepare your food, and commit to the approach, you can probably slip in one more meal at least, when compared to what you do now.
Cardio vs Intervals - Intervals win hands down, because they just get more results in less time. You just don't have to spend a lot of time exercising to see results. You do have to work harder, however.
Overall, the general consensus among readers is that there is too much fat loss and fitness information out there. Plus, a lot of experts contradict one another.
Now I don't deny that, but I challenge you to find any profession where there isn't a lot of conflicting opinions. From investing to politics, from education to computers, it's not hard to find two experts that disagree with one another.
Well, the same thing happens for a lot of people with fitness information. You read one article saying X, while another says Y. All in all, it leaves you with too much information and you probably end up more confused and frustrated than you were before getting the information.
I get a lot of questions from people who are in precisely that situation. They have so much info from so many sources that they don't know where to start.
Even worse, some of you start obsessing over details. Fitness and nutrition minutia that won't make a darn difference at the end of the day. Sometimes these obsessions lead people to go to extremes, and you can end up worse off than if you had done nothing at all!
If you, or your clients are like this, then try to remember one thing...and that is:
Consistently performing the basic requirements will give you 90% (or more) of your results.
Adding in fancy training methods, extra workouts, impossible-to-follow eating plans, and other un-necessary details will only serve to overload most people's already over-stressed lives - until one day you just won't be able to take it anymore...and the next thing you know 3 weeks have gone by since you last worked out or ate properly (because you just couldn't take the extremes anymore).
Here's a great quote from Alwyn Cosgrove when he was asked how folks can get to the fitness truth from all the hype...
"I help people to break through by looking at things logically. One of my favorite examples is when folks talk about 'fasted' cardio for fat loss. In real world terms it won't make one single bit of difference over time whether you eat two eggs and then train or train and eat two eggs. It doesn't make any real world sense. Before acting on something, think thru the process and determine if it actually makes any sense whatsoever." - Alwyn Cosgrove
Take the stress off your mind about fitness and nutrition, and let me show you how simple things can be.
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Monday, June 4, 2007
Fat Loss Supplement Side Effects
by John Xavier
It is quite safer to recommend the tried and true ways of losing weight, that is, exercise. Rather than risk harmful side effects with these dietary supplements, one should try to lose weight the old fashioned way.
Some side effects of weight loss and fat loss supplements is that they sometimes prevent the absorption of carbohydrates. An example of this is Chitosan, it looks promising, but it shows no positive results in fat absorption. It may take a while (over seven months) to lose even one pound of body fat for men. For women, there may be no fat loss at all. To make the thyroid operate at a more effective level, you can use thyroid supplements. These act as thyroid replacements but this will make the body feel lazy and won't perform as optimally as it used to.
Why do people eat so much? The number one answer to this question is simple: it is because they feel hungry. Manufacturers are now making product that will decrease appetite and gives you the sensation of feeling full. One example of such a product is Guar Gum. But beware, recent studies have shown that these such products produce no meaningful effects and that means no benefit at all to losing weight. Another product is called Psyllium, which is known for reducing eating and helping weight loss. But its manufacturers do not support this claim, although it helps regulate sugar and blood cholesterol levels.
One of the newer innovations in the fat loss industry is losing fat by skin absorption. Cutting Gel is a product containing epidril and is very popular in the fat loss creams sector. To use it, you simply rub it where you want to lose the fat. It is quite safer to recommend the tried and true ways of losing weight, that is, exercise. Rather than risk harmful side effects with these dietary supplements, one should try to lose weight the old fashioned way.
It is quite safer to recommend the tried and true ways of losing weight, that is, exercise. Rather than risk harmful side effects with these dietary supplements, one should try to lose weight the old fashioned way.
Some side effects of weight loss and fat loss supplements is that they sometimes prevent the absorption of carbohydrates. An example of this is Chitosan, it looks promising, but it shows no positive results in fat absorption. It may take a while (over seven months) to lose even one pound of body fat for men. For women, there may be no fat loss at all. To make the thyroid operate at a more effective level, you can use thyroid supplements. These act as thyroid replacements but this will make the body feel lazy and won't perform as optimally as it used to.
Why do people eat so much? The number one answer to this question is simple: it is because they feel hungry. Manufacturers are now making product that will decrease appetite and gives you the sensation of feeling full. One example of such a product is Guar Gum. But beware, recent studies have shown that these such products produce no meaningful effects and that means no benefit at all to losing weight. Another product is called Psyllium, which is known for reducing eating and helping weight loss. But its manufacturers do not support this claim, although it helps regulate sugar and blood cholesterol levels.
One of the newer innovations in the fat loss industry is losing fat by skin absorption. Cutting Gel is a product containing epidril and is very popular in the fat loss creams sector. To use it, you simply rub it where you want to lose the fat. It is quite safer to recommend the tried and true ways of losing weight, that is, exercise. Rather than risk harmful side effects with these dietary supplements, one should try to lose weight the old fashioned way.
The Biggest Secrets to Burn Fat from the Experts - A Must Read for Everyone!
by Sunny Arora
Can't seem to get rid of that bulgy fat from your tummy? Have tried all those weight loss machines and diet's but nothing seems to work? Anything and everything can be achieved in life if you put your mind to it. Same goes for your body weight. But there are certain proven ways and techniques which can get you results at rapid speed. To get the results you desire with rocket speed you need to learn from the experts. You do not have to be like them neither do you have to train like them but you definitely want to learn from them.
Can't seem to get rid of that bulgy fat from your tummy? Have tried all those weight loss machines and diet's but nothing seems to work? Anything and everything can be achieved in life if you put your mind to it. Same goes for your body weight. But there are certain proven ways and techniques which can get you results at rapid speed. To get the results you desire with rocket speed you need to learn from the experts. You do not have to be like them neither do you have to train like them but you definitely want to learn from them.
The biggest plus point of learning from the experts is that they do it as a profession and therefore are very much in tune with what needs to be done to get the best results. Also they have helped thousands of people to lose weight therefore they know what works and what does not.
Learning from the experts cuts your work short, it makes the job far much more easier for you as you get a proper diet plan and an exercise routine to follow, great recipes and meal plans, customized fitness programs according to one's body type, proper demonstrations on what type of exercises and routines are best for you and would provide you with the best results, personal progress journal and the biggest plus point is you get to compare yourself from the other members which gives you a sense of inspiration to try and work harder.
Can't seem to get rid of that bulgy fat from your tummy? Have tried all those weight loss machines and diet's but nothing seems to work? Anything and everything can be achieved in life if you put your mind to it. Same goes for your body weight. But there are certain proven ways and techniques which can get you results at rapid speed. To get the results you desire with rocket speed you need to learn from the experts. You do not have to be like them neither do you have to train like them but you definitely want to learn from them.
Can't seem to get rid of that bulgy fat from your tummy? Have tried all those weight loss machines and diet's but nothing seems to work? Anything and everything can be achieved in life if you put your mind to it. Same goes for your body weight. But there are certain proven ways and techniques which can get you results at rapid speed. To get the results you desire with rocket speed you need to learn from the experts. You do not have to be like them neither do you have to train like them but you definitely want to learn from them.
The biggest plus point of learning from the experts is that they do it as a profession and therefore are very much in tune with what needs to be done to get the best results. Also they have helped thousands of people to lose weight therefore they know what works and what does not.
Learning from the experts cuts your work short, it makes the job far much more easier for you as you get a proper diet plan and an exercise routine to follow, great recipes and meal plans, customized fitness programs according to one's body type, proper demonstrations on what type of exercises and routines are best for you and would provide you with the best results, personal progress journal and the biggest plus point is you get to compare yourself from the other members which gives you a sense of inspiration to try and work harder.
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