So let me guess…you are sick and tired of not getting the results you want from your workouts?  You have done just about every routine in the magazines and they have gotten you nowhere in a hurry.

There is a good explanation for this and although I cannot reveal all of this to you today, I would like to share with you a new fat burning routine I have used to help attack unwanted ugly body fat!

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This is from my friend Dr. Gabe Mirkin’s Fitness and Health E-Zine February 7, 2010:

Researchers in Homburg, Germany showed that 50-year-old men who ran more than 50 miles per week at a fast pace had telomeres (chromosome caps) that were almost the same length as those of 20-year-old runners on the German National Team, and more than 40 percent longer than those or inactive men of the same age (Circulation, December 2009). This is astounding because shortened telomeres represent aging. (more…)

In order for our bodies to function properly and stay healthy, it is important that we follow a good nutritious diet. Foods are made up of 6 classes of nutrients. These nutrients are macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates, fats), micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) and water. If you neglect to have the right combination of these 6 items, it will be very difficult to live a healthy lifestyle and achieve your weight loss goals!

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HealthDay News reports that a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests 20 percent of US children and teens “have abnormal lipid levels, an indication of too much bad cholesterol, too little good cholesterol or high triglycerides,” which can “raise the risk for heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States.” (more…)

Since I get so many questions on what good abdominal training routines look like, below are three ab routines that can be performed easily from the comfort of your home or at the gym. One routine is for beginners, one for intermediates, and the other one is for advanced bodybuilders. The last routines are for competitive bodybuilders or for highly advanced bodybuilders who want to challenge themselves and try them out.

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With so much emphasis being placed on what foods to eat and exercises to perform, a topic that does not get discussed very often is the one of food seasonings. At one time or the other, we have all indulged in some type of food that has been loaded with seasoning to make it taste great! The question now remains, are these seasonings good or bad for you?

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Do you feel like achieving your weight loss or fitness goals are impossible?  If so I would like you to read this article below as I am 100% confident that it will change the outlook of your current situation!

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If you want to start getting yourself into great shape, here are 10 Fast, Fat Burning Tips that you can use to start melting away that unwanted body fat! Time to rev up your engine and get lean.

Now, here are 10 Fast, Fat Burning Tips:

1. Start today.

Procrastination is the thief of opportunity. Putting your exercise and diet off another day is not going to help you one bit. If you are not already exercising, start today. Stop by the gym on the way home. Get a 15-minute walk in tonight before dinner. It’s your choice. Just make up your mind to start and as they say in the Nike commercials, “Just Do It.”

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Question: Does Fat Loss Become Harder as Your Body Fat Percentage Gets Lower?
Is there a difference between going from overweight or obese to normal weight, and going from normal weight to single digit body fat? How about going from upper single digit body fat to contest shape?
Answer: Fat loss definitely becomes more challenging as your body fat percentage gets lower. In a nutshell, the lower your body fat percentage, the more precise and strict your bodybuilding diet needs to be.
There is a huge difference between the three cases in question, and since I have been at every body fat level you can imagine, I certainly know about these differences. So to answer this question I will cover each case in detail: (more…)

Before we go into the details of what bodybuilding diets are composed of, let’s first and foremost define what the word diet means.

What’s A Diet?

The word diet typically sends shivers through people’s spine as it is often associated with starvation and with being food deprived. However, a diet is merely the food choices that one makes on a daily basis. For a bodybuilding diet we need to make sure that we select foods that help us to repair and grow from the workouts that we perform while at the same time fostering either a fat burning or a muscle gaining environment.

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