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Do Energy Drinks Make You Fat?

Alan — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:04:04 +0000

The rage today seems to be energy drinks. You see them everywhere including the local book store, coffee shop, grocery store convenience store and of course even your so-called health food store. But the big question is, do these energy drinks really help you or can they in fact, make you gain weight?

Beyond the outrageous claims of all the incredible, day long energy you will get and how you will have so much strength you can lift a car over your head, there really is a TRUTH the energy drink companies don’t want you to know about, it’s what they are made of that actually makes you want to drink them.

Weight Loss Exercises And Calories

Alan — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:30:02 +0000

Weight loss exercises and burning calories do not need to be uninteresting as we talked about in our last post. It can be fun and entertaining and much easier than going to the gym. Anything that gets you off the sofa and moving is a good place to begin. Once you get used to thinking of exercising in this way, it becomes easier to be active.

If you have been doing this for a while and have reached a plateau in your weight loss efforts, pump up the intensity by doing interval exercises a few times a week. Interval training combines short periods of working fast or intensely followed by another period where the workout is slower. Yes, it is exercise, but it is fun and it actually livens up your body and mind.

These workouts should not last longer than twenty minutes when you are starting out, but should also be no shorter than ten minutes. One of the easiest ways to do this is to walk or jog a flight of stairs. Going up is the intense portion of the workout, going down is easier. If you enjoy swimming, but are not getting the workout you used to, try free-styling for one lap and backstroking the next. The backstroke can be slow and easy. Regardless of what you choose, make sure the fast or harder portion of the workout is intense. This will help you burn the maximum number of calories in the shortest period of time.

There are a multitude of ways to lose weight and exercise in the process so you will be healthy when those extra pounds are gone and to help insulate you from those pounds ever returning.

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Weight Loss Exercises – What Works For Weight Loss?

Alan — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:26:54 +0000

Despite the fact that most people want to lose weight and understand that exercise is necessary to be successful, they put off trips to the gym and other weight loss exercises. This is primarily because they don’t like to do it. Walking on a treadmill for 45 minutes a day everyday is boring, swimming laps may take the enjoyment out of being in the pool and running five miles a day is certainly not for everyone.

This may make you wonder what weight loss exercises can be done quickly and efficiently, just to be able to enjoy it instead of it being a chore. The answer to the exercise dilemma may surprise you because it is somewhat easier than you may have been led to believe.

The best weight loss exercises can be something that you actually like to do. It is some activity that you can do every day, without losing interest, for 30 to 60 minutes. To be effective, you should also break a sweat. Admittedly, this rules out reading, sleeping and watching television. However, it does leave a lot of open ground. If you like to golf, try to get out on the course more often and walk instead of taking the cart. For those with small children, take an hour to play with them. Chase them during a game of tag, give them piggyback rides or go to the park and play ball.

Good sustained exercise will help you lose weight, but it doesn’t have to kill you in the process. If you make your exercise fun, you will be more apt to do it and that will in turn help you lose the weight you want. We’ll have more about exercising and weight loss in our next post.

More Ultimate Hard Body Exercises

Alan — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:17:36 +0000

Tow days about in our first post about Ultimate Hard Body exercises, we talked about squats. Although there are squat machines at most facilities, you will get more out of this exercise if don’t use them. However, you should use a squat rack so you don’t go beyond the point where you can stand up again. But free weights allow your body to follow the correct paths during the exercise, while the machines do not. They also do not allow you to get the full impact of the moves because they help stabilize you, rather than force you to rely on your core for the stability.

Leg curls, extensions, heel raises and lunges will round out the hard body workout. Day two focuses on the chest and triceps, day three is for shoulders. You should rest at least one day between day two and three of your exercise program. This lets your muscles recover and build back their strength.

By the time you reach day four with back, lats and biceps, your body will already be ready for another rest. Skip a day and start with a new four-day routine, hitting the gym hard and strong. To build muscle mass quickly, begin with weights that you can use for sets of 12 easily. Then move to heavier weights and shorter sets. Your goal is to raise the weight until the second set of 6 reps or so is difficult to complete. These ultimate hard body exercises will get you the sculpted body you have always wanted.

Ultimate Hard Body Exercises

Alan — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:11:08 +0000

If you vowed to spend more time at the gym this year to get the lean, sculpted body you’ve always wanted, try these ultimate hard body exercises to get the six pack abs, cut biceps and quads of world class body builders. The exercises work all of your main muscle groups, so don’t think that this is an easy or fast exercise program. Expect to be at the gym for a least an hour every time you go and depending on how hard you push yourself, you may have that burn in your muscles the next day. This is an intense method of building muscle and sculpting your body and not for wimpy types.

The ultimate hard body exercises are the type that many professional athletes use to build strength and bulk in their off season. Each week has its own four-day workout so that you don’t get bored and so every muscle group is worked to the max.

The first day you should focus on your legs. Squats are very effective in building muscle because they use several muscle groups under a heavy load. They have been proven to increase upper body strength as well as improve lower body development. They are the basis for a lean, powerful body, regardless of whether your goals are to lose weight, build muscle, or improve your athletic performance.

Come back for our next post when we discuss more about how to build the ultimate hard body.

The Shake Weight

Alan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:18:45 +0000

If you are a woman that has flab under your arms, you know, that extra skin that shakes or jiggles when you hold your arms up, then the Shake Weight gimmick may be for you. This little weight gizmo supposedly helps you tone the flab under your arms by focusing working out those muscles.

The Shake Weight is a unique barbell that you move from side to side by shaking it with a certain up and down motion of your arms. The technology in this little contraption is called Dynamic Inertia and the manufacturer claims that this unique motion increases upper body and arm muscle activity by 300% or more.

Of course this barbell that helps you lose arm flab is supposedly endorsed by Ellen DegGeneres, the Washington Post, Glamor Magazine, Personal Fit Coach and Gadget Reviews. According to the Shake Weight website all of these entities have either endorsed or written favorable reviews of their new workout dumbell.

One of the more incredible claims of this workout product is that you can get all the benefits offered by using it only 6 minutes a day. While you may get some benefits by using a piece of workout equipment only 6 minutes a day, we can hardly believe it will give you adequate exercise to tone your entire upper body.

While the company never claims that you can get rid of fat under your arms, they do say that their product is a flab buster which implies it will remove fat. The only problem with this is that you can’t spot remove fat from any part of your body, it must be removed all over your body by eating correctly and exercising, especially doing cardio exercises. Once the fat is burned off your body that way, you will then have less fat under your arms.

The Shake Weight costs $19.95 plus $7.95 shipping and handling. You also get a training DVD with that weight as well. Don’t be confused, you only get 1 dumbell with this offer not 2. Will the Shake Weight work? Our answer is that this sounds and looks pretty gimmicky to us, but at only $27.90 and no rebills like the rip off acai berry scams, it may be worth a try.

A better alternative may be to give The Fat Burning Furnace a try and get a whole body diet and workout experience.

The Duke Diet

Alan — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:49:08 +0000

The Duke Diet is rightfully named for the Duke Diet & Fitness Center Residential Program that is located in Durham, NC. The online program offers the same programs and goals for people who live out of town or who want to do their weight loss from home, giving everyone the chance to get the diet that they need. While the fitness center has been around since 1969, the online program is much newer than that. The plan is made up of four different elements which include a personalized diet and nutrition plan, an exercise program, behavioral strategies and mental counseling, and medical advice and support. All members get this guidance and support for all of their needs.

Many people who diet online seem to do better than those who go it alone simply because they understand that they’re not alone with the use of the website, which is why the Duke Diet developed its online program. The site features an interactive weight tracker, recipes, online support, and community programs like message boards and chats. Plus, there are also 16 different online weight loss tools that you can depend on. You can sign up for the diet plan for your free consultation, but after that you will have to pay the fees associated with the program in order to become a full member of the program.

The website for the Duke Diet takes care of all the issues that people might have and allows them to get the exact same diet, advice, and counseling from their home rather than having to travel or spend their days in a fitness and residential center. People have busy lives and they want to make them as simple as possible to keep up with. When it comes to diet, exercise, and weight loss, people need quick, easy, and flexible. This online diet program gives them exactly that and so much more.

The website is lacking a little information when it comes to finding out what the details of the diet are. They simply say that you get daily encouragement, a meal planner, exercises to do at home, and advice based on their proven weight loss plan. It sounds like someone is being elusive, and that’s generally not a good thing. Companies need to understand that people want to know what they’re investing in before they sign up, especially when it comes to diet plans. Other than that, this one seems to be a pretty good diet plan to consider, provided that you can figure out if it works for you before you sign up.

Anabolic Diet

Alan — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:29:36 +0000

The Anabolic Diet is a diet that is focused on muscle building and fat burning. The diet was developed by Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale as an alternative to the use of drugs and steroids because he wanted to give people the same results without the risks associated with steroid use. The diet works by manipulating the hormones in your body that are responsible for building muscle.

The key to this diet is the right combination of foods at the right times. It’s not an easy diet by any means, but it can work for some people if it is done properly and taken seriously. There are other diets such as the FBF Diet Plan that also focuses on eating the right foods at the right time of day, but this diet we review here focuses more on muscle building than it does weight loss.

The Anabolic Diet is a high protein, high fat diet. That’s right: high fat. Most diets focus on less fat, but in order to manipulate your hormones correctly, you need the high fat content in your diet according to Dr Di Pasquale. It involves carb cycling, or keeping your body guessing about what’s coming next. Fat loss comes from avoiding carbs for five days and your body won’t store as much fat because you’re eating lots of it. Muscle gain can come from fatty red meat that can give you all of the protein that you need. While most diets tell you to stay away from fatty foods, Dr Di Pasquale claims it necessary if you’re building muscle and you want the results of steroids without the side effects or legal problems.

The Anabolic Diet also gives you lower cholesterol and less plaque buildup, among a myriad of other health improvements. It gives you more energy because you’re controlling your carb intake, and you won’t be as moody or tired as you normally are. Fat makes you feel full, so you won’t be hungry on this diet. You probably will have to remind yourself to eat, according to the program.

The Anabolic Diet can work for anyone of any age, no matter what. It’s best done when it is combined with strength training and other exercise, like most diets are. Also, the things that you eat are critical. On the weekdays, you’ll eat a lot of protein, fat, veggies, and other foods in these categories. On the weekends, you load up on carbs and lower the amount of protein and fat you’re eating.

You continue the diet until you have achieved the results that you want, and then transition back to a normal, healthy diet. The cycling can be tricky, sports are kind of out of the question, and weight gain isn’t really effective with this diet. Other than that, it can be an effective choice for people who want optimal muscle building effects.

If you are more interested losing weight than gaining muscle, we suggest you try the FBF weight loss diet.

Slim In 6 DVD

Alan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:30:20 +0000

The Slim In 6 DVD and exercise program was developed by Debbie Seibers, and guarantees that you can reshape your body in just 6 weeks. The program, which is part of the Beachbody family of fitness products, is designed around fat-burning cardio workouts combined with light resistance training that will help you to slim and sculpt your body without actually giving you bulky muscles, according to the website.

If you order from the website, you also get a 6 day express diet plan, which is supposed to help you lose up to 6 pounds and 6 inches in the first 6 days. This program is based on a DVD workout that you follow, and comes with a measuring tape, resistance band system, and plenty of information and extra materials to help educate you on nutrition, fitness, and staying healthy.

There are three workouts that come with the Slim in 6 program, including a starter exercise, an accelerated exercise, and a high-intensity calorie burning workout for the advanced members of the training program. In addition to the DVD workouts, you’ll also get a guidebook to help you get results, a nutrition guide for better eating habits and food choices, and a calendar where you can track your progress, along with online access to fitness tips, a community of support, and more.

The Slim in 6 program has many customers satisfied, but might not be suited for everyone. They sure do a good job of selling the program, offering you a bonus DVD with two more workouts, plus three more bonus gifts: the slim training band, cardio core! Express workout and the 6-day express diet plan with a handy measuring card. And all of this comes with a 6 week money-back guarantee. Essentially, this is one of the many programs asking you what you have to lose. In most cases, the only thing lost is weight. However, if you don’t experience success, you can send it all back and get a full refund.

Slim in 6 isn’t going to be ideal for every person, which is why it’s nice that they offer a guarantee. Too many times, people have to try things to see if they will work or not, and you can’t try it without buying it. Being able to send it back if it’s not right for you, even if it is a little extra hassle, is still a great advantage.

The program focuses mostly on cardio and eating right, which is the basics of any helpful diet, so it should be effective for at least some of the people that use it. Success odds are just as varied as the people that are buying the program, so it’s up to you to decide what works.

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Beachbody And eDiets

Alan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:10:56 +0000

Probably because the New Year is upon us, Beachbody and eDiets are trending in Google Trends today. Both are weight loss and fitness related websites and programs (some of which we have reviewed here) that offer a multitude of different ways to get into shape and lose the weight you’ve always wanted to.

While we haven’t yet reviewed eDiets products, we have done several review of Beachbody products and workouts. All of Beachbody’s diet and fitness programs are listed below with likes to the ones we have reviewed for you to decide if one of them, or one of the programs we have listed on the seidebar of our blog, is the program you’d like to start to get to your weight loss and fitness goals this New Year.

Power 90
P90X
RevAbs
Hip Hop Abs
Slim in 6 – Review coming soon.
INSANITY
ChaLEAN Extreme
10-Minute Trainer Part 1
10 Minute Trainer Review Part 2
Turbo Jam Maximum Results
Kathy Smith’s Project: YOU! Type 2

Beachbody also features supplements and workout gear that are listed below that we will hopefully get reviews on as the new year progresses.

Beachbody Supplements

Shakeology
Slimming Formula
2-Day Fast Formula
ActiVit Multivitamins
Performance Formula
Meal Replacement Shake
Results and Recovery Formula
Peak Performance Protein Bars

Beachbody Fitness Gear

Balance Ball
Chin-Up Bar
Weighted Gloves
Resistance Bands
Beachbody T-Shirts
Heart Rate Monitors

This is definitely the time of year to make a promise to yourself to finally lose that weight or get into shape and make a positive change in your life. Not only is it a New Year, but it’s a new decade. We are 10 years into the new millenium and you have to ask yourself if you want to spend the next 10 years like you’ve sspent the previous 10. If you’ve had a great life the last 10, that’s fantastic, if you aren’t please with what you’ve done in the diet and fitness category of your life, now is the time to do something about it!

Not only have we review several of the Beachbody products we have extensive diet plan archives where we’ve reviewed over 100 other programs that you can read about. Make the next 10 years of your life the best ever!