Month: February, 2009
Quick Fat Burning Exercises – Don’t Miss These
One of the things about being busy, weather you’re raising kids, have a busy professional life, or are a student with a heavy course load, is finding the time to exercise. That’s where some quick, fat burning exercises come in. For an exercise program like this you want efficiency; the maximum long term fat burning [...]
Lose Body Fat Quick (and Naturally)
How to lose body fat quick is one of the most pondered questions of fitness enthusiasts and just plain folks alike. Being able to do it naturally, without resorting to drugs, surgery or other medical procedures is a definite plus. After all, weight loss drugs are expensive, and surgery is no fun at all, not [...]
Creatine Supplement – Can it Build Muscle and Burn Fat?
Creatine (methyl guanidine-acetic acid) has been on the bodybuilding scene since the late 1980’s as a supplement purported to dramatically help increase muscle mass and endurance. Can creatine live up to it’s billing as muscle builder? Just what is creatine anyway? Is it something that’s banned in baseball? Can it give you an unfair advantage [...]
Power Cleans – One of the Best Fat Loss and Muscle Building Exercises
If you were going to choose just one exercise to build muscle, boost your metabolism and burn fat, it would be hard to beat power cleans. The muscles used in power cleans include most of the major muscle groups except those in your chest and the triceps; hamstrings, quadriceps, glutes, lats, trapezius, deltoids, and biceps [...]
Great Weight Loss Shakes
Proper nutrition is paramount when you’re trying to lose weight. Here are recipes for some great weight loss shakes that can get you the balanced nutrition you need, but are inexpensive, and you can drink them in the car or on the bus while you’re traveling to work. Oh, and they’re delicious too! Weight Loss [...]
Why Eating More Simple Carbs Makes You Hungry and Fat
Face it, carbs just plain taste good. People love carbs. Candy, cakes, fresh French bread, pasta; the list goes on and on. The problem is that the simple carbohydrate can easily make you fat. In addition, eating an excess of simple sugars can make you want to eat even more of them. The combination of [...]
The American Heart Association Diet – Can it Help You Lose Fat Fast?
The American Heart Association diet is not only good for your heart, it can be beneficial for the rest of you too. For instance, the Association’s dietary guidelines will help you live an overall healthy lifestyle, in addition to promoting heart health. Can the diet help you lose fat fast too? That’s what we’re going [...]
What Does Your Percent Body Fat Mean?
Just what does your percent body fat mean? Well it is actually used to describe your body composition. Part of your body is lean tissue, such as muscle, organs (minus their fatty composition) and bone. Lean body mass does not mean your body weight if you’re lean. It refers to all of your body that’s [...]
The Top 10 Resistance Band Exercises
Resistance bands are gaining in popularity because the bands are cheap, versatile, and can be easily packed away for traveling or storage (just don’t store them too long, you have to actually use them). You can do exercises for every body part with resistance bands, and in many cases you need less ancillary equipment because [...]



