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5 Renegade Rules for Fat Loss

5 Renegade Rules for Fat Loss

I try to read a book per week, and I recently picked up “Rules for
Renegades” by Christine Comaford-Lynch. It was the perfect book for my short
flight to and from Baltimore back in June.

Late in the book, Christine reveals her 10 Renegade Rules for Success, and I
was surprised to see that each one was a perfect [...]

Listen to Maintainers, not to Losers: 5 Secrets For Keeping the Weight Off for Good

Listen to Maintainers, not to Losers: 5 Secrets For Keeping the Weight Off for Good

I have very little interest these days in all the media-hyped stories of dramatic, rapid losses of body weight. “Big losers” don’t impress me, for numerous reasons. For example, weight is not fat. “Weight” could be composed of mostly lean tissue, or it could be mostly water weight. In fact, I would go a step [...]

The 5 Golden Rules Of Staying Injury Free In The Gym

The 5 Golden Rules Of Staying Injury Free In The Gym

Listen… if you want to get big, you have to train big.
Entering the gym and simply going through the motions without a sweat just isn’t going to get the job done. You have to overload those muscles with heavy weight and high intensity if you want to see real results. This is without a [...]

Muscle Fiber Types

Muscle Fiber Types

Choosing the best type of workout program that will stimulate the muscle fiber type that will get you the results you’re looking for is extremely important.

Unfortunately, all body building programs are not created equally when speaking in terms of muscle fiber types.
While you can’t differentiate between muscle fibers from your outside appearance, on the inside [...]

Did You Inherit Fat Genes? The Truth About Biology And Body Fat

Did You Inherit Fat Genes? The Truth About Biology And Body Fat

“Battle Your Biology? Fat Chance,” proclaimed a headline recently in the health section of the New York Post newspaper. Quoting new research and citing psychologists, dietitians and physicians, the article says that more and more evidence proves that your weight is genetically determined, and if you’re fat, “it’s not your fault.” “We’ve known for a [...]

The Top 5 Fat Loss Myths

The Top 5 Fat Loss Myths

There are so many fat loss myths out there in “exercise-land” that I was hired by Men’s Fitness magazine to write about one myth each month.
After all, by now you’ve probably heard that if you don’t do 60-minutes of cardio in your fat burning zone on an empty stomach while Venus is in line with [...]

Top 5 Fat Loss Tips

Top 5 Fat Loss Tips

Men’s Fitness magazine recently asked me for 3 of my best fat loss secrets. Since most times the magazines just don’t have enough space to run my full tips, I thought I’d give you a more detailed explanation of my secrets here (plus a few extra bonus tips that I didn’t send to the magazine).
Secret [...]

Pill Poppin' Nation!

Pill Poppin’ Nation!

We are becoming more and more reliant on pills and
medications…almost to the point where it is sickening.
Take this pill, and drop 50lbs.  Take this pill, and become smarter.
Take this pill, and be happy.
What a joke!
 
Sure, some medications do serve their purpose, but taking pills for
weight loss is not only the lazy way out, more times [...]

The 1000 Calorie Diet Tip

The 1000 Calorie Diet Tip

If you eat at restaurants, it’s easy to eat over 1500 or 2000 calories per meal. Yikes! That’s a full day’s worth of calories in one dinner…
Pre-dinner bread & butter -> 200 calories
Pre-dinner cocktail -> 150 calories
Appetizer -> This could be a 500-1500 calorie bomb on it’s own!
 
Steak -> 300-500 calories
Potato -> 150-300 calories
Vegetable -> [...]

Maximize Your Fat Loss With These 5 Simple Progress Tracking Methods

Maximize Your Fat Loss With These 5 Simple Progress Tracking Methods

One of the biggest mistakes people make when trying to lose body fat and get into shape is failing to properly track their progress.
They simply carry on with their program each week without taking any concrete measurements in the hopes that they’re on the right track.
If it’s serious results that you’re after, this is an [...]