Five Secret Keys to Fat Loss

Within this life-changing and bodybettering program, there are five keys for losing fat and/or gaining lean muscle, and you will assume control over every single one of them with your fat loss plan:

Metabolism: As you probably know, the faster your metabolism, the more calories and fat you burn each day. How often you eat meals and whether or how often you do strength training determine how fast your metabolism is. For an analogy, look at a windmill: steady, regular gusts of wind make it turn at a good clip, but sporadic wind slows it down.

Exercise: Get into and stay in the fat-burning zone with cardio to nab that fat; meanwhile, strength-train to build lean muscle and up your resting metabolic rate so you literally burn more fat throughout the day, including while you sleep. A study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition showed that even people following an extremely low-calorie diet were able to increase their resting metabolic rate through the addition of strength training several times per week. Read the rest of this entry »

Why Dumbbells are Better than Exercise Machines

Why Dumbbells are Better than Exercise Machines

Dumbbells, your own body resistance, and a bench thoroughly work your targeted muscle plus the “stabilizer” muscles that surround the targeted area. Machines, on the other hand, work neither the muscles you’re trying to target nor the surrounding muscles adequately.

They also “fit” anyone, regardless of size or age, whereas machines are designed to fit an arbitrary “average” body standard. Read the rest of this entry »

Why Omega-3 Fats Are Essential during Weight Loss

Omega-3 fatty acids are considered essential fatty acids. They are essential to human health but cannot be manufactured by the body. They are essential to human health but cannot be manufactured by the body. For this reason, omega-3 fatty acids must be obtained from food. Omega-3 fatty acids can be found in fish, such as salmon, tuna, and halibut, other marine life such as algae and krill, certain plants (including purslane), and nut oils.

Some of the specific benefits of omega-3 fats during weight loss include the following: Read the rest of this entry »