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Archive for September, 2009

Fat Loss Tips: The Truth on Losing Body Fat and How to Achieve it!

Before I get started on some very cool fat loss tips… It’s important to cover why it is that fat loss and reducing body fat related information and products are so much in demand, yet obesity and being overweight are on the up and up – and are actually at the highest rate ever? With [...]

Meal Planning Ideas – Preparing and Creating Your Daily Meals

Food – The Art Of Meal Planning!
You know that you have to eat several times per day, so why is that that so many people leave their meal planning to the last minute and wonder why they can never follow a healthy nutrient -rich diet? Here’s some meal planning ideas…
21 Days & Top 3 Tips [...]

Low Fat Dinner Recipes

Sick of having the same old meals every night? Then check out these yummy low fat dinner recipes.
Lime Sauced Chicken
4 (4-6 oz.) fresh boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 lime, juiced
3/4 cup Apple Flavor LIBBY’S JUICY JUICE Premium 100% Juice
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 MAGGI Chicken Bouillon Cubes
Spray a large skillet with low fat cooking spray. Heat over medium [...]

Home Workout Equipment that Promises You the World

It’s not uncommon for people to spend hundreds to thousands of dollars trying to find that piece of magical home workout equipment that will give them the perfect body. I have had clients in the past who have put themselves into all kinds of debt, previous to coming to me, to reach their ultimate goal [...]

Fat Loss and The Importance of Water

These days, there is so much attention placed on protein and carb intake, essential fatty acids, and supplements that it’s easy to see how something as simple as the importance of water can be overlooked or taken for granted.
Your body is 70% water, and every physiological process that takes place in your body – including [...]

Barbell, Kettlebell, and Dumbbell Complexes to Take Your Body to a New Level of Hardness

If you’ve been looking for a different training technique to break out of a rut, eliminate the boredom, and bring on new results, “complexes” may be just what you’ve been looking for. If you’ve never heard of “complexes” before, the basic concept is that instead of repeating the same exercise for multiple reps to complete [...]

What YOU Need To Know About Calorie Values

Fun and mind blowing facts about calorie values and healthy calories. Yep, I’m not going to bore you to tears with the whole concept of calories instead I want to show the difference that calories can make in your eating plan…
Info on Calorie Values :
* 1 kg of excess body fat = 7600 calories
* Fat [...]

Understanding Sugar Carbohydrates

If I asked you what causes weight gain when it comes to dieting, you would probably say fat, or with the latest craze surrounding carbs, you may guess that too! However, not all carbohydrates are created equal.  Which is why it’s important for you to know about sugar carbohydrates.
Believe it or not, sugar is a [...]

The Ultimate Fat-Burning Day

Obesity levels in Australia are reaching epidemic proportions. The number of obese people in Australia has doubled in the last 10 years and the extra bodyfat increases the risk of degenerative diseases including, heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
Each year Australians are putting on around 6,000 tonnes of fat! This means the activities we are engaging [...]

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How to Beat Late Night Snacking!

Do you find that eating the right foods and exercising just falls into place for you during the day, but as soon as the clock strikes 9.30pm you are raiding the cupboards for your late night snacking “munchies” fix?
For most folks this time of the night is when you finally get the opportunity to put [...]

Fitness, Figure And Bodybuilding Competitions – Making The Choice To Compete!

Bodybuilding competitions, fitness competitions, figure competitions… Which one? How do I go about it? Have you thought about competing? Do you want to spend 12 grueling weeks working your butt off while taking in fewer calories than you burn? Would you not miss a workout or a meal for the 12 weeks prior to the [...]

Jon Huston – 12-Week Contest Prep!

Over the past year or so I’ve been writing articles for Bodybuilding.com and have gotten hundreds of responses from my articles. What I would like to do, to give back to those of you who have taken the time to write me, is to give you a detailed description/guide as to how I won First [...]

Looking To Gain Some Lean Mass Women? Here’s What You Need

You’re not likely to hear the average person on the street tell you that they want to gain some weight, however amongst the gym-going crowd this is a common expression.
Don’t be misled though, the majority of these people aren’t just talking about weight in general, they are talking about adding pounds of lean muscle tissue. [...]