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There Is More To Weight Loss

Friday, November 14th, 2008

If you are willing to put in the extra effort, you can lose considerably more weight a lot faster by adding resistance training to your weight loss program.

Lifting weights will help to burn body fat quicker than aerobic exercise which is something that a lot of people don’t understand. Aerobic exercise for an hour or so will burn more calories than lifting weight for the same hour, however, weightlifting gives additional benefits after that hour that aerobic exercise doesn’t.

After resistance training, your muscles need to repair themselves and in doing so, this process burns even more calories consequently, you are getting the benefit of the calories that are burned during the exercise, combined with the calories that are getting burned as the muscles are getting repaired.

There is also another benefit that is obtained by weightlifting and resistance exercises and that is the fact that you will be building muscle mass.

Now many women get concerned thinking that they are going to look like a female version of Arnold Schwarzenegger (in his younger days), but not only is this unlikely without the use of steroids, it is impossible, particularly for a woman.

Muscle burns fat and by building up your muscle mass, you are creating a fat burning machine that will help to use up excess body fat throughout the day.

This is why people who supplement their weight loss programs with suitable resistance training, will reduce fat and get considerably better results in less time.

You also get the additional benefits of becoming fitter, improving your heart and bones and it also has a positive effect on your mental attitude. To some people,  just feeling better about themselves can solve a lot of the reasons why they overeat in the first place.

You don’t have to lift excessive weights for this to work as even light resistance training will be an added benefit to your weight loss program.

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The Postpartum Tummy Routine

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Having a baby is a beautiful and exciting thing. What is less beautiful and exciting, however, is the extra weight that hangs around the midsection after the baby has been born. The best way to go about shedding this baby belly is proper diet and an exercise routine, which may not always be easy to do for a new stay-at-home mom still reeling from a pregnancy. The good news is that working out and eliminating the extra belly fat will give you more energy, so you can spend more quality time playing with and caring for your new baby.

Here are a few simple exercises to set you on your way toward baby belly freedom. As with any workout routine, be sure to consult a professional before beginning. Remember to always warm up properly to avoid injury.

Progressive Crunchless Crunch

This stomach exercise works your abdominals as well as a crunch does, but without the strain to your neck and back. Begin by sitting in a chair, placing one hand above and one below your belly button in order to feel the contraction of your abdominals. Take one big deep breath, so your midsection expands completely. Then let the breath out as you pull your belly in, imagining your belly button being pulled inward toward your spine. Finally, briefly contract your abs five times. Do a full set of repetitions of all three movements. You can also try this exercise lying on your back. Try both to see which one helps you feel the contractions of your abdominal muscles better.

Contractions

This exercise starts off very much the same way as the last one, but involves quicker steps and more repetitions. Begin by sitting in the same position as in the progressive crunchless crunch, and taking the same deep breath. This time, instead of bringing your belly all the way back, exhale and bring it just about halfway. Then pull your belly button back toward your spine. Contract and hold for a count of one. Repeat from the half-exhalation point. Do the whole thing one hundred times.

Crunchless Crunch

As you can tell from the name, this stomach exercise is very similar to the first. Instead of making a dew stops as you exhale a deep breath, however, this exercise consists of just one move. To start, either lie on your stomach or kneel. You might want to try both ways and see which helps you feel the exercise better. Relax your body as much as possible, then try to use only the lower abdominals to move your belly button toward your spine. Hold for ten seconds. If holding for ten seconds feels easy, hold for a longer period. The goal is to hold the contraction until you either cannot feel it, or you feel other muscles working harder than the transverse abdominus. When you feel this, let the contraction out.

If you start doing these stomach exercises at home in your spare few (very few) minutes, you can lose your baby belly and be fit and trim in just a few months — just in time to start chasing after junior once he learns to crawl!

“NOTHING worthwhile comes easily,

1/2 effort does not produce 1/2 results

it produces no results,

work, continuous work and hard work

 is the only way to accomplish results that last!”

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Your Requirements

Monday, August 11th, 2008

To get maximum benefit from any weight loss program, it needs to be designed so that it fits your specific requirements as everybody’s requirements are considerably different.

The only way that you can determine exactly what you require is to look at all aspects of your lifestyle, from the food you eat, to the exercise that you do on a regular basis. You also need to take into account your working environment and how this will affect your ability to manage a weight loss program and whether your occupation is also affecting the fact that you are overweight.

Your height, weight and gender will determine how many calories you should be consuming during the day and your nutrition can be adjusted accordingly to ensure that you will lose weight while still remaining healthy.

You also need to look at any supplementation that will be required and this will be adjusted according to any fitness training that you might be doing and once again, the other factors that have already been mentioned. The current condition of your health will need to be taken into account when designing a weight loss program.

It will also be well worth considering whether you are able to maintain the weight loss program that has been designed for you. Evaluation should be made after the first week or so and adjusted accordingly, as you should be able to maintain any program over the long term to expect reasonable results.

Your specific requirements will change over time, and they can change quite rapidly as your fitness levels increase and your body fat reduces.

So you need to be aware that a weight loss program that has been specifically designed for you now, may not be suitable in a month or two.

Taking all these factors into account will ensure that you get the maximum results in the minimum time.

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