Lose belly fat quickly
**Metabolism-Boosting Dietary Secrets**I just finished a huge meal with my family today -- ham, yams,
mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and ice cream & cake as
dessert...
Yeah, I know... how could a fitness professional like myself
ever consider gorging on such a huge calorie-dense meal?
What if I told you that you can still eat your favorite foods
while simultaneously shedding body fat like crazy... Yes, it's
true... but only IF you understand how to manipulate a few KEY
aspects of your diet.
Today I want to introduce you to a unique dietary trick that
actually allows you to eat your favorite foods while
simultaneously boosting your metabolism so that you can shed off
body fat easier.
It involves a little bit of rotation of foods in your diet but
is actually quite easy and fun to do once you get it right.
In fact, if you do this right, you'll actually boost your
metabolism and make it easier to burn body fat.
Let me be clear about something... by using this unique method,
you do NOT need to starve yourself, overly restrict your food
intake, or try to live on nothing but chicken, broccoli, and
salad.
Remember, if you do this right, you can actually enjoy most of
your favorite foods every week.
My friend and colleague Jon Benson came up with this unique
dietary system with the help of Jan Hauser. I have to say that
it's brilliant what they've come up with. See for yourself
below...Jon and Jan were both obese years ago. Over the past four years,
they perfected a System that shows you how they went from obese
to "cover model" fit and still eat their favorite foods.
Not "once a week" either -- they INSIST you eat delicious food
frequently and without guilt or worry.
>>> Even better, they never count a single calorie!
They get to eat pizza, burgers, ice cream, and more...and still
drop the lbs!
This is not a pill, scam, or gimmick...this is science applied to the
real world.
The science: you take advantage of the fact your body prefers a
change of pace and can respond by burning ugly fat.
The real world: no one is going to eat salad and tuna every day
for the rest of their life in order to shed bodyfat and feel good
again.
Simple, right? Common sense!
You absolutely MUST HAVE a diet-plan you can live with for life.
Today's flavor of the day is... FLAVANOIDS! Flava what?I know this sounds like some sort of spacey compound, but in reality it is something that we should all know about because of its impact on our health. To be technical, flavanoids are polyphonic compounds that are found in fruits, vegetables and beverages like tea, coffee, beer wine and fruit drinks. Okay, so why do we care about flavanoids? They are very beneficial for our health, as they have antiviral, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties (the 4 A's). Most flavonoids function in the human body as antioxidants. In this capacity, they help neutralize overly reactive oxygen-containing molecules and prevent these overly reactive molecules from damaging parts of cells. In non-scientific terms, a flavanoid is a natural compound which helps protect our bodies against disease. They also provide vitamins and enzymes, so they are just packed full of nutritional benefits! Here are just a few things that flavanoids do for you body...
Strengthen blood vessels
Enhance the power of your vitamin C
Protect cells from oxygen damage(antioxidant)
Prevent inflammation in your body/joints
They can also help prevent cancer, heart disease and strokes, and can help with issues like asthma, hay fever, eczema, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, fibromyalgia and even your everyday bug bite. You may not be getting enough flavanoids if you have:
Easy bruising
Frequent nose bleeds
Excessive swelling after injury
Frequent colds or infections
So, what does that mean? Up your intake of fruits and veggies! Flavanoids can be found in apples, apricots, blueberries, pears, raspberries, strawberries, grapes, oranges, black beans, cabbage, onions, parsley, pinto beans and tomatoes, to name a few. They can also be found in beverages like grapefruit juice and green or black tea, and even red wine, so no matter what your eating habits are, you can get flavanoids into your diet. You can also get extra flavanoids into your diet by taking supplements. You can get flavanoids in anything from grape seed extract, green tea extract to vitamin capsules you can purchase at the drug store. We do recommend that you get it naturally in fruits and veggies if you can, but quality supplements are always an option. Flavanoids are a great preventative nutrient, and give you vitamins such as vitamin C, so you can't go wrong by adding them into your daily food routine. Throw some blueberries in your morning shake, have green tea while watching your favorite movie, or even enjoy a glass of red wine with your friends, and you will be helping your body fight against poor health.
Let's face it... building muscle is not the easiest thing to accomplish even despite regular hard workout schedules and trying every type of workout and supplement.
I struggled for years to gain any significant muscle mass, but over the years in my personal training business and with my own experimentation have found some important things that have helped make significant muscle gains possible even for hardgainers.
So, I'm going to give 3 important tips here so you can start building lean muscle mass faster and easier.
1. Make sure that 95% of the exercises you perform regularly in the gym are big multi-joint compound exercises. It doesn't matter if your goal is fat loss or building muscle... big multi-joint exercises should comprise 95% of the exercises you do in your workouts if you want to get lean, ripped, and powerful.
It's easiest to think of it in terms of the major movement patterns such as these (focus 95% of your workouts on these):
upper body horizontal press (bench press, pushups, dips),
upper body horizontal rows (1-arm dumbbell rows, seated cable rows, bent over barbell rows),
upper body vertical pull (lat pulldowns, pullups, chinups),
upper body vertical press (overhead dumbbell and barbell presses, barbell or kettlebell clean & presses)
lower body squatting movements (front squats, back squats, overhead squats, bodyweight squats, etc)
lower body deadlifting movements (regular deadlifts, sumo deadlifts, Romanian deadlifts)
lower body single leg movements (lunges, step-ups, jump lunges, etc)
abdominal and core exercises (these are important, but still are 2nd priority after all of the major upper body and lower body multi-joint movements... your abs and core will be worked from most major multi-joint exercises anyway)
The other 5% of your exercises can focus on single joint exercises (isolation exercises) such as bicep curls, tricep presses, calf presses, shoulder shrugs, shoulder lateral raises, pec flyes, etc, etc. However, these exercises are only accessory exercises to do after the main focus has been the multi-joint drills.
2. Train hard and intensely 3-4 days/week for 45-60 minutes per weight training workout. Keep your workouts to no longer than 60 minutes as training too much beyond this point can trigger excess catabolism. You want to stay anabolic, but you still need to train your body hard and intensely enough to trigger muscle growth.
Try a super-set style of workout program to maximize the intensity that you can train. My favorite combinations are opposing upper and lower body movement patterns that don't interfere with each other, such as squats coupled with pullups as a superset, or bench press coupled with deadlifts as a superset.
Don't underestimate the effectiveness of these types of upper/lower body supersets done with heavy weights and a high intensity. The first time in my life that I experienced significant muscle mass gains were when I started doing these types of workout combos regularly (although still mixing up my training variables).
These are mainstays of almost any effective workout program -- caloric intake can simply be adjusted whether your goal is fat burning or gaining muscle mass.
3. Eat clean with quality whole foods... REAL foods instead of highly processed over-hyped supplement powders and bars.
The quality of protein (and additional nutrition from vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants) are best assimilated by the body from real whole food such as eggs, meats, dairy (preferably raw), fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, etc. instead of from processed protein powders, chemical-laden bars, and meal replacements.
Forget about the hyped up workouts in the muscle mags that only work for pro bodybuilders or people on steroids. Forget about the over-hyped supplement "stacks" that pay the bills for almost every muscle mag... Instead, make these tips in this article part of your lifestyle, and you'll see muscle gains and a leaner, ripped body like you've never seen before!
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Enjoy, and good luck!
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