Just Ten Minutes a Day – Flat and Toned Abs
April 30, 2011 by admin
Filed under Health & Fitness
Summer and swimsuit season is just around the corner. That means it’s time to start working on those flat abs you want so badly. Don’t have time to work out for hours every day? Not to worry, with a little planning and ten minutes a day, you can have the flat, toned abs you want.
Step 1
Pay attention to your fuel. Track what you eat and what you burn each day. Abdominal fat is just that, fat. If you want to see the muscles underneath and get rid of the bulge you’re going to have to consume fewer calories than you burn.
There are wonderful, free and easy to use programs and iPod/iPhone applications that will help you track what you eat and what you burn each day. Use them to stay on track. One pound of fat is 3500 calories. That means that by simply burning 500 more calories a day than you eat you can lose a pound in 7 days.
Tracking what you eat will also help you see what foods fill you up longer and what foods burn quickly. Quick burning foods mean you’re hungry soon after you eat them. Aim for lean protein, lots of fiber and fruits and vegetables.
Step 2
Get moving! Move your body; it wasn’t designed to sit on a couch or at a desk all day. Take the stairs, take a walk around the block, move your body and find a way to take at least 10,000 steps a day. Studies have shown that people who take 10,000 steps a day lose weight faster and keep it off. They’re healthier and thinner. You can be too!
Step 3
Okay, now you have pounds melting off just by tracking your intake and moving your body. The next step is to work your core muscles, and you can do that in just ten minutes a day. The best fitness activities are ones that focus on your entire core, your back and stomach. Sit-ups are great but they only work specific muscles in your abdominals.
Instead of sit-ups, spend ten minutes working through a low rep workout. Do full crunches where your legs also come off of the ground, bridge, single leg abdominal press, plank pose, and side plank. Move through each repetition slowly so you get the full benefit of the movement and hold the exercise for a few seconds before releasing it. You’ll build muscle and burn more fat. Repeat each exercise eight to ten times then move onto the next exercise.
The good thing about these core exercises is that you don’t need any fancy equipment to do them. All you need is ten minutes. Get down on the floor during your favorite television show or do them right when you get up in the morning before your shower.
With commitment, a plan of action and a little bit of willpower you can have those flat abs you want. Watch what you eat, get moving and find ten minutes each day to work your core muscles. You’ll have that beach body in no time.
Fat Burning Furnace
April 22, 2011 by admin
Filed under Diets Reviewed
Fat Burning Furnace is by Rob Poulos and it is a guide teaching you how to burn fat, lose weight, build muscle, and improve your overall health effectively and efficiently. The system helped him lose 42 lbs and 10 inches off his belly by just spending 45 minutes a week. It also helped his wife, Kalen, lose 59 lbs and 8 dress sizes while still being able to enjoy yummy but fat burning foods all day.
The most important principle of Fat Burning Furnace is that you will not be able to lose fat by just reducing your calorie intake. Reduction in calories intake causes you to be hungry, and thus slowing your metabolic rate resulting in your body burning fewer calories. Instead, Fat Burning Furnace teaches you how to increase your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR). By increasing your RMR, your body burns more calories each day. In the book, you would be taught exercises as well as what food to eat to increase your RMR even when you are asleep.
The first part is about the exercise program which is not long cardiovascular workouts but instead focus on resistance training that you can easily do. Furthermore, these are short workouts which will only spend 20 – 25 minutes of your time a day. You would have to do the workouts slowly so as to maximize fat burning and tone your muscles. The exercises are described in detail with many photos so that you will know exactly how to perform them. Also included in the book are four workout plans – a beginner’s “break in” routine for people new to resistance training or have not exercised in ages, and one routine each for people with beginner, intermediate and advanced levels of experience.
The second part is information regarding nutrition and teaches you how to choose foods that helps to maximize fat loss and is beneficial to your health. It also provides you with sample daily meal plan so that you can have an idea of what to eat for a day and create your own meal plan.
Therefore, by combining the exercises and the meal plan in Fat Burning Furnace, you would be able to lose weight effectively and efficiently as you are using your body’s natural ability to burn fat. Furthermore, you only need to spend little time making it suitable for busy individuals and even allow you to enjoy eating foods that satisfy your craving.