From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Winners of the New Ultimate Home Workouts Fat Loss Workout System

December 31, 2009

Thank you to everyone who entered to win a copy of the new Ultimate Home Workouts Fat Loss Workout System.
I don’t know about you but I am looking forward to wrapping up 2009 and wiping the slate clean for 2010.
Don’t get me wrong, I actually had a great year. I just love the idea of [...]

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Top Fat Loss Blog Posts of 2009

December 30, 2009

With 2009 quickly coming to an end and many people gearing up to start their New Year’s resolutions in a few days, I thought I would do a quick post to highlight a few of the best posts from this past year.
How I made my decision on which posts to choose was by looking at [...]

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Nutrition Guidelines for Successful Fat Loss

December 29, 2009

Is fat loss part of your New Year’s resolution AGAIN this year? Let’s make sure this is the last year!
What we consume and how much of it is the #1 factor contributing to how much fat we have (with metabolic resistance training and high intensity interval training being #2 and #3, respectively).
No amount of exercise [...]

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Win a Free Copy of the New Ultimate Home Workouts Fat Loss System

December 28, 2009

This is the big week! Getting ready for the big launch of Ultimate Home Workouts, the ultimate home fat loss system!
I will be providing you with more information soon, but here is a quick breakdown of some of the information you will receive in this system:

a 12 week done-for-you workout plan
activity (or non activity) for [...]

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Push Up Progressions

December 24, 2009

Happy Festivus! And now it is time for the airing of grievances…..sorry, couldn’t help it!
The push up is one of the best exercises for building strength and endurance in the chest muscles, especially for beginners.
Like most bodyweight exercises, the push up is easy to learn, can be done as part of a home workout, and [...]

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Metabolic Resistance Training and Fat Loss

December 22, 2009

Metabolic resistance training is, hands down, the most effective way to burn fat.
Metabolic resistance training is the best of both resistance training and of high intensity interval training all rolled up in to one nice little package.
Think of it as cardio with weights, where you engage in a resistance training routine, whether it be bodyweight [...]

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Stop Sugar Cravings

December 20, 2009

A major nutrition obstacle we must overcome when trying to lose fat is to stop sugar cravings.
Why? Because what we put in our bodies is the most important determinate in the amount of fat we carry on our bodies.
The shocking sugar truth is that Americans consume so many sugary foods and so many foods with [...]

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Interval Training and Short Burst Cardio For Fat Loss at Home

December 18, 2009

Interval training and short burst cardio for fat loss at home? Say what?
I have been spending a ton of time trying to convince you that long, slow cardio is not the way to go if fat loss is your goal.
Rather, we need to work at a higher intensity, doing short burst cardio, to get the [...]

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Top 6 Health and Fitness Gifts That Should be on Your Holiday Wish List This Year

December 15, 2009

Happy Holidays! The items on the following list should be on your holiday wish list this year and/or on your list to give to others you care about.
6. Grass fed beef: If you are going to eat animal protein you should be buying meat from animals that were raised without hormones or antibiotics and were [...]

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Today’s Metabolic Bodyweight Workout at Home

December 10, 2009

I have a little stomach bug and I completely took yesterday off in hopes that a little R&R might encourage the little bugger to go away. While I am feeling better today, I really didn’t want to go to the gym but I didn’t want to take another full day off either.
(BTW, I have [...]

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