The Secrets To Getting Ripped Abs

By Drew Tyler

A much debated issue is whether it is possible to lose fat and build muscle at the same time. One point of view is that it is not possible because the extra energy and calories needed to build muscle stop you losing belly fat. Another viewpoint is that it is indeed possible but not very effective.

It is possible, however to get a set of ripped abs whilst building muscle at the same time. This is achieved by structuring the workouts such that it increases the bodies metabolism to burn the fat off rather than starving the body to lose weight.

Exercises that work and stimulate the muscles into growth whilst at the same time increasing the metabolic load are what is required. It is not possible to go into the gym and exercise individual muscle groups, bodybuilder style, if you want to achieve this. For example, when performing a bench press, you are working the chest and upper body muscles but not utilizing the stabilizing muscles of the legs and abdomen.

An alternative exercise would be a single dumbbell press whilst lying on an exercise or fit ball. The weights used are light, but this way will use the big stabilization muscles in the body while doing one arm presses. This is a great way for working the chest muscles whilst at the same time using nearly all the muscles in the body. Granted, you will not build Arnie sized pecs but you will increase muscle growth and mass whilst at the same time burning fat tissue.

Another great upper body workout is to perform push ups or press ups with the feet elevated on top of the exercise ball. Again, all the big stabilizing muscles are utilized which will increase the metabolic load, stimulating fat loss even without having to make changes in the diet.

Having a nutritional plan is critical if we are going to increase the bodies metabolic rate through exercise while at the same time stimulating muscle growth. To keep that metabolic rate surging you must eat at least 5-6 times a day. This will not only help your body produce fat burning enzymes but extra protein in the plan will help muscle recovery and ultimately muscle growth.

New science has shown that it is not necessary to consume large quantities of protein to build muscle, it is the timing which is more critical. The key is to take in a fast digesting whey protein prior to working out and then immediately after, allowing you to build muscle whilst at the same time getting ripped abs. - 17269

About the Author:

Drew writes review articles on how to get ripped fast and does fitness reviews such as the Vince Delmonte review.

It's Time to Maintain!

By Amelia Handley

Yesterday was my 25th day on the homeopathic HCG diet so today is my first day on the maintenance portion of the diet. Sometimes the low calorie portion lasts longer; it depends which program you choose. During my low calorie portion of the diet I lost 21 pounds. And now during the maintenance diet I'm going to make sure that my weight loss will be maintained for good.

There is definitely a drastic difference between yesterday and today. Yesterday I only got 500 calories. Today I get up to 1500 calories. That is a difference I have to admit I'm looking forward to.

While on the maintenance diet there's no particular portion control other than the total calories per day limit of 1500. There are still specific items that you can't have throughout the 26 days on the maintenance diet.

You basically can't have any sweeteners. There's no sugar or artificial sweetener. There's no dextrose, honey, molasses, sucrose, corn syrup or high fructose corn syrup. You can't have any starch in any form (that means still no yummy bread or pasta, dang it!) You still have to avoid all the drive-thrus since you can't have any fast food of any kind. And you also can't have any nitrites or trans fats.

But if you want to ignore the limitations and talk about what you DO get to have once you're on the maintenance diet we can talk about that! You get to add in any fruits or vegetables that weren't on the diet during the low calorie portion. You also get to add in dairy (milk and cheese) and any/all nuts. I have to say that I had a handful of cashews this morning and they tasted absolutely fabulous!

According to the info sent by HCG Diet Direct the maintenance phase is really important because it resets the body's metabolism. You want it at a high state to prevent the abnormal storing of fat after you've worked so hard on the low calorie portion of the homeopathic HCG diet. You still weigh yourself throughout the maintenance phase to make sure you never climb more than 2 pounds over your final weight on the diet. If you do jump up 2 pounds or more you reverse the gain by skipping breakfast and lunch and then having steak with either an apple or a tomato for dinner. I love that there's a plan in case the jump occurs. I'm keeping my eye on the scale. I like that I've lost 21 pounds. - 17269

About the Author:

Amelia Handley studied exercise science at university with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she's found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.

4 Nutrition Mistakes For Arm Toning

By Katherine Crawford M.S.

There is a lot of controversy on the best way to tone arms. Somehow, even the experts have come up with different ways for getting results. Some of these ways are valid, some are not.

Unfortunately, even the most well respected experts can give subpar advice. This happens because scientific studies are never clear cut.

After all, even the experts have to go somewhere to get their information. And most information comes from very complex studies done by the brightest of minds. The main problem here is that these studies are almost NEVER clear cut. They are almost always open for interpretation.

So today I plan on clearing up some of the confusion. Here are 4 things to avoid when trying to tone up your arms:

1. Consuming more than 3 grams of fish oil a day. I remember reading an article by a well known fitness expert in which he recommended an intake of 20-30 grams of fish oil for accelerated fat loss. You should NEVER over supplement with fish oil. The excess omega-3 can induce atherosclerosis.

2. Allowing nuts and legumes to stay warm. Put them in the refrigerator because aspergillus, a toxic mold, can grow on nuts and legumes if the conditions are right. The conditions include warmth and humidity. Now this isn't very likely unless you're overdoing it, however, a single case of poisoning has the potential to set your sexy arm mission many steps back.

3. Trans fatty acids. Your intake of trans fats should be 0, no exceptions here. The research is clear on this issue-trans fats kill.

4. Thinking plant fat is unhealthy. Coconut has long been regarded as a very unhealthy source of saturated fat. But not all saturated fats are created equal. In fact, coconut is a very healthy food. Animal fat and plant saturated fat are structurally different.

All the advice you hear may change slightly over the years because science and research is constantly changing. We never have a clear cut answer as to how things work. A lot of the recommendations are based on projections and extrapolations. Nevertheless, if you want to tone arms, you have to keep on making progress regardless.

Also, make sure you don't wait to act on this advice. If you wait too long, you will forget what you have learned. - 17269

About the Author:

Obtain free and valuable information on the top movement arm toning exercises for women immediately by going to Katherine Crawford's M.S. website Sleeveless in 7. And unearth how to get sexy and lean arms ASAP by visiting her blog about flabby upper arm exercises right now!

A Healthier Lifestyle With Abs Work Out

By Trevski Hindy

A leaner and fit stomach area is not only for vanity's sake. It also serves your health as well. It is proven that belly fat is among the most dangerous fat on your body. Excessive belly fat can lead to a number of health complications, including increased risk of heart disease. Abs work out along with healthy eating can help you attain a healthier and more appealing stomach area.

There are a number of exercises that will target your center. Along with a healthy diet, you are sure to start seeing results. The hardest part of any new endeavor is sticking to it. Once you have made up your mind that a leaner waist line is what you want, there is no turning back.

The traditional system of training your abs includes the classic crunch. With this exercise you must first lie flat on your back. Bend your knees so that you have both feet placed firmly on the floor. Place your hands behind your head and pull your abs in, but do not strain your neck, and pull your shoulders off of the floor. You can also put your hands across your chest.

The bicycle exercise is another popular ab work out. You lie on your back and begin alternating your legs in a bicycle motion. You use your abs to lift your shoulders off the floor. For example, you will bend your right knee to meet your left elbow in a bicycle motion. You continue these alternating motions (left knee ' right elbow) for your specified repetition sets.

In addition, the full vertical crunch is another fat blasting work out. You once again place your back on the floor and your heads on the back of your head. You stretch your legs vertically upward and draw your shoulders off the floor. You will use your ab muscles to do this without straining your neck.

The opposite of a regular crunch is a reverse crunch. With this exercise you will place yourself in the regular crunch position. Instead of pulling your shoulders off of the floor you will push your hips off the ground with the strength of your abs. Make sure you are crunching your abs to pull your hips off the floor and not straining your neck.

Make sure not to just motion your legs because in this case you will not be working out your abs. These are only a few abs work out options available. - 17269

About the Author:

Discover the right muscle building abs program to use. Helping you to have that six pack stomach and look wonderful with the correct abs work out. Jump online and find out how today.

Learn Why Acai Berry Is The Most Potent Weight Loss Agent

By Amy Bram

As acai berry has been featured prominently in some of the media shows in CBS and ABC, it is time to really examine if acai berry really has the properties for losing weight. If you do not conduct any simple verification, you may come to the conclusion that its usage is limited. To help you make an informed decision, you have tried the products and have make these conclusions.

Acai berry has been known as the premier Superfood the world has ever known. Even some scientists at the Varsity of Florida are giving acai berry the description as one of the most flexible fruits around. The reasons are its high concentrations of antioxidants, amino acids, necessary trans acids, fibers and vitamins. There are many forms you can take acai berry in. These include acai berry juices, purees, dried or supplements. The most crucial thing to remember is that it must been processed and flash freezed correctly in order to harness its health benefits. The most well known benefits of acai berry to date are prevention or heart disease, diabetes, cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

You may be interested to how acai berry can improve your health now. As acai berry's content is at least forty percent fiber, it can help your body to get rid of free radicals. Your immune reaction is kept at top form and it also keeps your blood cells free from harm. Aside from that, it also suppresses your appetite. It can also act as a detox as it has the ability to cleanse your system of poisons, unclean elements from unprocessed foods and also ensure that any excess calories will not be transformed into poisonous tissues. This frees up the resources for your digestive system so that it can run your body at a higher level of efficiency.

When all part of your body is working at their peak level, you find that burning fat from your system is easier. Acai berry has a very important function is that you will not feel hungry easily. As your body is full of energy, you feel less for the need to consume any food. Indirectly, you will lose weight this way.

After reading through this article, there should be anymore doubt that acai berry has the effect of losing weights. Besides that, there are a lot of other benefits associated with acai berry as well. These include better protection, sharper vision, and enhanced digestion, protection against cancer, diabetes and coronary disease. - 17269

About the Author:

If you are wondering on where to weight loss acai berry , stop searching now. Do not fall for anyacai berry scams.

Break Your Plateaus With His Bicep Busting Circuit

By Rob Maraby

Circuits are a very overlooked method of training for building your bicep. There an excellent way to overload and force your bicep into growth. If you haven't ever tried a circuit for your bicep then your missing out

So what is a circuit? Executing a group of exercises back to back with little or no rest is a circuit. Of course a group meaning more than 4 moves. Other wise your just doing a giant set. Originally circuits aren't really used to build mass on your bicep. Actually they are made to itch out detail in you arm or targeted muscle. But if you know how to use the circuit you can utilize it in a manner to which it will help with muscle mass. And not just bicep size but shape

Don't make it a habit of using the circuit every time you have bicep training. That's not the intention of the circuit and that's not its goal. Unless your looking to lean your bicep out then maybe you should make the bicep circuit a regular go to. But to really utilize the strength of the circuit you should be already doing some sort of bicep training and use the circuit just to shake your bicep training up. Doing so will seriously increase the effectiveness of the circuit and it could be a weapon you can use to break through plateau

Here is an example of a bicep mass building routine

Alternate standing dumbbell curl 4 sets 10,8,8,8

Close grip standing curl 4 sets 8,10,12,12

Incline dumbbell curl 4 sets 10,10,12,12

Hammer curl 3 sets 8, 8, 8

This is an example of a mass building bicep routine. You should be doing something like this for a while before you decide to attack the circuit.

This an example of a bicep circuit

Standing barbell curl 12 reps 20 sec rest

Alternating dumbbell curl 12 reps 20 sec rest

Preacher curl 12 reps 20 sec rest

Incline curl 12 reps 20 sec rest

Hammer curl 12 reps 20 sec rest

Reverse curl 12 reps 20 sec rest

Choosing a proper weight is crucial here to make your bicep circuit efficient. You need to pick a weight that will cause you to fail at the 12 rep. so it has to be fairly heavy. Try to fail at the 12th rep. if you fail at the 11th or 13th rep its alright. Just make sure to stay within that range. The next thing you need to look out for is timing. You need to rest 20 seconds between each move. So when you finish the first move put the weights down rest 20 seconds no more no less and start the next move. It will take time to figure out the perfect weights for each move but once you do the results will speak for them self. Keep moving from exercise to exercise till you finish the whole thing. Rest 3 minutes then repeat the circuit again. Do this 3 times and that would be your bicep workout

Again I stress to keep the rep range at 12 and the rest period at 20 seconds. Stick tight to these guidelines and your bicep will respond with solid growth. Use this circuit every now and then to give it that extra boost. Train hard and don't get lazy and in no time you will have biceps you can be proud of - 17269

About the Author:

Want Big Biceps Then Download My Free Book That Shows You How To Grow Big Arms

Help For A Healthier Lifestyle

By Joey Marshall

Changing to a healthier lifestyle may be one of the toughest things you will ever do. Having help in making that change can make it much easier, and Anabolicminds.com is the place where you can find the the help you need to make that difficult transformation.

Anabolicminds contains many tools to assist you as you work to improve your lifestyle. There are discussion forums, blogs, articles, tools and a store to purchase items that can further help you to achieve your healthy lifestyle goals.

In the forums you can find many discussions on supplements, supplement reviews, company promotions, supplement articles, supplement auctions, and many other things that might be helpful to you. Supplements can be a very useful way to reinforce vitamin intake when dieting or increase protein intake when working out to add muscle. The supplement review forum is the best place to go when you are considering a new supplement to enhance your new healthy lifestyle. Open your free account, then log on and ask any questions you might have, read reviews from other users, and make an informed decision if the about any supplements you are considering before you buy them. Once you have decided which supplements are the right choice for you and you are ready to buy, click on the STORE link to buy your supplements at anabolicminds.com.

In addition to the very beneficial forums, there are also tools, such as the diet tracker, workout tracker, and progress tracker. These tools can be a very big help in keeping track of your progress to while achieving your goals of a healthier lifestyle.

While using the tools and forums to help you change your life, you can blog about your experience on AM's Blogs. You can write about your goals, the challenges you face, and the solutions you find to overcome those challenges. Making such a major life change is not an easy thing to do and having support every step of the way can make it not quite as hard. Your blogs and supplement reviews can give support to others who might be dealing with some of the same challenges you have dealt with and overcome while you are also getting the support that you need.

Anabolicminds is the online source for anyone looking for a community to support them in making healthier lifestyle choices. - 17269

About the Author:

Want to find out more? Then visit Anabolicminds.com for more supplement reviews.