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Lose Belly Fat in 30 Days with Circuit Training

January 6, 2009 by somnath chougule  
Filed under Healthy Living

Have you tried lot and are still not successful to lose belly fat? Do you want to know how to get rid of belly fat more quickly? Cardio is a good method for melting the fat of your body including your belly. But just doing the cardio is not enough. If you are serious about melting the fat on your abs, you should give up the regular and dull exercise habits. For losing the fat you could run miles and miles or you could chose to workout in a smart way. Though you are trying lot and are not getting reasonable results, then it may be the case that you might be committing some basic mistakes. If you are serious about it, and want to lose belly fat in 30 days, the answer is circuit training. If you desire to lose belly fat rapidly here’s a circuit training structure that should be performed correctly to lose fat in 30 days.

Total Body strength training workouts

By doing this you can lose belly fat from your body by increasing metabolism of your body and simultaneously gaining muscle.

More calories will burn if you work more muscle. The important thing to note while exercise, is that the muscle is by which the fats are burned. Strength training will help to lose fat on stomach because having more muscle implies that you burn more calories.

You may in general make mistake such as making sets of workouts on strength machine and taking rest between each set. You will be benefited more if you follow as circuit training structure. An example of a structure is given below. It is just and example, you will get an idea about total body workout be referring it. However it serves the basic purpose to lose belly fat.

After doing a 5 to 10 minutes of warm-up follow the below given steps.
a. Pushups-10 repetitions
b. One arm DB row-10 reps per arm
c. DB squats-12 reps
d. Side planks-5 to 15 seconds per side
e. Hyperextensions-12 reps
f. Leg curls on stability ball 10 to 12 reps
g. Standing DB overhead press-10 reps
h. Abs crunches on stability ball-10 to 15 reps

Do the above mentioned steps from start to end. You may take rest about 30 to 45 seconds after performing each step. Try to do all the steps 2-3 times. Depending on your rest time this entire process may take 20 to 30 minutes.

If the above mentioned total body workout if followed, you will exercise to gain strength as well as lose belly fat. After completing total body workouts on first day, you should always wait a day before performing the second round as it gives time for your muscles to rest and recover.

Cardio with intervals

Instead of regular cardio routine that have same speed, if an interval training is adopted it makes a lot of difference as it is quicker and not boring. As you toggle between low and high intensities during the entire workout, it becomes a good way to exercise to lose belly fat.

Here’s an example:
1. For the first five minutes warm-up yourself.
2. Next 2 minutes slow, next 30 sec to 1 minutes fast as hard as you can.
3. Repeat the step 2 for 4 to 8 times.
4. Last five minutes- cool down.

By following the above routing you can make you workout time shorter but more effective. You can lose belly fat, while increasing your metabolism. The above mentioned cardio can be done after the total body strength training workouts, for a frequency of 2 to 3 times per week.

But in the want of losing the fats quickly, one may forgot to take care of heart rate. So the better way is to check with a doctor and make sure that the exercise you are doing for losing the fat is safe for your heart.

With this structure for exercise to lose belly fat you are sure that your efforts for losing the fat will not be slow and frustrating. But at the same time taking food which contains proper nutrients is also very necessary in the process of losing fat. If the exercise is correctly done and care of right diet is taken, you should be able to lose belly fat by a considerable amount in 30 days.

How to Lose Belly Fat in 30 Days

January 5, 2009 by somnath chougule  
Filed under Healthy Living

Are you one of the persons who are struggling to lose belly fat and trying to find out the best way to lose fat quickly? Accumulation of the fat in you belly may result due to many reasons. While you try to lose the belly fat by doing exercises, you must simultaneously consider the type and amount of intake of food that will add to your body fat. It has been proven by the science that your metabolic rate accounts to burning of fat. Increasing the metabolic rate can greatly help in losing belly fat or any other fat on your body. Here are some the best ways to lose belly fat quickly and effectively in 30 days.

Sit up’s: Doing sit up’s can be an easiest and less time consuming way to lose belly fat for achieving good results. Belly fat is nothing but a stored energy. If you want to lose the fat you have to burn excess calories than your actual consumption. For getting fast results and lose fat, sit up’s can be considered as an effective exercise for every type of body.

One of the most common reasons for increasing the fat is the intake of fried food. Fried food contains less nutrient value and mostly empty calories, which finally add up in increasing fat in your body. Hence in order to stop the increase in body fat or to lose belly fat, stay away from taking fried food as far as possible.

Usually people have habits to take late night snacks. This habit mostly adds up in increasing the fat especially the belly fat. Because after taking late night snacks people usually do nothing that will be considered as physical activity that helps in burning fats. So if you are one of the people having such habit of taking late night snack, avoid taking late night snacks which will help to lose belly fat.

Often people starve to lose belly fat, thinking that starving will help in burning calories in the body. It is wrong thing to starve yourself and exercising with a great effort, since it will not help in burning the fat but on the contrary you will find yourself hungry and drained.

On the other hand many people adopt the strategy to take little food but do no exercise. This will also not help to lose belly fat because with insufficient food intake your body metabolism is slowed down to compensate the lack of food and the rate of burning fat is also slowed down. Instead, if you avoid taking food that is rich in calories and make a habit of regular exercise, it will help a lot and you will get desired results in losing the fats. At the same time, try to intake protein rich diet which helps in developing muscle mass with no superfluous fat, which will help in burning more calories. Drinking lots of water can also be considered as an important factor in burning calories, since hydration helps in burning more calories along with developing muscle mass.

A similar way to lose fat is to take food in reduced portions and doing exercise daily. As long as the food that you eat is nutritious and its amount is smaller, you can eat what you like. As you are eating in smaller portion you can enjoy all the tastes that you like and since you are eating less and doing optimum exercise, your body will burn fats without having any side effect as in the case of starvation.

Another effective method to lose belly fat is to perform full body exercise. Your metabolic rate can be increased up to 48 hours by doing multi-joint exercises that include legs, back and chest. In this process the fat burning hormones in your body are released which prevent the fat from accumulating.

Once your plan for right workouts to lose belly fat is ready and you are daily going on accordingly it, you should also take care to eat right. When you feed your body with right food that contains more nutrients and fewer calories, you will be sure that you will lose belly fat in 30 days. Also the energy required by your body in doing exercise can be provided from this type of food.

5 Top Tips to Lose Stomach Fat

January 5, 2009 by somnath chougule  
Filed under Healthy Living

Yes, you have to lose stomach fat as fat belly is regarded as an additional health risk. Fatty tissue which is stored around the stomach and abdomen (visceral fat) carries a greater health risk than fat located in the lower body around the butt and thighs. Belly fat or visceral is the kind of fat that is found deeper in the body as compared to subcutaneous fat which is located just under the skin. According to recent survey maximum people around the world are being diagnosed each day with high levels of cholesterol, diabetes, heart diseases and so on. The reason is quite simple, belly fat as it collects around the organs in the abdomen. Keep on reading, as you’re about to discover the most powerful methods to lose stomach fat forever. If you are looking for safe permanent weight loss without using pills, special foods, or gimmicks of any sort, then you simply must bear with me.

Lose belly fat by eating foods that burn fat and without stress:

The first and most important tip to lose stomach fat is by eating 5-6 small meals each day. Consuming small but healthy meals prevents you from overeating, plus it also helps in boosting the metabolism, since the body requires energy to digest the food. It’s a good idea to keep heaviest meals at the start of day and reduce the amount as the day progresses. Foods that are high in protein and low in carbohydrates, sugar and saturated fats are the best to lose stomach fat. You can prefer eggs, fish, lean meats, complex carbohydrates like vegetables, whole grains and a variety of fresh natural fruits. Avoid simple, refined carbohydrates that contain white sugar or white flour. Fatty acids are essential for process of burning belly fat, hence include good healthy fats such as fish fats, seeds and nuts, olive oil etc.

Lose belly fat by drinking the right fluids:

Liver is mainly responsible for burning the fat. If you do not drink enough water liver function suffers and process of burning fat is affected. You should drink enough water and you should avoid drinking canned fruit juices, chocolate drinks, and soft drinks, since their sugar content is very high. If you are doing heavy abs exercise to lose stomach fat fast, you need to drink plenty of water after 30 minutes of workout. The simple fact is when you are dehydrated, the organs in the body work harder in order to retain the water reserve of the body.

Lose belly fat by lifting weights:

Exercises for your stomach are really crucial to lose stomach fat. If decrease body fat quickly is your aim, you should do weight training and cardio exercises. Exercises like chest presses, lat pull downs, free weight squats, and dumbbell rows are good exercises for quick belly fat lose. This abdominal exercise stabilizes the core muscles but they alone are not good enough for overall body fat reduction.

Lose belly fat by getting a cardio workout:

In order to lose stomach fat, calories need to be burnt. Running, jogging, brisk walking, swimming, tennis, dancing, and cycling are top exercises for burning fat and boost metabolism because these exercises creates calorie deficiency within the body. To get maximum benefits, you need to do cardio workouts at least 30 to 45 minutes and you should do it about three times a week.

Lose belly fat by not overdoing the crunches:

There has been some controversy over abs crunches. Do they work or not? My answer is it depends as you cannot tone your stomach without an overall change in your diet and full body exercise. You can’t keep the weight you’ve gained in one area of your body and still expect to get a six pack. This does not mean that the abs should not be worked out at all as there are muscles in the abdomen which need to be worked out. Also, make sure that your abs crunches are done in small quantities of controlled movements with short rests in between.

Remember the weight gain didn’t happen overnight, it happened slowly over time, the same is with proper healthy weight loss plan to lose stomach fat, and you can’t have miracles over night. Be patient and remember one fact, some health studies show that abdominal fat can develop as a result of stress. This is because the hormone cortical is released during stress, and a high level of cortical in the body appears to stimulate the storage of fat around the belly and abdomen. Remain cool and follow my 5 tips to get fast results.

5 Must Do Abs Crunches for a Killer Six Pack

January 5, 2009 by somnath chougule  
Filed under Healthy Living

There are two contrary opinions among the people, about abs crunches. One group of people say that it works in developing a killer six pack, while other group says that it doesn’t work. The genuine answer to it is that it depends upon many factors such as genetics, stress, slow metabolism, improper digestion, eating late night, poor posture. If you do not give optimum attention towards these factors and try to exercise your abs for a killer six pack, you will hardly get any noticeable results. If you have a habit to eat late night, it will result in growth of fat over your abdomen. Still if you try to shape your abdomen by doing abs crunches, then how can you expect to get desired results?

Here are some types of abs crunches, if done regularly along with proper diet, will surely help you in developing a killer six pack.

The Basic Crunch:

The basic crunch is helpful for upper area of the abdomen and abs. The procedure to do the basic abs crunch is as under.

1. First of all lye down on you back.

2. Bend your knees and place your feet’s on the floor such that toes come near to your hips. This provides support to lower back. Now place your right hand on your left shoulder and left hand on your right shoulder such that both the hands make cross over your chest.

3. Now slowly try to rise up your upper half part of the body, simultaneously pressing your lower back against the floor. Exhale slowly, when you reach the peak of the crunch and when you start to inhale lower your back down slowly.

4. Repeat the above step No. 3 for about 20 to 25 times and take rest for about 1 minute. Then perform the crunches for about 3 to 4 sets by taking rest of 1 minute after every set, this will be sufficient for the day. But remember not to try to do excessive abs crunches in want of quick results, because after doing first 25 to 30 repetitions you will feel lack of energy and most probably you will not perform the crunches correctly.

Initially after doing 20 to 25 controlled and perfect movements you will feel you abs muscles working. If this is not the case then surely you are not performing the movements as ideally required. Your movements should be focused on your middle section, alternatively if your neck feels worked, then you should note that you are not performing the abs crunches properly.

The Reverse Crunch:

Lower portion of abdominal is worked by this exercise.

1. Firstly lie down on your back, place your hand straight along your body, touching the floor and palms facing towards floor.

2. Keep your back and head straight and slowly raise your legs up in the air, slightly bend your knees and cross your legs.

3. Now try to raise your hips off the floor for about 2 inches and try to keep this position without falling down. Stay in this position for 3-4 seconds and perform abs crunches, while keeping your hands, back and neck on the floor.

4. Lastly lower your hips slowly back and try more repetitions, don’t forget to take rest of 60 seconds between each set of 20 to 25 abs crunches.

Cable side crunch:

Get the cable to highest position, now grab handle with one hand and rest the other hand on the grabbing hand. Perform crunch only between waist and lower chest, while keeping your arm stationary. The movement caused will be very small. Perform three sets of 10-15 repetitions.

Oblique Decline Crunches:

On a decline bench, lock your feet at the top and lie down inclined. Keep your left hand over left ear and right hand on your right hip. Now slowly raise upper part of your body and twist towards the right. Keep your abs tight and your movement should be controlled and slow. Try to touch your left elbow to your right knee. After that, slowly release your body to the starting position. Now perform similar set on right side.

Oblique Crunches:

Lie down on the floor, bend you knees and keep your feet flat on the floor. Keep you’re both hands on the back of head and elbows must be projecting outwards. Now perform abs crunches in oblique direction trying to touch your left elbow to your right knee. Slowly come to initial position and repeat.

You can get killer six packs by doing above five abs crunches. But remember if you won’t take care of diet, merely doing abs crunches will not give you noticeable results. Also, don’t expect the results by tomorrow as it is difficult to burn your well earned belly fat in single day. Just concentrate hard and the day will come when you will have the sexy flat stomach.

Must Do Thigh Exercises For Head Turning Legs!

January 5, 2009 by somnath chougule  
Filed under Healthy Living

There are distinctive kinds of thigh exercises, which if performed sincerely can give exclusive results. It is really challenging to choose between them as you don’t know your ultimate goal. If you ask me I would definitely recommend you to perform exercises that not only tone, firm and strengthen your thighs, but at the same time burn the fat. I say so because burning fat is very essential as you’ll never be able to see your thigh muscles if they are hiding behind the fat.

For women, shaping the muscles of the thighs is an important fitness goal. They typically carry excess fat on their thighs and hips. As a result they get confused when it comes to lose weight, though they try different types of thigh exercises with no results.

Don’t Make This Mistake with Thigh Exercises

Generally majority of women don’t want to perform thigh exercises that will make their thighs big and bulky like a man or like a big female bodybuilder. This is a very big mistake. They desire to become slim with a flat stomach and bulky thighs without performing upper leg exercises and tend to use lighter weights. Performing with lighter weights will not burn fat, better to perform with heavier weights with moderate repetitions. (8-12reps). so listen and read carefully, you will never get big and bulky thighs if you keep on doing common mistakes.

The reason is simple - Testosterone.

The main reason why women cannot get big and bulky thighs from any of the thigh exercises like men is amount of testosterone. Women don’t have anywhere near the amount of testosterone that a man has.

I see a lot of women think aerobic exercises are better than Any thigh exercises. You need to include exercises for your thigh muscles and weight training as aerobic training doesn’t increase or tone muscle and lean muscle.

After the age of 25, the average woman will gain one pond of body fat and at the same time lose muscle tissue which results in decrease of metabolism. Proper thigh exercises can increase your metabolism by restoring muscle tissue that you lost over the years.

Effective thigh exercises will work all the major thigh muscle groups, including your hamstrings, groin muscles, quadriceps at the front of your thighs, and hip flexors at the front of your pelvis. The more effective upper leg exercises will work all the above muscles at once resulting in much better fat burning, toning and firming.

Thigh Exercises That Simple And Easy To Do!

Below you will find a list of exercises for your thigh muscles to use in your lower body workout. A combination of the best thigh exercises, cardiovascular exercise and good nutrition is the most effective for fat loss and toning and shaping your muscles.

(1) Multi muscle leg exercises- Dumbbell Lunges:

This thigh exercises are good for working your gluts, quads, inner and outer thighs and hamstrings. This exercise can be done with either Dumbbells or Barbell.

STANCE: A feet together stance is recommended.

STEPS:

Grab hold of a pair of dumbbells and stand upright.

Keeping your back straight take a step forward bending your knees and getting them as close to the floor as possible.

Push yourself back to the starting position and repeat with the other foot.

(2) Multi muscle leg exercises- Leg Extensions:

This thigh exercises will help to define and shape the front of your thighs, known as your quads.

STEPS:

Sit on the leg extension machine (adjust the seat according to your body). Hook your feet beneath the roller pads and grasp the handles at the sides of the machine for support.

Straighten your legs and lift the weight up. Pause at the top for a second or two to enhance the peak contraction in the quads. Lower the weight slowly to the starting position. Repeat.

(3) Multi muscle leg exercises- Leg Press:

This movement works the quads, hamstrings, and gluts. The leg press allows you to work your legs hard without putting extra stress on your back.

STEPS:

Sit in the leg press machine with your back on the angled seat and your feet on the footplate about shoulder width apart with your toes pointed forward or just slightly out to the sides. Straighten your legs and release the bars at the sides of the machine. There is usually a handle on each side for you to hold on to and stabilize yourself.

Bend your legs and slowly lower the weight until your knees are at a 90-degree angle. Straighten your legs and lift the weight back up to the starting position. Repeat.

(4) Multi muscle leg exercises- Hack Squats:

This movement works the quads, hamstrings, and gluts.

STEPS:

Position yourself on the machine with your feet just wider the shoulder width apart with your toes pointed just slightly out to the sides. Straighten your legs and release the bars at the sides of the machine. Bend your knees and squat down until your knees are just less then a 90-degree angle. Straighten your legs and lift the weight back up to the starting position. Repeat.

(5) Multi muscle leg exercises- Straight Leg Dead-lifts:

These variations of the dead lift work the hamstrings, gluts, and lower back. It also works the forearms because you have to grip the barbell.

STEPS:

Stand in front a barbell with your feet placed shoulder width apart. Bend your legs and grasp the barbell with your hands just wider then shoulder width. Using your back and legs stand up with the barbell at arms length in front of you.

Keep a slight bend in your knees and bend over as if you were going to touch your toes. Keep your head up and you’re back flat as you bend down. Straighten up to the starting position. Repeat.

Along with multi muscle leg exercises you can also try single muscle leg exercises. The thigh exercises for your thigh muscles listed above will indeed do the job for you. These upper leg exercises will tone, firm and burn a tremendous amount of fat cells. With the one mentioned above you’ll define and separate your thigh muscles, creating the sexiest thighs you could imagine.

Most Important Steps to Take To Lose Belly Fat

January 5, 2009 by somnath chougule  
Filed under Healthy Living

Trying to lose belly fat for years and still got no results? Then, what is the use of having beautifully shaped abdominal muscles? No one in the world is going to appreciate if it is left unseen or left enclosed in a coating of belly fat.

Our bodies are designed to store fat for release during times when there is not enough food. But when we put on weight and never have these lean times, fat cells begin to release fat molecules into the blood at a higher rate affecting normal metabolism. These metabolic changes can lead to serious health problems and hence some important steps has to be taken to loose belly fat.

Wake up and take the first important step, add targeted resistance training workouts to your daily routine which can help the muscles in those targeted areas to support and shape your body. For example if you are targeting the abdominal area, try and perform abdominal workouts which can firm and tighten your abdominal muscles. This workout no doughtily will help you to loose belly fat and will surely give you the appearance of weight loss through the better physique you will achieve.

What will be the next step? Will targeted resistance training workout be enough to lose belly fat? No, absolutely not, as the best exercise to lose belly fat must be combined with more than one form of workout. You can try,

Resistance training- To help create a lean and toned body

Aerobic exercises- To increase your heart rate over a longer period of time

Stretching- To extend your limbs and muscles to their full extent

Start the daily routine with a light warm up: Muscle stiffness is thought to be directly related to muscle injury and therefore the warm-up should be aimed at reducing muscle stiffness. Warm up should at least consist of 5-10 minutes jogging, running, cycling- to increase body temperature, or 10-15 minutes dynamic stretching exercises- to reduce muscle stiffness. Warm up helps to increase speed of contraction and relaxation of warmed muscles and allows the heart rate get to a workable rate for beginning exercises. Shortly, you will get mentally focused on higher intensity workouts to follow.

Continue you’re warm up with a few minutes of body weight exercises like Squat, Push ups, backward stride, Chair dips, wall sit, Jump lunges, Reverse crunch, Side jumps, Mountain climbers etc. These workouts will really get your body ready to work hard and lose belly fat. Also, they will help to promote strength, flexibility and overall fitness with very little space or time. Life will suddenly become easier for you and your energy level will rise with no longer pain in your joints.

The next important step is Strength training by way of circuit training: Circuit training is a high intensity full body workout for major fat burning and ultimate fitness under 30 minutes. This type of training alternates between upper body and lower body exercise and also between different styles of exercise for maximum workload with minimal exhaustion in less time. There are literally thousands of potential circuit training exercises that can be used to develop a suitable routine. You can choose any group of exercises that are repeated in a cycle. Additionally, many exercises require little or no expensive equipment like nothing more than a mat, a set of dumbbells, a medicinal or stability ball etc. The best exercise to lose belly fat is done with the help of your body weight and a stability ball.

Cardiovascular Interval training: If you want to burn more calories in less time, interval training is a great choice. With this type of training you alternate high intensity segments, where you work as hard as you can, with low intensity segments, where you slow down and catch your breath. Interval training also helps prevent the injuries often associated with repetitive stamina exercise and they allow you to increase your training intensity without overtraining or burn-out. A simple example is a 10 second sprint, followed by a minute of light jogging and then repeating the sequence for several minutes.

These are the few important steps that can prove more than useful to lose belly fat. Take it easy at first and educate yourself! Be aware of the fact that you’ll end up making more progress in less time, if you start slowly and make small improvements as time goes on. Educating yourself about exercise and working out is critically important. I myself am a personal trainer and I recommend you to get the help of a personal trainer, at least for a while, in order to learn how to perform the exercises properly. Also, there are some great guides or e-books available on the internet; you might need one for yourself.

5 Ways to Get Rid Of Belly Fat without Gym

January 5, 2009 by somnath chougule  
Filed under Healthy Living

To get rid of belly fat is one of the hardest things to do on this earth. Stomach fat can be hard to lose because it is the primary storage area for fat tissue and is one of the last places that the body will give up its fat store. Have you got the same problem? If so, you’re not alone as there is a growing trend of people gaining weight rapidly and not even realizing it until the old clothes just don’t fit them any longer. The very next thing they do is join the gym and start performing faulty workouts. Amazingly after few days they find themselves in even bad condition. I just want to point out here is fat stores fast but its difficult to get rid of belly fat at the same rate. Taj Mahal or Great Wall of China wasn’t built in one day, but you see the beauty of it now. Same is the case when it comes to losing belly fat. Well here are five ways you can increase your metabolism and finally get rid of belly fat without going to gym.

Learn from the past mistakes:

In order to get rid of belly fat you have to learn from the past mistakes that lead to become overweight. So keep moving, don’t let any opportunity go begging like taking the stairs instead of elevator, avoid vehicles if you have to travel a little distance, try to do gardening in leisure time or even cook yourself or wash your own clothes at home. You might not notice that your activity is a not less now than it used to be. This doesn’t mean do intense exercises by going to gym but it simply means start increasing your activity from the time you wake up.

Avoid the past eating mistakes:

Try and avoid eating the same junky foods you were eating over a period of years. Just get back to eating pure unprocessed foods and include more protein in your diet. Protein can help to stabilize insulin levels that can seriously affect your metabolism. Try and eat more often, as by having 5-6 smaller meals throughout the day will help to keep a steady supply of energy flowing through your body all day long. A constant flow of calories keeps your metabolism rolling and skipping meals will actually slow your metabolism rate. Eating frequently does not mean to eat any junky foods, fast foods, or all kinds of sugary beverages, but it should consist of nutrient rich, high fiber, high protein foods etc. You can also choose foods that take a little more effort to chew as they take longer to eat and are more filling.

Getting more sleep is as important as eating:

To get rid of belly fat rest plays a vital role. You have to get a minimum of 8 hour sleep daily. Research are done into the effects of sleep that show people who get less then 8 hours of sleep have slower metabolisms then those who get a good nights rest. It is also seen that people who do not get enough rest tend to eat more throughout the day to try and keep their energy levels up.

Exercise in the evening:

To exercise doesn’t mean to go to gym and perform intensive workouts. The reason for this is that as the day ends our metabolic rate starts to decline which means that we are no longer burning calories as quickly as we were in the morning. It’s better to keep on moving or doing some activities at the end of the day and it is definitely going to help you in the future.

Finally concentrate on your goal:

Start with small goals and as you reach each goal progressively increase it. Always your new goal is to build lean muscle as when you build muscle the fat starts coming off automatically. For those who can’t afford the gym or just don’t like the gym, use the outdoors and your own body weight to your advantage. Body weight workouts like the bear walk, chin ups, spider man push ups and mountain climbers are great ways to get a decent workout. Your goal is not fat loss as it is a waste of energy and time because you all the time keep watching the calorie meter, instead stick to the basics and the body fat are automatically reduced. Frankly, don’t attempt to lose 50 pounds, start by attempting 5 pounds and so on.

The key to reduce fat is increasing your metabolism for a total body fat wasting effect. Do you need to go to gym to get rid of belly fat? No, why try the expensive part when you can do it yourself with good presence of mind. So, if you are dealing with the same body fat problem I personally recommend you to follow my 5 steps and thereafter live healthy, peaceful for the rest of your life.

Secrets Ingredients of Top Fat Burners

January 5, 2009 by somnath chougule  
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Most “Top fat burners” operate on the principle of thermogenic (the breakdown of body fat). A good fat burner will do three things well. First, your stored fats will be burned for energy. Second, your fat cells must be broken down and mobilized. And third we need to rev up the metabolic rate to burn stored fat and inhibit fat cells from enlarging. Are you desperately looking for a quality fat burner to help make your weight loss journey a little easier… and can’t find one. Your search is over here, as now I am going to recommend you few “Top fat burners” that may help you burn fat and lose weight.

() “Lean System 7″ ()

Lean system 7 is amongst the newer “Top fat burners” that’s boasting its awesome fat burning and weight loss effects without the aid of ephedrine. I might add, some of the ingredients in it show great promise, and all this without the use of ephedrine.

INGREDIENTS:

Lean 7 as the name suggests combines 7 key active ingredients to aid in fat loss. These include Citrus Aurantium, Forskohlii, 7 Keto DHEA, Dandelion leaf, Bioperien. Of course Lean system 7 also comes with some standard ingredients like Yerba Mate and Guarana.

7 Keto DHEA is a metabolite of DHEA. DHEA is a steroid hormone produced naturally by the bodies of both man and woman. What’s promising about this ingredient is its positive effect on thyroid hormone levels in obese people without any adverse effects of any kind.

Yerba mate and Guarana are 2 standard ingredients. Guarana is the herbal form of caffeine especially helpful in weight loss. Other than its thermogenic properties, Yerba Mate is high in antioxidants, helps increase energy, boosting immune system and a host of other natural health benefits.

Coleus Forskohili is an herb and it’s mainly used to relax the airways in your lungs to help breathing. It also helps lower blood pressure.

() “Hydroxycut Hardcore” ()

Hydroxycut Hardcore is quite simply, the world’s most powerful “Top fat burner”. Hydroxycut hardcore is a complete synergistic blend of ingredients designed to be the ultimate bodybuilding fat burner which works through a five-stage process to ensure extremely effective and maximum strength fat burning.

Ingredients:

PyroxycleneTM Fat Loss Blend 742mg (8 key ingredients)

NorepidrolTM Intensity Focus Blend 171mg (7 key ingredients)

LasidrateTM Delivery Blend 55mg (8 key ingredients)

YohimbacoreTM Yohimbine Blend 4.5mg (1 key ingredient)

Sesame oil, FD&C Red No. 3, FD&C Black Shade, silica, gelatin, shellac, isopropyl alcohol, butyl alcohol, dehydrated alcohol, propylene glycol, sodium hydroxide, povidone, titanium dioxide, FD&C Yellow No. 5.

I personally recommend because this amazing product is backed by more than 10 years of research and has been scientifically engineered to get you hardcore results! Hydroxycut Hardcore stands head and shoulders above any other so-called “Top fat burners” on the market!

() “Nutrex Lipo-6X” ()

Nutrex Lipo 6X is the world’s most advanced fat burner using a new and superior liquid Multi-Phase™ technology. It is the only “Top fat burner” that has multiple release phases, both fast and extended. A quick and rapid onset of its powerful fat-burning and energy promoting effects, combined with a controlled and extended release, will ensure maximum results day and night.

INGREDIENTS:

Synephrine HCL:

Synephrine is an adrenergic amine which strongly accelerates the metabolic rate, increases fat burning and suppresses appetite.

Yohimbine HCL:

It works by blocking the alpha-2 receptors. There are a number of reasons why affecting the alpha-2 receptors is important. But the blocking action of the alpha-2 receptors is the most critical for fat loss because it increases blood flow in adipose tissue, which prevents fat from being retained in the area.

Acacia Rigidula:

You probably have not heard of Acacia Rigidula before. To be frank, you will never find this ingredient in any other fat burner. Acacia Rigidula is a rare, natural compound that consists of several different alkaloids. The most powerful alkaloid in Acacia Rigidula and most important one is Phenyl ethylamine, and is responsible for its effects on mood, appetite and a sense of well being. Acacia Rigidula can truly be considered a breakthrough compound in the complex world of fat burning.

Caffeine:

Caffeine is a natural central nervous system stimulant with very good energy-promoting capabilities. In addition, caffeine has proven fat-burning and appetite-suppressing qualities.

Synthetic 99% Guggulsterones Z & E 1:1

Guggulsterones are an extract of the herb. Most other fat burners use cheap standard guggulsterone extracts containing only 0.5 to 2% Z and E guggulsterones, whereas Lipo 6X utilizes a real 99% synthetic Z and E guggulsterone version.

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Absolute maximum strength “Top fat burner”/metabolic accelerant for super energy and your leanest body ever. Xenadrine Super Hardcore is the first non-ephedrine based thermogenic and nootrogenic supplement in history!

INGREDIENTS:

Caffeine:

Green Tea Leaf Extract: Green Tea has been shown to reduce food intake and increase your metabolic rate, thus enhancing weight loss.

Oolong Tea Leaf: It has a thermogenic effect like caffeine and green tea.

Chocolate Seed Extract: This extract is used as a diuretic, a fatigue combatant and a decent vasodilator.

Guarana:

Yerba Mate Leaf:

Sage Leaf Extract: In clinical studies, sage leaf has been shown to reduce anxiety.

L-Tyrosine: L-tyrosine may heighten mental alertness, increase feelings of well being, and offset physical and mental fatigue.

Vinpocetine: An extract of the perrywinkle plant, it is used as a vasodilator which increases blood flow. It has also been show to increase mood.

These are the 4 “Top fat burner” which you can include in reaching your physique development goal. The way I look at it, if I can save your time from sorting through all the fat loss supplements out there, if I can save you from wasting money on fat loss supplements that just don’t work, if I can guide you to the “Top fat burner” that will help you, well then, I’ve done my job.

7 Chest Exercises to Firm up The Pecks

January 5, 2009 by somnath chougule  
Filed under Healthy Living

The only way to make small chest look bigger is to perform “Chest exercises” on regular basis. Before going any further it is very important for you to learn the basic principals and fundamentals of burning fat and gaining muscle. Building chest has always been termed difficult. The reason chest appears to grow slow is due to its size. Chest is a major muscle with lots of fibers. Get started and develop toned, rock hard pecks with some of the most effective “Chest exercises” given below. This is a totally natural program that is hitting the bodybuilding world by storm, so prepare for amazing muscle growth guaranteed and in super quick time.

Basically, in order to have a total chest development you need to do 2 kinds of movements- Press and Fly’s.

(1) Incline Bench Dumbbell or Barbell Press For Upper Chest:

Lie on an incline bench, the angle of which should be around 30 degrees and no greater or else the work load is shifted to the shoulders and off the chest. Select a pair of moderately heavy dumbbells. Grab each dumbbell using a regular grip instead of a grip where your palms face inward. Position yourself and have your spotter hand you two dumbbells, one for each hand. Press the dumbbells upward in an explosive fashion. Conversely, return to the start position in a slow and controlled fashion. Repeat the movements by increasing weights, for as long as you can until failure.

(2) Flat Bench Dumbbell or Barbell Press for Middle Chest:

Lie flat on the bench. For balance and power keep your head, shoulders in contact with the bench at all times and your feet spread out flat on the floor. Have your spotter hand you each dumbbell and without bouncing, smoothly reverse direction and forcefully press to full arm extension directly above your chest and vice versa. Repeat until failure.

(3) ” Chest exercises”- Dips For Middle Chest:

Find a set of dip bars and position yourself on them with your knees bend and your lower legs crossed. Slowly lower your torso down to where your chest nearly touches the front of the dip bar and then return to the start position and repeat until failure.

(4) Wide Grip Decline Barbell Bench Press for Lower Chest:

Position yourself on a free weight decline bench press machine and grab the barbell above you with a grip that is as wide apart as possible. Lift the barbell off of the rack and slowly lower it to your chest and then press the bar back to the start position in an explosive fashion. Repeat until failure. Because of the angle of this “chest exercise” touching the bar to your chest is fine.

(5) Smith Machine Incline bench Press for Upper Chest:

This ‘Chest exercise” is very similar to the regular barbell incline bench press. The only difference is that a smith machine acts as a spotter to you. Place a free standing incline bench under a smith machine. Lie flat on your back and grab the barbell above you with a grip slightly beyond shoulder width apart. Lift the barbell and slowly lower it to about 3 inches above your clavicle and then press the bar back to the start position. Do not touch the bar to your upper chest.

(6) Flat Bench Cable Flyers for Middle Chest

Place a free standing flat bench in between a cable pulley machine that has pulleys on two sides. Position yourself on the flat bench, flat on your back. Using a low pulley on each side, have your spotter hand you the one-hand attachment for each hand. When you begin this movement, you want your arms to be stretched out wide to your sides with your elbows slightly bent and your palms facing inward, toward one another. When you lift the pulleys, visualize hugging a giant tree trunk. At the peak of the movement, really squeeze your pecks together for a one-count.

(7) Free Motion Cable Crossovers For Middle Chest:

Using the free motion machine, securely hold both handles and positions you in a balanced stance. While keeping a slight bend in your elbows, slowly bring the cables out in front of you while keeping the tension entirely on your chest muscles. Squeeze your chest at the peak position and let the weight back up slowly to the starting position.

The secret to a more sculpted physique is to combine chest building weight moves with fat burning cardio. The suggested “Chest exercises” will firm up flabby muscles, while cardio exercise burns fat from all over the body, including your chest and torso. Choose a weight that is heavy enough to challenge your target muscles, but not so heavy that your joints feel strained. Perform these suggested “Chest exercises” 2-3 times a week, with a rest day in between.

Is Seafood a Healthy Alternative? Latest facts on seafood safety and health benefits …

January 5, 2009 by somnath chougule  
Filed under Healthy Living

Most red and white meats are very fatty and are not a healthy way to eat. Seafood on the other hand offers you a great tasting alternative. We’ve learned that some varieties of fish are low in fat and contain oils that keep the heart healthy. Lots of varieties of fish are safe, but some types of seafood can be risky for certain groups of people. But remember there are advantages and also disadvantages which I will try to explain shortly.

First we will find the benefits. Seafood can be purchased either fresh or frozen. By freezing the seafood fresh it can be shipped all over the world so everyone can have the opportunity to enjoy fresh seafood. Seafood that has not been kept at or below 39 degrees may not be safe to eat. Eating seafood can actually treat some illness and prevent certain diseases, it can be considered a very healthily diet. Some fish contain the omega-3 oils which help stop certain disease, and help in the aid of curing some illness. Most all seafood is high in protein and low in fat, with the exception of a few, such as the eel. Seafood has been linked in helping the prevention of many diseases. Women in countries that eat more seafood than red meat have a lower tendency of contracting breast cancer. Scallops and mussels add zinc and iron to your body. Seafood also contains iodine, which is good for your thyroids.

But recent reports about contaminants such as mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, have prompted some health experts to rethink their advice about seafood. If you ate swordfish or shark or king mackerel every day, you could experience mercury toxicity. But if you eat them once a month it shouldn’t be a problem. However, the sensitive population including pregnant and nursing women, should always avoid swordfish, shark, tilefish, and king mackerel. List of safe, low-mercury options are shrimp, salmon, Pollock, farm-raised catfish, tilapia, flatfish (flounder, sole, plaice), scallops, haddock, farm-raised trout, herring, crawfish, mullet, oysters, ocean perch, sardines, squid, white fish, and anchovies.

Shortly there are a lot of healthy benefits from eating a seafood diet but being aware of disadvantages is also a good idea. By eating fish you may be replacing a fatty meal like a bacon cheeseburger with something low in fat. And after looking at all the safety issues, eat fish at least twice per week, particularly those rich in omega-3s.So by just considering certain facts having a seafood diet is just a smart and healthy thing to do.

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