Strip That Fat Enables You to Become an Olympic Dieter—Instantly

The most recent Olympic games are now finished; but no matter where you live on this planet, the odds are pretty good that you have managed to watch at least a part of the show.

If you are an American, or an aspiring athlete of any nationality, you can only be thrilled with Mark Phelps.

Using Phelps as an example, ask yourself: Did you see any doubt to dive in and set yet another record? Do you think that there was any question in his mind as to his ultimate success?

The answer to both of those rhetoricals is a resounding NO–maybe even HELL NO!

And why not?

Could be the total concentration on the goal.

Could be any one or more of a lot of things; but, it could also be the seemingly endless number of defeats along the way. Mark Phelps first had to overcome the inborn fear of the water; then he had to learn to swim–to coordinate all the muscles in his body to propel himself forward.

Then came the endless “failures”. No matter what he did, there was always someone who could swim faster, farther than he could…and they made it look so easy.

And now, many years, many “failures” later, he is not only an Olympic success, his success is unparalleled in Olympic history.

And now it’s your turn to become an Olympic Dieter; especially, and only, if you have “failed” often enough.

The opportunities for dieting failure are all around. Do a “google” for “diets” and you will be returned twenty-nine million, five hundred thousand (that’s 29,500,000) pages. Even if you have already tried half of them (at least it FEELS that way), you are still faced with the opportunity to fail another 15 million times. And that’s good; but a bit extreme.

To become a true “Olympic Dieter”, five or more failures will be enough to put you in the “semi-finals” at least. Of course, the longer you have been trying and the more times you have failed, the more qualified you’ve become.

You can’t have missed Slim Fast, Nutrisystem, and Jenny Craig. They do the most advertising; and that usually means they are the most successful and make the most money.

True “Olympic Dieters” however, measure success in weight, not dollars. You decide.

So go ahead. If one of those remaining 15,000,000 pages looks interesting, give it a shot. Just remember to call it another “training exercise”. For the purposes of this article…failures are good. Required, in fact.

My most recent “training exercise” involved $60 per month cups of “secret Oriental tea”( I don’t know if it was green, black or white–only that it was “not available in stores”).

The accompanying instructions advised that I should EAT LESS, EXERCISE MORE, AND DRINK TWO CUPS OF THE MAGIC TEA every day.

At this point in an “Olympic Dieter’s” training, the question arises: “And what happens if I eat less… exercise more…and DON’Tdrink the darned tea?”

See how easy it is to get to the semi-finals? But, numerous failures were required to learn this most important lesson.

The Holy Grail for “Olympic Dieters” will be that one page among the twenty-nine and a half million “possibles” that enables us to get to the platform and receive our gold medal by eating…more or less, and exercising…more or less.

As recent converts to the “Olympic Dieting” concept, Gayle and I will be using the information contained in the Strip That Fat package—health dieting with a healthy diet built around healthy (yet very appealing) foods.Lose Weight Diet Plan

The plans include admission to the “Olympic Dieter’s” gold medal club (80 pounds or more); and to do so within the next six months… ending July 1st, 2009.

To bolster our commitment we have posted some pretty scary pictures. See for yourself. Lose Weight Guaranteed

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Just about everyone has at least heard about the Bowflex home gym through commercials, print ads or infomercials that they have been running for years. The advertising of the Bowflex includes some impressive claims about how this machine can help you get into great shape quickly.

However, the question most people have after they see an infomercial about the home gym equipment is, can it really deliver the kind of results by using it for only twenty minutes a day and only three times a week?

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If you have ever caught one of the Bowflex home gyms television advertisements, then you have seen some pretty incredible looking pecs and abs which are attributed to the machine. Is it all hype or is there some validity to the claims about what this at home fitness equipment wonder machine can do?

Rubbing shoulders with others who are committed to fitness is one of the reasons that many people like to go into the local gym on a regular basis. This helps to keep them motivated. But, many others prefer to be able to work out at home and the Bowflex home gym is a piece of equipment that can provide a number of great workouts.

There are those who are experienced in health and fitness issues. These people use traditional commercial fitness equipment which are found in gyms around the country. The results have almost unanimously been that Bowflex home gyms are a viable alternative to the bulky and costly commercial exercise equipment found in professional settings.

The design that is at the heart of the Bowflex home gym very closely simulates the kind of range of motions that you are able to achieve through the use of free weights. However, instead of relying on the force of gravity against the plates of the weight equipment, the Bowflex employs a system of resistance that is produced by utilizing a cable and pulley structure.

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The cable and pulley arrangement is attached to resistance rods which act like very strong springs that have potential energy stored up. This is what provides the resistance that is so important to a good workout, building muscle strength and tone.

Fitness experts say that it is quite an ingenious design because it allows you to position your body for the exercises without having to worry about the angle needed for gravity, as you must be aware of when using free weight equipment.

This in turn allows the Bowflex home gym to be more compact in the overall use of space because you are able to do a bench press while you are in a seated position. Normally, you would need to be spread out on a bench in order to do such an exercise using free weights. This way, you can workout in a more restricted space if needed.

The unique use of the resistance rods in the Bowflex home gym also means that the weight of this piece of home exercise equipment is much less than with other kinds of home gym equipment. Most other home gyms rely on some kind of weights, making them heavy and expensive to ship and very difficult to move. Bowflex home gyms are considerably easier to move either to a different room or a completely different location if needed.

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Another popular feature of the Bowflex home gym is that you can change the level of resistance almost on-the-fly. You do not have to get up from your workout position and handle awkward plates as you need to do with free weight equipment.

This feature is a wonderful time-saver and allows you to very rapidly move through a set of different exercises. In addition, you can easily move into some of the more advanced techniques. Overall, according to those who actually use it, the Bowflex home gym seems to be a good option for your home fitness center.

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Hey All I just had to pop in real quick before I head out and run some more pre-holiday errands. Just think Christmas is almost here! How are you all going to be celebrating? I know tomorrow my family will be heading to the trail of lights in Austin and our son is soooooooooo excited!! Then our son will be having a Christmas party at school on Friday. Next week we will be decorating cookies and making a gingerbread house and finalizing Christmas.

My weight? Well, let’s just say it is still at 178 this week and I expected that to happened with the holiday festivities going on. So this week’s goal is to maintain that number well into the new year. I will continue to exercise as plan and on days that I don’t have any parties to go to I will eat on plan too.

Well, I better run and complete my errands before DH and my son get home from work.

Happy Holidays,

P.S. I just had to share this pic of our son with Santa!! I love Christmas time!!

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Having a goal and fitness training regime that will help you reach your goal is something that is very important. There are many reasons having a goal and fitness training or a program that will help you reach. Once you have a goal you will be better able to get into the shape that you are looking to get into. It will also help you find the right fitness program or training that will help you best achieve this goal. In fact you should not only have one major goal, but also a number of smaller ones to encourage you along the way. For the working man or woman, discover a Corporate Fitness Virginia training scheme that will get you into shape in no time.

One way to have a goal and fitness training that will help you reach it is to set one that is realistic. This means realizing just what your potential is and what you can expect from your body. You will also want to allow yourself enough time to reach the goal. Don’t push yourself to hard or you will discourage yourself. This is where having smaller goals will help you along the way. By setting increments of weight loss along with your bigger total weight loss, you can reward yourself along the way and encourage yourself. This is the same for those who want to gain muscle as well. Set goals in increments in order to encourage and reward yourself. This will help you to keep going and not give up. But no matter what is realistic.

Also if you would like to set a goal and fitness program that will help you get there, talk to Corporate Fitness Maryland. They can help you because they are specially trained to do so. They can help you realize what you can expect and help you see things rationally. That way you will not be working harder than you need to or not hard enough. This can also save you some disappointment by choosing a goal that may be impossible to reach. A fitness trainer or personal trainer can help you in setting realistic goals based on who you are, don’t hesitate to ask for their help. This goes the same for your physician, be sure to discuss this with them as well.

Once you have done this, when it comes to your goal and fitness training that will help you get there, be sure to keep track of everything you are doing. That way you will see the progress that is being made as it is being made. This will definitely encourage you and help you to keep going until you reach that goal. Make sure you keep a daily log of everything you do in your workout and even what you eat if you are adjusting the way you eat.

Setting a goal and fitness program that will help you achieve it are important steps in getting in shape. They should not be overlooked and should be considered by everyone who is about to start a fitness regime. A goal can help keep you motivated and help to keep you going when you feel like giving up. But once you set that goal and make it you will be glad you took the time to do so.

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There is a great deal of benefit to be gained if you incorporate strength equipment training into your regular routine of physical workouts. Both men and women find many advantages to undertaking strength training, so if you have a home fitness center, you would do well to be sure that it includes some equipment to help in that area, as well as aerobically. A good home fitness center can help in that quest.

Strength equipment training can greatly increase muscle mass and strength and can also make ligaments and tendons more robust and sturdy. Strength training is also now correlated to improving bone density which can be very helpful in avoiding one of the common diseases that accompanies aging: osteoporosis.

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In fact, astronauts even make use of strength training equipment during missions in space to help them maintain their muscle mass and their bone density which would otherwise be lost in the weightless environment. That is as good a summary as any, on the importance of strength training for the healthy maintenance of the human body.

The use of home fitness equipment training not only increases overall muscle strength, but in the process of building up the strength of your muscles, you are also going to be increasing your metabolism. It is the metabolic rate that determines how much energy your body expends throughout the day. This higher your metabolic rate the more calories you will burn, even during times of rest, which is why regular use of weight equipment can be very beneficial.

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Also, when using strength equipment for muscle training, you are increasing the amount of muscle mass you have and that means you also burn up more calories during your workouts. Then, after your strength training workout, your system will continue using up more calories because of the stronger muscles and increased bone density that is a response to your strength workout.

With busy, hectic lives, one of the best ways to assure that you always have time for strength equipment training on a regular basis, is to have home gym exercise equipment available in your house.

Even if you only have the room for minimal weight equipment or a small weight stack, you can help to build your fitness level and continually be able to do strength training with such equipment readily at hand. Experts say that you cannot underestimate the benefits of even a few minutes of strength training when it is done every day on a consistent basis.

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Strength equipment comes in a variety of different forms. It is said that the most important thing is to choose the type of strength training equipment that you will be most inclined to use. Fitness exercise equipment gym can be a good choice as they are usually designed to work a number of different muscles groups. The other advantage to abdominal exercise equipment is that they are also designed to take up minimal space.

You can also get strength equipment in the form of weight training units. However, these are generally much larger and often are just not right for your home fitness center. But, these machines can be better than using free weight equipment, especially when you are first starting out, because they help to ensure that you keep the correct form throughout the movement.

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Hi all, I weighed in a few days ago and was happy to see that I am down another 2lbs bringing me to 178lbs. I was hopping to see more, but I can not bring myself to complain. That is great results and I will continue on with this momentum. Working out if feeling great!! The results and benefits are awesome. I put on my winter black peacoat the other day and it was loosening up around the waist area. YEY!!! I can’t stand when my clothes feel tight and this was a relief.

Today and I just working at home on the computer while my son is at school and then when he returns home we will continue to put up more christmas decorations around the inside and outside of our home. Well, I hope that you all have a great day and I will chat more later.

Hugs!!

Every man wants to have the famous 6 pack abs. Every woman wants to have a tone flat stomach. The abdominal region is the sign of ultimate fitness. Many people are constantly searching for the best lower ab workouts so they can strengthen that region and get the sculpted abs they desire. There are 2 key parts to having perfect abs. First you have to have a good overall abdominal workout which includes specific lower ab workouts. The second part is probably harder, though, than just doing regular lower ab workouts. Having a good diet is a critical part of your overall health and fitness program and without it, you won’t be able to see your sculpted abs because they are covered up by layers of fat. We will discuss the foundations of a good diet then go over some specific lower ab workouts you can fit into your overall exercise program.

A good healthy diet is the most important thing you can do to uncover your sculpted abs. As I said above, your lower ab workouts won’t do anything if you have 30 lbs of fat around your midsection. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of diets out there and probably twice as many books written about them so I am not going to tell you what you need to eat to be healthy. I will give you a few pointers then you can figure out what works for you.

The first part of a healthy diet is water. You need to drink lots of water. You should drink at least 1 ounce of water for every 2 pounds of body weight. This means if you are 200 pounds, you need to drink at least 100 ounces of water. It would be even better if you would drink at least 1 ounce of water for each pound of body weight. Giving your body plenty of water allows it to flush out all the toxins and help get your system healthy. Ideally you would drink nothing but water, but if you just have to have something else, be smart about it. Try to stay away from drinks with lots of sugar in them. There is a lot of research suggesting that artificial sweeteners are even worse than sugar so don’t think just because your Diet Coke doesn’t have any sugar or any calories you can drink as much as you want. Do your best to stick with water then have a small serving if you need something else.

The second part of a healthy diet is obviously the food you eat. As I said, there are a thousand theories on what is best to eat, but every diet I have ever seen says vegetables are a good thing to eat. Even the Atkins diet has you eat low carb vegetables like lettuce. So if every diet has this in common, it is pretty easy to see that this may be the best way to go. Most diets recommend avoiding fatty and fried foods. I would recommend the same thing. Start by switching from fried foods to baked foods and eat smaller portions. Add a salad or other fresh vegetable to your meal. Don’t drench your salad in oily salad dressing or cover your vegetables with cheese sauce as that defeats the purpose of a healthy vegetable. Another trick is to drink a big glass of water before you eat to help fill you up. A healthy diet will help turbo charge your lower ab workouts on your quest to get sculpted abs.

Now that you have a little bit of a of a foundation with a healthy diet, its time to start talking about your lower ab workouts. The best thing to do is find several lower ab workouts you like doing and mix them in with a full abdominal workout and rotate them in with your other workouts. I like to work out 5 or 6 days a week. Typically, 3 days a week you should do some cardio-vascular exercise that gets your heart rate up for at least 20 minutes. These can be great days to do your upper and lower ab workouts. Pick one exercise from the lower ab workouts and pick one upper ab exercise and go them after you do your cardio. I like to do exercises to failure. When you start out, do the exercise until you can’t do any more. This will give you a great workout. As you get stronger, you can do 2 or 3 sets, but I think you get the best results by going until you can’t do any more. That way you know you got the most exercise you can. Here are a few exercises that you can use to make up your lower ab workouts.

Suspended Leg or Knee Raises
The idea of this exercise is to be suspended off the ground and raise your legs up which focuses on your lower abdominals. Many gyms have a station that kinda looks like a chair with no seat. You put your forearms on the arms and support yourself off the ground. Another common thing is arm straps that support you in the upper arm area. You can also use a pull up bar to hang from, but that requires you to have a pretty good grip. Ok, now that you are suspended in the air, you can do one of two things. The easiest is to lift your knees up towards your body. You let your legs bend when you do this. After a few reps you will feel the burn in your lower abs. As you get stronger you can go to leg raises where you keep your legs straight and raise them up until they are parallel to the floor. With your legs straight, it is harder to raise them and thus a better workout for your lower abs. Whichever way you go, I recommend doing them until you can’t do any more. This exercise is a staple in many lower ab workouts and I think it should be in every lower ab workout plan.

Leg Lifts
Another common exercise in lower ab workouts is the leg lift. For this exercise, you lay on the ground and with your legs straight. You simply raise your legs off the ground and hold. You can either hold as long as you can or have a predetermined count like 10 and after you count to 10 you lower your legs briefly then bring them back up to do another rep.

Bicycle
A variation of the leg lift is bring one knee up towards your chest at a time while the other leg is straight. You alternate which leg is straight and which knee is brought up towards your chest. As you alternate between bent leg and straight, you will see how this resembles peddling a bicycle. You can take this exercise to the next level by putting your hands behind your head and doing a rotating crunch bringing your elbow over to the opposite knee when you bring the knee towards your chest. You don’t need to touch the knee; the action of lifting up and twisting is plenty. This is another great addition to any lower ab workout.

Exercise Ball Lower Ab Workouts
If you have ever worked out on an exercise ball, you know how difficult it can be just balancing. The good news is that as you get better at balancing, the thing you are doing is strengthening you’re your core (aka abdominals). The simple act of exercising on an exercise ball is kind of like doing lower ab workouts even if you aren’t focusing on that area. You can also do ab exercises on the exercise ball. Even if you don’t plan to do lower ab workouts on an exercise ball, I would recommend getting one as it is a great workout for your abs even when you aren’t trying.

Ok, now that we have gone over a few lower abdominal exercises, you are ready to get started. You can do a little research yourself and find tons of other exercises out there that focus on the lower abs. If you are ready to take your ab workouts to the next level, I recommend you check out a program called The Truth About 6 Pack Abs. You can find out more about the best ab workout I have seen at www.AlkalizingLife.com.

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There’s a groundbreaking piece of kit in the world of home workout equipment. It’s called the wave - a super compact piece of kit at a great price!

Different to most pieces of home workout equipment, the wave doesn’t only do cardio workout for calorie burn or toning workout for muscle sculpting - it does both add to that the fact that core stretching and Pilates exercises can also be executed upon it, and you’ll see what got me so emotional!

Like all good innovations, the wave seems very simple. It has a curved design which enables it to be used either side up curved side up it is stable curved side down it is correspondingly unstable. Standing on the curved side makes it safe for step type exercises and static strength exercises. Standing on it curved side down makes it correspondingly unstable and therefore forces all core muscles to be used just to be able to stand upright on it. This has the added benefit of improving balance and strengthening abdominals.

Here are a few ideas for exercising on the wave: -

Ride the wave for a fantastic cardio work out that will burn calories and strengthen your heart and lungs. If you hold small hand weights while rocking you will increase your calorie burn. Put on some upbeat music and off you go — rock to the beat! Just 20 to 30 minutes of this three times a week will show great weight loss results in as little as a calendar month!

Just standing on the curved surface of the WAVE makes you use your core muscles. Doing exercises such as squats in this position tones and shapes your butt and legs as well as strengthening your abs and upper body. You are using calories just standing there! This is because you have to balance - and balancing works muscles and working muscles burns calories and fat.

Turn the WAVE over and now you have a Step. You can do all the things that you can do in a Step class, but without the bulky Step! Step Up, kick, lift your knees, jump from side to side - the list is endless and the choice is yours. Again, a great aerobic, calorie-munching work out! With an cheap workout band, you can add a muscle toning workout as well. And as we all know, lean muscle not only looks good but it burns calories 24/7 — even when you are watching TV or asleep.

These ideas are for when you are standing up. Many, many more exercises can be performed lying on the curved side on your back, on your front, or on your side. Pilates exercises executed this this way are twice as effective as those performed lying on the floor. Strengthen that core and flatten those abs! Get that long, lean silhouette that comes from practising Pilates regularly, then use your WAVE for stretching out to lengthen and relax your muscles.

I believe the Firms Wave is the most exciting piece of home workout equipment that I’ve seen for a long time. Why not check it out yourself? You’ll soon be riding The Firm Wave.

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To achieve pure weight loss you need to lose the fat in your body. The objective in doing this is to keep the muscle and burn the fat. In the few short paragraphs below you’ll discover how you can keep the muscle you have and burn that unwanted fat.

Let me warn you, this is going to take effort on your part. No pill is going to do it for you. Although these pills can help in your battle to lose weight, they should in no way shape or form be the end all to reaching pure weight loss.

I bet you would never guess but there is a secret to sustained fat loss. It comes in the form of a healthy diet and exercise. Listen, I realize this is not what you wanted to hear. I mean really, most of us would rather pull our toenails out than do a little exercise or diet for that matter. Relax, it is not as bad as you may be thinking, actually it is much easier than you may expect.

Let me be clear, I am not suggesting that you do wind sprints for an hour straight. On the contrary, your body will begin to burn it’s fat stores after 16 minutes, give or take a minute or two. In most cases it relies on the individual. In the first fifteen minutes your body will be utilizing it’s carbohydrate stores. You will want to exercise beyond this point for at least ten minutes to make sure you have dipped into your body’s fat stores.

What you need to keep in mind is that you don’t want to burn muscle. The muscle is important because it is what burns the calories. As your body loses muscle, so does it’s ability to burn more calories. It is a good idea to build a little muscle to burn more of the fat. Can you see why crash diets are such a horrible idea now? These diets kill the body’s ability to burn away fat which is exactly what we want.

Let me just state that if you are not getting the results you desire quickly, do not let yourself get down. This is more normal than you would suspect. If your following a pure weight loss regimen involving eating right and exercise to build a little muscle, your body will be exchanging muscle for fat in the early stages. It is imperative that you stay positive and even though the weight may not be coming off, you may still notice that you clothes are fitting better.

Another thing you need to consider it to try other things than just aerobic activity. It is a good idea to work a little weight training into the picture also. Weight lifting will boost your metabolism if it begins to level off. Always keep in mind that muscle burns fat.

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