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A lot of people make the mistake of thinking they need a SPECIAL PLAN designed to meet their individual needs and that is a MISTAKE, at first.

Eventually you can incorporate some more advanced nutrition techniques but if you’re not flaunting a ripped six-pack, right now, or exuberating all-day energy, you are probably swimming in water too deep.

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We’ve both been conditioned to believe that you need a nutrition plan different than everyone else. You’re right, partly!

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The best meal plan is based on BALANCE and VARIETY which is exactly catered to your physiological make up. You can’t get more personalized than that!

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Cross training is a technique used by professional athletes to improve their long term performance and enjoyment of their chosen sport. But you don’t need to be an athlete to use cross training techniques or benefit from cross training. Those of us hoping to lose weight can benefit greatly from cross training too.

In this article we’ll tell you what cross training is, the top 10 benefits of cross training and how you can use it to assist you to lose weight.

Exactly what is Cross Training?

Basically, cross training means adding different activities into our regular workout routine.

Quite often people who want to lose weight rely solely on one exercise like walking, jogging, cycling, swimming, rollerblading, yoga, Pilates, aerobics classes or weight training to meet all of their fitness and weight loss needs.

This is a mistake.

The Top 10 benefits of Cross Training

Benefit 1: Injury Prevention

Doing a single exercise or type of training can lead to ‘overuse injuries’.

Overuse injuries occur across a range of different activities including running, weight training, swimming and cycling, just to name a few.

An example of an overuse injury is a walker that pulls their calf muscle or a swimmer that develops a shoulder injury as a direct result of running or swimming too much.

Widespread causes of overuse injuries include not enough recovery time between exercise sessions, biomechanical irregularities and muscular imbalances, and cross training can help to address these factors.

Benefit 2: Rehabilitation

When we develop an overuse injury, cross training helps in two ways:

1. By helping us to preserve our fitness and continue to lose weight despite being forced to stop doing our preferred or primary exercise, and

2. By helping us to correct the source of the injury.

Benefit 3: Improved Overall Fitness

Because different activities place stress on different parts of our body, including a variety of exercises in our routine usually provides the best possible overall fitness.

Because overall fitness includes cardiovascular (heart and lung) fitness, muscle strength and flexibility it’s not hard to see how doing one type of exercise may produce inferior results while a variety of exercises done within the same routine can produce the best results.

Benefit 4: Active Recovery

Those of us exercising for weight loss and fitness face a contradiction of sorts in that we need to exercise on most days to maximise fat loss and fitness but at the same time we need to ensure that our body gets plenty of rest.

The solution to this dilemma is called ‘active recovery’.

Active recovery involves participating in an activity that puts a minimum amount of stress on the parts of the body that need the most recovery while putting a moderate amount of stress on other body parts not already fatigued.

For example, a jogger whose upper body isn’t fatigued from their regular running program can swim in between runs. The swimming in this case exercises the runner’s upper body muscles and still helps to maintain their aerobic capacity while giving their leg muscles a well deserved rest.

Benefit 5: Motivation

No matter how motivated you are to lose weight and get fit, if you do a single exercise often enough the chances are it will eventually become boring.

Most people are stimulated by variety and turned off by monotony and providing variety and avoiding monotony is one of cross training’s greatest benefits.

When it comes to weight loss, anything we can do to enhance our motivation for exercise is worth doing.

Benefit 6: Periodisation

As well as helping us from week to week, cross training facilitates ‘periodisation training’ which involves doing different exercises at various times of the year.

For example, jogging in spring and autumn may be good but may not be as appealing in summer and winter when swimming and indoor activities may be more inviting.

Benefit 7: Enjoying Other Sports

Aerobic fitness, muscular strength and flexibility are highly transferable capacities between sports and activities so the fitter we are usually the more likely we will be able to perform well and therefore enjoy the widest possible range of activities.

Benefit 8: Improved Workout Flexibility

Sometimes we need to be very flexible about the type of exercise we do to lose weight and get fit.

For example, if we have planned to do a run today and the weather turns ugly it is better to pull out an exercise video or DVD and do an aerobics workout or yoga session than it is to do nothing at all.

Being flexible in this way assists to ensure that no matter what obstacles daily life presents, we will be able to work around them and get our exercise in anyway.

Benefit 9: Improved Skill, Agility and Balance

As well as ensuring a great balance between aerobic fitness, muscle strength and flexibility, cross training also ensures a good balance between things like skill, agility, balance, eye-hand coordination, etc, all of which can be useful in other areas of our daily life.

Benefit 10: Increased Sociability

As well as assisting motivation, overall fitness and weight loss results, cross training has the power to provide social benefits as well.

Swimming laps at a pool for example is a very individual activity and doesn’t provide the opportunity to really catch up with people and enjoy their company.

Cycling or walking on the other hand does and these are pursuits that can be regularly done with family and friends.

How to get the most out of cross training

To get the most out of cross training be sure to:

• Vary cardiovascular exercises (walking, jogging, cycling, etc) with weight training (barbells and dumbbells, machines, exercise bands, etc) and flexibility/stretching exercises (such as yoga and Pilates).
• Choose activities or sports you find pleasurable or have always wanted to try.
• Ensure that your routine includes some days of purecomplete rest to ensure total recovery and provide true life balance.
• Whatever activities you choose, always start slowly and build up your exercise time and intensity gradually.
• Learn about any new activity or sport before you try it; in other words, do some research.
• Consider getting some instruction from the likes of Personal Trainers, Gym Instructors, Swimming Instructors, Pilates Instructors and the like before you try doing things on your own.
• Make it fun!

Conclusion

Cross training is a technique used by elite athletes and others to improve their long term performance and their enjoyment of their chosen sport or activity.

But you don’t need to be an athlete to utilise cross training techniques or benefit from cross training. Those of us wanting to lose weight can benefit greatly from fitness equipment too.

In this article we explained what cross training is, what the top 10 benefits of cross training are and how you can use it to help you lose weight, improve your fitness and become the happier, fitter person you know you can be.

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A consideration to keep in mind when deciding on new exercises is whether or not they have stood the test of time and will have the desired effect.

There are many different exercises that a person could perform and many of these exercises work exceptionally well to burn fat. However, not every exercise is created equal. Here are two exercises to consider which are suitable for exercise routines to gain mass and lose fat.

The first of these exercises is known as the abdominal curl. This is not the same thing as a sit-up, so remove that thought from your head right now! Position yourself on the ground with your back flat against the surface of the floor along with your feet. Make sure your legs are apart, because if the legs are together (like in a sit-up), it does more to hurt your back than to target your abdomen. From this position, rise up slowly just to the point of a sensation and then move back. Continue this process for 30 seconds to a minute, doing between 1 and 2 reps per second and you will be doing your body alot of good.

The second of the two exercises is a variation of the abdominal curl and is known as the chest crossover. You do the same thing and assume the same position as in the curl, except this time what you do is when you are bringing your body up to the sensory position, you also cross your outstretched arms in front of you. Alternate the crossings from side to side and you will find that you develop your obliques as well.

These are two exercises that strengthen your core and are well -suited to most exercise routines. If fat loss is your goal, then be sure to include a good cardio routine like jogging or biking. Exercises targeted to specific body parts like your abdominals are great, but real fat burning takes place with rigorous cardio sessions.

You can either fit cardio into your workout routine daily, or alternate days in the gym doing weight training and ab workouts with days where you focus primarily on running or biking cardio workouts. No matter what you are planning for a particular day however, it is always advisable to fit in some stretching before and after your workouts.

A consideration to keep in mind when it comes to fitness and exercise is choosing some extremely efficient workout strategies.

Alot of the best workout routines are included in workouts like warp speed fat loss. Learning about exercise is different than learning about Fat Loss 4 Idiots for instance, which focuses more on diet than on exercise.

If you are looking for extremely excellent weight loss strategies, you can also consider Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle, a diet and exercise program that has been very popular on the internet in recent years.

Always try to find workout routines that complement your diet and give you the proper balance needed to keep you in great overall shape.

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Who is Craig Ballantyne?

He is an Amazon Best-Selling author, who created the first ever supersets-interval fat loss workout you can do at home.

His Turbulence Training fat loss workouts use dumbells and unique bodyweight exercises you can do at home.

Craig Ballantyne is a Strength & Conditioning coach in Toronto, author of Turbulence Training, a contributing author to Men’s Health magazine, and a member of the Training Advisory Board for Inside Fitness and Oxygen magazines. Craig Ballantyne is a world-renowned expert in fat loss training, and is known as “the trainer to the trainers”.

His programs can be done at home

Craig Ballantyne’s best-selling fat loss, muscle-building Turbulence Training workouts can be done at home by men and women, beginners and advanced, and by people with 10 lbs of fat to lose or 100 lbs of fat to lose.

It was during his research on sports supplements that Craig Ballantyne invented Turbulence Training.

He combined his training experience with research to come up with the fastest fat loss workouts in the world, and modified them for men and women to do at home. Craig Ballantyne has been using these workouts with thousands of men and women all over the world for the last 11 years.

Today, Craig Ballantyne continues to study the latest training, supplementation, and nutrition research that will help improve client’s health and wellness as well as their physical and mental performance.

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Cardio exercise is such a strange thing. In theory, it should work so perfectly well for all men and women, but as anyone who has tried it knows, the practicality of it just doesn’t add up.

After all, some men and women do cardio 6 hours, 9 hours, or more per week, and still have belly fat to burn. On the other hand, it works just fine for others.

British researchers wanted to get more insight into this aradox, and studied 35 overweight men and women, who weren’t previously exercising.

(Reference: International Journal of Obesity 32: 177-184, 2008).

Subjects exercised 5 times per week for 12 weeks. That’s a lot of exercise, but it helped the subjects lose an average of 8.2 pounds, which is great – I was positively surprised by the results.

So cardio will work for some people, however, in my experience, it works best in young men, who need the help the least!

Back to the study, the variance in fat loss between individuals was huge. Check this out…

The best subject lost a staggering 32.3 pounds in 12 weeks, while the worst subject actually GAINED 3.74 pounds.

The scientists think they know where things went sour. They classified the subjects into 2 groups, called the “Compensators” and the “Non-compensators”.

The Compensators were hungrier, and as a result consumed an extra 268 calories per day, all but wiping out their cardio efforts.

Therefore, the Compensators lost the least amount of weight, and scientists believe that was due to the huge “compensatory” increase in appetite experienced by this group.

Does your appetite increase when you do slow cardio? If it does, research shows it will ruin your cardio efforts.

So if your cardio program is not working for you, check your appetite and calorie intake to see if you are “compensating” for your efforts. If you are, you might be better off using a program of high-intensity resistance and interval training (i.e. Turbulence Training) for your weight loss efforts.

As Australian Professor Steve Boucher has shown in research, interval training increases hormones called catecholamines. And increased catecholamines can reduce appetite, among other fat-burning benefits.

In the real world, few people lose 33 pounds after 12 weeks of cardio. Heck, few even achieve an average weight loss of 8 pounds with aerobic exercise.

So again, check your appetite, and consider giving high-intensity exercise a go for your next workout program.

Beat the curse of cardio with high-intensity Turbulence Training.

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training
About the Author

Learn about the “Dark Side of Cardio” in the free report from Craig Ballantyne at  www.TurbulenceTraining.com. Craig is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines. His trademarked Turbulence Training fat loss workouts have helped thousands of men and women around the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get lean in less than 45 minutes three times per week. For more information on the Turbulence Training workouts that will help you burn fat without long, slow cardio sessions or fancy equipment, visit www.TurbulenceTraining.com

You see it everywhere. Lose 10 lbs, turn fat into muscle, trim inches from your waist line. Do these statements make sense? Are they possible?

The Lean Body Promise holds the ultimate fat-burning solution that will help you release the lean, strong body inside you.

Well, yes you can lose 10 lbs of body weight. Yes you can make the circumference of your waist smaller. No you cannot turn fat into muscle. That one is not even physically possible. Now what about the making sense part?  Should your goal be to lose 10 lbs of body weight? I don’t think so. Here’s why.

Our bodies are made up of all kinds of matter but there are two things that have a lot to do with the way we look, the way we feel, and even the way we live. These two things are muscle and fat. Our bodies must be made up of a certain percentage of fat in order for us to even survive. Of course most of us have that percentage plus quite a few percentage points more… Way more than we actually “need”.

Anyway, when many people make weight loss their number one goal, they start by doing what I call “eating like a bird”. They starve themselves and they may do aerobics like there is no tomorrow. I’ll tell you right now. It’s not right!

A few things happen when you eat like a bird. First, your body starts to use your fat stores and muscle stores for energy because you are not bringing in enough food to support life. Next, your body’s metabolism, or the rate at which it burns calories, begins to slow. You see, your body figures it’s not getting enough food to support life so it better start conserving what it has stored away so that it can survive. And what do you think it conserves when you eat like a bird and do only cardio. That’s right – fat.

The best thing about training for weight loss is that it trains our body and cultivates a behavior that helps it burn fat a lot faster than normal. Thereby, this method helps in giving results which are sustainable for long time periods.

It is because of all the above mentioned methods that training fat loss programs are becoming very popular among individuals who are looking to lose some serious weight.Want to get more information on Weight loss program, tips, diets and many more here Lose Belly Fat

What if I told you that no matter what condition you are in now, I could show you how to make lifelong improvements in appearance, strength, self-image, and confidence in just thirty minutes each day? – Lee Labrada

The Lean Body Promise holds the ultimate fat-burning solution that will help you release the lean, strong body inside you. In just 30 minutes a day, in as few as twelve weeks, Lee Labrada will show you how to make profound lifelong changes in your body.

After listening to this audiobook, you’ll be able to:

• Maximize fat loss, strengthen your heart and lungs, and build muscle.
• Enjoy more delicious foods while burning more fat.
• Switch your body from “Fat-Storing” to “Fat-Burning” mode.
• Measure your physical progress easily and accurately, and stay motivated.

Fat Loss Essentials
Many people are interested in lose fat to get back the most wanted shape. In the process of burning fat, these enthusiastic people don’t realize that they lose muscle mass as well. Even though you lose fat, you will have an unhealthy look if you lose your muscles as well. It is possible to avoid this when you know what to follow and what not to follow. Irrespective of the fat loss program you choose, you have to follow the following fat loss tips to lose fat while maintaining the muscle mass. You cannot live a healthy life, when you lose your muscles.

• Drink lot of water – If you want to lose fat without losing muscles, you need to drink lot of water. Generally, it is said that you have to drink 8 glasses of plain water daily. There is no fit-for-all rule when it comes to drinking water. You have hydrate your body by drinking water frequently. You must not drink soda or other hydrogenated drinks. These drinks are not good for health as they contain excess amounts of salt, and sugar.

• Eat short frequent meals throughout the day – If you are trying to lose fat, you should develop the habit of eating short frequent meals. When you take huge meals after staying hungry for a long time, it will not help you lose fat. Also, eating in every 4 hours will keep your metabolism high which will induce fat loss. In between big meals, you have to eat healthy snacks such as simple fruit and vegetable salads. You can also eat fishes and nuts that are rich in good cholesterol.

• Include protein in your muscles – When you try to lose fat, your body has the tendency to lose muscle mass as well. By taking enough amounts of protein in your diet, you can retain muscle mass. Even if your body loses muscles, the proteins that you take can develop muscles. The diet that we normally consume is based on carbohydrates such as bread, pastas and such foods. You should go for protein rich diet including lean meat. The fat loss information gives you the inside secrets about foods that help you lose fat.

The fat loss rules gives you detailed information on losing fat in a natural way. When you have fat in your body, you will lose the body shape and within a short duration, it result in obesity. To lose fat easily, you have to alternate the calories and increase your physical activities. At the same time, you have to make sure that you are not losing your muscles in an effort to lose fat.