The One Question Everyone Asks Me

I receive hundreds of fitness questions every day from people all over the world, but by far one of the most common themes in these questions revolve around the struggles that most people are having with losing that flabby stomach fat that doesn't seem to want to go away no matter what they try.

Just recently I had the pleasure of meeting a fellow fitness professional named Mike Geary of www.truthaboutabs.com. Now Mike is a well-known expert who deals exclusively with the most effective strategies for losing stomach fat so that you can finally uncover those elusive six pack abs that everyone desires.

Some of Mike's strategies deal with nutrition aspects and others deal with training techniques, but I was impressed to see that Mike has put together one of the most comprehensive resources for dealing with all of the aspects necessary to finally get rid of that nasty belly fat for good.

The key is that Mike focuses on the REAL techniques that are going to get you lasting results, and teaches you how to avoid all of these "quick-fix" scams and gimmicks that are all over the infomercials and the internet these days.

Several of the mistakes that Mike see's every day where people are going wrong in their fat loss attempts are:

1. Most people are wasting too much of their time doing hundreds of reps of ineffective crunches, situps, and other "abs pumping" exercises in their attempt at losing stomach fat.

Mike has discovered that there are certain highly effective exercises that stimulate your metabolism much better, and increase your fat burning hormone levels much more. These exercises that Mike outlines are the best of the best for getting a lean, chiseled body.

Surprisingly to most, the majority of these most effective exercises for stomach fat loss are NOT "abs-specific" exercises. Not only that, but Mike shows you how to combine and sequence them to get the best metabolic and fat loss results possible, changing the shape of your entire body.

2. Most people are wasting way too much time doing hours upon hours of boring monotonous cardio routines.

Mike has researched this topic extensively, including an entire course he's taken comparing different modalities of cardiovascular exercise. After all of this research, we've come to the conclusion that the majority of people out there are not doing the right types of cardio exercise. In fact, most people may actually be inadvertantly decreasing their metabolic rate by doing too much of the wrong types of cardio!

The strategies that Mike reveals in his program go beyond "interval cardio" too.

3. Most people are failing miserably with fad diets.

Mike reveals exactly why most low-carb or low-fat diets are actually working against what your body needs to become lean and ripped and maintain it for life! Mike shows you exactly how to stop falling for the gimmick diets and finally develop a truly healthy eating style that you can actually enjoy for life without being overly restrictive. It's actually easier and more enjoyable than you believe!

Go to Mike's Truth about Six Pack Abs site today and discover the exact system that Mike is using to help thousands of his clients from all over the world get leaner than they've ever been before. This system will help you to lose that stubborn stomach fat that has plagued you for years, so you can finally get that sexy six pack that you've always wanted.

Again, here's the link: www.truthaboutabs.com

Don't forget to visit Mike's site today, as he's giving away some great free bonus reports and other tools that might not be available much longer.

To being lean, strong, and healthy for life,

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Wanna See Your Abs!???

"When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it." - Dr. Sigmund Freud

Hey Everybody!

Do you find it hard to exercise around this time? The weather is getting colder and your house is just so nice and warm....Snap out of it! If you need the motivation to hit the gym you have to find reasons and ways to motivate yourself especially on those days you are feeling lazy. Need motivation? Well how about that family or work Christmas party that is coming up in 9 weeks? I know some women who actually buy a dress a size smaller and work their butts off to fit into it just in time for their big party. 9 weeks gives you a good amount of time to change your body. Now if you are a guy obviously this won't relate to you but you get the idea ;)

Find ways to motivate yourself, keep your goal in mind and put in the work to achieve it. I want you to be that person in the slinky black dress getting all the compliments this year. You can do it!

Now this weeks article is by Tom Venuto who is a personal training expert out of Virginia. The headline of the article speaks for itself but when you read it you will be surprised at what you find out..

"How to see your lower abs"

By Tom Venuto
Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle

Seeing your abs, or any other muscle group, for that matter - is almost entirely the result of having low body fat levels. You get low body fat from proper diet (as well as cardio and strength training), not from doing hundreds of ab exercises every day.

My guess is that it may seem like your lower ab muscles are "hard to develop,"but it's not really an issue of "muscle development" at all, you simply have too much body fat and are storing it in your lower abdominal region more readily than other parts of your body and you can't see the muscles through the fat.

Most people don't have their fat distributed evenly throughout their bodies. Each of us inherits a genetically determined and hormonally-influenced pattern of fat storage just as we inherit our eye or hair color. In other words, the fat seems to "stick" to certain areas more than others.

MEN often tend to store fat more readily in the lower abdominal region (the "pot belly", "spare tire", "beer gut", or "love handles").

In WOMEN, the "stubborn" areas are usually the hips, thighs ("saddlebags") and the triceps ("grandmother arms").

You could focus on more "lower ab" exercises like hanging leg raises, reverse crunches and hip lifts ("toes to sky"), but even these won't help as long as you still have body fat covering the muscles.

You can't "spot reduce" with abdominal exercise.

The lower ab area is often the first place the fat goes when you gain it, and the last place it comes off when you're losing it.

Think of ab fat like the deep end of the swimming pool. No matter how much you protest, there is no way you can drain the deep end before the shallow end.

I would suggest cutting back the volume on your ab training and spending that time on more cardio work instead. Personally, I only do about 15 minutes of ab work two times per week. (About two to four exercises with reps usually ranging from 10-25 reps).

As far as nutrition goes, here are a few fat-burning nutrition guidelines in a nutshell:

- Eat about 15-20% below your calorie maintenance level. If you use
a more aggressive calorie deficit of 25-30%, then do not keep
calories too low for too long; increase calories to maintenance or
maintenance +10-15% 1-2 days per week.

- Spread your calories into 5-6 smaller meals instead of 2-3 big
ones. Be very conscious of portion size. eat too much of anything
and you can say goodbye to your abs. Period.

- Eat a source of complete, high quality lean protein with each meal
(egg whites, lean meat, fish, protein powder, etc). Choose natural,
complex carbs such as vegetables, oatmeal, yams, potatoes, beans,
brown rice and whole grains. Start with aprox. 50% of your calories
from natural carbs and reduce carbs slightly (esp. late in the day)
if you are not losing fat.

- Avoid refined, simple carbs that contain white flour or white
sugar.

- Keep total fats low and saturated fats low. Aim for 20% of your
total calories from fat (and no more than 30%). A little bit of
"good fat" like flax oil, fish fat, nuts & seeds, etc is better
than a no fat diet.

- Drink plenty of water - a gallon is a good ballpark to shoot for
if you are physically active.

So while doing 1000+ reps of ab work four days a week is an amazing feat of endurance, but thats not how you get visible, rock hard, 6-pack abs!

You might have outstanding development in your abdominal muscles, but if your abs are covered up with a layer of fat, you won't be able to see them even if you do 10,000 reps a day!

You "get abs" from reducing your body fat and you reduce body fat mostly through diet and cardio.

Tom Venuto
Fat Loss Expert at Global Health & Fitness (GHF)

Read more about this article @ http://www.burnthefat.com/

If you want that cover model body to show off in the summer time NOW is the time to start working towards it. Watch your nutrition, be consistent with exercise and always have goals to motivate you into better realities. Have a great week everybody!

DG

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GO Fitness
Dan Go, Elite fitness trainer
www.GoPersonalFitness.com


"Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking." - Marcus Aurelius

Diet Concepts: When & What To EAT

• Right after you wake: fill your plate with high quality protein, slow digesting carbohydrates, and healthy fats ( refer to the list; 1.1).
• Every 2.5-3 hours after Breakfast: waiting more than 4-5 hours between meals causes you’re your blood sugar to bottom out, leaving you weak, irritable and tired. The solution: frequent meals. Eating more often helps regulate blood sugar levels, protecting your muscles from being broken down and used as energy.
• How to eat: Eat more protein rich foods because 30% of its calories are burned during digestion, compared with 8% of carbohydrates, and 2% of fats.

1.1

High-Quality Protein
Eggs and egg whites
Lean beef
Turkey
Chicken
Fish
Low-fat milk
Low-fat cheese
Plain, low-fat yogurt

Slow-digesting Carbohydrates
Oats
Onions
Tomatoes
Beans
Green vegetables
Berries
Oranges
Apples

Healthy Fats
Olive oils
Canola oil
Fish oil
Flaxseeds
Nuts
Sunflower seeds
Olives
Avocados

• Consideration: Carbohydrates; the fast-digesting kind-breads, pasta, rice, potatoes, baked goods, and candy-raise blood sugar quickly. This signals your body to stop burning and start storing fat, and forces it to use the excess sugar for energy instead (this is okay though before, during and after you workouts when your body is far more equipped to handle fast digesting sugars). High-sugar carbohydrates aren’t always bad. In fact sometimes they’re the smartest foods you can eat. The secret is timing. When you consume these sugars is very important to your goals.
• After you workout: Fast-digesting carbohydrates are more desirable than the slow-digesting type. That’s because an intense workout changes your body’s priorities. As sugar is absorbed into your blood stream, it’s preferentially shuttled to your muscles-instead of being used as fuel-and is stored there for later use. The kicker is that this forces your body to accelerate the rate at which it burns fat for energy.
• When to consume simple carbohydrates: Immediately after you finish exercising, ideally this should be a liquid meal, which speeds up the absorption of protein and carbohydrates to your blood stream. 1 hour after the post-workout shake is ideal for eating a solid meal with fast absorbing carbohydrates. Even better, combine fast and slow-acting carbohydrates with protein by choosing a lean meat and a green vegetable to go along with pasta, rice, or a potato. Once you’ve eaten this meal all the meals here after should be from slow-digesting carbohydrates.

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