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• Does Cold Weather Make You Store Body Fat?
  Is there any evidence that during cold winter weather it gets harder to lose body fat? Many people say that it seems easier to drop fat during the hot weather.
  Published 17Jan2010, viewed 98 times

• Does hypnosis work for weight loss?
  Hypnosis is terribly misunderstood and the only exposure to hypnosis most people will ever have is a Las Vegas stage show. But stage hypnosis for entertainment and hypnotherapy for behavior change are completely different animals. Could "real" hypnotherapy help you get leaner?
  Published 13Jan2010, viewed 48 times

• What is the Ideal Body Fat Percentage to See Your Abs?
  Measuring your body fat percentage is a valuable tool to chart your progress on your quest to get six pack abs. Hopefully most people realize by now that abdominal exercises don't burn fat off your stomach. Abs are made in the kitchen, not just in the gym. No matter how much you work out, if you don't eat right and achieve a calorie deficit, your abs will remain covered in a layer of adipose.
  Published 15Jan2010, viewed 153 times

• Is Bodybuilding a Real Sport?
  Is bodybuilding a sport? Every so often I see an argument on a forum where some critic claims that bodybuilding is not a real sport. Not only that, there is usually some derogatory comment along the lines of, "Oily men in Speedos a sport? Come on!" In a recent interview on the Fitcast show, I was asked this question and I gave a (mostly) serious answer.
  Published 31Jan2010, viewed 249 times

• Goal Setting For a New Decade: Beyond the New Year's Resolution
  When you pause and reflect on the past decade as you look ahead to a new one, it makes you appreciate how short life is, how valuable time is and how quickly the time can pass you by - with nothing to show for it, if you don't plan otherwise. That's why the passing of another decade can feel like a wake up call as much as a fresh start.
  Published 03Jan2010, viewed 151 times

• No Pain No Gain: Fitness Myth or Ultimate Fitness Truth?
  No Pain, No Gain. Is this aphorism just a fitness myth and downright bad advice? A lot of people seem to think so. As a bodybuilder with 25 years of training experience and more than two dozen trophies on my shelf, I have another perspective to offer you
  Published 30May2009, viewed 193 times

• Fight Fitness Fraud With Fitness Skepticism
  The fitness industry is full of misconceptions and myths as well as blatant scams and lies. As Winston Churchill said, ?A lie gets half way around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.? If Churchill could only see the Internet today!
  Published 24May2009, viewed 263 times

• The poison in our food supply that most people are STILL eating every day
  Most people are literally eating poison every day without giving it a second thought. Eating even small amounts of this substance is consistently linked to coronary heart disease. The research also confirms that it will increase belly fat (visceral fat), contribute to insulin resistance, increase risk of type 2 diabetes, adversely affect cholesterol levels, trigger systemic inflammation, and adversely affect almost every cell in your body.
  Published 18May2009, viewed 273 times

• Wu Long Tea And Green Tea For Weight Loss: Scam Warning
  The odds are good that if you're interested in improving your health and losing fat, you probably either drink tea, take a green tea supplement or you've at least thought about it. But what if I told you that most of the fat reducing claims for green tea were total BS, based on misinterpretation or deliberate misreporting of the research? Unfortunately, it's true. If you've purchased green tea for weight loss, you may have been scammed.
  Published 07May2009, viewed 157 times

• Irvingia gabonensis: IN-credible weight loss from an African tree?
  Irvingia gabonensis is the newest supplement to hit the weight loss marketplace, saturate the internet with advertisements, ignite forum discussions and flood my email inbox with questions. In the weight loss marketplace, this may gain the dubious distinction of becoming the next hoodia or acai berry (scam), but I'll just present the facts, make my case and then let you decide for yourself.
  Published 25Apr2009, viewed 508 times

• Scary Skinny Tabloid Tell-Alls
  I admit it. I bought the National Enquirer. I know, you should never admit you bought the Enquirer, but the headline GOT me! "Hollywood's Deadly Skin And Bones Diet: Stars Risking Their Lives To Be Thin."
  Published 25Apr2009, viewed 227 times

• The 2 Pounds Per Week Rule - And How To Burn Fat Faster
  Why do you always hear that 2 pounds per week is the maximum amount of fat you should lose? If you train hard while watching calories shouldn't you be able to lose more fat without losing muscle or damaging your health? What if you want to lose fat faster? How do you explain the fast weight losses on The Biggest Loser? Want to know where that 2 pounds rule comes from and what it really takes to burn more than 2 pounds of fat per week?
  Published 20Apr2009, viewed 372 times

• How liquid calories may be making you fat, even your favorite protein drinks
  So far, at least 7 scientific studies have provided strong evidence that energy containing beverages (i.e., "liquid calories") don't activate the satiety mechanisms in the brain and don't satisfy the appetite as well as food in solid form. Research also supports a positive association between calorie-containing beverage consumption and increased body weight. New research now suggests that soda may not be the only culprit
  Published 18Apr2009, viewed 564 times

• 8 reasons why you keep falling off the diet wagon
  Clearly, we have an obesity problem in America and many other countries across our planet. Yet, I propose that we do not have a weight loss problem today.
  Published 29Jan2009, viewed 363 times

• Avoid This Killer Weight Re-Gain Mistake
  If you want to burn off fat and keep it off permanently, there are a few things you absolutely must do, and a new study from Wake Forest University has just uncovered another one.
  Published 29Jan2009, viewed 381 times

• Excuses For Not Getting In Shape That Won't Fly in 2009
  It's 2009. Your old excuses for not getting in shape won't work. As Dr. Evil (Austin Powers) said, ZIP IT! I don't want to hear them anymore! Read em', then haul your excuseless butt to the gym!
  Published 16Jan2009, viewed 276 times

• Instead of New Years Resolutions, Set S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Goals
  Take a closer look at the meaning behind the word "Resolution". Being derived from the word "re-solve", it really means "to solve again." And isn't that exactly what happens? You solve the same problem again and again, year after year?
  Published 16Jan2009, viewed 279 times

• Speed Eating And Fat Loss: Diet Advice Your Mom Was Right About All Along
  New research proves that the weight loss advice your mom gave you is true after all.
  Published 27Oct2008, viewed 605 times

• Listen to Maintainers, Not to Losers: 5 secrets to keeping the weight off for good
  Listen to Maintainers, Not to Losers: 5 secrets to keeping the weight off for good.
  Published 29Aug2008, viewed 606 times

• Fat Burner Supplements: The Unadulterated Truth
  Fat burner supplements are advertised everywhere these days and the ads almost always feature a very lean fitness model or bodybuilder. Some of these ads suggest that the only way to get as lean as the "hot bodies" you see pictured is by taking their "miracle pills" and that proper nutrition and exercise alone is not enough. Find out the truth about fat burners and get 7 tips on choosing one before you spend a dime!
  Published 30May2008, viewed 460 times

• Your Fitness Future Foretold: 20 Predictions for the New Year
  Today is your lucky day because I'm going to predict your future and forecast exactly what kind of results you're going to get in the next 12 months. Sylvia Browne, step aside... I'm pretty good at this..
  Published 13Jan2008, viewed 592 times

• 3500 Calories: A Pound of Fat or Six Pounds Of Muscle?
  Most fitness conscious people know that there are 3,500 calories in a pound of fat, so if you create a deficit of 3500 calories in a week, you lose a pound of weight. Right? Well, not so fast. Dr. Kevin Hall, an investigator at the National Institute of Health in recently published a new paper in the International Journal of Obesity that throws a wrench in works of the “3500 calories to lose a pound” idea.
  Published 04Oct2007, viewed 1294 times

• The New Visualization Breakthrough: Mental Training Tactics For Health And Fitness Success
  Understanding of the mind's role in motivation and behavior is one of the most critical elements in physical fitness success. If you struggle with changing habits and behaviors or if you can’t get motivated, then even the best training and nutrition program is worthless. With new discoveries in the science of visualization, you can make amazing breakthroughs in your health and fitness achievements
  Published 03Oct2007, viewed 548 times

• Fish Oil May Help Burn Fat… But Not THAT Much Fat!
  What The latest research says about omega-3 fatty acids and weight loss
  Published 14Sep2007, viewed 605 times

• The Incredible Shrinking Fat Cell - What Really Happens When Body Fat is Burned?
  What really happens when body fat is burned
  Published 03May2007, viewed 854 times

• The Low Body Fat Secret Of Bodybuilders And Fitness Models
  The secret to getting super lean – I’m talking about being RIPPED, not just “average body fat” – is all about mastering the art of "peaking." Most people do not have a clue about what it takes to reach the type of low body fat levels that reveal to see ripped six-pack abs, muscle striations, vascularity and extreme muscular definition, so they go about it completely the wrong way.
  Published 09Apr2007, viewed 1193 times

• Don't Catch These Two Diseases
  One of my favorite motivational speakers is Brian Tracy, who is one of the world’s top experts on success psychology and personal achievement. In case you haven’t heard of Brian, he is like a calmer, more “laid back” version of Tony Robbins. Not long ago, I had the chance to attend a seminar Brian held at the Jacob Javitz center in New York City. One part of his talk really grabbed my attention, and I’d like to share it with you...
  Published 06Apr2007, viewed 886 times

• You Want A Great Body, But How Bad Do you Want It?
  A better body does not come in a pill or a bottle. Fat loss success does not even depend solely on the particular training program you are using. There are many different approaches to nutrition and exercise that can work, and different things work for different people. But the one thing that MUST always be there is a goal and the burning desire to achieve it.
  Published 05Apr2007, viewed 706 times

• Body Wraps And Waist Wraps: The Difference Between Losing Fat And Losing Inches
  "Body wraps" and rubber waist belts have been around for ages in the fitness industry and claims include loss of inches as well as body fat. What few people realize is that “fat” loss and “inch” loss are not one in the same. If you don’t know how to tell the difference, you could be falling for one of the oldest, most notorious fitness and weight loss scams in the book.
  Published 29Mar2007, viewed 715 times

• Why Some People Quit And Some People Never Give Up
  Some people just never give up. They have ferocious persistence and they never let go of their goals. These people are like the bulldog that refuses to release its teeth-hold on a bone. The harder you try to pull the bone out of his mouth, the harder the dog chomps down with a vice like grip. Other people abandon their biggest goals and dreams at the first obstacle they encounter. Did you ever wonder why that is?
  Published 16Jan2007, viewed 790 times

• Count Down To Fitness Success And Keep Your Motivation Drive Alive
  There are many great ways to get focused and motivated to start a new diet or exercise program, but often the most difficult thing to do is keep that drive and ambition alive and see your goal through to completion. Setting goals in writing is an essential step to success, but how do you stay focused on them? One technique I have used ever since my very first bodybuilding competition 18 years ago, is...
  Published 15Jan2007, viewed 719 times

• Brain Science And New Year's Resolutions
  Goal setting is also not a one time event, it's is an ongoing process of literally "re-wiring your brain" by using "scientific goal setting" methods. New findings in neuroscience have proven why new years resolutions almost always fail and what you should do instead, to produce permanent behavior changes and lasting results.
  Published 03Jan2007, viewed 671 times

• Tom Venuto's Top 10 Travel Fitness Tips, Part 2
  just because you’re traveling doesn’t mean you can’t follow your regular exercise regimen. If you want to continue to improve your physique while on the road, you can! Here are 5 more ways that I did it on my last extended business trip that you may find helpful as well. It begins with a simple decision.
  Published 13Dec2006, viewed 848 times

• Tom Venuto's Top 10 Travel Fitness Tips, Part 1
  just because you’re traveling doesn’t mean you can’t follow your regular exercise regimen. If you want to continue to improve your physique while on the road, you can! Here are 5 ways that I did it on my last extended business trip that you may find helpful as well. It begins with a simple decision.
  Published 12Dec2006, viewed 915 times

• How To Use Super-Sizing, Portion Distortion And Dietary Displacement To Your Advantage
  Ever since the independent film, Super Size Me was released, research on the relationship between increasing obesity and increasing portion sizes has skyrocketed and the results have been virtually unanimous. There have been numerous well-designed studies published just in the last several years which confirmed exactly what we suspected (and much of what Super-Size-Me suggested)
  Published 25Nov2006, viewed 855 times

• How To Repair Metabolic Damage
  If you've caused metabolic damage as a result of following starvation diets or losing weight too rapidly in the past, it can be extremely difficult to achieve any further fat loss at all. The good news is, metabolic damage can be repaired. All it takes is the right combination of metabolism stimulating exercise and metabolism stimulating nutrition...
  Published 22Nov2006, viewed 1054 times

• The Paleolithic Diet - Should We Eat Like Our "Cave Man" Ancestors?
  Should we eat like our "cave-man" ancestors
  Published 25Aug2006, viewed 1344 times

• Induction Destruction: The Perils Of Diving Into Strict Diets Head First
  One thing that almost all mainstream popular diets have in common is an “induction phase." This is often done for the scientific-sounding reason of “making the metabolic switch” from “carb burner” to “fat burner.” However, "induction" is simply a politically correct way to say you have to crash diet and starve yourself in the beginning... which is a one way ticket to eventual weight regain and metabolic destruction!
  Published 14Aug2006, viewed 689 times

• What a "Muscle-Head" Bodybuilder Says About Organic Food
  After researching organic foods extensively and doing some personal experiments with my own diet, let me offer you my take on it from a bodybuilder's viewpoint. This is a perspective on organics you may not have heard before...
  Published 07Aug2006, viewed 874 times

• Increase Your Metabolism And Curb Your Appetite With This Fat-Burning Food
  Did you know that certain "thermogenic" foods not only help you burn fat, they also curb your appetite and help you keep the weight off after you've lost it?" It may sound too good to be true, but the research doesn't lie
  Published 06Aug2006, viewed 1392 times

• Nutrition Or Training - Which Is More Important
  Legendary bodybuilding trainer Vince, "The Iron Guru" Gironda was famous for saying, "Bodybuilding is 80% nutrition!" Is this really true or is this just another fitness and bodybuiding myth passed down like gospel without ever being questioned? This IS an interesting question and I believe there is a definite answer:
  Published 12Jul2006, viewed 1016 times

• Don't be a "big loser" - Why you should say no to quick weight loss
  There are hundreds of ways to lose weight quickly, but only one way to lose fat and keep it off in the long term
  Published 09Jul2006, viewed 785 times

• Diet Compliance Vs. Diet Cheating: How Strict Should Your Weight Loss Program Be?
  Depriving yourself of foods you enjoy is not productive to your fat loss efforts in the long run. If you want to lose fat permanently and healthfully without going crazy with cravings or battling with binges, then here’s what you must do instead:
  Published 22Jun2006, viewed 965 times

• Did You Inherit "Fat Genes" - The Truth About Biology And Body Fat
  Is obesity a genetically inherited disease? Some researchers say it is, but with billions of dollars in weight loss drug sales at stake, you might want to think twice before listening to those who say fat is just fate.
  Published 24Apr2006, viewed 718 times

• Why Are We So Fat? The Real Reason For The Obesity Epidemic
  Why Are We So Fat? That’s the question asked in the cover story of a recent issue of National Geographic magazine. “Americans enjoy one of the most luxurious lifestyles on Earth: Our food is plentiful. Our work is automated. Our leisure is effortless. And it’s killing us..."
  Published 10Jan2006, viewed 902 times

• Everything You Need To Know About Loose Skin After Weight Loss
  If you're extremely overweight or if you've been extremely overweight in the past, then you know that getting rid of excess weight is only one of the challenges you face. Once the fat is gone, you are often confronted with an equally frustrating cosmetic problem; Loose skin.
  Published 11Dec2005, viewed 1432 times

• "Banking Calories": Eat Less Now To Pig Out Later???
  Should you eat less now to pig out later?
  Published 08Dec2005, viewed 1340 times

• How To Stay On Your Diet And Stay In Shape Over The Holidays
  Here are 10 easy ways that you can follow your diet and stay in great shape over the holidays without turning into a miserable Scrooge. If you follow this advice, then you'll be one of the proud few with a New Year's resolution to be the best you've ever been in the new year to come - instead of one of the guilt-ridden many who must resolve to reclaim what they lost over the year that's just passed them by.
  Published 02Dec2005, viewed 812 times

• The Glycemic Index: Key To Weight Loss Or Just Another Diet Gimmick?
  Many of the most popular diet programs on the market today revolve around the concept of the Glycemix Index (GI). Some programs go as far as saying that the GI is the “key to fat loss.” While the GI is certainly one important aspect of fat burning and muscle building nutrition, using glycemic index as your only criteria for choosing the foods you eat may not be the all-encompassing diet panacea that some “gurus” want you to believe.
  Published 08Nov2005, viewed 967 times

• Building A Better Body, One Brick At A Time
  Losing weight and getting in shape doesn't happen overnight. Once you understand the truth about what it really takes to build a better body, you'll never fall prey to fads, gimmicks or scams ever again...
  Published 14Sep2005, viewed 1174 times

• How To Lose 20 Pounds REALLY, REALLY Fast
  This is the easiest, surest, most effective way I know to slash 20 pounds off your body FAST!
  Published 11Sep2005, viewed 5033 times

• The Top 10 Bonehead Workout Mistakes To Avoid
  “Common workout mistakes” has always been a very popular topic in fitness publications. But no matter how many times this subject is re-hashed, you almost always hear about the same half a dozen or so mistakes, including poor form, overtraining, going too heavy, not stretching, not warming up, yadda, yadda yadda. Ironically, you seldom hear about the biggest mistakes of all. I call these humongous bloopers “bonehead mistakes”
  Published 25Aug2005, viewed 1193 times

• Cortisol, Stress And Body Fat
  Straight answers to the top 20 questions about the "stress hormone"
  Published 19Jun2005, viewed 9197 times

• Low Carb Intelligence vs. Low Carb Stupidity
  The low carb diet is not inherently stupid, but many low carbers are uninformed, misinformed, or lack the intuitive bodily wisdom to utilize the low carb approach intelligently. Learn how to increase your carb IQ and join the ranks of the fit and lean
  Published 07Jun2005, viewed 1002 times

• Health & Fitness Is Not A 12 Week Program
  Thinking about going on a diet or entering one of those 12 week transformation challenges? better read this first
  Published 24May2005, viewed 823 times

• The Truth About Counting Calories And Weight Loss
  Count calories, count portions or calories don't count? Discover the truth
  Published 17May2005, viewed 1228 times

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