http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/John-Barban-3268 The latest quality free reprint articles from John Barban at SubmitYOURArticle.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:33:31 +0000 A commonly held belief about food is that you need to eat frequent meals to keep your metabolism going and to keep burning calories. I'm not exactly sure where this idea came from but it makes absolutely no sense to me. In fact, to me it sounds like this nonsense about eating food to keep your metabolism going is a clever myth that only supports the food and nutritional supplement industry. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/John-Barban-3268/diet-39967.php Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:10:02 +0000 Crunches are probably the single most misunderstood and abused exercise in the entire fitness industry. Somewhere along the way, people realized that if they squeeze their midsection together they will end up 'feeling it' in their 'abs' and some how they equate this to having a flat stomach or mid section. In the case of doing crunches for a flat stomach and showing off your abs we can just throw logic right out the window. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/John-Barban-3268/six-pack-abs-39956.php Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:50:01 +0000 Anything you do in your life that provides a sense of gratitude and is really worth something is usually done with a sense of purpose behind it. Things of little or no value have no purpose behind them and are literally wasted time you can never get back. For example sitting on couch watching an hour of rerun's you've seen before probably has little or no purpose and most likely doesn't give you any sense of gratitude afterwards. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/John-Barban-3268/fitness-39280.php Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:20:02 +0000 If you are trying to lose weight but have been unsuccessful so far, check to see if you are making any of these common mistakes. 1. Eating too Often -- it is a commonly held belief that eating multiple small meals each day is a good way to lose weight. But this only works if the meals are SMALL! If each of these so called 'small meals' start to creep up in calories and start to get larger you are never going to lose any weight. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/John-Barban-3268/fitness-39277.php Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:50:02 +0000 I think it would be safe to assume that most people understand the importance of exercise and eating some sort of healthy diet to maintain their overall health. I highly doubt anyone would argue that eating fast food, junk food, and sitting on the couch is actually the best way to stay healthy. If this is truly the case, then why is it so difficult for people to get in shape and stay in shape? http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/John-Barban-3268/healthy-eating-38873.php Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:10:02 +0000 Appetite and hunger cravings seem to be one of the new villains in the battle against weight gain and obesity. Nutritional supplement companies, pharmaceutical companies and many new diet books are all targeting these as the primary factors to weight gain. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/John-Barban-3268/weight-loss-38727.php Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:10:02 +0000 Crunches are an overused and under productive exercise. They present a considerable risk to the health of your lower back and spine and only work a limited range of your core muscles. They never have and never will burn fat off of our 'stomach' or midsection and if you do enough of them will simply cause you to grow bigger and stronger abs muscles without working your lower back and oblique muscles. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/John-Barban-3268/six-pack-abs-28401.php Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 The buzz about working "core" muscles seems like it will never go away. First of all, most people don't even know what the word "core" means. As a matter of fact neither do I! The word 'core' does not come from any scientific anatomy text I have ever read. As far as I can tell it is a term created by the fitness industry to promote all kinds of ab training products. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/John-Barban-3268/weight-loss-29052.php Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 In order to lose weight you must eat less calories than you are currently burning off. This simple advice becomes complicated by the commonly held misconception of 'starvation mode'. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/John-Barban-3268/weight-loss-29050.php Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 There is a theory that you can time your cardio workouts to burn more fat. Typically the theory goes that if you do your cardio first thing in the morning on an empty stomach you will be burning more fat. The idea is that after a meal you will most likely be burning some of the sugars from that meal instead of stored fat. From a scientific stand point this doesn't make any sense. Let's review exactly how we store and lose fat. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/John-Barban-3268/weight-loss-28405.php Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000