Posts Tagged ‘Physical exercise’

Here are the top 5 reasons why you can’t lose weight and what you can do about it. 1) Too many calories: If you are eating more calories each day, (or at least on a consistent basis) than you are using, you are not going to lose weight. People will almost always under estimate the [...]

Tired of the same boring gym atmosphere and looking for a change in your workouts? I have a routine that you can do that not only works great, but is most likely different and more fun than anything that you can do in a gym. I don’t really think that you should give up your [...]

Do rapid weight loss diets actually work or are they another way to frustrate us on our journey to getting in shape? Well, it depends on how you look at it and what your idea of “working” is. I know that if you could help it, you wouldn’t ever go on a diet again, right? [...]

A funny thing happened the other day at the gym. I was talking to this guy about losing weight and he said, “Yeah, it’s easy for you to lose weight! Just wait until you hit fifty, then you’ll see that it’s not that easy anymore!” I am 41 and I can still remember people telling [...]

One of the things that I see most people struggle with in their weight loss efforts is consistency. It’s easy for most people to start a new diet or start working out, the hard part is sticking to it. If you can only have the same excitement and determination three weeks in to it as [...]

I was talking today with a lady that told me that she has been doing crunches and sit ups for the last month and still can’t seem to lose any weight. She was complaining about her metabolism and said that everyone in her family is overweight. She told me that she quit drinking so much [...]

Well if you see me walking like a penguin, it’s because my legs are killing me! I have been following Craig Ballantyne’s turbulence training for the last eight weeks and have had some incredible results with it. I have been doing strictly bodyweight exercises, and concentrated on losing fat instead of gaining size or getting [...]

One of the reasons that so many people never achieve their weight loss goals, or any type of goals for that matter, is because they are interested in losing weight but not truly committed. Whenever we decide to lose weight or start a new fitness program, it is new and exciting. It is actually pretty [...]

I was checking my email earlier today and I was amazed at all of the different offers that people are trying to sell me. I am on many people’s lists and as you can expect, I get tons of email each day. Most of it is a complete waste of  time. The reason that I [...]

Depending on who you talk to there are definitely two different schools of thought on weight loss and training. Some say that cardio is the best way and others say that resistance training is better. Some even go as far as saying that cardio training is a waste of time. As with anything, you can [...]

Image via Wikipedia We want everything fast today, our meals need to be prepared fast, we fast forward through the commercials to get done watching a show faster, and of course we want to lose 20 lbs fast! I’m as busy as anyone and I understand the need for speed, but somethings are better done [...]

This is for beginners as well as people that have been exercising for years. While exercising, you should have an actual goal or plan as to what you are trying to do and what you are expecting to get out of it. I see people in the gym all the time that have no idea [...]

Image via Wikipedia When it comes to losing weight and getting in shape, it’s really not that difficult to do. I’m not saying that it’s easy, but it sure is simple. The problem is that most people are too busy looking for the magic pill that doesn’t exist. I know that you would like to [...]