I love this picture! Even though he is out of shape, he probably blocked pretty well. It is true for many people though, many people do fitness wrong. That is why so many people get frustrated and give up. If you learn the correct way to workout and have the correct nutrition plan, then you will see success. Ask the fitness dude a question, so you can find out how to do fitness correctly.
This is a continuation on popular diets that I have been doing reviews on; this particular review is focused around “The Abs Diet.” A man named David Zinczenko put the Abs Diet together; he is the editor in chief of Men’s Health Magazine. He has been a health guru for many years, helping men all around the world. This diet book is actually pretty fun to read, David knows how to write and entertain, and so it is pretty easy reading.
If you look on the front of the book, you will see the title, “The Abs Diet,” but you will see a little tag line underneath the title, is says “The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life.” Let me tell you my opinion, David Zinczenko is trying to sell a book, he has been selling a magazines for many years so he is going to try to catch your eye with popular terms like “the abs diet,” and “six-week plan to flatten your stomach.” Even though David is trying to sell his product with eye-catching terms, the diet plan should sale itself.
I really enjoyed learning about The Abs Diet. The Abs Diet teaches you how to eat healthy, and it does a good job breaking everything down and making it into an achievable plan. The nutrition side of it all actually reminds me of the South Beach Diet, but what the South Beach Diet Lacks (a workout plan), The Abs Diet provides. Not only does The Abs Diet teach the importance of proteins, carbs, and fat, but also it also teaches you the importance of a workout routine, and actually provides you with one.
I feel that the nutrition plan is easy to follow, and even though you might not get six-pack abs like it says in six weeks, this is definitely a workout and nutrition plan that will get you on the right track. There are some great recipes and a whole section of workouts that focus on your whole core. The Abs Diet also does a good job in teaching people about the muscles that make up your core. Many people lack the knowledge of muscles that make up their core.
I approve of The Abs Diet. Follow the nutrition plan, and include the core workouts to your normal workout routine, and you should see some great results.
I cannot believe I am actually writing about this “muscle building” product, but I actually had a person ask me about the Slendertone Ab Belt the other day. So I thought for the sake of my friend and for the sake of others, I should write about this so-called piece of workout equipment.
So you have probably seen the infomercials of the Slendertone Ab Belt and it probably looks to good to be true. Well…it is! The Slendertone Ab Belt is a complete scam, and any other ab belts that promise you six pack abs are also scams. It would be nice to live in a world that we can sit around on our butts, watch TV and lose fat by putting on the Slendertone Ab Belt, but unfortunately we do not live in such a world. Instead we live in a world where people get taken advantage of in there desperate state to lose weight.
I really do wish the Slendertone Ab belt or any other Ab belt toner worked, it would give a lot of people an easy option to shed off some unwanted pounds, but the fact is that it does not work. They have no research to back up their Slendertone Ab Belt product. If you read the fine print it says that, matched with exercise and a nutrition plan you can see results. Well of course you are going to see results!! Exercise and a healthy nutrition plan will help you lose weight.
Let me tell you what does work with Electric Stimulation…
When I was younger, I tore my knee up pretty bad. I was not able to walk on my leg for three weeks, in that three weeks my quad muscle pretty much disappeared. I was able to touch my right hand fingers to my left hand fingers when I gripped around my thigh. When I began physical therapy, the therapists started hooking the muscles around my knee up to an electric muscle stimulation device. This got my curiosity going, I asked my physical therapists if the Ab belt toners actually worked, because they were using it on my knee. He said no, not at all! He went on to say that the only way electric muscle stimulation works is to give an inactive muscle the help to start usage again. Which is the reason physical therapist use electric stimulation, because they deal with people who have been injured and have inactive muscles.
The only thing that the Slendertone Ab belt and other Ab belt toners are good for is irritating the skin. You will not get six pack abs or burn tons of fat because of the Slendertone Ab Belt.
So it is that time of year again!! Halloween was just the beginning, now comes all the Thanksgiving Parties, the Christmas Parties, and too top it all off The New Year Parties. It is the Holiday Season, and if you are not equipped with an eating game plan you are going to get blind sided by about 5 to 8 pounds of extra weight. 5-8 pounds is how much weight people usually pack on during this time of the season. That is why you need a game plan to help you through this glutenous season.
Lets face it, parties and family gatherings are fun…well at least parties are. But when you mix fun with delicious food, then you have a recipe for a weight loss disaster. So you need to switch up your game plan a little bit, most the year you are probably focusing on how to lose weight, but during the holiday season you need to focus on how to not gain weight. Weight management! The holidays are way to fun to dismiss, and it will only cause you frustration and disappointment if you decide not to eat these delicious foods. You main goal should be to keep your weight stable through these times.
Don’t get me wrong, if you are strong enough to get through the holiday season and still lose weight, then go for it!! But the average person usually throws all their discipline away during the holiday season, and binges on eggnog, turkey, mash potatoes, and pie. I am trying to give the average person a new way to look at things, a strategy to their Holiday Eating.
Here are a few Holiday Eating tips:
Hopefully these Holiday Eating Tips can prevent you from gaining weight during the holiday season.
Why is Abdominal training important? It is arguably the sexiest region to look at on the body, 32% of women say it’s the sexiest muscle group on the man. The abdominal region is highly coveted by mostly everyone. Now, I am not talking about those huge bodybuilders who grease themselves up and flex their muscles for the whole world to see, I am talking about toned abdominal muscles that look great, as well as normal.
There is nothing wrong with wanting defined abs, but here is the problem…exercise companies know you want sexy abs, and they will try to suck you in with their infomercials and their “promises.” I am tired of seeing all the gimmicks on TV that promise you 6 PACK ABS, with as little as 10 minutes a day. No abs machine is going to get you six pack abs. You can strengthen your core, but it takes a lot more than just abs workouts to achieve six pack abs.
You cannot target fat loss to one specific area on your body, it is very important to do abdominal workouts (which we will talk about), but it cannot be the only thing you do. You need to incorporate cardiovascular training, weight lifting, and interval training. You need to turn your body into a fat burning machine, and you do that by raising your lean muscle mass, because muscles burns fat. You also need to have a healthy diet, there are certain foods that can help you get your sexy flat abs, like foods with protein, and foods that are either whole grain or whole wheat. But let get to some of the reasons why strong flat abs are important, other than just looking good.
Yes, great looking abs go further than just skin deep, it’s not all about looking good. There are many health benefits to strengthening your core that will help you live a long and healthy life. If you are experiencing back pain, most the time it is because of the baggage you are carrying up front. Your back is supporting all that weight called your belly, or beer belly. Strengthening your abs will also help you with everyday activities. Just think about all the movements we do, twisting, bending, pushing, and pulling, we engage our core far more than we realize, and if we had a strong core than we would be less likely to injure ourselves. Belly fat has also been related to heart disease, the fat that surrounds our midsections is said to be the most dangerous fat for our hearts.
When you training your body and you come to your abdominal workouts, it is important to find an abs routine that will target each section of your abdominal region. Target these abdominal regions:
The South Beach Diet was created by a Cardiologist named Arthur Agatston, M.D.. He introduced a diet that was based around balanced eating. There are three phases to the South Beach Diet, and in each phase you learn what type of foods are good for you. Like what type of fats you should be eating, plus what type of carbohydrates you should be eating.
The principle behind the South Beach Diet is that bad fats and carbohydrates can actually make you hungrier by spiking your blood sugar levels, which is why you gain weight. By eliminating those bad fats and carbohydrates, you will feel more full and live a healthier lifestyle.
As I mentioned before there are 3 phases to the South Beach Diet.
The First Phase – You pretty much eat normal size portions of food, but you will eliminate all carbohydrates. This will probably be the toughest phase, to get through, because a lot of your really good foods have carbohydrates in them. This strict first phase lasts for two weeks, and in this two weeks, you will eat lean meats. Turkey, chicken, shellfish are all accepted in this first stage, some selected vegetables, nuts and low fat cheese are also accepted in this first phase of the South Beach Diet.
The Second Phase – The first thing you need to know about the second phase is, you decided when it’s over. The second phase starts introducing more foods into the mix, foods that have better fat and good carbohydrates. You will not lose as much weight as you did in the first week, but you should continue to see a small weight loss every week. You continue Phase Two of the South Beach Diet until you reach your desired weight.
The Third Phase – The Idea behind Phase 3 of the South Beach Diet, is that Phase 3 lasts the rest of your life. You have learned in the first two phases what is good for you and what is bad for you. The third phase is the maintaining stage; you just want to maintain your desired weight. If you begin to put on more pounds, then simply do the first phase again, and return to your healthy lifestyle of eating.
Here’s my take…I actually do not mind this diet, it actually teaches you some very good principles in what you should and should not be eating. The other great thing about the South Beach Diet is that you can live the rest of your life sticking to this diet, unlike the Atkins Diet. The only problem I have with the South Beach Diet is that it fails to get people to workout. If you were able to match this diet with a healthy workout plan, you could really speed up your metabolism, and see some great results. Sometimes when people lose weight just from a diet change, they become lazy, and look at it as an excuse not to workout. So match the South Beach Diet with a good workout plan and you should be good to go.
Always consult your doctor before entering into a diet or a workout plan.
