* One factor contributing to a successful fat loss program is having a slight feeling of breathlessness and nausea while you are working out.

This is due to the actual intensity of the program. A truly successful fat loss program will challenge your body with circuits, supersets, tabata's and interval training. Doing these types of exercises will challenge your body and will most likely leave you feeling a bit nauseous. Just ask my clients!

* The best abs exercise you could do for yourself is pushing yourself away from the dinner table (taken from Chris Shugart).

People often ask me what the best ab exercise is, or better yet, what I think of a particular ab exercise. Usually the people asking this don't have abs (at least visible ones). Wake up. You need to get to a low body fat % to see them abs. There is no magic bullet ab exercise that will reveal them. Nutrition is the limiting factor in 99% of all people trying to lean out. Get that part sorted then figure out the types of exercises to do.

* Machines should comprise 0 - 10% of your exercise program. Free weights and bodyweight exercises should comprise 90 - 100% of your exercise program.

In two words: Machines suck. Especially when it comes to fat loss. The main reason people use machines and don't use free weights is because using free weights is harder to do - free weights not only work the muscles, they also use your core to lift the weights. Machines dictate the range of motion for you already. And again they are not challenging to do. That is why you see a lot of people flocking to them on a regular basis.

* Interval training is far superior to steady state cardio.

Studies have shown time and time again that intervals are 9 times better than doing long boring cardio sessions. This goes for useless forms of aerobics too. They also elevate metabolism up to 48 hours post exercise and boost your EPOC (post exercise oxygen consumption) turning your into a fat burning furnace for days after you exercise.

* Compound Exercises Rule All!

When exercising for fat loss always look to do exercises that use as many muscles as possible. For example, a squat works your quads, hamstrings and glutes and is far superior than a leg extension machine that only isolates your quad muscle.