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Bulking Diets - Do They Work?
[Health-and-Fitness:Build-Muscle] Bulking and cutting are widely misunderstood bodybuilding techniques. It is almost universally accepted that you need to bulk and then cut. Why not do them both at the same time?

Turn Your Metabolism Into a Fat Burning Machine
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] A lot of people seem to have no problem classifying themselves these days. They like to fit into a sub category. They pass off the blame that they are overweight or gaining weight with a simple excuse like 'I have a slow metabolism' or 'its genetic, my parents are fat'.

Toning is a Big Myth
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] Training for TONE is another BIG misconception among trainees! You can't tone fat! My apologies but I may get a little antagonistic here. . I get angry when I hear the term 'Tone' as it causes so many dedicated people to do things all wrong!

Gaining Weight For Skinny Guys
[Health-and-Fitness:Build-Muscle] It is obvious there are genetic factors at play that decide if one individual will gain muscle faster than another. It will be harder for some to gain lean muscle but it is not impossible. Trouble is that the skinny guys are the exact ones that overtrain for 3 weeks while following a diluted bodybuilding programme, consisting of curls and extensions and resign to accept the 'hardgainer' or 'ectomorph' label that is thrown around so flippantly these days.

Lift it If You Want to Shift It! Lifting Weights Will Cause Accelerated Fat Loss!
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] Females tend to have many issues with weight, and it's not just how much one weighs on the scale. There are some others too. Here's the 3 main weight issues. Any of these sound familiar to you?

4 Essential Strategies For Lean Body Development! Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitude and Nutrition
[Health-and-Fitness] Okay, so you want to get lean, but you're confused about what you need to do in order to develop a lean body. Well here's an acronym I like to use for the word 'LEAN' that you'll find very useful and easy to remember.

Gain Muscle, Lose Fat, Tone Up FAST!
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Are you guilty of wanting quick fixes when it comes to your physique? Well I'm afraid I will have to be the bearer of bad news and tell you this just doesn't happen in the real world!

Train Hard Or Train Smart?
[Health-and-Fitness] What if I told you that what you were currently doing in the gym was not addressing your goals? Did you know that 'hard training' is not the only thing you have to do in the gym, there is more to it than that. Please read on to find out why.

How Fast Should I Lift?
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] There is a lot of confusion out there regarding lifting speed and questions like 'How fast should i lift?'. I will attempt to clarify what speed you should be lifting to address your fat loss, muscle gain and sports performance goals.

Long Term Weight Loss
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Lifestyle management is the primary cause of the failure of all 'diets'. These 4 Tips will help address the situation and make weight loss easier.

How to Make Weight For Fighters
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Making Weight for a fight or competition has a reputation for being a grueling combination of starvation, dehydration and excessive training with sweat suits on. This method of 'weight loss' was popularised by the old school boxers wearing a bin liner and skipping or running for hours on end to 'get a good sweat on' and lose weight.

Your Cardio Workout Could Be Making You Gain Weight
[Health-and-Fitness:Aerobics-Cardio] Have you ever wondered why you aren't losing fat? You do cardio, take aerobic classes, eat well and still the fat doesn't shift?! It could be your cardio workouts that are the problem!

Earn the Right to Isolate
[Health-and-Fitness:Build-Muscle] Bicep curls, hammer curls, isolation curls! Do these exercises take persistence in your training program? Are they helping you get stronger? Leaner? Bigger? Read below and discover the truth as to why all your isolation based training may be hindering your progress and robbing you of muscle gain!