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Tom Venuto - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Tom Venuto is a certified personal trainer, certified strength and conditioning specialist, natural bodybuilder and author of the #1 best selling diet e-book, "Burn the Fat, Feed The Muscle. You can get info on Tom's e-book at: www.burnthefat.com. To get Tom's free monthly e-zine, visit www.fitren.com
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- No Pain No Gain - Fitness Myth Or Ultimate Fitness Truth?
[Health-and-Fitness] Is this aphorism just a fitness myth and downright bad advice? A lot of people seem to think so. As a bodybuilder with 25 years of training experience and more than two dozen trophies on my shelf, I have another perspective to offer you. Success with your body and in every area of your life is all about stepping outside of your comfort zone and that means embracing pain.
- Fight Fitness Fraud With Fitness Skepticism
[Health-and-Fitness] The fitness industry is full of misconceptions and myths as well as blatant scams and lies. As Winston Churchill said, "A lie gets half way around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." If Churchill could only see the Internet today!
- The Poison in Our Food Supply That Most People Are Still Eating Every Day
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] Most people are literally eating poison every day without giving it a second thought. Eating even small amounts of this substance is consistently linked to coronary heart disease. The research also confirms that it will increase belly fat (visceral fat), contribute to insulin resistance, increase risk of type 2 diabetes, adversely affect cholesterol levels, trigger systemic inflammation, and adversely affect almost every cell in your body.
- Irvingia Gabonensis - IN-credible Weight Loss From an African Tree?
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Irvingia gabonensis is the newest supplement to hit the weight loss marketplace, saturate the internet with advertisements, ignite forum discussions and flood my email inbox with questions. In the weight loss marketplace, this may gain the dubious distinction of becoming the next hoodia or acai berry (scam), but I'll just present the facts, make my case and then let you decide for yourself.
- Scary Skinny Tabloid Tell-Alls
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] I admit it. I bought the National Enquirer. I know, you should never admit you bought the Enquirer, but the headline GOT me! "Hollywood's Deadly Skin And Bones Diet: Stars Risking Their Lives To Be Thin."
- How Liquid Calories May Be Making You Fat, Even Your Favorite Protein Drinks
[Health-and-Fitness] So far, at least 7 scientific studies have provided strong evidence that energy containing beverages (i.e., "liquid calories") don't activate the satiety mechanisms in the brain and don't satisfy the appetite as well as food in solid form. Research also supports a positive association between calorie-containing beverage consumption and increased body weight. New research now suggests that soda may not be the only culprit
- 8 Reasons Why You Keep Falling Off the Diet Wagon
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Clearly, we have an obesity problem in America and many other countries across our planet. Yet, I propose that we do not have a weight loss problem today.
- Avoid This Killer Weight Re-Gain Mistake
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] If you want to burn off fat and keep it off permanently, there are a few things you absolutely must do, and a new study from Wake Forest University has just uncovered another one. Previous research has concluded without a shred of doubt that high levels of exercise are one of the keys to keeping fat off and maintaining your ideal weight. In a new study published in the October issue of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, researchers found for the first time, proof that the drop in physical activity that happens automatically during calorie restriction.
- Excuses For Not Getting in Shape That Won't Fly in 2009
[Health-and-Fitness] It's 2009. Your old excuses for not getting in shape won't work. As Dr. Evil (Austin Powers) said, ZIP IT! I don't want to hear them anymore! Read em', then haul your excuseless butt to the gym!
- Instead of New Years Resolutions, Set S-M-A-R-T-E-R Goals
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Take a closer look at the meaning behind the word "Resolution". Being derived from the word "re-solve", it really means "to solve again." And isn't that exactly what happens? You solve the same problem again and again, year after year?
- Speed Eating and Fat Loss - Diet Advice Your Mom Was Right About All Along
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] A new study just published in a recent issue of the journal Obesity has revealed that thin people eat very differently than heavy people at all-you-can-eat buffet restaurants. Researcher Brian Wansink and his team from the Cornell University Food and Brand Laboratory observed diners at 11 different Chinese buffet restaurants across the United States. Their goal was to find out whether the eating behaviors of people at all-you-can-eat buffets varied based on their body mass.
- Listen to Maintainers, Not to Losers - 5 Secrets to Keeping the Weight Off For Good
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] I have very little interest these days in all the media-hyped stories of dramatic, rapid losses of body weight. "Big losers" don't impress me, for numerous reasons. For example, weight is not fat.
- Fat Burner Supplements - The Unadulterated Truth
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] Fat burner supplements are advertised everywhere these days and the ads almost always feature a very lean fitness model or bodybuilder. Some of these ads suggest that the only way to get as lean as the "hot bodies" you see pictured is by taking their "miracle pills" and that proper nutrition and exercise alone is not enough. Find out the truth about fat burners and get 7 tips on choosing one before you spend a dime!
- 3500 Calories - A Pound of Fat or Six Pounds Of Muscle?
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Most fitness conscious people know that there are 3,500 calories in a pound of fat, so if you create a deficit of 3500 calories in a week, you lose a pound of weight. Right? Well, not so fast. Dr. Kevin Hall, an investigator at the National Institute of Health in recently published a new paper in the International Journal of Obesity that throws a wrench in works of the 3500 calories to lose a pound idea.
- The New Visualization Breakthrough - Mental Training Tactics For Health And Fitness Success
[Health-and-Fitness:Mental-Health] Understanding the mind's role in motivation and behavior is one of the most critical elements in physical fitness success. If you struggle with changing habits and behaviors or if you can't get motivated, then even the best training and nutrition program is worthless. With new discoveries in the science of visualization, you can make amazing breakthroughs in your health and fitness achievements.
- Fish Oil May Help Burn Fat - But Not THAT Much Fat!
[Health-and-Fitness] Unless you've been living under a rock somewhere for the last several years, you've probably heard about the health benefits of eating fatty fish or taking fish oil supplements. Well, it looks like you might be able to add fat loss alongside the other benefits like heart, blood (cholesterol/triglycerides), brain, skin and joint health - and the rest of the list, which is too long to print here.
- The Incredible Shrinking Fat Cell - What Really Happens When Body Fat is Burned?
[Health-and-Fitness] Earlier this week someone in our discussion forum wrote, "I haven't "LOST" any fat... I know EXACTLY where it went! I got a chuckle out of that because I "got" the joke, but truth is, most people really don't know how fat cells work, how the fat burning process takes place or where the fat goes when it's burned. It's actually quite a complex biochemical sequence of events, but I'll explain it as simply as possible, so by the end of this article, you'll be a "fat burning" expert!
- The Low Body Fat Secret Of Bodybuilders And Fitness Models
[Health-and-Fitness:Build-Muscle] The secret to getting super lean - I'm talking about being RIPPED, not just “average body fat” – is all about mastering the art of "peaking." Most people do not have a clue about what it takes to reach the type of low body fat levels that reveal to see ripped six-pack abs, muscle striations, vascularity and extreme muscular definition, so they go about it completely the wrong way.
- Don't Catch These Two Diseases
[Health-and-Fitness] One of my favorite motivational speakers is Brian Tracy, who is one of the world's top experts on success psychology and personal achievement. In case you haven’t heard of Brian, he is like a calmer, more "laid back" version of Tony Robbins. Not long ago, I had the chance to attend a seminar Brian held at the Jacob Javitz center in New York City. One part of his talk really grabbed my attention, and I'd like to share it with you...
- You Want A Great Body - But How Bad Do You Want It?
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] A better body does not come in a pill or a bottle. Fat loss success does not even depend solely on the particular training program you are using. There are many different approaches to nutrition and exercise that can work, and different things work for different people. But the one thing that MUST always be there is a goal and the burning desire to achieve it.
- Body Wraps And Waist Wraps - The Difference Between Losing Fat And Losing Inches
[Health-and-Fitness] "Body wraps" and rubber waist belts have been around for ages in the fitness industry and claims include loss of inches as well as body fat. What few people realize is that "fat" loss and "inch" loss are not one in the same. If you don’t know how to tell the difference, you could be falling for one of the oldest, most notorious fitness and weight loss scams in the book.
- Why Some People Quit And Some People Never Give Up
[Health-and-Fitness] Some people just never give up. They have ferocious persistence and they never let go of their goals. These people are like the bulldog that refuses to release its teeth-hold on a bone. The harder you try to pull the bone out of his mouth, the harder the dog chomps down with a vice like grip. Other people abandon their biggest goals and dreams at the first obstacle they encounter. Did you ever wonder why that is?
- Count Down To Fitness Success And Keep Your Motivation Drive Alive
[Health-and-Fitness] There are many great ways to get focused and motivated to start a new diet or exercise program, but often the most difficult thing to do is keep that drive and ambition alive and see your goal through to completion. Setting goals in writing is an essential step to success, but how do you stay focused on them? One technique I have used ever since my very first bodybuilding competition 18 years ago, is-
- Brain Science And New Year's Resolutions
[Health-and-Fitness] Goal setting is also not a one time event, it's is an ongoing process of literally "re-wiring your brain" by using "scientific goal setting" methods. New findings in neuroscience have proven why new years resolutions almost always fail and what you should do instead, to produce permanent behavior changes and lasting results.
- Tom Venuto's Top 10 Travel Fitness Tips, Part 2
[Health-and-Fitness] just because you’re traveling doesn’t mean you can’t follow your regular exercise regimen. If you want to continue to improve your physique while on the road, you can! Here are 5 more ways that I did it on my last extended business trip that you may find helpful as well. It begins with a simple decision.
- Top 10 Travel Fitness Tips - Part 1
[Health-and-Fitness] just because you’re traveling doesn’t mean you can’t follow your regular exercise regimen. If you want to continue to improve your physique while on the road, you can! Here are 5 ways that I did it on my last extended business trip that you may find helpful as well. It begins with a simple decision.
- How To Use Super-Sizing, Portion Distortion And Dietary Displacement To Your Advantage
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Ever since the independent film, Super Size Me was released, research on the relationship between increasing obesity and increasing portion sizes has skyrocketed and the results have been virtually unanimous. There have been numerous well-designed studies published just in the last several years which confirmed exactly what we suspected (and much of what Super-Size-Me suggested)
- How To Repair Metabolic Damage
[Health-and-Fitness] If you've caused metabolic damage as a result of following starvation diets or losing weight too rapidly in the past, it can be extremely difficult to achieve any further fat loss at all. The good news is, metabolic damage can be repaired. All it takes is the right combination of metabolism stimulating exercise and metabolism stimulating nutrition.
- The Paleolithic Diet - Should We Eat Like Our "Cave Man" Ancestors?
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] Should we eat like our "cave-man" ancestors
- Induction Destruction: The Perils Of Diving Into Strict Diets Head First
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] One thing that almost all mainstream popular diets have in common is an "induction phase." This is often done for the scientific-sounding reason of "making the metabolic switch" from "carb burner" to "fat burner." However, "induction" is simply a politically correct way to say you have to crash diet and starve yourself in the beginning ... which is a one way ticket to eventual weight regain and metabolic destruction!
- What a "Muscle-Head" Bodybuilder Says About Organic Food
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] After researching organic foods extensively and doing some personal experiments with my own diet, let me offer you my take on it from a bodybuilder's viewpoint. This is a perspective on organics you may not have heard before...
- Increase Your Metabolism And Curb Your Appetite With This Fat-Burning Food
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Did you know that certain "thermogenic" foods not only help you burn fat, they also curb your appetite and help you keep the weight off after you've lost it?" It may sound too good to be true, but the research doesn't lie.
- Nutrition Or Training - Which Is More Important
[Health-and-Fitness] Legendary bodybuilding trainer Vince, "The Iron Guru" Gironda was famous for saying, "Bodybuilding is 80% nutrition!" Is this really true or is this just another fitness and bodybuiding myth passed down like gospel without ever being questioned? This IS an interesting question and I believe there is a definite answer:
- Top 10 Bonehead Workout Mistakes, Part 2
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] Common workout mistakes has always been a very popular topic in fitness publications. But no matter how many times this subject is re-hashed, you almost always hear about the same half a dozen or so mistakes, including poor form, overtraining, going too heavy, not stretching, not warming up, and so on. Ironically, you seldom hear about the biggest mistakes of all. I call these humongous bloopers "bonehead mistakes" because once you start to analyze and think about them, they're really just common sense
- The Top 10 Bonehead Workout Mistakes Part 1
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] Common workout mistakes has always been a very popular topic in fitness publications. But no matter how many times this subject is re-hashed, you almost always hear about the same half a dozen or so mistakes, including poor form, overtraining, going too heavy, not stretching, not warming up, and so on. Ironically, you seldom hear about the biggest mistakes of all. I call these humongous bloopers "bonehead mistakes" because once you start to analyze and think about them, they're really just common sense
- Did You Inherit Fat Genes: The Truth About Biology And Body Fat
[Health-and-Fitness:Obesity] Description: Is obesity a genetically inherited disease? Some researchers say it is, but with billions of dollars in weight loss drug sales at stake, you might want to think twice before listening to those who say fat is just fate.
- Don't Be a "Big Loser" - Why You Should Say No to Quick Weight Loss
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] There are hundreds of ways to lose weight quickly, but only one way to lose fat and keep it off in the long term
- "Banking Calories": Eat Less Now To Pig Out Later?
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Suppose you're on a diet and you have a banquet or a holiday party coming up. You're expecting a big meal to be served for dinner, and there will be open bar with lots and lots of "party snacks." You...
- How To Stay In Shape And Stay On Your Diet Over The Holidays Without Becoming A "Miserable Scrooge"
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] There’s no reason why you can’t enjoy yourself AND stay healthy, lean and fit through the holidays. All it takes is some planning, some goal-setting and little dose of old-fashioned discipline. Here are 10 easy ways that you can follow your diet and stay in great shape over the holidays without turning into a miserable Scrooge
- The Glycemic Index: Key To Weight Loss Or Just Another Diet Gimmick?
[Health-and-Fitness] Many of the most popular diet programs on the market today revolve around the concept of the Glycemix Index (GI). Some programs go as far as saying that the GI is the “key to fat loss.” While the GI is certainly one important aspect of fat burning and muscle building nutrition, using glycemic index as your only criteria for choosing the foods you eat may not be the all-encompassing diet panacea that some “gurus” want you to believe.
- Building A Better Body One Brick At A Time
[Health-and-Fitness] Losing weight and getting in shape doesn't happen overnight. Once you understand the truth about what it really takes to build a better body, you'll never fall prey to fads, gimmicks or scams ever again...
- How To Lose 20 Pounds REALLY, REALLY Fast
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] This is the easiest, surest, most effective way I know to slash 20 pounds off your body FAST!
- Cortisol, Stress, And Body Fat
[Health-and-Fitness] Straight answers to the top 20 questions about the "stress hormone"...
- Low Carb Intelligence vs. Low Carb Stupidity
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] The low carb diet is not inherently stupid, but many low carbers are uninformed, misinformed, or lack the intuitive bodily wisdom to utilize the low carb approach intelligently. Learn how to increase your carb IQ and join the ranks of the fit and lean
- Health & Fitness Is Not A 12 Week Program
[Health-and-Fitness] Thinking about going on a diet or entering one of those 12 week ransformation challenges? Better read this first...
- The Truth About Counting Calories And Weight Loss
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Count calories, count portions or calories don't count? Discover the truth...
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