The best way to build a stronger body and blast the fat is with the use of weights.
This can be with free weights such as dumbbells and barbells, weight machines, or a combination of the two.
Many purists believe that the only way to do weight training correctly is with free weights as they bring into play all the other muscles required to control and balance the movement of the weights.
It is correct that more muscles are required to lift free weights due to the fact that more control is required but the development of weight machines in recent years has been such that they can also offer benefits that free weights can’t give.
By eliminating the factor of control from specific movements it is possible to lift heavier weights and this in turn can stimulate more growth in the muscle.
In addition to this is the fact that many machines are designed to maintain pressure on the muscles throughout the full range of the movement.
Free weights, on the other hand, generally have the least effect on muscle growth at the top and bottom of any movement.
To explain this better we will use the example of the arm curl where a barbell is curled up from a position resting against the thighs to the chest using the bicep muscles.
When the barbell is at the top or the bottom of the movement there is no resistance on the muscle where as with a machine with the correct design elements there can be maximum tension even at those parts of the movement.
Cables and weight stacks will allow this to happen and due to this, you can expect to get additional benefits that aren’t possible with free weights.
Obviously a combination of both free weights and weight machines will deliver the optimum results in the least time.
Now go & plan on blasting that fat away!
One of the hardest parts of any fitness program is getting started.
It is so easy to just sit around doing nothing and it takes some degree of motivation to get started exercising.
Many people find that joining a gym gives them the motivation they need to get started and follow through with regular workouts.
The reality is that most of the people who join gyms never complete their membership.
Gyms actually base their costing on the fact that the majority of people will never use their membership regularly.
Why is this so?
There are many reasons why people don’t exercise regularly and that can range from inconvenience to boredom.
When you are deciding what to do to lift your level of fitness it is wise to honestly think about your personality and where your strengths and weaknesses lie.
If you are a person who can motivate yourself then a home gym might be the best solution as it will offer the convenience of allowing you to train whenever you like and you won’t need others to motivate you.
If, on the other hand, you find it difficult to motivate yourself then a membership at a gym might be a better solution.
Paying for the membership might be all that is needed to ensure that you will attend classes and often we can get motivated by those around us and challenge ourselves to improve and compete with others in the gym.
Alternatively, you might be a person who prefers to go for a run or a walk rather than lift weights.
No matter what you are capable of doing, there is only one action that you need to take however small that might be initially and that it to get started with some form of fitness training sooner rather than later.
Fitness will add to your overall well-being and the more exercise you do the fitter you will become and the more likely you will be to continue with a fitness program.
A big problem for women is the inner thigh area. For some reason, men are usually lucky in this area and don’t have to worry about chafing thighs.
However, the following exercise works just as well for men and women so if you’ve got thighs that rub together here is a great exercise to firm them up.
Under Leg Lifts
* Lie on one side on the floor. Place a pillow under the head to make sure the spine is aligned.
* Bend the leg closest to the ceiling and move it to the floor in front so that the other leg is exposed to the ceiling.
* Move the newly exposed leg toward the ceiling.
* Hold that position for a few seconds. Put the leg down.
Repeat this exercise as many times as needed, but hold it for no longer than thirty seconds on each rep to begin with. Take a thirty second break before switching sides. Repeat the exercise again. For a challenge, hold the under leg for longer periods of time. Adjust the timing of each side of the body to accommodate the new challenge.
In no time you’ll look better in those skinny jeans.
I can hear the objections from the ladies now- “I don’t want to get big muscles”. I’m not talking about weight lifting but weight training. That is aerobics with hand weights.
We all know that aerobics can give us long and slender bodies, however with aerobics alone it’s a slow process. It can be several weeks before you really start to see a difference. But what if I told you that if you added low poundage hand weights to your workout you could burn FAT 3 x’s faster!.
However, hand weights are usually sized for men and although they do come in weights that are light the grips are usually too wide for us women.
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There is a new weight loss product that you will start seeing on tv (if you haven’t already). The product is Akavar 20/50.
The advertisement claims that you can eat all you want and still lose weight and then states ” and we couldn’t say it in print if it wasn’t true!”
I can’t vouch for this product since I have not tried it yet but the buzz about it is tremendous so I am going to order it now and I thought that I would let you know about it also and you can check it out and decide for yourself.
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