Like you know I’m a big believer of the benefits of the Coconut Oil. This is a great article from Dr. Mercola.

By Dr. Mercola

You’ve no doubt noticed that for about the last 60 years the majority of health care officials and the media have been telling you saturated fats are bad for your health and lead to a host of negative consequences, like elevated cholesterol, obesity, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease.

Meanwhile during this same 60 years the American levels of heart disease, obesity, elevated serum cholesterol and Alzheimer’s have skyrocketed compared to our ancestors, and even compared to modern-day primitive societies using saturated fat as a dietary staple.

Did you know that multiple studies on Pacific Island populations who get 30-60% of their total caloric intact from fully saturated coconut oil have all shown nearly non-existent rates of cardiovascular disease?^[1]

Clearly, a lot of confusion and contradictory evidence exists on the subject of saturated fats, even among health care professionals.

But I’m going to tell you something that public health officials and the media aren’t telling you.

The fact is, all saturated fats are not created equal.

The operative word here is “created”, because some saturated fats occur naturally, while other fats are artificially manipulated into a saturated state through the man-made process called hydrogenation.

Hydrogenation manipulates vegetable and seed oils by adding hydrogen atoms while heating the oil, producing a rancid, thickened oil that really only benefits processed food shelf life and corporate profits.

The medical and scientific communities are now fairly united in the opinion that hydrogenated vegetable and seed oils should be avoided.

These unsaturated fats, artificially manipulated into saturated fats, are also called trans fats, and no doubt you’ve heard about them lately. Some cities and states have now outlawed their use. There is no controversy anymore regarding the health dangers of these artificially saturated fats.

And guess what?

These are the same damaged trans fats that have been touted as “healthy” and “heart-friendly” for the last 60 years by the vegetable and seed oil interests!

But the truth finally came out. Trans fat was rebuked, debunked, and revealed as the true enemy to good health that it has always been, regardless of what the seed- and vegetable oil shills told the American public for the last half century.

Unfortunately, this rightful vilification of hydrogenated saturated fats has created a lot of confusion regarding naturally occurring saturated fats, including coconut oil.

If one form of saturated fat is bad for you, the argument goes, then all saturated fat must be bad.

Right?

Nothing could be further from the truth!

The Truth about Coconut Oil

The truth about coconut oil is obvious to anyone who has studied the health of those who live in traditional tropical cultures, where coconut has been a nutritious diet staple for thousands of years.

Back in the 1930’s, a dentist named Dr. Weston Price traveled throughout the South Pacific, examining traditional diets and their effect on dental and overall health. He found that those eating diets high in coconut products were healthy and trim, despite the high fat concentration in their diet, and that heart disease was virtually non-existent.

Similarly, in 1981, researchers studied populations of two Polynesian atolls. Coconut was the chief source of caloric energy in both groups. The results, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,^[2] demonstrated that both populations exhibited positive vascular health.

In fact, no evidence exists that the naturally occurring high saturated fat intake had any kind of harmful effect in these populations!

That’s not what you expected, is it? Based on 60 years of negative public policy towards naturally occurring saturated fats, you would expect these cultures to be rife with clogged arteries, obesity and heart disease.

It may be surprising for you to realize that the naturally occurring saturated fat in coconut oil actually has some amazing health benefits, such as:

• Promoting your heart health^[3]
• Promoting weight loss, when needed^[4]
• Supporting your immune system health^[5]
• Supporting a healthy metabolism^[6]
• Providing you with an immediate energy source^[7]
• Keeping your skin healthy and youthful looking
• Supporting the proper functioning of your thyroid gland^[8]

But how is this possible?

Does coconut oil have some secret ingredients not found in other saturated fats?

The answer is a resounding “yes”.

Coconut Oil’s Secret Ingredient

50 percent of the fat content in coconut oil is a fat rarely found in nature called lauric acid. If you’re a frequent reader of my newsletter you already know that I consider lauric acid a “miracle” ingredient because of its unique health promoting properties.

Your body converts lauric acid into monolaurin, which has anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-protozoa properties.^[9]

Monolaurin is a monoglyceride which can actually destroy lipid coated viruses such as:

• HIV, herpes
• Measles
• Influenza virus
• Various pathogenic bacteria
• Protozoa such as giardia lamblia.

Lauric acid is a powerful virus and gram-negative bacteria destroyer, and coconut oil contains the most lauric acid of any substance on earth!

Capric acid, another coconut fatty acid present in smaller amounts, has also been added to the list of coconut’s antimicrobial components.

This is one of the key reasons you should consider consuming coconut oil, because there aren’t many sources of monolaurin in our diet. But the health benefits of coconut oil don’t stop there.

The Benefits of Medium-Chain Fatty Acids

Coconut oil is about 2/3 medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs), also called medium-chain triglycerides or MCTs. These types of fatty acids produce a whole host of health benefits.

Coconut oil is nature’s richest source of these healthy MCFAs.

By contrast, most common vegetable or seed oils are comprised of long chain fatty acids (LCFAs), also known as long-chain triglycerides or LCTs.

Let me tell you why these long-chain fatty acids are not as healthy for you as the MCFAs found in coconut oil^[10] :

• LCFAs are difficult for your body to break down — they require special enzymes for digestion.
• LCFAs put more strain on your pancreas, liver and your entire digestive system.
• LCFAs are predominantly stored in your body as fat.
• LCFAs can be deposited within your arteries in lipid forms such as cholesterol.
• In contrast to LFCAs, the MCFAs found in coconut oil have many health benefits, including the following beneficial qualities:
• MCFAs are smaller. They permeate cell membranes easily, and do not require special enzymes to be utilized effectively by your body.
• MCFAs are easily digested, thus putting less strain on your digestive system.
• MCFAs are sent directly to your liver, where they are immediately converted into energy rather than being stored as fat.
• MCFAs actually help stimulate your body’s metabolism, leading to weight loss.

Coconut Oil Helps Fight Diabetes

Your body sends medium-chain fatty acids directly to your liver to use as energy. This makes coconut oil a powerful source of instant energy to your body, a function usually served in the diet by simple carbohydrates.

But although coconut oil and simple carbohydrates share the ability to deliver quick energy to your body, they differ in one crucial respect.

Coconut oil does not produce an insulin spike in your bloodstream. You read that correctly, Coconut oil acts on your body like a carbohydrate, without any of the debilitating insulin-related effects associated with long-term high carbohydrate consumption!

Diabetics and those with pre-diabetes conditions (an exploding health epidemic in America), should immediately realize the benefit of a fast acting energy source that doesn’t produce an insulin spike in your body. In fact, coconut oil added to the diets of diabetics and pre-diabetics has actually been shown to help stabilize weight gain, which can dramatically decrease your likelihood of getting adult onset type-2 Diabetes.^[11]

Cococut Oil, the Friend to Athletes and Dieters

If you live in the United States, you have an almost 70 percent chance of being overweight.

And, by now, I’m sure you’re well aware that obesity affects your quality of life and is linked to many health concerns.

One of the best benefits of coconut oil lies in its ability to help stimulate your metabolism.

Back in the 1940s, farmers found out about this effect by accident when they tried using inexpensive coconut oil to fatten their livestock.

It didn’t work!

Instead, coconut oil made the animals lean, active and hungry.

However, many animal and human research studies have demonstrated that replacing LCFAs with MCFAs results in both decreased body weight and reduced fat deposition.

In fact, the ability of MCFAs to be easily digested, to help stimulate the metabolism and be turned into energy has entered the sports arena. Several studies have now shown that MCFAs can enhance physical or athletic performance.^[12]

Additionally, research has demonstrated that, due to its metabolic effect, coconut oil increases the activity of the thyroid. And you’ve probably heard that a sluggish thyroid is one reason why some people are unable to lose weight, no matter what they do.

Besides weight loss, there are other advantages to boosting your metabolic rate. Your healing process accelerates. Cell regeneration increases to replace old cells, and your immune system functions better overall.

Coconut Oil on Your Skin

Besides the mounting medical and scientific evidence that coconut oil has powerful positive health benefits when eaten, it has also been used for decades by professional massage therapists to knead away tight stressed muscles.

However, you don’t have to be a professional massage therapist to gain the skin and tissue support benefits of coconut oil. Just use coconut oil as you would any lotion.

Coconut oil is actually ideal for skin care. It helps protect your skin from the aging effects of free radicals, and can help improve the appearance of skin with its anti-aging benefits.

In fact, physiologist and biochemist Ray Peat, Ph.D. considers coconut oil an antioxidant[13] , due to its stability and resistance to oxidation and free radical formation. Plus, he believes it reduces our need for the antioxidant protection of vitamin E.

Like Dr. Peat, many experts believe coconut oil may help restore more youthful-looking skin. When coconut oil is absorbed into your skin and connective tissues, it helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles by helping to keep your connective tissues strong and supple, and aids in exfoliating the outer layer of dead skin cells, making your skin smoother.

Coconut Oil and Your Heart

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S. And heart disease is often a silent killer. The first sign of cardiovascular disease is commonly a heart attack, and sadly, over one third of heart attacks are fatal.

And despite the propaganda, the truth is this: it is UNSATURATED fats that are primarily involved in heart disease, not the naturally occurring saturated fats, as you have been led to believe.[14]

Plus, the polyunsaturated fats in vegetable and seed oils encourage the formation of blood clots by increasing platelet stickiness. Coconut oil helps to promote normal platelet function.

Coconut Oil in Your Kitchen

I only use two oils in my food preparation.

The first, extra-virgin olive oil, is a better monounsaturated fat that works great as a salad dressing.

However, it should not be used for cooking. Due to its chemical structure, heat makes it susceptible to oxidative damage.

And polyunsaturated fats, which include common vegetable oils such as corn, soy, safflower, sunflower and canola, are absolutely the worst oils to use in cooking. These omega-6 oils are highly susceptible to heat damage because of their double bonds.

I strongly urge you to throw out those omega-6 vegetable oils in your cabinets.

Why?

Reason # 1: Most people believe that frying creates trans-fat. That is not the major problem, in my opinion. Although some are created, they are relatively minor. There are FAR more toxic chemicals produced by frying omega-6 oils than trans-fat.

Frying destroys the antioxidants in oil and as a result oxidizes the oil. This causes cross-linking, cyclization, double-bond shifts, fragmentation and polymerization of oils that cause far more damage than trans-fat.

Reason # 2: Most of the vegetable oils are GMO. This would include over 90 percent of the soy, corn and canola oils.

Reason # 3: Vegetable oils contribute to the overabundance of damaged omega-6 fats in your diet, which creates an imbalance in the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3. As you know from my extensive writing on this subject, I believe that excessive consumption of damaged omega-6 fats contributes to many health concerns.

They are all highly processed and consumed in amounts that are about 100 times more than our ancestors did a century ago. This causes them to distort the sensitive omega-6/omega-3 ratio which controls many delicate biochemical pathways which results in accelerating many chronic degenerative diseases.

There is only one oil that is stable enough to resist mild heat-induced damage, while it also helps you promote heart health and even supports weight loss and thyroid function — coconut oil.

So, whenever you need an oil to cook with, use coconut oil instead of butter, olive oil, vegetable oil, margarine, or any other type of oil called for in recipes. Even though I don’t fully recommend frying foods, if you must fry, by all means use coconut oil — it’s your smartest choice.

Coconut Oil Safety

The medium-chain fats in coconut oil are considered so nutritious that they are used in baby formulas, in hospitals to feed the critically ill, those on tube feeding, and those with digestive problems. Coconut oil has even been used successfully by doctors in treating aluminum poisoning.^[15]

Coconut oil is exceptionally helpful for pregnant women, nursing moms, the elderly, those concerned about digestive health, athletes (even weekend warriors), and those of you who just want to enhance your overall health.

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By Martin Bolduc

If you are reading this article, chances are you are amongst the millions out there looking to get those 6 pack abs. Yet, over the years, you have found out that in spite of working out your abs every single day and doing hundreds of reps and tens of sets every single time, you still have nothing to show for you efforts. So, where are you going wrong?

Well, I will tell you where. A lot of people think that doing more exercises and more reps will give you that wash board tummy. The truth of the matter is, although these are important; you will get the visibility in your abs only by going on a weight loss program. By this, I mean not only using including weight loss exercises in your program but also watching diet to cause an express weight loss. Part of the reason is that everyone has a layer of fat sitting on top of your abs. So, unless you don’t get rid of this fat, you might as well do sets and reps for the core day in and day out but aren’t gonna see results. Don’t get me wrong, you will end up strengthening your abs but will not be able to see them.

In this article, I will talk 3 simple yet golden rules to get 6 pack abs like the movie stars. These will help you reach there in the quickest possible time.

Rule 1 to get 6 Pack Abs: Get some cardio in. Period.

I have seen a lot of guys doing weights every single day and doing a bit of core work at the end of the workout. That is not gonna cut it for you. Do not be scared of losing size. People who advice that cardio would reduce your strength or size cannot be more wrong. The size that you’d be losing would most definitely be all fat. Also, at the end of the day, if you are leaner or more ripped, you will look bigger.

Again, by cardio, I do not mean you have to go 45 minutes on the treadmill. Try doing some intense cardio in short intervals. Plyometric training along with Olympic lifting (even for women) is a good option to get lean while maintain your strength. Also, an activity like circuit training or anaerobic training like rowing will help you achieve those 6 pack abs quicker that just resistance training.

If you are looking to lose weight, I would definitely put on at least 2 sessions of  HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) in a week.

Rule 2 to get 6 Pack Abs: Get the diet right!

If you are going to eat whatever you want, all that hard work at the gym is going to go down the drain. Being strict with your food is as important if not more than proper training to get those 6 pack abs. A golden rule is to get the proteins in your diet up so that most of the calories come from proteins. The amount will depend on your fitness goals. However, as a general guideline, a protein ratio of more than 40% in each meal should do the trick What the proteins basically do is that they up your metabolism. Also, excess of proteins are less likely to be deposited as fat than carbs.

If you are not getting enough protein through your diet, you might want to use protein supplements to not only bump up your metabolism and to boost recovery. I would definitely use them for the simple reason that they are convenient (as opposed to cooking lean meat if you were to get the same amount of proteins) and also cost efficient in the long run. However, protein supplements are good for those who eat ‘on the go’ and should never replace natural sources of protein.

A lot has been written about carbs and the role that they play in fat deposition. In order not to confuse you too much, I would suggest you keep the carbs to minimum. A good idea is to eat complex carbs more often rather than foods containing simple carbs like cakes and pastries.

Rule 3 to get 6 Pack Abs: Progressive Fitness Program

For too many years, you’ve been going to the gym and then deciding what you are gonna do that day. If you are looking to make real progress, it makes sense that you plan things out. Always look to have a proper fitness program in place. Ideally, this should be progressive in nature where you up the intensity every 4 or 6 weeks. Use these 3 simple rules and nothing will stop you from getting your 6 pack abs.

Fat loss exercises: The best ones around!

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If someone were to ask your opinion on the best fat loss exercises, your answer would be aerobic. Well, partly true but there is a bigger picture you need to look at. Resistance training, according to me plays a big part in burning calories as well. As opposed to aerobic exercises, resistance training exercises burn calories for a longer time after workout. And, we all know for a fact that more calories burned equates to losing weight or staying lean.

So, how does this work out? For a simple reason that muscles form a major chunk of your body. When you train muscles during a typical resistance training session, your muscles are going to be hungry for calories. Thus, whatever food you eat is used by muscles and not stored as fat. Another key thing you have to remember when you go on a weight loss program is that you are looking to up your metabolic rate. Well, since skeletal muscles are the most metabolically active tissue in your body, what better way to up the metabolism than give your muscles a good workout? Let’s have a look at some of the best resistance training as well as aerobic fat loss exercises.

A typical program for quick weight loss should include a minimum of 4 sessions a week. These should comprise 2 sessions of resistance training, a session of long slow duration cardio exercises and a session of intense, short burst exercises.

Each session should begin with a 5 to 10 minute of warming up. A thorough warm up to get the core body temperature up and mobilize the joints is important. It also prepares your body for the task at hand.

Resistance training exercises:

The best resistance training exercises for express fat loss are the ones called the ‘compound movements’. Now, compound movements are the ones where in 2 or more joints are involved, for instance, the squat, deadlifts and bench press. These compounds movements can be done using either barbells or dumbbells. Barbells tend to use more weight whilst dumbbells give you better ranges of movement and also hit the stabilising muscles more. Some of the best fat loss exercises are squats, deadlifts, clean and presses, bench presses.

Aerobic exercises:

Some of the best and most often used exercises for express fat loss are kettlebells, plyometrics, treadmill and the cross trainer.

The treadmill and cross trainer workouts are typically called the long, slow duration aerobic, fat loss exercises. These are good for beginners or for people who have gone off their fitness programs for a while. However, once you have been at these for a couple of weeks or maybe 4 weeks, it’s time to go onto the more intense fat loss exercises.

Kettlebell swings and plyometrics are the more intense, short burst fat loss exercises. There are a number of kettlebell moves ranging from swings, both armed as well as one armed along with cleans and presses and the more difficult ones like the treadmills. Kettlebells using muscle power in doing so take your heart rate up. This means that you are burning fat even as you are working your muscles. Thus, they are a great way to work out your muscles as well burn fat.

Plyometrics are for the individuals who have been working out for more than 12 weeks. These basically involve calisthenics (exercises using your body weight) with a power component to it. What that effectively means is that there is a lot of jumping about involved. Thus, moves like jump squats, burpees, pop jumps on aerobic boxes, plyometric press ups would form the major part of the session.

Of the exercises outlined here, if you were to do just one of them, it would defeat the whole purpose. You have to realise that in order to achieve express fat loss, all of these fat loss exercises have to be combined in a structured fat loss program.

Burning Belly Fat: Best Way to Quicken Fat Loss

So, you have tried everything for burning belly fat? Still can’t get rid of it?! Well, chances are, you are one of the millions out there who have and are still committing the same mistakes.
In this blog post, I am going to share with you a few secrets of how to induce express fat loss. By the time you are done reading this article, you will know the best strategy for weight loss.
All right, let us get down to basics. So, you have been doing weights, cardio, a lot of sit ups and abs crunches. However, you are still disappointed with the results? So, what more do you need to do get a flat tummy?

Well, burning belly fat involves a 2 pronged attack. Trick 1 is to get rid of the fat that is there in the body: the so called ‘pre-existing fat’ and trick 2 is to stop new fat from getting deposited. If you sacrifice on either of those, you will be disappointed. What I mean is if you train intense but do not take care of the food you eat, you will not see results. Similarly, if you diet but don’t work out intense, you will not be burning belly fat but losing muscle.

As we all know, burning belly fat that is already there will require a training routine consisting of weights, cardio and callisthenics. While stopping new fat from depositing around the belly should involve being strict with what gets down your gullet.

Let us have a closer look at either of these strategies for burning belly fat.

Strategy 1 of Burning Belly Fat:

This involves a combination of weights, cardiovascular training along with interval training. Now, I know you will say that, ‘oh, but I have been doing that!’ Well, agreed but depends on how you are doing it.

As far as weights are concerned, if I was you, I’d do more compound exercises. In short, I would involve more exercises with barbells. Why is it important, you might want to ask? Well, for one, barbell exercises recruit a lot more muscle than dumbbell exercises do. Also, you can perform a lot more power moves with barbells than with dumbbells. Some of my favourite exercises for weight loss would be the barbell power moves like cleans and presses, squats, dead lifts, snatches and bench presses.

When it comes down to cardio, I am a big fan of intense cardio training in the form of plyometrics, or even some form of martial arts training rather than 45 min. of runs on the treadmill or the cross trainer. Shorter, more intense bursts of cardio training take the heart rate higher up and thus burn more calories. Also, that kind of training is more real life and improves your fitness levels faster than long, slow duration cardio training. Alternately, you can also do interval runs on the treadmill. Burning belly fat, thus, would require sets of intense, short burst cardio activities.

Strategy 2 of Burning Belly Fat:

This involves preventing new fats to deposit. Now, as you may well be aware that the human body tends to store excess calories from food as fat. To prevent this from happening, you need to know how much calories you would ideally need throughout the day. This differs from individual to individual and also depends on the level of activity and your fitness goals. A body builder or a long distance runner would require massive amounts of calories. However, if you were keen on burning belly fat, you shouldn’t bother too much about counting calories.

At the end of the day, no matter what you eat, for burning belly fat, you have to cut down on the portion size. Watching what you are eating is as crucial, if not more, than the portion size. Also, keep in mind that your breakfast should be the biggest meal of the day and should include a variety of protein. The sizes of the rest of the meals should be small. More frequent meals will also help keep your metabolism up and thus help you lose weight.

So, in a nutshell, if burning belly fat is your foremost concern, only 2 things matter, training intense with a lot of short burst cardio activity thrown in and cutting down on the portion size.

Losing weight is futile if you don’t make fitness part of your objective. Just going on a diet and significantly cutting your calories will be detrimental in the long run because you will be decreasing your metabolism and burning muscle along with fat and carbs for fuel. This is why it is essential to include fat loss exercises to achieve your goal.

Selecting an effective fat loss workout program will help you to avoid that old saggy look that comes from extreme dieting. Increased muscle mass and density helps you to look young and fit. You’ll find in a relatively short period of time while working your program that you’ll begin to see the physical transformation; the aches and pain of working out will begin to pay off.

Combine strength training and high intensity short duration circuit training throughout the week and you’ll have the perfect recipe for getting rid of excess fat. High intensity short duration aerobic workouts help to increase your metabolic rate while incorporating your ability to burn fat efficiently.

It is important to do both strength training and aerobics throughout the week to significantly influence your endocrine system which will increase the flow of fat burning hormones while repairing your muscles for future exercises. As you constantly challenge your body each day to do more, your sales get busy repairing itself in anticipation of future workouts.

This program will require a certain level of commitment on your part. Working out 4 to 5 days a week will get you going but I recommend 5 to 6 days of steady activity to see rapid results. As you get better at working out you will be experiencing increased muscle mass, strength and dexterity as well as muscle density as weeks go by.

This kind of workout increases your muscle density and makes them heavier; this is why you are more likely to fit in your old clothing faster even though the scale will tell you that you haven’t lost much weight. You are experiencing changes in your body composition as you lose fat and gain muscle density. You can gain a lot of improvement without ever touching weights. Bodyweight workouts can rapidly improve your ability to get fit and firm.

I recommend that you commit to three days of strength training a week because you’ll be working out intensely for 30 to 45 minutes. Commit to three days of high intensity short duration aerobic activity on the days in between your strength training to burn calories and fat. Cross training is a great way to keep your workout fresh while you build endurance and strength.

Training in this manner helps you to get your body in shape in the shortest period of time; you’ll see fairly quick results using this method of fat burning workouts will. If you rotate exercises each day you’ll be working your entire body thus allowing your system to increase its metabolic rate and use fat for fuel more easily.

Choose a variety of exercises that will keep you engaged and work progressively to increase your abilities. You’ll need to make this a lifestyle choice in order to keep the benefits that you burn. Think of it as brushing your teeth; it has to be done daily to maintain optimal health.

Many trainers recommend a light morning workout on an empty stomach to help boost your energy and increase fat burning throughout the day. Follow this regimen to see quick results when you wish to reach your ideal body weight and size. These handy tips will help you use fat loss exercises to build a firm fit body.

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You too can realize extremely effective express fat loss with high intensity interval training. You’ll be able to get a full body workout in 15 to 20 minutes that will leave you gasping. The result will be a marked increase in metabolism as well as long-term fat loss. Be sure to get as much rest as you can in order to benefit from the recovery period.

High intensity interval training is an excellent way to reduce your body fat level while increasing your muscle mass developing strength and muscle density as well. You’ll be able to accomplish in 15 to 20 minutes more than most people in the gym with hours of boring cardio and strength training.

For many people, a 10 minute high intensity program is enough to get you working hard and doing a lot of huffing and puffing. Stick to an aerobic exercise that incorporates large muscle groups and allows you to reach your cardiovascular limit. I like sprinting, spinning, jump rope and elliptical machine for this kind of workout because you can control your intensity very easily.

You also get to work the major muscles in the glutes, thighs and calves. Although these exercises are repetitive you’re going to be working so hard that you will definitely not be bored. Perform a moderate intensity five minute warm-up to get your body in the right level for working out. When you begin, work your exercise for 30 seconds; ramping up from 0 to 5 then rest either by stopping or going back to a level one or two. On your second set, go 30 seconds to a level 8 or nine then go back down for your rest period.

Your rest period should be somewhere within the region of 30 seconds with 90 seconds. Remember you’re going all out for 30 seconds so you might be taking it to a level 9 for a few seconds before you drop back down to your rest period. One interesting observation you’ll begin to make as you do this workout will be your limitations.

At the start of your program you might be able to jump rope adequately for 30 seconds but find your capacity diminishing with each set as you grow more tired. Each session may find you developing more reserves than you knew you had.

You may find that your ability to skip gets better and your lung capacity as well as your stamina improves. Within six weeks your level 5 intensity will have changed as you grow stronger and more resilient; last week’s level 9 is now this week’s level 5.

This seems to hold true regardless of the exercise you’re performing. As a beginner I recommend starting with 30 seconds on and 90 seconds off then gradually shortening your rest. At each session until you have a 30/30 split.

If you’re fairly fit and have done high intensity cardio, go ahead by starting with 30 seconds on and 60 seconds off. Adjust your rest as you develop stamina and strength. Advanced levels usually do at 30/30 split while continuing to increase the intensity from set to set. This brings new challenges as you try to top your last performance.

Beginners can start with six sets of intervals and work their way up to 10 or 12. Another tip for getting the most out of your workout is to change your exercises at each session; work the elliptical machine on Monday tried a jump rope session on Wednesday and do sprints on Friday. You’ll be amazed at how you’ll lose body fat fast under this kind of pressure.

By Martin Bolduc

If you’re someone who’s on a mission to burn fat quickly, you need to learn the top cardio techniques that will make for the best workouts for weight loss.

Most people do realize that cardio training is an imperative part of success as with proper cardio workouts, you’re able to burn calories and melt fat faster.  But, what many people don’t realize is that there’s a big difference between the types of cardio that you can perform.

If you want to know the best workouts for weight loss, you need to consider the following forms of cardio training that you can implement into your workout routine.

Let’s have a look at the best workouts for weight loss as far as cardio is concerned.

Boot Camp

The very first of the best workouts for fat loss is boot camp training.  Boot camp training is nice since it’s going to be very fast paced and have you doing a wide variety of different exercises.  This is important as it will shock the body and ensure that you’re able to continually keep responding and avoid that dreaded training plateau.

Best of all, since boot camp is done as part of a large group, most people find that group atmosphere extremely motivating.

Functional Training

Functional training is a great way to both boost your fitness capacity in the gym as well as enhance your ability to carry out everyday tasks.  With this training you’ll perform a series of exercises that most closely resembles movements that you would do in your everyday life, so you do get that good transfer over benefit.

When performing these exercises be sure to keep them fast paced, one immediately after the other to keep your heart rate up for cardiovascular purposes.

Sprinting

The next of our best workouts for weight loss to include with your cardio training is sprinting.  If you can get outside and sprint as hard as you possibly can for 20 seconds and then pair this with a 40 second rest, you will have yourself a very intense session that’s really going to get you seeing noticeable changing in your body composition.

Aim to perform ten of these sprints total throughout the session, for a fast 10 minute workout that gets you results.

Sprint training doesn’t have to take very long for it to bring you top-notch progress.

Fast-Paced Resistance Training

Finally, the last of the best workouts for weight loss is fast paced resistance training.  While this should never replace your traditional weight lifting workout sessions, adding it in on the off days in between can be a great alternative for traditional cardio training if you really dislike doing it.

Fast paced resistance training will have you performing light-weight exercises into the 20-30 rep range and moving from exercise to exercise with no rest in between.

The goal of this one of the best workouts for weight loss is not to develop a high amount of strength but rather to kick-start the metabolism and have you burning up fat at an accelerated pace.

So there you have some quick ideas for your cardio workout routine.  Any of these best workouts for weight loss will help to shake up your traditional cardio sessions and move you one step closer to success.

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If you’re looking to put together a workout routine for how to lose weight with exercises, there are a number of steps that you should take into consideration. Many people don’t go about the process of program design correctly and as such, sacrifice the results that they see.

Fortunately, if you do have a firm understanding of how to lose weight with exercises, you can accomplish this goal without too much trouble.

Let’s have a look at the process of what you must do in order to lose weight with exercises.

Step 1: Choose Your Exercises

The very first step to lose weight with exercises is to select the actual exercises that you want to perform. For best fat burning progress, you should aim to choose exercises that will use as many muscles at once as these are going to offer the biggest calorie burning benefit.

Movements such as squats, deadlifts, bent over rows, the shoulder press, and the bench press are all great ones to choose. Try and stay away from adding too many isolation movements to your workout routine such as bicep curls, tricep extensions, and lateral raises as these are not the most beneficial lose weight exercises that you can perform.

Step 2: Determine Your Rep Range

The second step to figuring out your workout is to select the rep range you will use. Most people will see the greatest benefit from using the lower rep range with their exercise selection as this will allow them to lift more weight.

Ideally you should aim for a rep range of 8-12 reps total, which will allow you to lift heavy but still see a nice metabolic boost.

Step 3: Set Your Sets

Moving on, the third step to take to help you lose weight with exercises is to set the number of sets you will perform. For best results, you’ll want to aim to perform 3-4 sets for your compound lifts that were mentioned in the first step, and then if you are going to do any isolation exercises, you should add 1-2 sets of those total.

There’s no real reason to do more sets than this on those isolated exercises as your time is simply better devoted to the compound movements.

Remember you can only do so much work each session before fatigue kicks in, so you need to make the most of what time you do have.

Step 4: Factor In Rest

Finally, the last step to helping learn how to lose weight with exercises is to make sure that you factor in how much rest you’re taking.

Since your goal is to burn calories, try and keep the rest periods on the slightly shorter side to around 30-45 seconds total. If you have to go slightly longer than this to recover that’s not a big deal, but don’t let yourself wait too long or you’ll lose out on the metabolic boosting benefits.

So there’s everything you need to know about properly designing a program to lose weight with exercises. If you keep these steps in mind, you can be on your way to success.

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There are quite a few misconceptions relating to the concept of dieting and starting a fat loss program. You might be aware that the weight loss industry is a $68 billion a year profit center although not as successful as they would like it to be. They still attract many individuals who are trying hard to meet their fat  loss objectives.

Many desperate people turn to bariatric surgery or other methods to achieve their rapid weight loss goals. The rush to reduce our waistline causes people to attempt to use or try all manner of fads and contraptions in an effort to fit an ideal image. Quite often health and fitness take a backseat to looking good.

The media tends to make fat a dirty word and people who are fat are the butt of jokes and ridicule. Experts often avoid the topic of body type and metabolism in favor of the catch-all phrase “weight loss“. The concept of weight loss is a flawed one; the actual goal is to reduce body fat while maintaining proper muscle tone.

You’re going to need to satisfy your body’s basic energy requirements in order to avoid slowing down your metabolic rate. When you don’t consume enough calories your metabolism slows down even further. Getting in shape and staying fit should be the first objective because a healthy lifestyle

A lot of people that you would consider skinny actually have high body fat percentages. Let’s start by increasing our metabolic rate; this will help us to burn fat and use calories more efficiently.

Walking for 40 minutes or more will cause your body to begin using more fat for fuel. You can slowly burn fat through long walks; this steady progression will ignite your fat burning hormones but takes a long time to accomplish. As you increase your metabolism through steady sub aerobic activity, you’ll find that your overall fat percentage will continue to go down as your ability to efficiently use calories go up.

Walking can actually benefit you in many ways but in relation to metabolic increase, this steady action causes you to consume your glycogen stores over a period of time; usually 20 to 30 minutes. After that point your continued walking stimulates your fat burning response as your body seeks to continue fueling itself with body fat.

High intensity interval training does the same process only faster. The high intensity workout causes you to quickly use up your glycogen stores. Remember that when you are beginning this kind of program, you should take it easy and work your way up. Consult with a physician before conducting any extremely strenuous exercise program.

You’re going to be pushing yourself to your maximum, both aerobically and anaerobically with this kind of workout. It may be sure to but it can be brutal. Using compound exercises, you can get a full body workout that burns fat and stimulate muscle growth in as little as 15 to 20 minutes. Your strategy must be specific when considering the difference between triggering fat burning versus calorie consumption. They both require different methodologies.

There is no need to restrict your calorie intake more than 500 calories a day when working out on a fat burning program. A high intensity short duration workout will tax your body and burn as much a 600 calories. While training, you can emphasize weight loss by simply reducing your daily calorie count by 500 in order to promote healthy weight reduction. You can realize a 2 to 3 pound loss per week. Resistance and aerobics exercises work well in a fat loss program.

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As you go about forming your workout routine, it’s important that you take into consideration what the top exercises to loss weight will be.  By pairing these with your diet program, you’ll see better overall toning benefits, improve your metabolic rate, and help to gain muscle strength.

Many people are currently going into the gym performing movements that aren’t especially beneficial, so replacing those with the following exercises to loss weight will definitely get you headed in the right direction.

Let’s have a quick peak at the main ones to know.

Full Squats

As far as your lower body is concerned, you simply can’t go wrong with the squat exercise.  Full squats where you lower yourself all the way down to the ground are really going to target the glutes, quads, and hamstrings, reshaping your entire lower body.

Even more, since the squats do require a high degree of balance, they’ll call into play every single muscle in the core as the abs contract to help maintain your balance.

Full squats can either be performed with a barbell or a set of dumbbells.

Lunges

Moving on, the second of the best exercises to loss weight are lunges.  Just like the squats, the lunges will target every muscle in the lower body as well, plus they’re going to test your balance and agility as you move across the room.

Performing lunges immediately after your squats will make for an intense lower body session that will be sure to fully exhaust the leg muscles.

Be sure that the knees are tracking over the toes when doing your lunges however to prevent knee pain development.

Push-Ups

Moving over to the upper body, push-ups can’t be beat. With so many different variations that you can perform, you’ll never get bored of this movement.

Push-ups are also going to be perform for hitting the chest, triceps, and even the shoulders to a degree, so make for a very complete upper body exercise.

Make sure that you are maintaining proper form while doing your push-ups in order to see the best results possible.

Burpees

Burpees are our next movement to consider to get your heart rate up, target many muscle groups, and blast fat fast.

Burpees are one of the exercises to loss weight that you can perform between your other resistance training movements if you desire to up the intensity of the workout program and add a cardiovascular element to it.

Many people find this to be much more enjoyable than adding traditional cardio afterwards, so that’s something to consider.

Pull-Ups

Finally, the last of the best exercises to loss weight are pull-ups.  If you can’t perform a pull-up on your own, get someone to hold onto the legs and give you a slight helping hand upwards.  Keep practicing at that until you can do it on your own with ease.

Pull-ups are going to be great for targeting the back and biceps, so will hit the muscles not utilized during the push-up exercise.

So there you have the main exercises to loss weight that you must focus on.  If you can get these into your workout routine and perform them at least twice per week, you’ll be on your way to progress.

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