The Science of Fat Loss

by Paul Becker

The human body was designed to survive.

The way it survives during times of famine is to:

1) Lower metabolic rate, to use as few calories as possible.

2) Burn off lean tissue (muscle) as fuel.

3) Store as much fat, as possible, in order to have a reserve of
calories on hand.

Most people skip meals or eat too few calories during the day, by
doing this you are putting your body into starvation mode, which
the body treats as a famine and lowers metabolism.

And most people also come home at night and eat a big meal followed
by a few snacks, by loading up on calories at night you are signaling
your body to store up fat.

The right thing to do is...

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During the first stages of training, overloading your muscles for a
good workout may seem easy. Lets face it, during the initial stages,
almost any training will overload your muscles.

As your workouts progress, so should the intensity. At a certain
point in their regime, most trainers hit a distinct plateau. While
they may have been increasing weights and reps, there comes a point
when your body adapts to those workouts and merely maintains current
size and strength. At this point dramatic changes must take place in
order to continue at aa decent rate of progress. One of these
changes in strategy is Slow Continuous Tension Training.

Bodybuilding Expert Dwayne Hines Interview

Q. Can you give us some background about yourself?

A. I am a bodybuilding and fitness writer as well as a personal trainer. I work for a state agency for my primary job, and I write part-time. I am married and have two active young boys. My goal is to raise them to be Godly young men.

Q. What got you started in bodybuilding and fitness?

A. I started lifting weights for football (I made the All-State Football team my senior year) but migrated over to bodybuilding...

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How Many Exercises Per Muscle Group for Bodybuilding
Isometric Workout Routine

One Exercise Per Body Part

Really? Only one exercise per body part?

This is an almost forgotten old school bodybuilding techinque, used by
such greats as Reg Park, Steve Reeves, Vince Gironda, etc., to build
maximum muscle mass.

The Benefits of Doing One Exercise Per Body Part

Vince Gironda said, "Do one exercise per body part, if you want to
get big fast."

This training routine has many benefits. First it is simple, you just
pick your favorite exercise and you put your all into it. Another
benefit is that you will get a much better pump than with any other
workout routine.

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Fiber and Fat Loss

Recent research indicates that adding foods high in fiber can actually
eliminates calories from your body. A study in the April Journal of
Nutrition indicates that increasing your fiber intake from 13 grams
(the average American intake) to 26 grams will enable your body to
absorb about 90 fewer calories. This is enough to make you 10 pounds
lighter within just a year.

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Sweating is your bodies cooling mechanism. When you exercise intensely,
you can lose two quarts of water in one hour. One way to determine
how much water you need to drink during and after exercise is to weigh
yourself after exercise. For every pound lost during exercise, you
need to replace with two cups of water.

Some symptoms of dehydration are...

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Great Abdominal Exercise
by Terrence Wilke

Just thought you might want to consider an easier way I found to build
abs. I am 55 years old, and have better abs than most in their 20's.
I am an ex-marine, and when in the service over 30 years ago, I was
surprised at how many large-bellied older marines could do lots of
sit-ups, but - well it was obvious those sit-ups weren't doing them
much good. We were often required to aim to complete 80 bent-knee
sit-ups in two minutes. I always met that requirement, but my abs
never were noticeable at all either. Fast forward to 2010.

Here is what has worked wonders for me: Great Abdominal Exercise

Quick Morning Workouts
by Tom Mack

Having to deal with all the activities of the day and still find time
to fit in a killer workout is a constant challenge. Keep in mind that
it does take discipline to work out early in the morning, but if you
stick with you get used to it.

Monday:
Chest,
bench press - 3 sets, 8-12 reps (bar to upper chest near the neck
line is for bodybuilding, bar lower in the chest is for power lifting)
incline press - 3 sets, 8-12 reps
dips - 3 sets, 10 reps (wide grip)

Shoulders,
military press - 3 sets, 8-12 reps
front dumbbell raise - 2 sets, 8-12 reps
lateral dumbbell raise - 2 sets, 8-12 reps
upright rows - 1 set, to failure

Triceps,
french press - 3 sets, 8-12 reps
tricep pushdown - 3 sets, 8-12 reps
dips - 1 set to failure ( close grip, emphasize the triceps)
In between sets work your abs


Tuesday:
Legs,
front squats - 2 sets, 8-12 reps
squats - 3 sets, 8-12 reps
deadlift - 3 sets, 8-12 reps (ankles line up with smooth part
of the bar)
leg extension - 3 sets, 8-12 reps
leg curls - 3 sets, 8-12 reps (super set with leg extension)
calves - 3 sets, 8-12 reps
in between sets work your abs

Wednesday:
Back,
pull ups - 5 sets, 10 reps
barbell rows - 3 sets, 8-12 reps
pull downs 1 set, to failure

Biceps,
seated dumbbell curls - 3 sets, 8-12 reps
straight barbell curls - 3 sets, 8-12 reps
working abs in between sets


Thursday:
OFF

Friday:
Power routine:

power cleans - 6sets, 4-6 reps
jump shrug - 3 sets, 10 reps
box jump - 2-3 sets, 10-20 reps
work abs in between sets

This routine can be completed in an hour. I increase the weight after I
can perform 10-12 reps. On days where I feel strong, I won't count the
reps but go to failure.

Good Luck

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Hypertrophy Specific Training Review, Bryan Haycock HST

by Jim Ryan

Hypertrophy Specific Training, or HST as we will be referring to it,
was developed by Bryan Haycock and is intended to induce the fastest
muscle growth in the shortest period of time without losing muscle
efficiency and without the use of anabolic steroids.

As we are aware there is a tremendous amount of science involved in
bodybuilding, and this is certainly the case with HST. The concept
was developed following some significant research into muscle
hypertrophy and then converted into a strength training program, and
follows some basic principles.

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Shoulder Dumbbell Workout
by Mike DeAngelo

I learned this delt training tip from the great Mike
Francois and who could argue with his delt
development? It involves monopolizing 4 pairs of
dumbells so you might want to try this at a time your
gym is relatively uncrowded. As delts are my favorite
bodypart to train I took to this routine like a
bulldog to a meat truck:
Lay 4 pairs of dumbells {each bell on either side of
you} as you are sitting on a seated, backed* bench.
Use 10-pound increments from lightest to heaviest. I
personally use {after a 2 set warm-up with 20's for 20
reps} 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's.
Press overhead while seated: 50's for 8 reps.
60's for 8 reps.
70's for 8 reps.
80's for 8 reps.
That's one set. Rest 3 minutes. Then press overhead:
80's for 6 reps.
70's for 6 reps.
60's for 6 reps.
50's for 6 reps.
The second set. Rest another 3 minutes. There is no
rest between poundages. The only rest is just long
enough for you to drop the previous dumbells and grab
the next poundage. After this 3 minute's rest:
50's for 4 reps.
60's for 4 reps.
70's for 4 reps.
80's for 4 reps.
The low rep range from 6 to 8 means nothing since you
are doing basically "giant sets". That's it. After a
heavy-breathing break you can do your lateral raises,
bent-over laterals, upright rows, whatever, etc...This
is sure to pack on size. My delts grew like a
feces-fertilized flower in 5 weeks doing only this
routine, no laterals, uprights, bent-overs, etc.
*Another little secret I learned from Mike is if you
have no back problems do your seated overhead press on
a bench with NO BACK. This forces your side delts to
work on the press whereas with a backed bench your
front delt heads would be predominant, as in the
military barbell press. But go easy on the poundage if
you try this. Adios, amigos...

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Foods You Should Avoid

By Nick Philson

Did you know there are evil foods that you should try to eliminate
from your diet completely? These foods are so bad for you, they
can cause you to get fat, give you diabetes, increase your risk of
heart attack, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and stroke,
and may eventually lead to early death!

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Have A Great Leg Workout

To get the best results from your leg workout, train legs on their
own day of the week. When training your legs, you're basically
working half your body in one session.

Training your leg muscles doesn't only work your lower half; it
actually works your entire body, increases your heartbeat and gets
your blood flowing to help burn fat and work your cardiovascular
system. If you're working out hard enough, you won't have any
energy left to train any other body parts anyway.

The squat is the mother of all leg exercises. If you were to do
only one leg exercise, it should be the squat, since it works
your entire body. The regular squat is a great exercise in order
to build your legs and your overall fitness level.

Thigh Exercises
Squats or Leg Press - 4 sets x 12,10,8,6 reps
Leg Extension - 3 sets x 10,8,6 reps

Hamstring Exercises
Lying Leg Curls - 3 sets x 12,10,8 reps
Stiff Leg Deadlifts - 3 sets x 12,10,8 reps

Calf Exercises
Standing Calf Raise - 3 sets x 12,12,12 reps
Seated Calf Raise - 3 sets x 12,12,12 reps

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Water and Muscle Growth

by Dwayne Hines

Do you support your anaerobic training with water? Or do you view water
as something more akin to running and aerobic training refreshment? If
so, you are making a mistake that is holding your training back. Water
is the key element to insure training success – even for resistance
training styles such as weight lifting. In fact failure to adequately
support your training with water can lead to an injury.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Workout

Mon, Wed, Fri

Chest:
Bench press 5 x 6-10
Flat bench flyes 5 x 6-10
Incline bench press 6 x 6-10
Cable crossovers 6 x 10-12
Dips (body weight) 5 x failure
Dumbell pullovers 5 x 10-12.

Back:
Wide-grip chins (to front) 6 x failure
T-bar rows 5 x 6-10
Seated pulley rows 6 x 6-10
One-arm dumbell rows 5 x 6-10
Straight-leg deadlifts 6 x 15

Legs:
Squats 6 x 8-12
Leg press 6 x 8-12
Leg extensions 6 x 12-15
Leg curls 6 x 10-12
Barbell lunges 5 x 15

Calves:
Standing calf raises 10 x 10
Seated calf raises 8 x 15
Oneplegged calf raises (holding dumbells) 6x12

Forearms:
Wrist curls (forearms on knees) - 4 sets, 10 reps
Reverse barbell curls - 4 sets, 8 reps
Wright roller machine - to failure

Abs:
½ hour of a variety of nonspecific abdominal exercises, done virtually nonstop.

Tues, Thurs, Sat

Biceps:
Barbell curls 6 x 6-10
Seated dumbell curls 6 x 6-10
Dumbell concentration curls 6 x 6-10

Triceps:
Close-grip bench presses 6 x 6-10
Pushdowns 6 x 6-10
French press (barbell) 6 x 6-10
One-arm triceps extensions (dumbell) 6 x 6-10

Shoulders:
Seated barbell presses 6 x 6-10
Lateral raises (standing) 6 x 6-10
Rear-delt lateral raises 5 x 6-10
Cable lateral raises 5 x 10-12

Calves , Forearms & Abs:
Same as Monday, Wednesday, Friday workout

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Living The Fitness Lifestyle

The only way to be successful is to eat sensibly and make positive
lifestyle changes, such as:

1. Eat 5 or 6 small, low fat meals throughout the day for improved
metabolism and digestion. These small and frequent meals will also
keep your energy levels running high.

2. Eat 5 to 9 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables daily.

3. Increase your fiber intake to 20-30 grams a day.

4. Activate your metabolism early in the day with a healthy,
wholesome breakfast.

5. Chew your food slowly and drink water before meals.

6. Drink 8-12 glasses of purified or distilled water everyday.

7. Eat your meals in a relaxed and quite environment. Never eat
standing up.

8. Exercise 3-4 times a week for at least 30 minutes. Even minimal
amounts of exercise will help keep you feeling great while burning
additional calories. Walking, bicycling and swimming are the best.

9. Be sure to take to take a good multiple vitamin/mineral
supplement for optimal health.

10. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Keep a good attitude and a
sense of humor every day!

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