Cut Your Belly Fat

High intensity workouts help you cut belly fat faster than less strenuous exercise. If you want to lose some weight around the old waistline - the best way to lose belly fat is with vigorous exercise and a healthy diet!

You may burn more calories overall mixing high intensity spurts in your daily jog or cardio exercise. Kick start your weight loss - building muscles and burning loads of calories! If you enjoy running as part of your fitness plan - mix in some short bursts of speed early in your run. You'll burn more calories and your metabolism will keep burning calories for hours after your run!

Studies also suggest that even if your total caloric expenditure is slightly lower, high intensity workouts can create a modest “after-burn” effect, so you’ll lose more fat.

Add some strength training every other day and you'll not only build muscles - you'll give your calorie burners a little extra boost! When you build muscle, you boost your resting metabolic rate and increase lean body mass.

Women and men can both enjoy the benefits of strength training. Both can sculpt leaner, sexier looking bodies and develop strong muscles.

In one study, women who lifted weights for 25 minutes just two or three times a week gained an average of two pounds of muscle (and lost about four pounds of fat) over an eight-week period.

Strength training is a great way to sculpt sexier looking muscles. If you want to be sleek and strong, why not try Yoga? Many fitness experts believe that this workout can help you develop long, strong muscles, a flat stomach, a strong back, and improved posture. And like working out with weights, Yoga stretches and strengthens connective tissue (tendons and ligaments) and may help reduce your risk of osteoporosis later in life.

If you've been inactive for a few years, the first step is to increase your physical activity as part of your daily life. This is so easy. Try walking or biking to visit friends or to run errands that are not far from home. Park a little farther away when you head out to work or school and enjoy an invigorating walk across the parking lot. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Work in your yard or garden, or take a walk with family or friends after dinner and on the weekends.

Once you start becoming more active in your daily life, incorporate some moderately intense activities as well (for example, brisk walking). If you haven’t been very active lately, start out slowly and listen to your body. When you feel out of breath or tired, slow down or rest. Your body will tell when to ease up a bit!

The key is getting started. Right now! Don’t delay. Just do something to get started. Get out and jog around the block. Enjoy the spring-like weather many of us have had this week. And keep increasing your physical activity each day. Try to improve upon your diet.- enjoy eating healthy foods. Get your protein early in the morning to fuel your exercise throughout the day!

The best way to lose belly fat is with a frequent vigorous exercise and eating healthy foods!

Enjoy the Journey

Is losing weight really that hard? If you’re like me you sometimes have to ask yourself – where did these extra pounds come from.

Luckily there a many natural and healthy ways to lose weight fast. Make exercise and healthy eating two of your daily habits. You can have a much healthier body – and outlook towards life in a surprisingly short time.

Simply cut out one soda every day and walk a couple miles each day! You could easily lose over twenty pounds per year with this one tiny change! Here are some more estimates for calories you can burn during just one hour of exercise:

Bicycling (5 mph) 175
Dancing (Ballroom) 210
Golf (2-some, carrying clubs) 324
Horseback riding (sitting to trot) 246
Light housework, cleaning, etc. 220
Swimming 280
Tennis (recreational doubles) 312
Volleyball (recreational) 250
Aerobic Dancing 500

As you can see - the possibilities are great. So get out there and have some fun while you torch those extra pounds!

Getting in shape fast takes daily exercise and healthy eating choices. Start your journey today. The quickest way to lose weight is with daily exercise and healthy eating! You can do it – enjoy the journey towards a much healthier lifestyle. You can eat healthy, exercise and lose weight fast!

Healthy Children

The benefits of better health and fitness start at an early age.

Healthy children are more likely to develop into healthy adults. Playing sports and regular physical activity can reduce your childrens’ risk of many of the chronic diseases of adulthood. Student athletes do better academically and have lower school drop-out rates than their nonathletic counterparts. Frequent regular physical activity can enhance childrens’ mental health, reducing symptoms of stress and depression and improve their self-esteem.

Physical activity and exercise have been clinically proven to enhance your mood and reduce anxiety. Playing sports and getting regular exercise act as a natural, cost-effective intervention for the mental health of adolescents. Numerous authors have documented a combination of psychosocial benefits such as self-confidence, self-esteem, higher energy levels and positive body image. It is important to note that these gains appear to be influenced by interactions with parents, who can either encourage or dampen a child’s interest and involvement in sports.

The benefits for our growing daughters are especially important.

Researchers found that the more days adolescent females exercised per week, the more likely they were to postpone their first experience with sexual intercourse. Second, preliminary analysis from a study of adolescents from western New York (an area with one of the highest rates of adolescent pregnancy in the United States) indicated that higher rates of athletic participation among adolescent females were significantly associated with lower rates of both sexual activity and pregnancy (Sabo, Farrell, Melnick, & Barnes, 1996).

What can we - as parents - do to encourage our little loved ones to join in the fun? Lead by example is one vital step. Second - encourage our childrens' teachers and school administrators. Girls and boys need to work and play together, starting from an early age. It is often easier for both sexes to play together and learn in small, relaxed groups where children know each other well.

Sports and physical activity can serve as a social and cultural intersection where adolescents, parents and caring adults can come together in mutually supportive ways. The swimming pool, or basketball court are safety zones where our children can hang out together and have fun in a healthy environment. Sports can help our youth test and challenge themselves, learn about competition, develop physical endurance, strength and flexibility, and have fun all at the same time.

Healthy children can grow up to be well balanced, happy and healthy adults!

In Search of Perfect Abs

Perfect Looking Abs? Just a dream or can you really sculpt a tighter tummy like you'd see on an old episode of Baywatch?

Well, the good news is - Yes, you can lose belly fat and develop stronger Abs - and eventually have the kind of tight abs we all wish we had! How soon is somewhat dependent on where you are today. If you're already fairly slim - and haven't grown a potbelly yet - you're in luck! You can sculpt a tighter looking tummy in a matter of weeks!

For those of us who somehow managed to develop somewhat of a bulge above our belts - well the time-frame is going to be a little longer! With plenty of consistent aerobic exercise and some ab strengthening exercises we too can have a tighter tummy!

Watch this short video for some excellent tips on developing your ab muscles -



You can have a slimmer, younger looking body! You too can have the kind of tighter, sexier abs that members of the other sex will admire! And want!

Make today the start of your quest for perfect Abs! Get some simple inexpensive home fitness equipment and start burning calories and building muscles!

Its All in Your Mind!

Is better fitness one of your goals this year? Do you ever find it difficult to maintain your enthusiasm – or feel like skipping a day in your workout schedule?

Sometimes the biggest challenge is really all in your mind! It’s just a mental roadblock or speed bump. Don’t be deterred – try these five tips to help sustain your efforts:

1) View workouts as time for yourself, rather than as a chore. On days when you’re unmotivated, promise to do just five minutes of exercise. Once you get started, you’ll feel the urge to keep going and do much more.

2) Whether you hope to lose 20 pounds or run a mini marathon, you can if you think you can! Set yourself up for morale building victories by establishing short-term goals and rewarding yourself as you reach your milestones.

3) Vary your workouts occasionally by trying different exercises or sports. Enjoy playing a variety of different sports! Choose different exercise routines and gradually build upon your exercise time and intensity. Give your body a variety of challenging thrills and make it fun! Your fitness efforts will seem much easier if you’re having fun. Enjoy your journey to better health and fitness!

4) Bring your long term goal goals to life through visualization. Imagine how you’ll feel slipping into that slinky new dress or walking confidently in a hot little bikini at your favorite beach.

5) Take pictures every week or so and document your progress! After just a few months you’ll most likely be amazed at your progress.

You can have a better life. A healthier and happier life - full of more fun and energy! Start today! If you are wanting to lose some weight this year - the quickest way to lose weight is start getting in shape fast! Exercise most days and keep eating healthy foods. Soon you'll feel better and look better.

Enjoy Life More!

Is it a realistic hope to get in better shape between now and the end of summer? Can you lose some of those extra pounds before school starts up again? The answer is a resounding Yes! You know you can do it! You can get with the program and lose those unsightly bulges. Trim that waist and work on slimmer thighs. You can firm up that butt. And strengthen your ab muscles.

Six-Pack abs may be just a dream - before Labor Day! And - you can start getting some serious aerobic exercise in most days and have a tighter tummy by Halloween! Just in time for all those hilarious Halloween parties!

Yes, there is time to shed those unwanted extra pounds. Time to slim down and look real hot in whatever outfit you put on! There's still time to get in better shap shape and fit into that beautiful little bikini. Getting in shape fast is possible. You CAN have a healthier, sexier body before this Summer goes into the history books.

The key is getting started. Right now! Don’t delay. Just do something to get rolling. And keep increasing your physical activity each day. Enjoy a better diet.

Getting in shape fast is a realistic goal. Start eating healthy foods, exercising and building muscles! The sooner you starter the sooner you too can enjoy the countless benefits of better health!

Have fun with whatever exercise routine you go for. Try new things. A variety of workouts and exercises will help you maintain a better balanced physique! Take up a new sport – or two. Work hard at having fun!

You can reshape your body into a leaner, sexier body with plenty of energy for just about any pursuit. People will start to notice your better health. You’ll start to display a renewed vigor for life and have a much better attitude. Your self confidence will continue to grow. You can enjoy life more!