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Showing posts with label john alexander. Show all posts
Monday, February 16, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Treadmill Abs
By Jon Benson
You don't need fancy machines or millions of sit-ups to get rock-hard abdominal muscles. By simply blowing out your air and crunching down as if you were compressing your chest into your pelvis while you're on the treadmill (or just walking around the block), you can get a fantastic ab workout.
I came up with this idea a few years ago, and use it almost every day. You can work on your interval training and get that six-pack stomach at the same time. Two birds, one stone.
Here's how to do it. While walking, blow out your air. Contract your abs and hold that contraction for two to three seconds. Then take a deep breath. Do 10 to 15 reps. That's all there is to it!
Now if I can remember to do this while marketing the We Provide The Cash program created by John Alexander, I'll be in good shape!
You don't need fancy machines or millions of sit-ups to get rock-hard abdominal muscles. By simply blowing out your air and crunching down as if you were compressing your chest into your pelvis while you're on the treadmill (or just walking around the block), you can get a fantastic ab workout.
I came up with this idea a few years ago, and use it almost every day. You can work on your interval training and get that six-pack stomach at the same time. Two birds, one stone.
Here's how to do it. While walking, blow out your air. Contract your abs and hold that contraction for two to three seconds. Then take a deep breath. Do 10 to 15 reps. That's all there is to it!
Now if I can remember to do this while marketing the We Provide The Cash program created by John Alexander, I'll be in good shape!
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Why You Should Avoid the Elliptical Machine
By Craig Ballantyne
Elliptical machines are often the only option for people with bad knees. But if your knees are healthy, think twice before using them - for two reasons.
Reason #1. Men's Health magazine warns, "Never trust elliptical machines." And they quote a study which found that elliptical machines overestimated the number of calories burned in a workout by 31 percent.
Ouch.
So if your "elliptical cardio workout" burned 400 calories, the truth is you really burned closer to 300.
Reason #2. Men's Health magazine interviewed "Biggest Loser" contestant Ed Brantley, who lost 73 pounds while on the show. Ed had this to say: "I hated the elliptical. It was too easy. I didn't feel like I was doing anything."
I couldn't have said it better myself. But that's EXACTLY why elliptical machines are so popular. They are inferior for fat loss because they fail my "human nature" test.
Put it this way...
Take 100 people and put them in a gym with 100 treadmills and 100 elliptical machines. Tell them they have to exercise for 30 minutes at a hard pace, and they can use either the treadmill or the elliptical. Guess where 90 percent of those folks will be headed?
To the elliptical!
Why? Because it is human nature to take the easy way out. That is why elliptical machines are so busy at the gym. You rarely see anyone doing intervals on a treadmill or bodyweight circuits in the corner.
So if you are stuck at a fat-loss plateau and you've been counting on the elliptical machine to help you, forget it. You can't say you "worked out" if you don't get any real work done. Stick to the bike, the treadmill, or bodyweight exercises.
Elliptical machines are often the only option for people with bad knees. But if your knees are healthy, think twice before using them - for two reasons.
Reason #1. Men's Health magazine warns, "Never trust elliptical machines." And they quote a study which found that elliptical machines overestimated the number of calories burned in a workout by 31 percent.
Ouch.
So if your "elliptical cardio workout" burned 400 calories, the truth is you really burned closer to 300.
Reason #2. Men's Health magazine interviewed "Biggest Loser" contestant Ed Brantley, who lost 73 pounds while on the show. Ed had this to say: "I hated the elliptical. It was too easy. I didn't feel like I was doing anything."
I couldn't have said it better myself. But that's EXACTLY why elliptical machines are so popular. They are inferior for fat loss because they fail my "human nature" test.
Put it this way...
Take 100 people and put them in a gym with 100 treadmills and 100 elliptical machines. Tell them they have to exercise for 30 minutes at a hard pace, and they can use either the treadmill or the elliptical. Guess where 90 percent of those folks will be headed?
To the elliptical!
Why? Because it is human nature to take the easy way out. That is why elliptical machines are so busy at the gym. You rarely see anyone doing intervals on a treadmill or bodyweight circuits in the corner.
So if you are stuck at a fat-loss plateau and you've been counting on the elliptical machine to help you, forget it. You can't say you "worked out" if you don't get any real work done. Stick to the bike, the treadmill, or bodyweight exercises.
Monday, October 20, 2008
H2O Weight Loss
File this one under "hard to believe." Still, researchers from California believe they have found a simple - free - way to lose weight.
The researchers looked at 173 overweight women (aged 25-50) who reported drinking less than one liter of water per day. These women were then instructed to increase their water consumption, and were studied for a year.
Remarkably, the researchers found that the increased water intake was associated with a significant increase in both weight loss and fat loss. The results suggest that if an overweight woman drinks less than one liter of water per day, the simple act of drinking more water may be beneficial.
The researchers think that drinking the water may promote weight loss by lowering total energy intake and/or altering metabolism. So while it is hard to believe that weight loss could be that simple, the results of this study support the many personal trainers and nutritionists who insist that their weight-loss clients immediately begin drinking more water.
If you drink next to no water, add three cups of water per day to what you're already drinking this way: Drink one cup immediately upon waking, another cup as soon as you get to work, and a third cup in the afternoon, just before you leave work. That's easy, isn't it? And it might just give your fat loss a boost.
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The researchers looked at 173 overweight women (aged 25-50) who reported drinking less than one liter of water per day. These women were then instructed to increase their water consumption, and were studied for a year.
Remarkably, the researchers found that the increased water intake was associated with a significant increase in both weight loss and fat loss. The results suggest that if an overweight woman drinks less than one liter of water per day, the simple act of drinking more water may be beneficial.
The researchers think that drinking the water may promote weight loss by lowering total energy intake and/or altering metabolism. So while it is hard to believe that weight loss could be that simple, the results of this study support the many personal trainers and nutritionists who insist that their weight-loss clients immediately begin drinking more water.
If you drink next to no water, add three cups of water per day to what you're already drinking this way: Drink one cup immediately upon waking, another cup as soon as you get to work, and a third cup in the afternoon, just before you leave work. That's easy, isn't it? And it might just give your fat loss a boost.
$400 - $600 Per Click...
...Every day...
I'm serious...
...Over $21000 made since June 24rd...
But who's counting...
...Believe it....
Find out how...
...Watch the short video now...
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