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How To Burn The Most Calories

By Paul

Activities that require the coordination of your entire body, such as a total body resistance circuit,  jogging, swimming, and the elliptical trainer, burn more calories than stabilized activities, such as a stationary bike. For maximal calorie burning, choose cardiovascular exercises that use your entire... »

Drop 5 Pounds Before the Holidays (and keep it off)

By Paul

I'd like to share five simple strategies with you for shedding five pounds of fat before the holidays. But first let me clear something up. Weight loss can be put into two categories. The first is a fully concentrated effort. This is where you dedicate yourself to counting every calorie and slaving away in the gym. The pounds come off, but once you... »

Fitness Made Simple

By Paul

Fitness is often presented in way that are complicated and confusing. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I have gone thorugh my passed blog posts and looked for simple ways to improve your health and fitness. So if you want to be (or stay) fit just follow the simple practices below everyday. Throw out your big dinner plates. Using small plates... »

Why Most Will Fail Their Fitness Resolutions Again This Year

By Paul

I have a fact for you. 92% of people that start a fitness program this January will fail. Most of these people will quit by January 22. Some of these 92% will actually end up in worse shape (i.e. fatter and less healthy) than when they started. Yes, that's right!  In only 3 weeks they will have given up on their resolution to lose... »

The Four Most Important Things You Can Do To Transform Your Body

By Paul

There are only four things (seriously) that you need to focus on if you want to get the body of your dreams. I have them listed here by order of importance.  So start with 1 before moving on to 2 and so on. Also, if you are short on time stick to the 1.  If you have more time add 2.  And... »

Why Cardio Should Be On The Bottom Of Your Fat Loss Strategies List

By Paul

*This post is dedicated to TJ. As most of you already know I am not a fan of  long duration, sustained (i.e. boring) cardio.  I keep telling people time and again that if you really want to get your dream body AND become healthier you want to focus on your diet, resistance train and do interval style cardio.  But some people... »

Survival is for the Fittest

By Paul

I am always amazed at how much marketing and the media can dictate what it considered to be truth.  And this is especially prominent when it comes to fitness. With I all I know about health and fitness, people will still argue with me about how training only with machines is the way to go for health and fitness.  They believe this... »

How to Make Interval Training (More) Effective for Fat Loss

By Paul

As  most of you reading this know, I am a big proponent of intervals for fat loss, body transformation and overall health and fitness. I like them over regular cardio because they are quicker than regular cardio, they help your body burn more fat and calories than regular cardio and they improve heart and lung function better than regular cardio.  What... »

How to Have a Flat Stomach This Summer

By Paul

Have you ever looked at an advertisement with a flat stomached model and wished that it was you?  Or at least wished bad things would happen to the model because they had a flat stomach and you didn't?  Freak "accident" anyone. Have you tried to get in bathing suit shape for the summer only to end up spending another year wearing... »

Cardio Bad for Fat Loss and Your Health?

By Paul

I know that since I am a personal trainer some of my ideas about exercising for fat loss and health seem strange, backwards or down right wrong.  People thought Columbus and Newton were crazy too.  In 5-10 years this will be common knowledge, you'll see. You and I are inundated everyday with advice on how to eat right and workout correctly... »

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