Cardio For the FAIL

Have you ever noticed that what is commonly thought of as the truth about any subject is usually outdated and quite often later proven totally false? I can only speak about my field of health, fitness and longevity for sure, but I suspect it is also true in other areas as well. The myths of cholesterol, calcium, sunlight and aerobic exercise are all good examples.

Did you know that the vast majority of people in this day and age have excess abdominal fat? The first thing that most people think of is that their extra abdominal fat is simply ugly, is covering up their abs from being visible, and makes them self conscious about showing off their body. However, what most people don't realize is that excess abdominal fat in particular, is not only ugly, but is also a dangerous risk factor to your health. Scientific research has clearly demonstrated that although it is unhealthy in general to have excess body fat throughout your body, it is also particularly dangerous to have excess abdominal fat. So what gets rid of extra abdominal fat? Is there actually a REAL solution beyond all of the gimmicks and hype that you see in ads and on commercials for "miracle" fat loss products?

In the morning jump roping really helps raise your heart rate and get you started for the day. It's a great inexpensive cardio exercise you can do literally 1 min after you wake up. It'll help you get out of bed in the morning and ready to start your day.

As a matter of fact, more than double the number of women voted abs as the sexiest body part on a man compared to biceps, and THREE TIMES the number of women voted abs as sexier than pecs! So, what we're going to focus on here is how to maximize your muscle mass, while at the same time, stripping off as much of your body fat as we can to get you that lean, ripped, "cut" appearance that everybody wants.

Women are not interested to build muscles like men do. Cardio exercises are best suited for them. Their main objective for visiting a fitness club is always to shed those extra pounds and get a toned body. Nowadays women of every age group want to look sexier and young. They are regularly visiting gyms to get that desired figure.

In this article, I have an intriguing discussion about cardio workouts, which will hopefully get you thinking differently, and trying new things. lose body fat with weight trainingYou may know I've been called the anti-cardio guy before, but this week I'm back posing the question to you... Do you really need cardio training to get lean and in great shape? By the way, you'll see in a minute that I'm not really "anti-cardio", just "anti traditional cardio".

If you are an experienced spinner, or just a beginner, you've without question seen and heard of heart rate zones. Every spinning class I've ever been a part of talks about heart rate zones and reaching certain zones for a period of time. But, nobody really ever explained them to me. Here is a simple run down of heart rate zones as they relate to training and spinning.

Warning: this style of workout is WAY different than anything you've ever tried before and may result in a dramatically leaner, stronger body so that your friends no longer recognize you in a matter of weeks! Alright, I exaggerated about your friends recognizing you, but this workout is still great for busy people that always use the excuse that they don't have time to go to the gym, or even for the normal gym rat to try out for a few weeks to break out of a plateau.

Are you still stuck in the imaginations that you need to spend several hours in the gym working out for getting results and burn fat? Forget about that! New studies have shown that short but efficient workout routines are better than those long hours in the gym.

I was out recently with some friends and we stopped at a fast food joint. I hate fast food joints, but sometimes everybody else wants to go there, so you just have to make the best of it and find something at least somewhat healthy. If you're forced to eat fast-food, here's a tip to make sure that you're not doing much damage to your body...