Are you sick and tired of listening to people who claim they’ve discovered how to get rid of belly fat, only to have your stomach look more like a spare tire than a six-pack? Well, it’s no wonder because much of the advice being given these days is just plain wrong.

See, everyone insists that you can get a perfect, chiseled stomach by do nothing more than hours and hours of targeted crunches and cardio exercise. Hate to break it to you, but there really isn’t any way to lose belly fat quick and start sporting a six-pack if all you are doing is exercising.

Now, don’t get me wrong, exercise is definitely important, and there is no way to achieve ripped, six-pack abs without it. But anyone that tells you that exercise alone is how to get rid of belly fat is only telling half the story. That’s because a proper diet is just as crucial to achieving your washboard abs as working out on a consistent basis. Read more

Ever wish that you could kick your stress to the curb and achieve a celebrity-sculpted physique? Cardio kickboxing offers stress-relieving benefits and incredible physical benefits.

If you’ve admired those well-toned celebrity bodies gracing the red carpet, you may be seeing the results of cardio kickboxing. Carmen Electra, Pamela Anderson, Magic Johnson and Shaqille O’Neal are among millions of people around the world who are hooked on cardio kickboxing. The hugely popular Tae Bo exercise routines are among the many forms of this type of intense workout.

If you’ve seen a cardio kickboxing session, you’ve probably been left thinking that such intensity could only result in pain, injury, exhaustion and a bucketful of sweat. You could be right. If you can endure the ache and exhaustion, however, you will see incredible body-chiseling results.

Cardio kickboxing combines the powerful benefits of aerobic exercise with boxing and martial arts movements. The dance-like grace and high energy of an aerobics class is blended with the thrill of martial arts and the tough-as-nails action of boxing. The result is a fun and beneficial form of exercise. Cardio kickboxing tones and strengthens the muscles, but that’s not all; it can also sharpen your reflexes while increasing balance, speed, flexibility and coordination.

Cardio kickboxing is also an excellent stress reliever. When you feel that the weight of the world is on your shoulders or you just can’t take the pressures of your professional or family life, take some time out and kick your life up a notch. You deserve to take a healthy break, and cardio kickboxing is a fun alternative to your regular boring exercise routines.

Cardio kickboxing is hard work, but it will pay off. In just one hour you can burn up to 1,000 calories. If you constantly hold in your bulging tummy and cover up your saggy arms and dimpled thighs, you’d be surprised at how quickly cardio kickboxing can help you burn through that fat.

While there are countless benefits to a cardio kickboxing workout, there are also some downfalls to consider. The most important negative to keep in mind is the serious possibility of injury. You need to know how to complete the moves, and you must be careful to protect yourself from possible injuries. In order to get the greatest benefits, and avoid the potential dangers or cardio kickboxing, be sure to discuss the exercise program with your doctor or health practitioner. This is especially important if you suffer from health problems, or have undergone orthopedic surgery.

Once your doctor has given you the go-ahead, it’s time to find a qualified cardio kickboxing instructor. Be sure that your instructor has certification through a qualified fitness organization. When you and your instructor are ready to being, start exercising at least three times a week, or as advised by your exercise team.

Attitude is everything when taking on any new challenge. Be prepared to succeed, but don’t set yourself up for disappointment. You’re not going to walk out of your first class with a butt like Carmen Electra, or kicking butt like Jackie Chan. Success will take time and effort, but you will achieve it.

Cardio kickboxing is more than exercise; it’s also dedication, motivation, commitment and seriously hard work. Not one other single form of exercise or martial arts delivers the same kick-ass benefits that you can achieve through cardio kickboxing. You’ll beat stress, lose fat, shape your body, tone your muscles, burn through calories, regulate your heart, bust out of monotony and gain the skills and confidence you need to defend yourself. Wow, cardio kickboxing is one serious package. No wonder the world’s hottest celebrities and most powerful athletes name cardio kickboxing as their exercise of choice.

Don’t shy away from the hard work. Embrace the power, focus on the results and try cardio kickboxing. It can feel great when you sweat by the bucket, because you’re seeing your body change and feeling your muscles grow. Try it. Stretch and jump. Box a little harder and kick a little higher. Cardio kickboxing gives you the confidence, health and energy you need to bring out your hidden dynamo.

 

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Contributor Mabel Dugmore is an essayist for several popular Internet magazines, on healthy lifestyle and postpartum doula topics.

Trying to achieve a truly complete full body workout that will enable the exerciser to get the maximum results in the least amount of time, is a matter of quality intense repetitions with accurate natural movement and resistance.

For nearly 35 years now, I have been using a system that has kept me in premier physical condition and can be used by anyone that is serious about getting and staying in shape.

I, like most people, am strapped for time and always have been, so whats a person to do if they want to have an productive, healthy, physical workout and don’t have two hours to spend at a health club. I was a member for almost 15 years at The Chicago Health Club (Ballys total fitness).

Nothing against Bally’s but their own success made it inevitable I needed to quit (I would be paying only $50.00 a year for life). My regimen didn’t include argueing for dibs on a piece of equipment. I was implementing a nonstop progressive full body, muscle group rotation routine that was working quite well for me. I use the same method to this day.

Free weights were very popular back in 1973 when I first became a member of Bally’s and I was implementing free weights into the regimen but the larger crowds made it ever increasingly difficult to get an uninterrupted fluid routine going so I gave the new Nautilus equipment a go and I have’nt looked back since. The perfect fluid movement and resistance allowed for a total body uniformed physical development.

My fitness goals are like most peoples, just looking to have a nice healthy physique, not a barrel chested, muscle ripping physique. I am a littlle ripped though, the regimen simply produces results. Including no luv handles and maintaining strength and flexiblity as I get older.

The workout consists of three intense sets of each exercise, ten reps of each set. And the resistance is such, that when done properly, the muscles can easily be seen expanding and felt. Once I begin, there is no rest between sets, so it is important that if you decide to implement this regimen, you have to condition yourself somewhat for a week or two before you do this. It’s not for wimps but you can lose weight, increase endurance and sculpt your entire boby with this regimen.

It works so well, I now only need to spend 45 minutes, 3 days a week to stay in shape now, since I no longer need to get in shape. If your fitness goals are more aggressive, simply workout for 4 or 5 days out of the week. I personally wouldn’t recommend more than an hour of this per workout. First set, upper body routine (chest, arms, back or shoulders), then immediately lower body (legs, buttocks, or abdomen) then back up to upper muscle group and continually keep rotating between all muscle groups until you finish off with some cardio routines.

Applying more than one kind of exercise per muscle group is also vital for the complete body sculpting effects. Arm routines will include both triceps and biceps for example.

No workout regimen is complete witout including some form of cardio and always start with some warmup and stretching routines.

Since the Nautilus type equipment provided the proper movement and resistance, copying the same effective routine only made sense, so I am deploying a resistance band workout with all the bands, handles and strategically anchored bands ready to go for a non-stop, intense, fat burning, muscle building, body shaping, and short and simple workout regimen.

Performing this routine properly will produce muscle building and fat burning effects hours afterwards and when done on a regular basis will produce noticable results in about two to three weeks and can produce significant results in a month or so.

Eating right is an absolute if you want to reap all the benefits of a complete fitness program.

This is also a great workout for women that are looking to tone and strengthen, while maintaining weight control. By using less resistance and more reps it will have more of a fat burning , muscle toning, body shaping effect.

A total physical conversion can be maintained with this regimen when done with regularity.

A duplicate of my entire regimen, including anchor set up, handles and bands, how to DVD, will be available in early 2008

 

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Give your body an additional input of calories so that your caloric intake will be more than your caloric expenditure. Ideally you should be consuming 17 to 20 times your body weight. This number of calorie intake should be adjusted accordingly to your metabolic rate, activity level and your personal goals.

All calories are not created equal. That is why, you should only consume the right ones from the right type of food sources. These food sources are the High Quality Protein, the High Fiber and Low Glycemic Carbohydrates and the Healthy Unsaturated Fats. The consumption of food from these sources should be spread over 5 to 7 small meals daily.

Drink more water. A slightly dehydrated body will have a significant impact on your strength and performance level. Even a 3-4% decrease in your water level will lead to a 10-20% decrease in your muscle contractions. To find out how much water is enough for you, simply multiply your bodyweight by 0.6. Read more