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I’ve gotten a lot of emails from my fitness tips newsletter subscribers asking about certain bodyweight or interval training exercises.If you’ve been a subscriber or have been reading this blog for awhile, you know I talk a lot about the power of bodyweight exercises and high intensity interval training.

Here’s a short video based on a routine similar to what I talked about in this post ==>> Bodyweight Cardi How to Video

It’s finally here!
Advanced Arm Training

I’m finally about ready to release my Advanced Arm Training report.  It’s going live this week!  This program is based on a routine I, and others, have used to add 1/2 inch (or more) of muscle mass to our upper arms in a mere week (from three workouts).

I added a new post to my blog about the three components you need to have in any health and fitness plan, whether you are trying to burn fat or build muscle.  Check it out ==>> Fasted Way to Burn Fat and Build Muscle

Last week I almost sliced my thumb in half opening a can.  Blood gushed everywhere like those special effects in low budget horror films. You know, we REALLY need our thumbs!

Training wise, spent most of the past week doing lower body weight training and conditioning since I couldn’t hold anything with my right hand.

Got back into the gym Thursday for an upper body workout.  I’m extremely sore right now but it felt great.  Thumb didn’t bother me at all while lifting.  Only when I picked up weights with my right hand out of habit and squeezed against my thumb.

Fat burning cardio isn’t what it used to be. 

Sadly, very few people know that the typical low-intensity long-duration cardio isn’t the best or most efficient way to burn body fat, boost your metabolism and get ripped six pack abs.

They are still hopping on the treadmill and fast walking for an hour at a time, six of seven days a week.

The best fat burning cardio you can do involves cranking up the intensity and doing high intensity interval training. 

There is a limitless number of ways to perform interval training and the great thing is you can do a lot of it without very little or no equipment at all.

You perform interval training by doing repeated high intensity bouts (intervals) alternated with an active rest period and you do this for x number of sets.

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Yesterday I posted about a great fitness interview I did with Marzia Prince.  She also detailed the training program at the time while she was training to compete in a sprint triathlon.  You can check out here routine here ==>> Burn Fat Faster With Marzia Prince

I had the opportunity and pleasure to interview personal trainer and fitness model Marzia Prince for Body Talk magazine.Marzia Prince is currently a Gaspari Nutrition spokesmodel and runs a thriving personal training business. She won the 2007 Ms. Bikini Universe.

Earlier this year, Marzia won the Bikini Competition at the Lyzabeth Lopex Fame Classic that was held in Toronto, Canada on Saturday May 10, 2008. As the result of her victory, Marzia has earned her pro card with FAME. Less than 100 women worldwide have the honor of holding a FAME pro card.

Marzia is a certified Physical Fitness Specialist, Pre/Postnatal Fitness Instructor, Biomechanics of Resistance Training, Fitness Specialist for Older Adults (65+), Coaching Healthy Behaviors and CPR Certified.

Whew! And you thought she was just a hot blonde!

You can check out the interview here - train with fitness model Marzia Prince

Burning fat can be a frustrating process.    All too often people go overboard and jump right in to severe calorie restriction and/or hours and hours of exercise.

When they don’t see big results immediately from all this sacrifice they give up and quit out of frustration.    Make sure that doesn’t happen to you.

Here are three simple things you can do to start burning fat and feeling better.  <strong />

1.  Stay away from sugary snacks.

Sugary snacks are convenient and available.    They also cause a sugar rush and you go from high sugar (and a burst of artificial energy) to low sugar (resulting in sluggishness) from the insulin surge.    This is a big reason so many people are tired all the time.    Simply eliminate sugary snacks and you’ll see your energy levels and mood improve.  <strong />

2.  Reduce Your Calories Gradually

If you decide to lose weight, don’t start a severe diet the next day and drastically reduce your calories.    Instead, reduce them slowly over time.  Decrease your calorie intake by small amounts every week or two.    This will keep your metabolism humming along at an efficient pace, as well as allow you to adapt and make it less likely that you’ll feel starved all the time.  <strong />

3.  Vary Your Caloric Intake

Once you get down to the calorie level you want, be sure to have a couple of higher calorie days every week.    This, too, will help keep your metabolism revving, as well as make it easier for you to stick to your lower calorie days.

You’ll burn more fat this way than trying to suppress your calorie intake for long periods of time.

Put these three fat burning tips into your every day routine and you’ll feel better, healthier, and have an easier time sticking to your weight loss program.

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One question I get asked quite often from people trying to put together a workout program is how exactly are they supposed to do it.

The question usually goes something like "does it matter which body parts I train together and if so, how do I make sure to group the body parts together in the right way?"

You see a lot of incorrect body part splits in the magazines and then people follow them because they expect them to be correct.

Here’s how you really do it.

Most people, after gaining some exercise experience, break their up their exercise routine from a full body routine to a split routine where they only work certain body parts or muscles in one workout.

This can be a great way to shorten your workouts, as well as focus on certain body parts for a certain period of time.

The key is to create a routine that isn’t going to cause over training and stop all your progress cold. This means understanding which muscles work together so you don’t work them on consecutive days.

For example, you don’t want to do a hard chest workout followed by a hard tricep workout the next day.

The tricep is a small muscle that gets worked hard during most chest exercises like bench presses and dips. If you put your tricep exercise program a day after your chest workout, you’ll most likely over train.

A good example of a traditional two way split is to work you upper body one day and your lower body the next day.   Then take a day off and repeat the split.

A typical exercise week might look like this:

• Monday Upper Body (Chest, Back, Arms and Shoulders)
• Tuesday Lower Body (Quads, Hamstrings and Calves)
• Wednesday Off
• Thursday - Same as Monday
• Friday - Same as Tuesday
• Weekend Off

Keep in mind that sometimes even this split may overlap depending on the exercises you choose.

For example, if you choose the deadlift for the back, you may want to take a day of rest before doing the lower body workout because the deadlift, although considered a back exercise, works the legs hard as well.

Pay attention to what muscles your exercises work and then avoid working those same muscles two days in a row. This will help you avoid over training a muscle, which will kill your results.

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