Everyone is always searching for that elusive secret that will allow them to magically get thin without having to do any work for it. The idea of magically tricking your body into losing fat is one that has entranced our generation, with millions spent in research every year trying to find that secret formula. If [...]

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Yesterday, we spoke about weight loss and the various theories that underpin how to do it successfully. However, there was one key point that we neglected to mention – the distinction between losing weight and losing fat. What? You mean you didn’t know there was a distinction? Well, there is. And it’s a big one. [...]

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(Photo by Imnop88a) Every field of study has one or two major seminal arguments that underly the basic philosophy of understanding in that subject. Biology has the whole ‘nature vs nurture’ debate. Music has the whole ‘learning by feel vs learning by studying theory in depth’ debate. And of course, celebrity culture has the whole [...]

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Happy Monday! As I’ve alluded to in previous posts, we’re going to be starting a new segment here on the blog called ‘Micro Workout Of The Week’, where I share a 1 or 2 minute micro workout that you can use throughout the course of your daily activities to burn away body fat and get [...]

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One concept that I’m always talking about as a key element in any fat loss program is functional training. Functional training emphasizes using full-body, compound movements to enhance the fat burning and muscle building elements of your workout, while at the same time providing a whole bunch of fun and interesting new exercises for you [...]

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(Photo by tanvach) Carbohydrates are one of those mystical subjects that almost everyone has a different opinion on. Especially when it comes to fat loss and healthy nutrition, the last 50 years or so have seen just about every permutation of carbohydrate-focused diets that you can get: High carb, low carb, Atkins, Zone, High fat/Low [...]

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(photo by johnthescone) You may have heard of a little something called interval training when reading some fitness related information lately. And there’s good reason for that. High intensity interval training (or HIIT as it’s known for short) is fast becoming a huge phenomenon in the fat loss arena due to its tremendous capability to [...]

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