Monday, April 4, 2011

The Official Fitness Model Program

The Official Fitness Model Program by Fitness Model Jennifer Nicole Lee, Oxygen Magazine cover model!
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Military Style Fitness Program

Modeled after military fitness methods, our workouts will push you to the next level giving you the best full body workout you've ever had.

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

The Fit Blueprint

If you want to lose fat, you need a plan and The Fit Blueprint provides that plan. This workout is designed for minimal time, minimal equipment (exercise at home or at the gym), and great results. Provides exercise description and nutritional plans.

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Friday, March 25, 2011

Mindset to Fitness

Before you transform your body, you have to transform your thoughts. Mindset to Fitness is designed to help you mentally through your work out, fitness program, or new nutritional lifestyle. http://www.personaltrainerinla.com/affiliates for more info.


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The Importance Of Fitness And Nutrition

The Importance Of Fitness And Nutrition

In recent years, people have started to focus more on health and overall well being. Diets, slimming products and different new age regimens are now flooding the health and wellness industry that it is now being considered as a multimillion giant, instead of the obscure field that it was a couple of decades back. And because there is new research each year pointing to the strong relationship between fitness and nutrition, it simply cannot be ignored anymore. Here are some important points that you should remember why it is impossible to separate the two.
We judge the value of the food we eat each day for its taste and nutritional significance. Since there are more people who value taste over nutrition, we  can see how this has contributed greatly to the gradual rise of the obesity rate. We all know just how important good food is for our general well being and health,  it’s important for us to take note of the nutritional value of the food we consume. Whether we would like to admit it or not, calories, fat, vitamins and minerals values etc. are things that we need to look into if we want our bodies to function properly. Knowing which types of food to eat is just one of the important things we need to be aware of if we want to be healthy.
Any health expert will tell you that the body will not be able to function on consuming healthy food alone, but it should also be trained and stimulated with regular physical activity. Fitness pertains to the activities which will be able to regularly work the muscles and get the heart rate pumping. It is as important as nutrition in the sense that it is also a vital part in having a healthy lifestyle,  without it the body will not be able to know or feel the ultimate strength of its capabilities. And because nutrition can have an effect on your fitness levels, you need to make sure that you eat the right types of food so that you can manage your daily tasks.
Knowing just how fitness and nutrition play equal parts in the well being of the body is key, especially for those people who are in the constant struggle to lose weight. Just by choosing the right types of foods to eat, it will become easier to cut back on the calories that do not turn into energy, that energy that is not being spent by the body through a fitness routine. Nutrition and fitness also play a big part in slowing down or stimulating a person’s metabolism rate.
If we want to have a healthy lifestyle and be able to cope with stress and sicknesses more effectively, then always keep in mind why fitness and nutrition is important. They are both important factors for us to keep and maintain our bodies in the prime of health. We cannot have one without the other.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

The Science of Getting Fit

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Dieting and Fitness!!!

Dieting and Fitness!!!

If one wants to live a long, healthy lifestyle, there are two essentials, diet and fitness.
Some believe that these two factors mean one and the same, but the truth is they are a lot different.
It is possible to have a healthy diet and poor fitness level....



You can lose weight through effective diet plans alone, but it is a
difficult process. You can maintain physical fitness and still be a little on
the heavier side. Our lifestyle is largely dependent on the kind of food we
consume. If our diet plan has high fat and low substance products, our bodies
will lack the necessary fuel to burn excess fat. Similarly, if we don't give our
bodies the tools required to build muscles, the number of weights we lift is of
no significance.

In order to produce best results related to a healthy
lifestyle, diet and fitness must work hand in hand. Your fitness regime must
burn the excess fat and calories while a healthy diet must supply the fuel and
nutrients necessary to build muscle. I have often heard that a pound of fat
weighs more than the same amount of muscle. Though this is not completely true,
we know that a pound of muscle will occupy less area in the body when compared
to a pound of fat. Talking in terms of pounds, I would prefer mine to be made of
muscle rather than fat. Throughout your efforts, you must keep in mind that
dieting alone will not build muscle.

You must realize that, in the
process of adding muscles, you may be losing weight without showing significant
progress on the weighing scale. It is essential that you remember this
throughout the weight reduction program. If you measure progress by relying on
the scales, you will be misled to a large extent. Many people do not realize
this, and tend to give up due to frustration, while they are actually beginning
to make progress. Do not let yourself be misled by the scale. Look in
the mirror, wear a pair of your tighter pants to measure your waist. Don't
measure your weight loss success by checking how many pounds you lost this week,
instead, see how it feels after climbing some stairs.

By combining your diet routine with your fitness regimen, you will help the body lose extra fat
that may have been consumed. You can use this trick to make up for your tiny
urges. All you have to do is burn off the extra calories by working out a little
more than usual.
When diet and fitness are combined effectively, it will produce excellent weight loss
results for people who take both seriously. The important thing to be remember
is that neither will work well alone, and they will not work at all unless
you are serious and willing to put in the effort. You must
give it priority in your daily life, and then you can achieve
fantastic results.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Nutrition and Fitness!!!

Nutrition and  Fitness

You've all heard that regular exercise and a healthy diet are part of staying fit, it seems that the idea of fitness nutrition is, more often than not, subordinate to exercise. What does this mean? There seems to be the mistaken notion that it's okay to eat anything as long as you burn it off afterwards.  This is one of the biggest lies where fitness nutrition is concerned.
The aim of fitness nutrition is to give your body the nutrients it needs to stay strong, fit, healthy and energized throughout the day.We all need to eat good food = raw fruits and vegetables, the body loves this kind of nutrition. Eating for health requires that you eat all food groups.  Well, food groupings haven't changed much. You still need your proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals. You need to feed your body with  fruits, vegetables, fish, lean meat, dairy, whole grains and cereals. This means going natural with your food choices as well.
 Eat in moderation and at the right times. Too much of anything is bad, so don't get too caught up in the high-protein low-carb diets. Eating healthy is eating the right amounts from all food groups in small portions five to six times a day. Never skip breakfast, this is the most important meal of the day. If you don't eat, you're starving your body and preparing it to snack on more sugar-rich and unhealthy junk later in the day.
What if you do feel the need to snack during the day? Opt for fresh fruits like bananas, pears or apples, they're full of fiber, vitamins and minerals. Yogurt is also a good alternative it is rich in calcium and protein, it also has live Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria that's good for the digestive system as well.

Fitness nutrition also means minding how you eat,. chewing your food well and taking the time to enjoy your meal for at least 20 minutes, eating when you're hungry, not because you're stressed or emotionally upset. It's stopping when you're already full. Finally, eating for health also means learning healthier ways of preparing foods. You need to learn how to cook foods through steaming and stir-frying instead of deep frying them. It also means stocking your pantry with healthful foods.
Eat healthy. Live healthy. This is the real essence of fitness nutrition.

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Friday, January 7, 2011

Low Carb Diet Tips!!!

Low Carb Diet Tips
Most diets incorporate a section of the overall diet to cutting back on carbs. Cutting back on carbs is a good thing because it means cutting back on sugar, and of course there is weight loss involved here. We will be looking at some low carb diet tips to help us do just that. Diet plans differ in the amount of carbs to cut back, but they all suggest reducing the carb intake as part of the plan.
There a few things that happen to our body's when we go through a strict low carb diet. In some case's, especially in a zero carb diet like the Adkins diet (first two weeks) where the intake is zero, or almost zero carbs. First thing is that after a couple of weeks of zero carbs, our body's go into a state of ketosis. What the heck is that? Basically what happens is our body's use the stored fat for energy. We become a fat burning machine. Without taking in any sugar, fat is used as energy so with every move we make we are losing our own fat, and that's a very good thing. After losing the desired weight, carbs can be added a little at a time. Low carb diet tips can be found anywhere (just google the term) in order for you to stay on track with this. You can find out if you are in the state of ketosis by using strips that you test your urine with. They can be found at any vitamin shop, and they come with a color code on the container. I think the closer you get to dark purple the better.
These low carb diet tips come straight from the horses mouth. I personally went through the Adkins diet a long time ago, about 25 years ago. It was looked at as sort of a Fad back then by the Medical Field. They considered it a dangerous thing to go into ketosis. But as the years went by and more and more people lost weight  with it, it kind of became main stream in the diet industry. I myself lost a lot of weight at the time, a client of mine gave me Dr. Adkins diet book and I jumped right in. After going through all the low carb diet tips in that book and doing the two weeks with zero carbs, I couldn't believe how much weight I lost. I'm not pushing the Adkins diet but hey, got to be truthful. I'm in my late sixties now and prefer a more moderate approach to weight loss. One that has a certified trainer and nutritionist that can set things up for me and help me to be a slimmer, healthier and more beautiful person. I'm not pushing myself but hey, got to be truthful.;0)--Just having a little fun--. There is plenty more low carb diet tips but we will save it for another day. Hope these were helpful and you had as much fun reading this as I had writing it.