Free Fat Loss e-Book

October 6th, 2009 No Comments

Free Fat Loss Ebook

Training and Nutrition:

Insider Secrets for a Lean Body.

One of the reasons that I’ve enjoyed so much success as a personal trainer is that I do my best to make every single client feel appreciated. A simple thank you or gesture goes a long way to building a great long-term relationship. This is why I am giving away this free ebook when you subscribe to kamaral.com. Training and Nutrition: Insider secrets for a Lean Body is a very powerful tool to have when you are trying to lose fat and get back into great shape. It covers how you should be exercising, and more importantly, how you should be eating.

Your Training and Nutrition Insider Secrets is written by Mike Geary, the best-selling author of “The truth about abs”. You will have over 60 pages full of great reading material that will definitely put you one step ahead of everyone because Mike is a personal trainer and a certified nutrition consultant – so he’s got you covered on both ends. Training and Nutrition Secrets is a $17.99 ebook that you receive absolutely FREE when you sign up for Kamaral.com to receive your free fat loss advice and great tips for eating healthier.

As a subscriber, you will have access to some of the most closely guarded personal training secrets ever! Learn the secrets that some of my clients pay up to $100 an hour to know – and learn why they keep coming back for more! You will also be notified whenever I add a new blog post. I know most people can’t afford $100 an hour to meet with me one-on-one, but that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve the chance to learn the best fat burning exercises. You deserve to learn about the foods that actually increase your metabolism! Fitness should not be a luxury, it should be a necessity. So this is what I want to share with you at Kamaral.com. You will also receive links to other great reading material to further help you reach your goals. You have nothing to lose. If you are not happy with my content, simply unsubscribe. The ebook is yours to keep.

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Burn belly fat with no equipment

October 5th, 2009 7 Comments

Burn Belly Fat with No Equipment

No Weights, No Problem

It’s a busy day, everything that can go wrong, goes wrong! You’re running late and you realise that you won’t have time to make it to the gym. Well your day isn’t a complete bust, you can get a quick fat burning workout with absolutely no equipment. All you need is a little space and 15 minutes.

Perform the following:

15 squats,

15 lunges,

15 push-ups (modified if you are female, or weak)

20 Sit ups

After resting for 2 minutes, repeat the circuit two more times so a total of 3 sets. Remember to rest for 2 minutes between each circuit because you WILL be tired.

This routine will definitely get your heartrate going so you’ve got your cardio covered. Squats and lunges work the muscles of your entire lower body – Glutes, quads and hamstrings. Pushups work your triceps and shoulders while incorporating your core muscles. The situps are a great abdominal workout.

So not being able to go to the gym is not an excuse to quit on your fat loss goals. Remember every single day is a step closer to your goal of permanently losing weight so you can have a nice flat stomach, and a great body overall. Fitness is a marathon, it’s not a sprint. Don’t ever think it’s ok to lose a whole day because you were busy. If you want it bad enough, you will find a way.

No Weights, no problem – do this fat burning workout with no equipment.

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Detox diets and fat loss lies

October 3rd, 2009 2 Comments

Detox diets and fat loss lies

Lies about burning belly fat and getting a flat stomach are so easy to find, you can see them at the top of some google searches. Just type in “fat loss secrets”. This is a follow-up to an earlier article I wrote about top secret fat loss secrets (Read it here, FAT LOSS LIES). This is a bogus detox diet in which the seller makes outrageous promises about fat loss, and uses an ad campaign full of hype and lies to fuel profits.

One of my regular clients is a physician, and he confirmed my statement that doctors DO NOT prescribe weight loss or diet pills to their patients. However, the creator of Top Secret Fat Loss Secrets states that 99% of all doctors want to keep you fat with products design to keep you fat. That claim is completely fabricated.

Please let me be very clear about this: A detox diet will not help you get a flat stomach. It will not burn belly fat. It will do nothing to get right of stomach fat, or any fat at all. Detox diets are not fat loss diets; they are cleansing diets. They cleanse your system so that your intestines and colon pass out excess waste. This temporary cleanse has no fat burning effects. It’s simply a “flush”.

The weight that you lose is the excess waste that gets flushed out. Yes, it will seem like your waistline is smaller, but as soon as you return to your normal diet, your intestines will get clogged again, and your stomach will expand again. Detox is temporary and there is no fat loss involved.

If you really want to get a flat stomach, if you really want to burn belly fat and lose weight permanently, you need to change your diet and exercise. However, just showing up to the gym and messing around on a few machines won’t do the trick, there are specific things you need to do. All exercises were not created equal. There are a few secret exercises that burn an insane amount of calories while building strength and endurance. Bicep curls? Crunches? Not even close. There are exercises that are specifically designed to challenge your entire body. These exercises are the key to unlocking your true calorie burning potential.

Your diet is also extremely important. It is actually the most important factor when it comes to getting rid of excess stomach fat. Eat the right foods at the right time and your body will actually burn calories while you are doing nothing! How sweet it that!?

Check out this article to learn more about how you can get rid of excess stomach fat.

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The truth about ab exercises

October 2nd, 2009 3 Comments

The little known truth about Ab Workouts

I know this won’t be easy for a lot of you to accept. But my aim is not to make things easy, it’s to give you the truth so you can know what it really takes to be fit and healthy:

Whenever I get a new client at the gym, one of the first things they tell me is, “I want to do lots of exercises for my abs so I can have a flat stomach.”

Then, I crush all of their hopes and dreams by telling them, “Abs exercises don’t make your stomach flat”. I give them a minute to let it sink in and then I reveal the truth about abdominal exercises.

First, abdominal exercises are great for strengthening your abdominal muscles, THAT’S IT. One thousand crunches and any other twisting variation to the sit-up will not burn fat from your stomach. That’s not the way it works. Ab belts, ab machines, ab lounges, ab chair, any machine with the word “ab” in it are all expensive pieces of furniture that will never make your stomach flat. Ab workouts are still very important because a strong core is the key to overall strength, and it gives you the ability to do the real exercises that will help you burn fat and get a flat tummy. But ab workouts alone are not the answer to a belly fat. You see, you cannot manipulate your body into burning fat from a certain area of your body. So if you have fat around your arms, doing an arm workout for an hour does not burn fat from your arms.

Everyone’s body burns fat differently. Some people tend to lose weight in their face first, then arms, then stomach. Some people lose weight in their hips and thighs first, then their stomach. It’s just the genetic cards you’ve been dealt. But understand that it is definitely possible for you to lose fat from your stomach. You just have to stick to the proper blue-print and be consistent.

You have to understand that losing fat means you have to burn off the excess calories on your body. You need to do activities that burn as much as calories as possible. Crunches and sit-ups work only your abs (a rather small muscle group). You’re not burning a whole lot of calories when you focus only on your abs. Instead, you should be focusing on exercises that involve your bigger muscles groups, like your legs, butt and shoulders. You burn way more calories working those bigger muscles as opposed to your abs only. If anyone tells you that a certain ab exercises will make your stomach flat, they are lying to you or they don’t know better.

In addition to working your larger muscle groups, pay attention to your diet and always do some sort of cardio to burn off extra calories. Then, and only then, will you begin to see a decrease in your waistline.

And that my friends, is the ugly truth.

If you want to know the real reason you have excess stomach fat, then you have to read this article by Mike Geary.

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One reason you have belly fat

October 1st, 2009 6 Comments

One reason you may have belly fat

and some easy ways to fix it

It’s the number one thing we wish we could change on our body, ugly belly fat. I know, it’s disgusting, it’s preventing you from wearing that fitted t-shirt you love because you can see the pudge surfacing like a hump back whale in the ocean. How many times have you looked in the mirror, turned to the side, suck you gut and say, “I just need it to be like THAT all the time!”? Well whatever you’ve been doing so far, it hasn’t worked, so let’s try something different to help you lose that fat around your belly.

Problem:

You really ARE what you eat! – You’ve heard it time and time again, you’ve read it countless times, and I’m here telling you the same thing again. You have to be very vigilant about what you eat. One reason you have belly fat could be what you eat on the weekend. You might be saying, “But I only eat bad on the weekend! The rest of the week I’m good!”. Well let’s look at it this way: There are four weekends in a month; for some, the weekend starts on Friday! Whatever the case, there may be at least two days on the weekend when you eat what you want.

Saturday Night Dinner:

A beer (bottle) has about 300 calories; but it’s the weekend! Let’s have another = 600 calories

Even if you have a coke, it’s 150 calories (2/3 of those calories come from SUGAR).

A plate of fries = 350 calories

Burger = 450 calories.

Dessert = 350 calories.

Total Caloric Intake = 1,750 calories.

The daily caloric intake of an active adult woman is 1500-1700 calories; for man it’s between 2000-2500. You’ve just consumed a day’s worth of calories in one meal.

If you do this every Friday, Saturday or Sunday, in one month you will have consumed an extra 7000 calories a month. What does that mean? It means you gain an extra 2lbs a month because 3500 calories = 1lb. 7000 calories = 2lbs. So whatever you’ve done good during that week of eating healthy, you’ve almost completely negated your efforts and set yourself back. If you don’t exercise at all, then it means that in one year, you can expect to be about 24lbs heavier. You might think one meal is harmless, but over time, those calories add up and contribute to your belly fat.

Some quick tips:

• Be very cautious about what you eat. If you want to treat yourself, choose ONE item, not a whole meal. I’m all for eating the good stuff, but you have to do it moderation. To start getting rid of that belly fat, tighten up your cheat days, don’t go all out every weekend. Those calories will add up!

• Have one beer instead of two, or have a soda which has half the amount of calories that beer does.

• If you’re having a burger, get a salad instead of the fries.

• Wait a few minutes before ordering dessert. It takes 20 minutes for the brain to register that you’re full. Have a tea or coffee instead of a big piece of cake and ice-cream.

• If you’re starving before your meal and you have that feeling like you’re going to eat like there’s no tomorrow, then have a glass of water before your meal. The extra water will take up some space in your stomach so you will feel fuller faster.

• Remember, it’s better to be full than stuffed!

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Five Fast Food Fixes For a Flat Stomach

September 30th, 2009 12 Comments

Five Fast Food Fixes For a Flat Stomach

Here are some quick tips for a flat stomach. In addition to exercise, these little changes in your diet can help you get rid of belly fat.

1) Always eat breakfast : The one common link among skinny people is that they never skip breakfast. It’s the most important meal of the day because it’s the first thing you consume after 6-8 hours of fasting while you sleep. You should never delay eating breakfast. Grab a Kashi cereal bar if you’re in a hurry, or down a fruit smoothie (it takes me 2 minutes every morning). Ideally, you should be eating a nice full breakfast (OATMEAL!). Don’t say ”yuck” just yet. Mix in some berries, a small banana and some raisins and you’ll have a great tasting bowl of oatmeal.

2) Always have a bottle of water with you: Staying hydrated helps to flush out harmful toxins in your body. It’s also a nice practice to drink a glass of water before your meals if you sometimes tend to overeat. Water will take up space in your stomach so you will eat less and feel fuller, faster.

3) Eat the skin of fruits : The skin of apples, grapes, cherries, and any type of berries act like little scrubbing brushes that scrape the gunk off your intestinal walls. It’s part of the reason people “GO” when they eat fruit. Clearing out the goop out of your intestines will directly influence the size of your waistline because your intestines will no longer be clogged!

4) Go Green! – Leafy green veggies like lettuce do the same thing that the skins of fruit do – only better! Leafy greens never actually get broken down by the stomach. Instead, it gets crushed into really fine pieces. Those fine pieces work its way through your bowels and scrub them clean!

5) Yo-Yo-Yogurt – Studies have shown that the high calcium content in yogurt may actually help block the storage of fat around the abdomen. However, make sure you choose a yogurt that isn’t loaded with sugar. Activia is good but still quite sugary. Try Biobes instead.

There you have it. Five Fast Food Fixes for a Flat Stomach. (say that five times fast).

FREE TIBET.

Kam.

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Fat Loss Secrets Scam on Google Exposed

September 29th, 2009 7 Comments

Fat Loss Scam on Google Exposed

Top Secret Fat Loss Secret.com

How one crooked doctor is raking in millions of dollars a month by selling lies.

As you may or may not know, the purpose of kamaral.com is to deliver the cold hard truth about the health and fitness industry. The Weight Loss industry is a billion dollar industry and is well on pace to becoming a trillion dollar industry. And wherever there is money, there are weasels waiting to pounce on unsuspecting buyers such as yourself. There are literally millions of health scams on the internet but today I am going to expose one of the more dangerous ones . Why is it so dangerous? Because it’s gaining huge popularity online which means thousands of people are wasting their money every day on this incredibly outrageous sales pitch.

If you listen to “Dr.” Suzanne Gudankunst’s pitch, she says the following, “The reason you’re fat has nothing to do with overeating, lack of exercise, or lack of will power.” She goes on to claim that there are dangerous parasites living in your body that are keeping you fat. Do you see anything wrong with that statement? I do! First of all, this so-called doctor is completely taking away your accountability and placing it on other doctors and parasites. She says that 99.9% of all other doctors are selling you weight loss drugs so they can remain rich. Has your doctor ever prescribed weight loss drugs to you? A doctor would not prescribe anything that has not been approved by the food and drug administration – which practically all diet supplements ARE NOT. How can she possibly say that your weight gain has nothing to do with overeating and lack of exercise? Even if you do have these so-called parasites living in you, how are they surviving? They feed off what you eat. As a trainer, I am very offended by this statement because I spend up to 12 hours a day telling people that they have to eat healthier and exercise regularly. Now I have a doctor (she never mentions her field of medicine), saying that this isn’t true. She’s saying, “It’s not your fault you’re overweight, it’s the little monsters in your body.” So I guess little monsters are making you eat junk food late at night and not exercise.

Her facts are a little off as well. She claims that 68% of North Americans are OBESE. Clearly she hasn’t visited Canada or Mexico. These numbers are false. The actual facts are 1) it’s 64% not 68%, 2) that statistic is in the U.S only, and 3) that percentage does not represent OBESE. It represents overweight OR obese. There is a difference. A professional football player or a world class wrestler with very low body fat but with a lot of muscle mass would be indexed as overweight or obese because of his weight in proportion to his height. For example I am 6’0, 165lbs and my body fat is 12%. If I gained 15lbs and kept my body fat the same, I would be indexed as overweight, even though a normal body fat percentage for men is 18%. Now I’m not saying that the real statistic is any better, it is pretty alarming and we are getting fatter, but if you’re going to get people’s attention, at least state your facts correctly.

It’s appalling to read this sales pitch. She says she cares about you. She actually says, “Under different circumstances and had we actually met, who knows, you may have become one of my closest friends.”

It gets worse, she goes on to make this bold claim, “I promise as your new friend never to lie to you (like all the others) and to only give you the absolute truth (absolutely UNLIKE all the others!)”. All of a sudden you’re friends through an ad on the internet.

This one takes the cake, “I want you to think of me as your “guardian angel” – literally someone who’s willing to watch over you when nobody else will – or even when YOU may fail to watch over yourself.” Maybe I don’t have a real grasp of friendship, but if we were really friends and I knew of something that could help you lose weight, why would I make you pay $60 for it? Why do I have to pay my guardian angel $60 for something that could help me? I thought we were friends!

But forget about the flowery sales pitch, I want to address her main point, which is, parasites that make you fat. She claims that these parasites just want to eat you alive and make you fat. What I don’t understand is how something can eat you alive and make you fat at the same time. Isn’t that a little contradictory? The only way for anything to survive in your body is to FEED IT. You are a reflection of your lifestyle. You really are what you eat. If you really had parasites living in you, you would need medical attention immediately! No “diet” will get rid of living parasites. According to the “doctor’s” logic, these parasites don’t think, they just eat. So why would they suddenly die because you went on a diet? You’re still eating aren’t you? Wouldn’t they still survive?

So what is the Top secret fat loss secret (Did we really need to read “secret” twice?)? Ok drum roll, wait for it – ready – and – … It’s another detox diet. Yes folks, another herbal remedy that will cleanse your colon, make you run to the bathroom for a week and after you’re done, you return to your poor diet and no exercise and what happens? – You re-gain all the weight again. Like everything else, even your guardian angel is trying to scam into a quick fix that won’t last forever.

Some of you might be wondering why I’m being so hard on this person. Well, in her video speech, she says, “The powers that be are working hard to shut me up and keep you fat and sick forever.” Strangely, the powers that be have her top secret fat loss secret ranked at the very top of Google rankings. Number 1! Numero uno! Don’t believe me? Go into Google and type “fat loss secrets”. There are over 37 millions searches for that keyword phrase and when people hit “search”, her ad is at the very top of the page. If only 1% of those people click through and actually buy her product, she makes over $3.7 million dollars. – Yet your guardian angel wants your $60. I’m just telling you like it is. This lady is already filthy rich already because of innocent consumers searching a trusted site like Google. Her ads are all over the place and she is just laughing all the way to the bank as you invest in a product that tells you that it’s OK to be lazy, it’s ok to eat junk. All you need to do is drink this.

That is why I am outraged! That is why you need to circulate this article to your friends and family. This isn’t right! Whenever someone searches for fat loss tips, fat loss secrets or weight loss advice, they are being introduced to this garbage! The people I know and the clients I train know better, but the total number of people I can personally reach is probably less than 500. This person is reaching 37,300,000 people! You need to get the word out on this scam. You need to take action and prevent your friend or loved one from wasting their money.

Boycott Top Secret Fat Loss Secrets!

Eat a balanced meal and exercise regularly. That is the secret.

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The Importance of Exercise: More than just Weight Loss for vanity

September 18th, 2009 4 Comments

WEIGHT LOSS: There is an old saying, “To say that you’re too busy to take care of yourself is like saying you can’t stop for gas because you’re too busy driving”. Most of us are too busy driving, and we aren’t taking the time to get a tune up. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that a heart attack, diabetes or cancer are too extreme and improbable risk factors for you. The scary truth is that many people are digging themselves an early grave by neglecting their bodies; and in some cases you can die up to 20 years earlier if you’re not careful. However, new research is revealing everyday how truly life altering exercise can be for your body and your life. It goes way beyond losing weight and looking great; exercise has the power to repair and completely transform your body to levels of health and fitness which you could never have imagined. Did you know that your heart is a muscle just like any other muscle in your body? And like any other muscle, when you train it, it gets stronger! That is why distance runners have some of the strongest hearts among individuals; because they are constantly training their hearts. What’s more is that the valves and arteries in a runner’s heart are thicker and stronger so it can pump much more blood. That means the runner’s heart has to work less (by beating less) to pump enough blood through their body.
A sedentary lifestyle is one of the biggest risk factors for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). High levels of low density “bad” cholesterol are linked to heart disease because they contribute to the formation of fatty deposits on the lining of the arteries in the heart. Your arteries are like pipelines in your heart. When the build up of those fatty deposits gets to the point where it completely blocks an artery, a heart attack or stroke can occur. People who eat foods that are high in cholesterol (read meat, bacon) are at a higher risk for heart attacks because the fat from those foods can do straight to your heart! Fortunately, research has shown that exercise aimed at weight loss lowers the your levels of “bad” cholesterol and increases levels of high density or “good” cholesterol which helps to remove those fatty deposits on the arteries. This substantially lowers your risk for cardiovascular disease and even interferes with the disease process itself.

Did you know? One study has shown that middle-aged people with desk jobs who do not exercise are twice as likely to have heart attacks as those who exercise regularly?

The Miracle Pill
What else will exercise do for you?
· Fights cancer!
Research has shown that exercise reduces the risk of colon cancer by speeding up the movement of food through the gastrointestinal tract thus rapidly removing carcinogens. Encouraging new data also shows that exercise may also reduce the risk of breast cancer, cancers of the reproductive organs in women and prostate cancer in men!

· Reverses Diabetes!
Exercise helps to decrease your blood sugar levels and is actually prescribed by doctors as an effective cure to Type 2 diabetes. You can reverse the effects of diabetes and never have to use a syringe again. Losing weight helps to reverse the effects of type 2 diabetes.

· Cures Depression!
In a study of clinically depressed women results show that subjects who exercised “had reliably greater increases in aerobic capacity and reliably greater decreases in depression” than did the other subjects. It was concluded that the findings provided clear evidence that “participation in a program of aerobic exercise is effective for reducing depression.”-
Influence of aerobic exercise on depression. McCann, I. Lisa; Holmes, David S.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol 46(5), May 1984, 1142-1147.

· Combats Osteoporosis!
Women who participate in regular weight bearing exercise may decrease the effects of osteoporosis, a degenerative bone disorder that affects many older women.

· Improves Sleep Quality!
Ever slept for 8 or more hours and still felt exhausted when you woke up? Exercise helps to improve your quality of sleep so you’ll require less sleep and feel much more energized in the morning! The reason? Deeper sleep!

· It can even help you quit smoking!
This is the actual quote, ” Research from the University of Exeter reveals for the first time, that changes in brain activity, triggered by physical exercise, may help reduce cigarette cravings…the study shows how exercise changes the way the brain processes information among smokers, thereby reducing their cravings for nicotine.” – Janse Van Rensburg et al. Acute exercise modulates cigarette cravings and brain activation in response to smoking-related images: an fMRI study. Psychopharmacology, 2008; DOI: 10.1007/s00213-008-1405-3

Need more motivation to change your habits? Well here are even more scientifically verified reasons to exercise:
§ Enlarges the arteries that supply blood to the heart

§ Decreases blood levels of triglycerides (fat).

§ Increases the strength of bones.

§ Causes the development of new blood vessels in the heart and other muscles.

§ Increases the thickness of cartilage which has a protective effect on the joints.

§ Increases muscle tissue, makes healthy bones and flexible joints.

§ Increased balanced and coordination which is especially important in older adults.

§ Increases the amount of blood that flows to the skin making it look healthier and feel
better.

§ Decreases total blood cholesterol

§ Decreased resting heart rate.

§ Increases lung capacity.

§ Increases your muscular endurance.

§ Improves the breakdown and use of fat.

§ Decreases your blood pressure.

§ Increases HDL (good) cholesterol.

§ Decreases the tendency of the blood to clot in the blood vessels. This is important
because small clots traveling in the blood are often the cause of heart attacks and strokes.
§ Increases your aerobic capacity (fitness level). This gives you the ability to go through each day with less relative energy expenditure. This enables a ‘fit’ person to have more energy left at the end of the day and to get more accomplished during the day with less fatigue.

§ Reduced stress: a major issue that will be discussed in much detail.

You don’t need to have a life threatening illness to want to change your life; most of us want to get in shape so we can look and feel better. But always keep in mind that exercising and eating sensibly goes beyond looking great; you are adding quality years to your life. Quality years refers to the number of years that you can still be self-sufficient, have energy and strength well into your seventies and eighties so you can play with your grandchildren or great grandchildren! Being ninety years old and practically bed-ridden is no way to spend your final years. Invest a little time now and you can be 90 years old and as active as you’ve ever been. So I will help you lose weight, sculpt, tone and become lean, but remember that your fitness goes beyond vanity and the benefits transcend your appearance.

So remember, losing weight to look better is fine; but keep the bigger picture in mind.

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Sex as a form of Exercise

September 18th, 2009 No Comments

A friend of mine suggested I write an article about sex and exercise. Specifically, she wanted to know if sex is a good form of exercise with respect to burning calories. There is a lot of conflicting information about this so I will tell you what I know from a kinesiology perspective, as well from a psychological view point.
I came across one article which claims that having sex burns as much calories as running 30 miles per week. As much as I would like this to be true, it simply is NOT. Like exercise, there are many factors that affect how many calories you will burn when having sex. Those factors (like exercise) include Duration and Intensity. The other main factor is POSITION. The position will determine how much effort is involved and how many body parts are involved in the movement.

– Leave it to me to make sex sound like a CLASS LECTURE.

The reason why it’s hard to say that sex is a good form of exercise is due to the DURATION factor. In other words, intercourse usually doesn’t last long enough to really burn a significant amount of calories. While there are clearly some sexual positions that involve more work than others, unless you can continue working in that position for at least 20 minutes, you’re probably burning about 50 calories per sexual encounter MAX.

If you have a fairly active sex life, you expect to burn about 200 calories a week if you have sex four times for at least 20 minutes.
That means you would have engage in 70 sessions of 20-minute sexual episodes to lose 1 pound. That’s 1400 minutes, or 23 hours of sex.

So from a cardiovascular perspective, you’re better off running.

HOWEVER, from a psychological and physiological perspective, sex is really beneficial because of its endorphin-producing effect. Endorphins are your body’s “feel good” juice! Sex triggers the release of endorphins which in turn helps your body to combat stress and fatigue. It’s great for your mental health and well-being.

Generally, the more sex you’re having, the happier you seem to be. (Makes sense!)

Studies have also shown that people who have more sex have better self-esteem and a more positive self image. I think hookers could use this in an ad campaign.

So that’s it in a nutshell!
- In terms of burning calories, not the best option. C-
-In terms of mental health, stress relief and better self-esteem, it’s one of the best things you can do. A+

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The Benefits of Weight Training

September 18th, 2009 1 Comment

There are so many preconceptions surrounding weight training that it is easy to get confused and even discouraged. Well I am here to reveal the truth about weight training and why it is incredibly important to you. First, the overall advantages of weight training are many! With respect to fat loss and toning, weight training helps to turn your body into a fat burning furnace.

1) The more muscle you build, the higher your metabolism
One common feature of thin, lean, sculpted people is “metabolism”. Metabolism is your body’s ability to convert the foods you consume into energy for your body. Do you remember that thin friend you have who can eat anything and not gain a pound? Well your friend has a high Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). Your Basal Metabolic Rate is the rate at which your body burns calories while you’re doing nothing. This is the amount of calories you burn just by being alive; you need calories to carry out bodily processes such as digestion, respiration, circulation, etc. BMR accounts for approximately 60% of the calories burned for an average person. Muscle tissue burns three times more calories than fat so by increasing the amount of muscle in your body, you will be increasing the number of calories your burn even while you’re resting.
In a recent study, researchers found that regular weight training boosts basal metabolic rate by as much as 15 percent! Let’s translate those findings in terms of fat loss over a 6 month period: If your BMR is 1500 calories per day (i.e. your body burns 1500 calories a day regardless of exercise) and by weight training you increase your BMR by 15%, then your BMR would increase by 225 calories to 1725 per day. This is not including a change in diet or an increase in cardio activity.

2) Better changes in body shape:
Another advantage of weight training is its impact on changing the shape of your body. A lot of people spend their entire workout doing only cardio and this simply is not an effective way to sculpt your body. Sure you might lose some weight, but you won’t change the shape of your body. If you manage to lose ten pounds by doing only cardio, you will simply look like a smaller version of your old self. In other words, if you had a protruding tummy and saggy thighs, you would look exactly the same, just slightly smaller. However, weight training gives your arms and legs better shape and tone, your stomach and waistline reduce significantly, and your posture improves! Which would you prefer: losing ten pounds on the scale but look the same, or see only a 5-pound change but ‘LOOK’ like you lost 15 pounds?

3) More calories burned long term
I’m often asked if weight training is better than cardio or vice-versa and the simple answer is this:
If your cardio is intense, then you may burn more calories during that 45 minute session than you would weight training. However, when you stop doing that activity, your metabolism returns to normal after a few hours. When you weight train and build muscle, you continue to burn calories throughout the day, even while doing nothing. So the calorie burning effects of weight training are more permanent than cardio, but incorporating both types of exercise into your routine will turn you into a calorie burning machine!