I made a decision years ago about the way I wanted my body to look. I no longer wanted to keep getting bigger and bigger but instead wanted to focus my attention on getting that lean, Hollywood, GQ look that you see in movies and magazines all the time. It's easy to get caught up in the "getting big" crowd in your gym - because of the male ego. However, getting a lean and toned physique looks way better than that big muscle head look.....and it ain't even close.
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Lifting for Muscle Mass vs Lifting for Muscle Tone - How to Lose Bulkiness in your Physique!
I made a decision years ago about the way I wanted my body to look. I no longer wanted to keep getting bigger and bigger but instead wanted to focus my attention on getting that lean, Hollywood, GQ look that you see in movies and magazines all the time. It's easy to get caught up in the "getting big" crowd in your gym - because of the male ego. However, getting a lean and toned physique looks way better than that big muscle head look.....and it ain't even close.
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(Here is a picture of
Monday, December 6, 2010
How to Tone Your Thighs, Butt and Hips through Sprinting!
I was at work the other day and a friend of mine (a girl named Sandra) asked me a question about how to tone your thighs. She has a nice physique - lean and slender up top but a little thick in the butt, hip and thigh area. She has been working out like crazy with a trainer and she told me that her hip and butt area isn't getting any smaller. As most of the women of the world know, this is just a fat storing holding cell that is really, really, hard to get rid of......like the midsection for
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Lose Fat Not Muscle - Applying the Principles of Surfing in Order to Achieve a Lean, Fit, Athletic Body!
I remember watching the movie Point Break when I was in my early twenties and thinking to myself wow, these guys are in fantastic shape. I then began to think about how bodybuilders looked as compared to surfers and why in the world all this work in the gym was producing a body that didn't really look natural. I wanted to find a way to lose fat not muscle when working out and realized that surfers looked like natural athletes not "roided out" weight pumpers. I realized that surfing wasn't
Lose Fat Not Muscle - Applying the Principles of Surfing in Order to Achieve a Lean, Fit, Athletic Body!
I remember watching the movie Point Break when I was in my early twenties and thinking to myself wow, these guys are in fantastic shape. I then began to think about how bodybuilders looked as compared to a sufer and why in the world all this work in the gym was producing a body that didn't really look natural. The surfers just look like natural athletes not "roided out" weight pumpers. I realized that surfing wasn't really an option because of where I lived (North East), but I needed to find a
Friday, November 26, 2010
High Reps or Low Reps When Trying to Achieve Muscle Tone?
The question in the title of this post is one that I have probably heard more than any other in the past five or so years. And the answer I give usually shocks people. Most think the exact opposite of what I tell them. Then when I ask them why they thought what they did they really have no answer. It's funny how we hear or read something somewhere and just believe it to be true without having any real understanding of why and how something works. People just go to the gym and lift a certain way
High Reps or Low Reps When Trying to Achieve Muscle Tone?
The question in the title of this post is one that I have probably heard more than any other in the past five or so years. And the answer I give usually shocks people. Most think the exact opposite of what I tell them. Then when I ask them why they thought what they did they really have no answer. It's funny how we hear or read something somewhere and just believe it to be true without having any real understanding of why and how something works. People just go to the gym and lift a certain way
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
The Most Effective Ab Exercises - Clearing up the Confusion!
As most of you know, who follow this site, getting a six pack comes down mostly (around 70%) to diet. Finding creative ways to eat less and burn more is what will eventually bring out those abs. In the end, a combination of eating less, doing a focused cardio routine, and performing the most effective ab exercises is what will give you a six pack like Bruce Lee. However, there seems to be some confusion over what the best ab exercises are to get that great six pack. In this post I want to show
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Interval Training on Treadmill - The Best Cardio Workout?
In today's fitness world a lot of the so called experts have figured out ways to make cardio fun, unique, and exciting. They do things like body-weight circuits, kettle-bell circuits, weight lifting circuits, etc, where you move from one exercise to the next with little to no rest. I have to admit, I love doing these types of circuits - they really burn fat and get the metabolism going. In my experience however, you never really get the muscle hard enough (toned) and/or dense enough if you
Thursday, November 18, 2010
How Many Calories Needed to Lose Weight? Should this be a Focus!
I just got back from a two week vacation in the Bahamas - I stayed in the Atlantis - and it was great. The only problem with these types of vacations is that you can really pack on the pounds. And you should come back from a vacation with some extra poundage to show that you really enjoyed yourself. I clearly believe in working hard (exercising and kicking butt in my career) and then taking breaks and really enjoying life. So now I need to drop some weight and want to focus on the amount of
Monday, October 25, 2010
Losing Weight Quickly for a Vacation or Wedding!
About a month from now I am going on vacation in the Bahama's so it's time for me to get leaner than normal. I like to get extra lean before a vacation, wedding or right before summer so I will look sharp - while also giving me a little wiggle room to drink beer and eat lots of great food. So with my vacation coming up in a month or so I want to show you how losing weight quickly for a vacation or wedding is easy if you focus your efforts on the right things.
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(I was watching this show "The
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The Best Way to Build Muscle is to do it Strategically!
Gaining muscle mass is one of the most searched for terms on the internet. People have developed an obsession with gaining muscle. When I go into my gym I continue to see the same type of physique....its that big-bloated type of body that most guys get caught up in. They constantly focus on getting bigger over their entire body,and it works, but is it the body that most people want? I wish I could set up a classroom in the gym and explain to people what they are doing wrong. I wish I could tell
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