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What is Interval Training?

August 5, 2010 By Ann Liu 3 Comments
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Can it really melt your body­fat like a blow­torch as so many fit­ness pros claim? Yes, and no.

Back in the day we used to call inter­val train­ing “catch­ing your breath.” ;-)

But seri­ously, inter­val train­ing is good stuff, it just not as good as most fit­ness mags think it is.

So what is inter­val train­ing? Check Out This Page, it goes into far more detail.

In short, inter­val train­ing involves push­ing very hard (usu­ally dur­ing a cardio-style work­out) for a given amount of time. This is then fol­lowed by a lower inten­sity level for a given amount of time. Then you repeat the cycle. Con­tinue reading

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Does Healthy Eating Cost You More?

August 1, 2010 By Ann Liu Leave a Comment
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One of the biggest myths out there is the myth that eat­ing healthy costs too much. Just the oppo­site and I’ll prove it to you in three ways.

#1: Cash

Here’s some sam­ple fig­ures cour­tesy of Scott Tousignant’s fit­ness blog.

* 2 medium size sweet pota­toes $1 or … small fries from a fast food joint

* 2 red pep­pers $1 or … a can of pop

* Bowl of oat­meal with fruit and pro­tein pow­der $2 or … large bag of chips

* 6 Chicken Breasts $10 or … a sub combo from a fast food joint

* 18 eggs $3.50 or … a burger from a fast food joint

* 2 salmon fil­lets $15 or … large pizza

* Loaded chicken salad (home­made) $3 or … bag of cookies

* Large bag of oat­meal $3.50 or … 4 choco­late bars

Not much of a com­par­i­son, it is? Con­tinue reading

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One Cool Fitness Tip for Women

January 29, 2010 By Ann Liu Leave a Comment
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Okay guys, this may not be for you. But I can promise you that the women in your life, your spouse, sis­ter, daugh­ters or friends will appre­ci­ate it. And ladies, this is just too good to pass by, so I am shar­ing it here with you.

As ladies, we need to tak­ing care of our­selves, tak­ing care of our body, get­ting fit after a cer­tain age, espe­cially after hav­ing a kiddo or two or more can be a real chal­lenge (per­son­ally I don’t have this expe­ri­ence, so I’m told). But pro trainer Holly, knows all about this chal­lenge. She too lost her fig­ure after hav­ing her lit­tle tyke Tyler. And she is in bet­ter shape now than when she was in high school! Con­tinue reading

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How He dropped 11 lbs on Vacation?

January 22, 2010 By Ann Liu Leave a Comment
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Wow … this one blew me away. My friend and fit­ness author Jon Ben­son just got back from a 3-week busi­ness vaca­tion and LOST 11 lbs of body­fat. Here’s the email he sent me detail­ing how he did it, enjoy!

Hi Ann,

It was the weird­est thing …

I mean, I’ve been around, you know? I’ve had just about every body and fat­loss expe­ri­ence you can think of … the good, the bad, the ugly…

… and now the really bizarre.

Here’s the story: Con­tinue reading

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Top 5 Surprising Things that Make You Leaner

October 5, 2009 By Ann Liu Leave a Comment
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Want to be leaner? Want to stay fit?

If you do, good, here are the top 5 tips that will help you along and get great shape.

TIP 1: Ditch The Starch

Starches, such as rice, pota­toes, some veg­gies, oats, etc. are often con­sid­ered “health foods.”

While they can be healthy, they can also pack on stom­ach body­fat like crazy if you overdo them.

As you may know if you already get your “Every Other Day Diet” Sys­tem (EODD), which actu­ally encour­ages you to eat starches and even sweets sev­eral days a week to get rid of excess weight. Con­tinue reading

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