How to Reduce Tummy Fat

By Brandon Walsh

Losing those last vanity pounds is always tough, especially when it's tummy fat. Starving yourself or eating less won't do the trick. It has to be a combination of portioned, nutritious meals along with daily exercise. Sticking to a diet and exercising can be difficult, but is necessary in order to shed those pounds!

You Have to Eat

The most frequent mistake people make when trying to reduce tummy fat is thinking that not eating will solve their problems. If you don't eat you won't have any energy to exercise and this will not lead to weight loss. It's important to get the idea of starving yourself out of your thoughts right now and commit to a healthy way of losing weight.

The body doesn't function without the proper nutrients it gets from your food. With insufficient food, your metabolism slows to balance for the lack of food. So fat will be burned, but much less than with a mixture of diet and exercise.

Smaller Portions & More Often

The trick to losing that fat is to decrease food portions, and get daily exercise. You can eat just about anything as long as it's nutritious and in good portion. Smaller meals still satisfy your hunger but keep your metabolism up so that your body can be a fat-burning machine. Eating right and exercising is the key to feeling and looking great.

Why is Tummy Fat So Hard to Lose?

Why does it seem more difficult to reduce tummy fat than anywhere else on your body? The stomach naturally has extra padding, so even if you're burning fat it's a little tougher to get rid of it in the tummy area. Not to mention when people exercise they aren't being as efficient as they could be. They stop between tummy exercises, which slows down the fat-burning process. That burning sensation is a good sign!

You should only stop mid-exercise when it is absolutely necessary. There are many different ways to tone your mid-section. If you're not feeling anything after several repetitions, you probably aren't doing the exercise correctly! Doing a search for tummy exercises will result in pages full of them, you can work out a schedule to change up your routine each day.

Today is the Day!

It's important to make a commitment to yourself that this time is going to be for real. Put down the bag of chips and pick up some carrots! Slowly incorporate healthy changes into your diet and build up your endurance by exercising for at least 15 minutes a day. If you keep up with a plan you'll be sure to see results!

The reason losing tummy fat is so difficult is because your fat cells are extremely bloated with toxins. This is your body's defense mechanism to keep your body healthy. But it makes it terribly hard to lose weight.

If you'd like an effective solution to shrink your waistline, check out: How to Reduce Tummy Fat. It's a solution to give you the jump start you need in detoxifying your fat cells and better enabling your body to metabolize your food.

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Weight Loss For Summer Is Easy With These 5 Great Tips!

By Tyler Boshears

I get e-mails all the time with people asking how they can speed up the weight loss process in time before the spring/summer arrives. Over time i've tried to explain to people that you CAN do certain things that speed up your weight loss to help mold and shape you for the summer months, here's 5 great tips to get you started:

1. Stop eating after 9pm.

This is a HUGE mistake I see many people doing and not even realizing it. When you eat food after 9pm, you will soon be going to bed and storing anything you don't burn off. This is called excess fat and it's stored in your belly's. Just avoid eating after 9pm and you will burn more calories while you sleep and not store anything extra while you rest.

2. Spread your meals out.

For the longest time, everyone thought that 3 balanced meals a day would allow you to lose weight effectively, and while this IS true, it's not ideal for quick weight loss. You will want to spread your meals out throughout the day to keep your body's internal furnace burning. This increases your metabolism and is essential for quick weight loss.

3. Drink plenty of water.

Maybe you've heard this before. Many have, but few actually do this. Your body is made mostly of water and needs this essential liquid for survival. Not only does it keep you hydrated, but it works as a great filler instead of snacking all the time. You should aim for roughly 64 oz. of water a day and you will see excellent results.

4. Work out on an empty stomach.

This is a personal preference of mine and here's why. When you are working out on an empty or close to empty stomach, your body doesn't have to burn all the stored food you have waiting to be converted to energy. I always preferred to work out on an empty stomach, but something small is acceptable if you keep it proportionate. This technique helped me burn a rapid amount of calories since I was targeting all my stored fat right away!

5. Step up your cardio.

Weight lifting is great and I recommend it to all my clients, but the cold hard truth is if you want to target that excess body fat, you need to focus on burning those calories in the quickest, most efficient manner. This can be achieved by 30 minutes of cardio per day, and can be done 7 days a week, unlike weight lifting. You may be sore at first, but your body will adapt, I promise. ;)

If you start to use these tips you should start seeing results pretty quickly. Weight loss doesn't come overnight, but these tips will explode your progress and give you the motivation you've been waiting for!

To get more weight loss secrets that will explode your progress, check out Tyler's website at http://www.simple-weightloss.com

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TOP 5 Fat Loss Tips

Men's Fitness magazine recently asked me for 3 of my best fat loss secrets. Since most times the magazines just don't have enough space to run my full tips, I thought I'd give you a more detailed explanation of my secrets here (plus two bonus tips that I didn't send to the magazine - just another reason to be a TurbulenceTraining.com newsletter subscriber).

Secret #1 - Focus on burning carbohydrate, not fat, during your fat-loss workouts.

Sounds backwards, right? But not when you look at how I structure my workouts. Remember that Turbulence Training focuses on resistance training and interval training. Both of these use carbohydrate as the main source of energy. So it's obvious the workout is designed to burn carbohydrates during the training session.

Why do my fat loss workouts focus on burning carbohydrate rather than fat? In order to burn more calories after the workout, that's why. When you exercise with intervals and heavy resistance training, your body uses more calories in the hours after exercise than it would if you did traditional cardio and lifted lighter weights. Alwyn Cosgrove calls this 'afterburn', and I call it 'Turbulence'. By any name it gives you the same results - maximum improvements in your body composition (helping you lose fat and gain muscle).

Secret #2 - Use a range of repetitions in your strength training workouts.

In order to train more muscle fibers and burn more carbohydrates, I have clients use a range of repetitions within the same workout. My workouts now use 5, 8, and 12 reps per set in order to work the muscle the most effectively. This will burn more carbohydrates and promote as much muscle growth as possible when you are keeping the calories low. This approach is also used in my TT for Mass report - in order to get the most results in the least amount of time.

Secret #3 - Use the stationary cycle for interval training.

I choose the stationary bike for intervals whenever possible because cycling against a resistance can help maintain muscle mass. Cycling against a resistance also allows you to perform a large amount of mechanical work, and that is a key determinant of the Turbulence in my training. But please note: I don't use low-intensity, fast pedaling 'spinning' intervals as I'm convinced that the hard, resistance based intervals are more effective for fat loss. My clients only cycle against a strong resistance in their intervals.

Secret #4 - Increase meal frequency

Okay, so this isn't really a secret to anyone that has read about fat loss. But a new study from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that eating 6 times per day was associated with eating fewer calories per day, lowering cholesterol levels, and lowering post-meal insulin levels. Combine an increased meal frequency with an increased protein and fiber intake, and you'll see your body composition improve rapidly.

Secret #5 - My Synergistic Turbulence Training Workouts My Turbulence Training Fat Loss workouts are fast becoming the most effective way to burn fat, build muscle, and get lean. The synergistic strength training-interval training workouts are efficient and effective - getting you in and out of the gym in under an hour. Read more about the best fat loss workouts here that coaches and trainers from all over the world are using with their clients.

"I've been employing Turbulence Training with my clients for some time now, and I can say that they are delighted with results, not only because of the fat they burn, but also because of the time they save. Program is great for busy people - basic, most efficient principles in comprehensive and practical form. And I can add from personal experience, Craig is real professional and great guy in conducting business with his clients and associates." Davor Kudrna, Martial Arts Instructor and Conditioning Coach, Croatia

Craig Ballantyne trains athletes and executives in Toronto, and writes for Men's Fitness magazine. His trademarked Turbulence Training workouts and his comprehensive workout manuals (including "The Ultimate Bodyweight Workout") are featured on his website Turbulence Training.

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