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- Give a Man Fat Loss, Feed Him for a Day... - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2009 from Emile JarreauTeach a Man Fat Loss, Feed Him for a Lifetime... Recently in the fitness industry the concept of “just give the fish” to you is a concept designed to help speed up the process of selling fat loss programs a lot more quickly to you with promises of overnight success…..OK 30 lbs ...
Views: 716(1 vote) - Bodybuilding is not just for Posers - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Emile JarreauWhen someone says the word bodybuilding, we tend to think of huge muscled phenomenons standing on stage covered in oil wearing only tiny bikini briefs, but it is only a rare few who commit to the dedication and determination it takes to get their bodies into this freakishly huge state. The fact ...
Views: 715(1 vote) - The Top 3 Reasons Why We Procrastinate - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Emile JarreauI was going to write an article today on procrastination, but I think I will go ahead and wait until tomorrow. I will probably have more ideas then anyways. Come to think of it, I have to make something for dinner later, so there is no way I could write it today anyways. Also, my hand kinda ...
Views: 715 - Low Glycemic Index Foods - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Emile JarreauWe’ve all got certain guilty pleasures. Maybe yours are donuts, cookies, chocolate candy, chips, etc. What these all have in common is a high glycemic index. This means that they break down more quickly in your body, causing blood sugar levels to rise more quickly as well. In terms of your ...
Views: 714 - Pilates for Core Strength - by Submitted on May 19, 2009 from Emile JarreauUntil the mid 90’s the core conditioning routine that I had consisted of the typical sit up benches and military training I previously did. In an effort to expand my “toolbox” of knowledge, a Master trainer had a class certification available that included Mat, Chairs and Barrels, Reformer and ...
Views: 710 - Bodybuilding Secrets for Gaining Mass Fast - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2009 from Emile JarreauWhile the goal of many diet and exercise programs is to get as small as possible, the goal for bodybuilders is usually to get as big as possible. Big as in lots of muscle, not fat. Getting big in this case can be just as hard as it is for overweight people to get small through dieting and fat ...
Views: 704 - Fat Loss Secrets: Use Your Mind Instead of Your Body - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2009 from Emile JarreauAre you overweight? Do you have a big belly or a big butt and you have for most of your life? If you answered yes then losing weight and getting in shape is probably a priority for you. Achieving this goal, however, can be much easier said than done. You see while it is our bodies that will do ...
Views: 701(1 vote) - How to Choose the BEST Fish Oil Supplements - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Emile JarreauTouting benefits that include everything from lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels to potentially even curing certain forms of cancer including breast, colon, and prostate, it's no wonder that fish oil supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids have become one of the most popular ...
Views: 701(1 vote) - Exercise Balls: Core Workouts to the Max! - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Emile JarreauI remember the first time I saw a demonstration utilizing the physio ball for rehab. The movements seemed elementary, until I got my dumb ass on the ball. Initially it felt obviously different, but the balance issue can be learned quickly. If you’re new to one of these little marvels, a few ...
Views: 699 - The Healing Benefits of Fish Oil In Our Body - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Emile JarreauDid you know that there are healing benefits of fish oil? Believe it or not, there are actually quite a few, and one of the main ones is helping with cardiovascular disease, as a treatment alternative. Cardiovascular disease is a prominent killer in the U.S., typically brought on by chronic ...
Views: 699 - Fish Oil: A Sign of Hope For Cardiovascular Disease - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Emile JarreauThese days, fish oil is a sign of hope for cardiovascular disease sufferers. There is an unprecedented correlation between fish oil and cardiovascular disease. Unless you’ve already heard about it, you’re probably skeptical about the possibility of its benefits for cardiovascular disease, but ...
Views: 698 - The Nightmare of Diet and Exercise - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Emile JarreauThe combination of diet and exercise has been touted as the sure fire way to health and fitness for every individual in the world. Of all the diets and health plans and products on the market, nothing has been shown to be more effective than a comprehensive program of eating well and exercising ...
Views: 697(2 votes) - What Are the 5 Things that You Must Know about Effective Fat Loss? - by Submitted on May 02, 2009 from Emile JarreauIn this article we’ll cover the 5 things that you must know about effective fat loss and women will especially benefit from these tips and secrets. So let me begin and please follow me for enriching your knowledge base. How to burn fat by lifting weights? When you lift weights, it gives a ...
Views: 695(1 vote) - Learn to Recognize the Stages of Bulimia - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauEating disorders can be one of the most harmful and stressful things that a person ever deals with in their life. Millions of men and women from all over the world are affected by one eating disorder or another and because the stages of them can be so subtle, it is important to identify the ...
Views: 694 - The Effect of Diet and Exercise on Diabetes: A simple guide that could save your life - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauDiabetes, more specifically type II diabetes, is often referred to as a disease of obesity. People who are overweight are at a much greater risk of diabetes but the direct cause is not exactly clear. One theory proposes that when someone is obese, it causes stress in a series of cellular ...
Views: 693(1 vote) - The Effects of Diet and Exercise on Osteoporosis - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauImagine walking down the street and simply stepping off a curb and hearing an awful cracking sound and feeling pain shoot immediately from your ankle. This scenario can unfortunately be a common one for someone that suffers the later stages of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a degenerative ...
Views: 691 - Melt 10 Pounds in One Month - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauAiming at a goal of losing 10 pounds a month is a simple and safe goal to help you get in shape fast. A goal of anything higher may be bad for your health, and 10 pounds is an adequate goal to really get you motivated to see substantial changes in your body. Losing weight is beneficial to ...
Views: 688(1 vote) - Surprising Benefits of Fish Oil - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauSure, you might have heard through the grapevine that fish oil is a revolutionary way to improve your health––but have you heard all of the surprising benefits of it? Unless you’ve deliberately studied it and all of its many positive effects, you’re sure to be caught by surprise by some of these ...
Views: 686(1 vote) - Types of Eating Disorders - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Emile JarreauThere are many different types of eating disorders, but they are all characterized by an inability or unwillingness to maintain a healthy relationship with food. Usually, all types of eating disorders will leave the victim either underweight or overweight, and eating disorders often have ...
Views: 682 - How the Ultra Lean Achieve the Lowest Body Fat with the GI Index - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauAre you one of those who have tried any and every weight loss supplement and pill without any results? Have you been on several diets such as Atkins and South beach without any results? Have you been told time and again that you may never be able to lose weight and keep it off? Have you even ...
Views: 674 - Bodybuilding Diet - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Emile JarreauThere is very little else that can make or break your success with bodybuilding like your bodybuilding diet can. Not only can you hamper your results with a poor bodybuilding diet, but you can also cause yourself harm if you are using your body too hard without giving it the nutrients it needs ...
Views: 670 - 5 Tips You Can Implement Today to Help You Lose Fat Quickly - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauOne of the main reasons folks fail to lose weight when on a diet is lack of motivation. It is so easy for us to just fall back into our old routines rather than follow a consistent steady plan of action to achieve real fat loss success. If we can make our ROUTINE something that is healthy and ...
Views: 666 - Bodybuilding basics: build a strong foundation for later growth - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2009 from Emile JarreauEver since the days of the Charles Atlas ads featuring the skinny boy who is getting sand kicked in his face, millions of young boys everywhere wanted to take up body building to try to achieve a body that would be both feared and marveled. This leads many to pick up the sport of bodybuilding in ...
Views: 662 - 4 Diet Plans That Can Help You Lose 10 or More Pounds Fast - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauDiets, Diets, Diets! It seems that’s all we can think about when we need to lose weight! Every time we turn on the TV or look at a magazine it seems there is a brand new one staring us in the face! It can be hard enough living with yourself when you are overweight, much less trying to wade ...
Views: 660 - How to Tell if You Have an Eating Disorder - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Emile JarreauThe modern concept of an eating disorder is largely the product of the fashion industry in the 1990s. As models became thinner and thinner, the media glorified this new trend, and stick-thin women began appearing on magazine covers, in commercials, and anywhere else. Once a fashion trend has ...
Views: 655(2 votes) - Sip On This: The Truth Behind Artificial Sweeteners - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Emile JarreauSugars are considered to be one of your body's worst enemies, so why then are even so-called healthy alternatives such as artificial sweeteners finding their way onto the bad list as well? The following is an in-depth look at artificial sweeteners and the overall affect they have on your ...
Views: 655 - Are Your Workouts Boring you to Death? Pick up a Kettlebell and Have Some Fun while Getting Fit! - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauI don’t care what anyone says, working out can be downright boring. We all want to stay in shape, but if we get stuck in the same old rut, boredom can set in and cause our workouts to become less productive and in some cases, lead us to take longer and longer breaks between workouts. I have to ...
Views: 651 - Bodybuilding vs. Diets to Lose Fat and Look Great - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2009 from Emile JarreauLooking younger and more attractive is the goal of just about everyone at one time or another. As a society, we spend billions of dollars on diet programs and exercise equipment in the hopes of achieving the slim attractive bodies of our youth. Add to that the incredible amount of money spent on ...
Views: 645(1 vote) - Bodybuilding Diet and Exercise: The Principles of Building the Perfect Body - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2009 from Emile JarreauWho can forget the physique of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie Pumping Iron as he went on to win his seventh Mr. Olympia? His combination of size and symmetry was declared by many to be the perfect body. This bodybuilding physique led many young boys to begin picking up weights and starting ...
Views: 643 - What Are the Best Starchy Carbs for The GI Fat Loss Diet? - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauAs individuals, energy is crucial in our daily activities and their sources are very important. For many people, just about any sort of food will do. Therefore, it is not uncommon to see a lot of people eating junk foods at some point in time. However, for someone who wants to live well and ...
Views: 641 - How Can You Benefit From Fish Oil Supplements? - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2009 from Emile JarreauIt’s natural to be wary of all of these commercials that claim to have a miracle product (especially on those late night infomercials). However, if you are too unwilling to try something that claims these benefits, you are in danger of missing out on something that could permanently change your ...
Views: 638(2 votes) - How to Gain Muscle the RIGHT Way using Bodybuilding Principles - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Emile JarreauJust about every guy on the beach would love to walk down the boardwalk with bulging arms that filled up his sleeves and ripped thighs that made people get out of the way when they saw him coming. This can only be achieved through the principles of bodybuilding used to build a ripped and ...
Views: 638 - Recognizing the Symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Emile JarreauEach year, thousands of women suffer from one form of harmful eating disorder or another. The causes of them are many including depression, broken family relationships, and even the media's obsession about weight. No matter what the cause, eating disorders can be extremely dangerous and can ...
Views: 637(1 vote) - Bodybuilding for Fat Loss - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2009 from Emile JarreauMany people who are looking to lose fat don't normally think about body building as much as they think about aerobic activities like running or riding a bike. They generally assume that bodybuilding workouts are only designed for those who are looking to get incredibly huge muscles and get ...
Views: 636 - How to Choose a Weight Loss Program in 5 Easy Steps - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from Emile JarreauHow in the heck can you choose an effective weight loss program when there are so many choices? Pills, potions, lotions and more tempt the eye in just about every store you walk into. Even worse are the TV commercials. How can it be that EVERYONE has the best, most effective, weight loss secret ...
Views: 636(1 vote) - 5 Days to a Healthier and Thinner You! - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauWho wants to go on a diet? Who wants to exercise day in and day out and practically kill ourselves to shed those excess pounds? Worse yet, who wants to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on the latest diet programs that promise to help us lose weight quickly? The answer is, NO ONE ...
Views: 635 - 3 Weight Loss Mysteries EXPLAINED - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauOne of the biggest understatements in the world is that being overweight is unhealthy. Being overweight puts you into a higher risk of an incredibly high number of health maladies including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and many types of cancer as well. The higher your ...
Views: 634 - A Proven Diet that will allow you to Shed up to a Pound Per Day - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauIf you are looking for something that will help you lose weight, it won’t take you long to find something. Actually, it won’t take you long to find EVERYTHING. Weight loss programs, diets, and exercise products make up the category of some of the best selling products in existence. Pills, ...
Views: 634 - Bodybuilding Myths Explained - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2009 from Emile JarreauBodybuilding is a misunderstood activity by many. People often think of the huge muscular hulk-like creatures standing on stages covered in oil as their veins bulge from beneath their muscle stretched skin. The fact is, any time you do any exercise designed to make your body look better, you're ...
Views: 633(1 vote) - Is Fruit a Great Fat Loss Tool in a GI diet? - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauLosing weight can be one hectic task. No wonder many aspiring to lose weight and reduce their blood sugar have refused to go on a steady diet, pill or exercise routine. It’s not as if these will never work, they do. The unfortunate thing is many people do not find out what works for them before ...
Views: 631 - Irritable Bowel Syndrome: What is it and Does My Diet Affect It? - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauMany Americans are affected by a condition known as irritable bowel syndrome. This is a condition that lists a variety of symptoms among its diagnosis which include unsettled stomach, bloating, gas, diarrhea, or constipation. Doctors will usually run a battery of tests to help determine if IBS ...
Views: 627 - Treatment for Eating Disorders - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Emile JarreauThere are many reasons why people with an eating disorder are reluctant to actually get treatment for eating disorders. For one thing, actually getting help means admitting that they have a problem. After all, if they are seeking help, that must mean there’s something wrong with them. A lot of ...
Views: 624 - Getting Lean and Ripped by Bodybuilding - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2009 from Emile JarreauEveryone looks to lose weight and get in better shape from time to time, but few have true long-term success with it. Most of us decided take the easy route and purchase one of the thousands of products we see on TV or in magazines or simply try one of the fad diets of the day. The problem is, ...
Views: 620 - Bodybuilding for Beginners - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2009 from Emile JarreauEvery day, all over the world, someone picks up a dumbbell for the first time and begins a quest to be the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. They imagine their bodies swelling up beyond belief and turning a once wiry frame into a molded piece of muscular artwork. Unfortunately, they quickly find out ...
Views: 615 - Losing 7-10 Pounds Quickly and Safely Using these Simple Techniques - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauHere's a list of a couple of different tasks. See if you can tell what they all have in common: - scaling Mount Everest - passing the bar exam - not watching American Idol - losing 10 pounds of fat Give up? These are all things that are extremely hard to do. Well, maybe not the American ...
Views: 612(1 vote) - Addictive Eating Disorder - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauWhile overweight people are often ridiculed, sometimes it is not simply a matter of choosing to be overweight; sometimes it’s an addictive eating disorder. This is not to say that there aren’t some lazy people who don’t take care of themselves, but there are also people who would love to be ...
Views: 610(1 vote) - Are You Suffering From an Eating Disorder? - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2009 from Emile JarreauWhen you’re in a normal, healthy mindset, you’ll usually know when you’re doing something harmful to yourself. In the case of people with an eating disorder, they will often have such psychological trauma that they no longer know what’s right, or they no longer care. In many of these cases, they ...
Views: 610 - 4 Tips to help you Cut down on Gym Time for BETTER Bodybuilding Results - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Emile JarreauMany bodybuilders love to brag about the time they spend in the gym. They are happy to talk about their marathon 2 hour workouts where they hit every body part known to man and saw just about every club member come through the door. The fact is, these long workouts are often much less productive ...
Views: 607(1 vote) - Bodybuilder Beginner Basics - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2009 from Emile JarreauLet’s face it, we live in an image conscious society, not a health conscious one. Many people confuse the two, but the difference is clear. Because of the extremes that many people are willing to go to try to look good including calorie restricting diets, taking pills and potions to lose weight, ...
Views: 602(1 vote) - Bodybuilding and Steroids: What you Should Know - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Emile JarreauEveryone loves a shortcut. Anything that can help us shave time, money, and resources to allow us to get a job done more quickly is often a welcome thing indeed. Unfortunately, shortcuts don't always work out like we had planned in life and one of these areas is in improving our bodies through ...
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