Your biceps might be getting bigger, but your arms, are not getting much thicker. This can be a common problem for guys. You might not want ridiculously thick arms, but a good size thickness does look impressive. When viewed from the back or side do your arms look thin? Although over time, I would say 3 months, you can grow the thickness naturally by performing any standard arm workout, such as barbell curls, or concentration curls. [Read more...]
Stop The Belly Fat!
We don’t want belly fat! How do you stop it? How do you get rid of belly fat?
These are all good questions to an age old problem we have. We gain belly fat as we get older, but this isn’t the only problem, as kids can be skinny and show belly fat. There are a few good rules to follow, to eliminate that tire around your waist. Let’s take a look at some right now:
Abdominal fat, is just like any other fat on your body, however the abdominal area has two types of fat: subcutaneous and visceral fat. Visceral fat is more dangerous, and you know when you see those guys with ‘huge beer guts’? Well that is both types of fat! [Read more...]
How Many Calories Do You Burn Doing Nothing?
People often wonder, how many calories they are burning by doing absolutely nothing! It’s a great question, but the answer is not that straight forward. A lot of it depends on your metabolism. What we need to gain an understanding of is your basal metabolic rate or (BMR) this is your resting metabolism. There are other factors involved in how many calories you burn doing absolutely nothing, but the main scientific factor is your BMR. You need to calculate your BMR to know how many calories you burn doing nothing. This helps us because the BMR defines what ‘us’ mammals will burn just in order to live. The basic functions you need to continue existing, your internal organs such as your heart, your brain etc. [Read more...]
Cable Exercises For Obliques
Looking to tone up your oblique muscles? If you have access to cables then you can perform this routine. Try doing this exercise – it works those sexy looking muscles at the side of your trunk. All you need to do is 1 set of 8-12 reps, then raise the weight and resistance to repeat the same maneuver another two times for a total of 3 sets. [Read more...]
How To Build The Vastus Medialis?
The vastus medialis is part of the quad (four) muscles of the leg. This muscle is often ignored in lots of training scenarios due to its strange position. But what many people forget including soccer players and the like is that this muscle offers a good amount of protection for the knee. Most weight trainers will focus on the larger muscle the vastus lateralis which when big gives your legs girth (good for skinny guys!) [Read more...]
How To Get A Better Leg Workout On An Elliptical Machine
The elliptical machine is good for burning fat and building leg muscles, but finding a balance can be tricky as you don’t want it to be so hard that you can’t build up speed. To burn fat you need to sweat and not only are you burning calories but the fat escapes through sweat amongst other things. If you put the elliptical on a low level you should be able to go pretty fast say above 150 strides per minute. But, and this a but, you might not be getting a very good leg workout at the same time. [Read more...]
Too Much Cardio Look Skinny?
Being athletically fit is a great thing, but in reality you should be looking to mix up your workouts. If you have lost quite a bit of fat and now people are commenting on how much weight you have lost, then why not start to mix in weight training? Weight training will also help to keep fat off, but you will also be able to sculpt your body into what shape you wish. Many people focus on one training method, but it’s better to cross train as you will develop a more cohesive and better looking body. Women should not think – ‘Oh I don’t want to get big’. You have less testosterone anyway, and unless you are lifting heavy weights, you’ll most likely get more toned. No one knows your body better than you, you see it everyday. [Read more...]
Burn 400 Calories In 30 Minutes
Burning 400 calories in 30 mins is possible and a good workout with lots of sweat will bring this to fruition. Effectively you will be doing a modified form of HIIT. The modified bit being that you are having to workout at a high intensity for 30 mins. To burn off 400 cals in 30 mins you need to burn off 133.333 cals every 10 mins, which is about 13 cals per minute. Doable. [Read more...]
Pre And Post Workout Nutrition And Supplements
So you are training regularly? Then if so, depending on your goals, you need to devise a plan so that your body is effectively supported by use of nutrients and other components for both endurance, fat burning, recovery and muscle gain. Hence the name of this site burn fat and gain muscle.
Firstly decide what it is you are trying to do? Are you cutting, bulking, or looking to just gain more stamina and fitness. Once you have an idea you can then go about stocking your cupboards with the required supplements to support your goals. Do you need supplements? I would say without doubt. Unless you have a Masters Degree in physiology or nutrition you can’t possibly gain all the required nutrients in order to see impressive gains, purely from generic foodstuffs. [Read more...]
