Anaerobic Exercise

Burn Fat and Gain Muscle: 3 Strategies That Will Guarantee Your Success

The question arises quite frequently whether you can burn fat and gain muscle at the same time. It can be very difficult. However, it is possible. In fact, you burn fat because you gain muscle. Since muscle burns fat, if you increase the amount of muscle you have the more overall [...]

‘No Time To Exercise’ Is No Excuse

A study, published in The Journal of Physiology, shows that short bursts of very intense exercise — equivalent to only a few minutes per day — can produce the same results as traditional endurance training.
The Study:
Subjects:  16 college-aged students
Protocols:
- Interval training group:  4-6 sets of 30 second “all out” bouts with 4 minutes recovery for [...]

Fat Burning Bodyweight Circuit Exercises

Fat Burning Bodyweight Circuit Exercises

By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Turbulence Training for Fat Loss
When you travel, you worry about missing your workouts and eating poorly…So you must plan ahead for both (apples and almonds for planes, trains, & automobiles)…and bodyweight circuits for “no-equipment [...]

Interval Training Burns More Fat, Increases Fitness

Interval training burns fat and improves fitness more quickly than constant but moderately intensive physical activity, according to research by a University of Guelph researcher.
The study included moderately fit women in their 20’s and borderline sedentary subjects.  Subjects trained every other day for 2 weeks alternating between 4 minute work periods and 2 minute rest [...]

Tabata Training: 4 Minutes of Intense Training for Fat Loss

Tabata Training 4 minutes of Intense Training for Fat Loss by Joe
Tabata Training is a very intense form of Interval Training. The idea is you do as many reps as you can of an exercise in twenty seconds you then rest for ten seconds and repeat. The ultimate goal is eight total sets.
When [...]

High Intensity Interval Training: The Scientific Approach to Weight Loss

High Intensity Interval Training-the Scientific Approach to Weight Loss.
Okay, I am pretty sure you have read most of the material you could get your hands on concerning dieting and weight loss. Chances are, you even attempted dieting and cardiovascular training at some point in order to shed some of those unwanted pounds. The question is, [...]