Wouldn’t it be fabulous if there were a convenient way to take one specific area of your body, like your butt, your abs, the back of your arms, or your thighs, and magically make all the fat in that area instantly disappear? How to Tone and Lose Fat in One Body Part But as you…

If there’s one part of the human body that can be too skinny, too thick, too soft, too weak or too baggy, it would be the thighs. Whether you want to trim your outer or inner thighs to look better in your clothes (or out of them), or you want a bit of extra strength in your…

Which exercise machine will give you the most bang for your buck when it comes to burning the most calories? If I had a nickel for every time I hear this question from a client or curious gym-goer, I’d have a pretty fat wallet! In today’s article, I’ll compare the calorie-burning effects of some popular…

In the episode Which Exercise Machine Burns the Most Calories? you learned that even though most computers on an elliptical trainer vastly overestimate the number of calories you burn, you can still get a fantastic fat-burning and fitness effect if you use an elliptical trainer that has arm resistance on it. Even better if you also…

 Cutting calories is a reliable way to lose weight, with or without exercise. However, it can be difficult to stick to a low-calorie diet for an extended period of time, which is why many people choose to burn additional calories through exercise. If you diet without exercise, you will need to eat the right foods…

Rapid weight loss is often difficult to sustain, particularly if you lose the weight through extreme calorie restriction. The body will rebel at the low calories levels and it becomes difficult to make it through the day without binging on unhealthy foods. Exercise speeds up weight loss, and the body doesn’t generally rebel against exercise…

Everyday we are exposed to millions of microorganisms that try to enter our body. If it wasn’t for our immune system, we wouldn’t last very long in this world of intense competition. The immune system is our body’s defence protocol against infection and disease.  Discover some natural ways to boost immune system function so you can lower your susceptibility of…

Anxiety is something we all face on a day to day basis. Maybe you can recall a time when a deadline was coming up at work or a time when your favorite team was on the verge of winning that big championship. These are examples of anxiety in the short term, i.e. the anxiety finishes after the…

Your fitness isn’t only a reflection of the number of hours you’ve spent in the gym and the healthy food you’ve been eating. A large number of tiny, external factors affect your fitness like lack of sleep, stress, sedentary lifestyle, etc. A perfect fitness plan takes all these factors into consideration along you’re your fitness…

So you didn’t win the genetic lottery. All it means is that you have to train smarter to pack on lean mass. Name: Skip La Cour Occupation: Author, trainer, owner Mass Machine Nutrition Accolades: 6-time national drug-free champion bodybuilder When you first start training, each body part seems to get bigger and stronger from one…