The secret to losing body fat

“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved, except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.” Bruce Barton Judy, one of my Hawaii personal training clients, and a great friend, made the picture on the left for me after my motorcycle accident. I

This video made me LOL!

This video made me LOL! I hope it can do the same for you. When you spend a significant amount of time in a gym, you occasionally see some crazy stuff, people, and people doing crazy stuff. The funniest thing about the video below is: back when I worked as a personal trainer down on the beach in

FDA Warns Consumers to Stop Using Hydroxycut Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to immediately stop using Hydroxycut products by Iovate Health Sciences Inc., of Oakville, Ontario and distributed by Iovate Health Sciences USA Inc. of Blasdell, N.Y. Some Hydroxycut products are associated with a number of serious

8 Reasons Why You Keep Falling Off The Diet Wagon

By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com Clearly, we have an obesity problem in America and many other countries across our planet. Yet, I propose that we do not have a weight loss problem today. In case you’re confused at this apparent contradiction, consider these statistics: According to a study

Cortisol, Stress And Body Fat: Straight Answers To The Top 20 Questions About The Stress Hormone

By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com It seems that every time science uncovers some type of association between body fat and anything, opportunistic entrepreneurs are waiting in the shadows to create a product and a marketing campaign around it. They ride the wave into the multi

Why Some People Quit And Some People NEVER Give Up

By Tom Venuto, CSCS, NSCA-CPT www.BurnTheFat.com Throughout my 18 years in the fitness industry as a trainer, nutrition consultant and motivational coach, I have noticed that some people who start a nutrition and exercise program give up very easily after hitting the first obstacle they

Are you wasting time in the gym?

I was having a conversation the other day with one of my Hawaii personal training clients. Next month, she’s trying out to be a cheerleader for an NFL football team. She’s worked with a few different personal trainers in the past and she’s been to many different gyms. The gym

I’m back in Hawaii!

First of all, I’d like to welcome my new readers from Hawaii, and elsewhere to my personal training blog and email list. ALOHA! I’ve had a sort of writer’s block for a little while now and it’s time to end that. I took a vacation right after I wrote my last blog post

The Little Thing in Your Head That’s Keeping You Fat

By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com I have no doubt that a scientist somewhere just read the title of this article and said out loud, “YES! Venuto is right! That little thing in your head – the hypothalamus – it IS the thing that is keeping you fat! By George, that Venuto guy isn’t a dumb

The 2 Pounds Per Week Rule and How to Burn Fat Faster

By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com Why do you always hear that 2 pounds per week is the maximum amount of fat you should safely lose? If you train really hard while watching calories closely shouldn’t you be able to lose more fat without losing muscle or damaging your health? What if you want to

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