My Holiday Fitness Challenge to You
December 11, 2008
By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com Media reports say that most people gain between 5 and 10 pounds of body fat in the six weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. According to research from the New England Journal of Medicine, the average amount is much more modest – just
The Why’s and How’s of Losing Body Fat
November 24, 2008
Why do you work out? It is a simple question but it is a very important one. Having a reason why gives you a purpose. When the reason (the why) you want to achieve something is big enough, you will be much better prepared to handle any part of the how. If the “what” is not easily
Foods That Burn Fat: The Top 10 Lists
November 16, 2008
By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com Anytime the topic of discussion in my blogs, articles or newsletters has turned to my own personal grocery shopping list, there has always been a spike in interest. It seems that many people are not only curious about what foods a natural
Listen to Maintainers, Not to Losers: 5 secrets to keeping the weight off for good
November 16, 2008
By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com I have very little interest these days in all the media-hyped stories of dramatic, rapid losses of body weight. “Big losers” don’t impress me, for numerous reasons. For example, weight is not fat. “Weight” could be composed of mostly
Wu Long Tea (oolong tea): Does it really help you lose weight?
November 16, 2008
Wu Long Tea (oolong tea): Does it really help you lose weight? By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com You’ve probably seen the advertisements: “Drink wu long tea and lose a jeans size every 7 days!”… “Burn 20 lbs of fat in 30 days with wu long tea!” … Maybe you even
Fat Burners: The Unadulterated Truth
October 9, 2008
By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com Fat burner supplements are advertised everywhere these days – on the internet, in magazines and even on TV. The ads almost always feature a very lean fitness model or bodybuilder and claim that these products, usually pills, were the secret
Steady State Cardio 5 X More Effective Than HIIT????
October 5, 2008
By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com High Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT for short, has been promoted as one of the most effective training methods ever to come down the pike, both for fat loss and for cardiovascular fitness. One of the most popular claims for HIIT is that it
Health And Fitness Is Not A 12-Week Program
October 2, 2008
Health And Fitness Is Not A 12-Week Program By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com Not long ago, one of the members of my health club poked her head in my office for some advice. Linda was a 46 year old mother of two, and she had been a member for over a year. She had been working out
Why The **Bleep** Do We Need To Exercise Anyway?
August 23, 2008
I remember seeing an episode of a cartoon called The Jetsons in the mid to late 80′s where Judy Jetson was getting ready for school. Judy pushed a button and ***SHAZAM*** the clothes on her body were different. When she didn’t like an outfit, she just kept pushing the button until she found one to her liking. She didn’t have to move her body at all. She just pushed a button and her clothes were instantly different.
Technology might not be quite that advanced yet, but it gets more advanced with each passing day.
Technology is meant to make our everyday lives more efficient. It makes our lives “easier”. Remote controls let us push buttons to change the channel or adjust the volume instead of having to get up and walk to the TV. In fact, we didn’t always have TV’s as a means of entertainment. We use our cellular phones to call people from our cars that we drive to work. Escalators and elevators take us up and down floors. Microwaves heat our food in a matter of seconds with the push of a button. We wash clothes in a washing machine and throw them in the dryer. [Read more]
Are You Calling Me Fat?
July 15, 2008
It’s the last few days of my Biggest Loser Contest. I spent a few hours yesterday and today offering a part of my personal training services for free. I was performing body composition (body fat) tests for the members at Punahou Fitness & Spa here in Honolulu. I’ve also done this
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