If you are someone that regularly lifts weights in a bodybuilding style workout routine in order to gain weight in the form of muscle, then you should be very concerned that you are weight training in such a manner that you accomplish that in the most efficient manner.

In order to properly evaluate the effectiveness of your workout program, it is very important that you understand exactly what is it that makes a muscle grow in size, not just strength (as 99% of weight lifters seem to confuse the two and think that they go hand in hand, which they don’t).

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So you are finally ready to turn from your couch potato ways, and trade your T.V. remote in for a dumbbell! Congratulations, and welcome to the wonderful world of fitness! I commend you on your resolve to lose weight and get into shape! Now where do you begin? These days there sure is a lot of talk about diet and fitness, whether it is a new diet pill or piece of exercise equipment. It is enough to make your head spin, and certainly enough to confuse the beginner. Take a deep breath, and follow these simple tips to go from being a fitness beginner to a pro!

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Do you feel tired in the afternoon after lunch? Here’s how to beat that slump and boost your energy and metabolism, while helping your weight loss program at the same time. So in order to have a productive afternoon, you have to set the scene in the morning.

Now after your high-protein, no-sugar, alertness-improving lunch…

Step 1 - Schedule the right tasks for after lunch

If you have the luxury, make sure that you are doing the right mental taks at the right mental time.

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TO DO OR NOT TO DO? ABS

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Jeanne is a client I have worked with for a number of years, and through a couple of births with very quick recoveries. She is naturally tall and thin with wide hips and very flat abs. She has that perfect body for wearing couture as you can see from her Vogue magazine write up in October of 2003. She is the type that doesn t want muscle showing at all, just long sleek feminine lines. We have stepped up her workouts of late because she is getting stronger and we do need to keep up the challenge to maintain that high metabolic

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Copyright (c) 2007 Jonathan Perez

There are many methods used today in an attempt to determine if you are burning body fat from your weight loss program.

When looking to lose weight everyone wants to see “how much” have they lost.

Here are some of the more popular methods used to measure and track your weight loss progress:

1) Weight scale

2) Body fat calipers

3) Bio-Electrical impedance devices

4) Hydrostatic testing

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