A lot of the time we say our goal is weight loss, but the weight we want to lose is fat. So why not have our goal be fat loss? Rather than concentrating on eliminating the fat in our body by eating healthy and working out hard, we end up on the scale everyday checking if we’ve lost anything. We eat less, provide our bodies with less nutrients which ends up having negative effects on our health and on our fat loss.
Weight loss can be a discouraging thing, and unless you’re cutting weight for a fight or some sporting event, you should be focused on losing ‘bad weight’, and not just weight in general. You can be losing inches around your waste but seeing minimal losses on the scale which can be a pretty discouraging thing. If this is you, have a look at the “fat loss vs weight loss“ articles I put up this week, each will give you tips about how to attack the fat weight that you’re carrying. Read the rest of this entry »
Hey guys and gals, I shot a quick video at the gym yesterday demonstrating a great compound exercise for fat loss and gaining lean muscle.
The exercise is the dumbbell snatch, it’s a variation of the Olympic lift – the snatch – and it’s great for building power in your legs and hips as well as size in your shoulders and traps. Read the rest of this entry »
Your goal, whether it be to gain lean muscle or to burn fat, should be to break down your muscle as much as possible in as little time as possible. I used to be under the impression that super-sets and giant-sets had a negative effect on building muscle, but as usual, back then I was wrong.
Combine two, three, even four exercises into one set. You can do this by focusing on 1 muscle group, which is what I normally do, or up to a different muscle group per exercise. I’ve gained 30+ lbs of lean muscle by combining my exercises into mainly giant sets (3 exercises done back-to-back-to-back) and am both leaner, more muscular and in better shape than ever before.
I’m also spending a maximum of 4 hours in the gym each week, 3 hours more often than not.
2. Shorten your rest periods
This may seem like a no-brainer, shortening your rest periods to shorten up your workout, but few people actually stay true to their rest periods. I’ll have a rest period of 60 seconds to even as short at 15 seconds in between sets.
If I’m doing a really short rest period, it’s because I’m combining 3 exercises together and instead of doing them back-to-back-to-back as a giant set with 60 seconds rest at the end, I’ll take the 15 seconds of rest after every exercise and keep this short rest period up for the whole workout.
6 things I did to drop my bodyweight by 3% in less than 2 weeks, while spending only 3 hours a week in the gym.
If you’ve visited this site before, you’ll know that I’m not big on long, drawn out workouts; I prefer to be in and out of the gym as soon as I possibly can, and on with my day.
I was two weeks away from a trip to Maui and I wanted to shed a few pounds of fat, without sacrificing any of my muscle. Here’s the catch: I had two very busy weeks ahead and I didn’t want to spend more than 3 hours a week in the gym. I had more important things to do, but nonetheless, wanted to get in great shape for the trip. Read the rest of this entry »
