Do Fat Burners Work? Separating The Facts From The Myths!

In this post I want to talk about fat burners. Walk into any vitamin or supplement store and you’ll find whole sections dedicated to fat burners and weight loss products. It’s easy to get sucked into the idea of an easy fix for weight loss or fat loss through supplementation, but like always there are some truths and some myths concerning supplements that people need to be aware about before spending their hard earned cash. So in this post I want to discuss the question do fat burners work? I also want to dig a little deeper by looking at some of the popular fat loss supplements on the market and talk about what it is they do.

[I figured it was time for a beautiful woman to find the pages of my site instead of some supplement bottle. If Sarah's been taking fat burners they seem to be working pretty well.]

Acai Berry and Goji Berry Supplementation

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6 Comments by  /  November 8, 2011  /  Posted in: Body Fat
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Workout Routines To Build Muscle – Do We Need This As We Age Or Do Our Muscles Plateau

I had a guy in the gym come up to me the other day and ask me if our muscles plateau as we age. It’s a great question and something that a lot of people don’t think about often. He was a kid (around 20 years old), and wondered if I was following a workout routine to build muscle or just following a routine to stay lean considering I am around 40 years old. He also wondered if his routine should differ from mine considering our age difference. Lets talk about what we discussed in this post.

[Your body type will determine how much muscle is appropriate for you. Don't get obsessed with being to big! Just add some natural muscle, strip some body fat, and you will look fantastic.]

Do our muscles plateau as we age?

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3 Comments by  /  November 3, 2011  /  Posted in: Muscle Building
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Bulking And Cutting – Do We Need To Do This To Look Our Best

When we go to the gym we enter a different world.  I remember when I first heard the term bulking and cutting and thought what a great idea.  You pack on the muscle in the off season when your wearing a shirt and coat – so no one can see the excess fat that you’ve gained, then you drop body fat quickly when spring and summer approaches to show off all that muscle you’ve gained.  In theory it was a great idea….I mean this is what body builders did when they entered a competition right, so it must work.  Is this the approach we should be taking to look our best?

 (I have a good friend that works for Sony Music Entertainment. When we talked a few weeks back he couldn’t stop talking about this new kid he just helped sign. He kept saying he’s the next Usher!  Here is Jacob Latimore’s new video ” I like em all”.  This kid is really talented.  Man, my buddy always had an eye for good young talent.)

What does bulking up exactly mean

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7 Comments by  /  October 19, 2011  /  Posted in: Muscle Building
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The Health Benefits Of Coffee! & Why Adding It To Your Daily Routine Is Good For You

Have you ever wondered whether coffee was bad for you? I have drank coffee for years 30 to 60 minutes prior to my workouts and have never had any adverse affects whatsoever. What it has done is help me burn off a lot of unwanted body fat over the years. Even though I’ve been drinking coffee for years I still had no idea whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. So I decided to do some research and come up with some facts explaining the health benefits of coffee as well as how coffee affects fat loss and exercise performance.

(Two beautiful women enjoying their coffee at an outdoor bistro. I love sitting in a nice place with a good friend or a book enjoying a nice cup of coffee.)

The health benefits of coffee

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8 Comments by  /  October 11, 2011  /  Posted in: Life Outside the Gym
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The Afterburn Effect – Using Afterburn Training to Burn Fat!

A secret way the body burns calories is with Exercise Post-Oxygen Consumption (EPOC), or what most of us refer to as the afterburn effect. When we employ afterburn training, we throw the body into a form of chaos. Once the workout is over, our bodies expend calories to get the body back into its pre-exercise state. Achieving this state, in my opinion, is the single most important factor when it comes to getting lean.

(Is there anything better than looking at palm trees with the red sky behind it. After seeing this picture me and my wife decided it was time to start planning our next vacation.)

How do we reach this chaotic state?

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7 Comments by  /  October 4, 2011  /  Posted in: Body Fat
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Gluten Free Diet Plan! Do You Have Yeast Allergy Symptoms?

I’ve been seeing the term “gluten free diet plan” all over the internet lately and thought a brief overview was needed to determine if we need to take this seriously. I’ve been feeling a little tired and been getting blood shot eyes a bit lately after a big meal and the research I did said that it could be yeast allergy symptoms related to gluten. Lets take a look at what could be going on.

(No breads, no pasta, no beer, say it ain’t so!)

What is Gluten?

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6 Comments by  /  September 27, 2011  /  Posted in: Diet Tips
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The Herschel Walker Workout And Diet, Advice From A Ripped 49 Year Old!

I was watching television the other day and saw a new show on ESPN about the life of Herschel Walker. Herschel played for the University of Georgia from 1980-1982 and was a force to be reckoned with – I still think he was the best college football player of all-time. I can still remember sitting in my Grandmothers living room as a ten year old watching him run past and over everyone that got in his way. He eventually went on to have a succesfull professional football career, and now at the age of 49, is fighting in the MMA. Is there some secret Herschel Walker workout that keeps him looking so good at 49? Lets take a look at what Herschel does to keep in such great shape.

(Here is Herschel fighting at the age of 49. He must really use some unique training methods to keep in that kind of shape? You’re gonna be shocked when you see his routine.)

A diet so simple anyone can do it

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4 Comments by  /  September 19, 2011  /  Posted in: Celebrities
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How Much Creatine Should I Take? Breaking Down The Best Muscle Building Supplement!

Continuting the theme from my previous post about supplements I would like to take a look at another supplement called Creatine. Here is a supplement that has a good reputation in the fitness world and gets talked about all the time. As i’ve said in previous posts I am not a huge fan of supplements, however Creatine is one that I ‘ve taken with some great success over the years. In this post I would like to examine a few of the popular questions that I get about Creatine such as: How much Creatine should I take? And is it the best muscle building supplement on the market today?

(Creatine can give you results that aren’t appealing if you take it at the wrong time. You need to supplement Creatine at the right time if you want to look lean.)

What is Creatine?

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3 Comments by  /  September 13, 2011  /  Posted in: Supplements
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L-Glutamine Benefits! Is A Glutamine Supplement Worth Your Investment?

I usually don’t review individual supplements on this site, but since l-glutamine is being talked about so much throughout the fitness world I thought I would give it a review. A couple of questions I want to discuss in this post are: Do the l-glutamine benefits outweight the negatives? And is a glutamine supplement worth your time and money?

(We need to make sure we do the proper research before we take a supplement. It’s a billion dollar industry because of supplement marketing, not because of any magical elixir.)

What is L-glutamine?

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1 Comment by  /  September 7, 2011  /  Posted in: Supplements
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How to Have Good Posture & Exercises to Improve Posture!

Before we get into the nuts and bolts of improving our posture I just want to tell you that improving my posture was one of the best things i’ve ever done. I look 2 or 3 inches taller, my physique looks way better, I have no back pain or discomfort, and I am just overall a more confident person. Now, how to have good posture isn’t the easiest thing in the world to obtain – just look around you, but it is possible. In this post I want to discuss exercises to improve posture and also how and why a person’s posture become’s so poor over time.

[Probably the most common type of bad posture is due to sitting for long periods of time. It also happens because of the way people workout. In this post I want to discuss why our posture is so poor and ways we can improve it fast.]

Lower Cross Syndrome

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2 Comments by  /  September 1, 2011  /  Posted in: Muscle Tone Strategies
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