Shocking Video: The Government's Role in Obesity

I believe that everyone is responsible for their own levels of fitness and well being.

It's up to each and everyone of us to take responsibility to educate ourselves and act on things that will not only help us feel and look better, but will benefit the health of our children as well.

WE are responsible for who and what we are at any given moment. To successfully reach your fat loss/weight loss/fitness goals, the first step is to really believe that and take action to reach those goals. HOWEVER...
...after watching this video, there is little room to argue that the government's role in helping spread the obesity epidemic in our country is outrageous.

This is long, but well worth watching. I'd love to hear your thoughts when you're done.

Own an iPhone? Check Out These Health Related Apps

I held out for a long time, but a couple of weeks ago I actually broke down and bought an iPhone and as a "Windows guy" I hate to admit it, but I absolutely LOVE it!

Although I haven't had a chance yet to go through and recommend a list of health and fitness related apps, you can find a list of 50 iPhone apps that you might want to check out:

http://www.physicaltherapyassistantschools.org/50-iphone-apps-that-will-make-you-much-healthier/

Lose That Flabby Belly With This Vital Secret to Fat Loss

So let's get past all the tricks and gimmicks and get down to the hard science and fact behind what methods and strategies actually do help you to lose your mulish belly fat and keep it off for life. 

Other than diet, the most critical principle for fat loss is how you structure your workouts. The reality is, you do not lose belly fat by doing exercises that target the stomach area. Now don't misunderstand what I mean, a specific quantity of abdominals exercises are great and they do help to fortify your core and help you maintain a healthy back. But the fact is that direct abs exercises should be a tiny portion of your workout routines. 

The bulk of your time should be spent concentrating on full body workouts. Full body workouts that utilize multi-joint exercises that work the largest muscle groups of the body like the legs, chest, and back. Performing full body workouts are a proven method for ridding yourself of that sloppy belly fat for good. 

Concentrating on giant multi-joint exercises for the biggest portions of your body significantly increases your metabolic rate both in the workout, and for 24-48 hours after the workout. In addition, this also stimulates a rise in fat-burning hormones in your body. You simply do not get this kind of metabolic and hormonal reply by wasting the majority of your time with "abs-pumping" exercises.

Need to lose belly fat? Well, get moving with some squats, do some presses, some lunges, step-ups, some back and chest work. It is irrelevant per se if it is barbells, dumbbells, or perhaps bodyweight exercises. The key is that you focus on giant multi-joint exercises at a high intensity. That means no long breaks in between exercises. You should keep your rest periods to a minimum. There are different methods for this and many of them work, but I personally structure most of my workouts as follows:

• 8 exercises done at high intensity.
  
  
  
  
• Each exercise is performed for 20 seconds
  
  
  
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  Rest for 10 seconds between exercises
  
  
  
  
• Move onto the next exercise
  

When all 8 exercises are complete, rest for 2-5 minutes then repeat this cycle at least once.



Losing your belly fat for good needs some focus and power in your workouts. My suggestion? Do your full body workouts at home so you have no excuses for not going to the gym.