Are You Cheating Your Muscles (and Results!) By Doing This?

If there’s one major mistake I see people making at the gym that’s costing them their results it’s this:  Most people (especially men, but women aren’t exempt from this either!) tend to load up on the weights, but don’t move through the exercises’ full range of motion.  Sure, you might feel stronger by packing on a few more plates, but if you’re stopping a few inches shy of completing each move, you’re cheating your muscles—and that’s going to cost you better results.

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Try This Killer Outdoor Circuit Workout Using Just Your Bodyweight (Video)

With summer officially here, I thought it would be a great idea to give you an outdoor workout so you can get your heart pumping, muscle burning, and sweat pouring to burn that last bit of excess fat off… just in time to bare it all and get your tan on.

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The Truth About High Fructose Corn Syrup

You may have recently seen commercials on T.V. touting that it is actually okay to eat high fructose corn syrup, but nothing could be further from the truth!  Today my guest poster, Certified Nutritionist Isabel De Los Rios, reveals some starting facts about high fructose corn syrup, shows you how to identify which foods contain it, and how you can start making better choices to help whittle-down your waistline.  Watch now to find out if any of these unsuspecting foods are making it into your kitchen…

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A Fat-Blasting Workout Using Just ONE Piece of Equipment

If you have access to a fully equipped gym, it’s makes it a lot easier to change up your workouts and keep things fresh, but it shouldn’t make or break whether you can achieve your fitness goals or not!  Getting in great shape can be done anywhere and with anything.  Just a little creativity and a little know how, and you can create a workout that will rev up your metabolism to burn the fat and get you lean.

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Best Warm Up Drills for Outdoor Running (Video)

With summer just around the corner I’m getting a lot of questions about working out outside.  And since the easiest and the most popular outdoor workout is running, I thought it would be a good idea to show you some simple but effective warm up drills you can do to warm up your legs and get your heart rate up before you go for a run. 

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How To Use Your Biggest Fat Burning Muscles—Without Killing Your Knees

It’s no secret that the biggest fat burning muscles in your body are your legs.  They are the largest muscles in your body and therefore require the most amount of energy when used.  Since your legs are the primary muscles that drive your heart rate up, the more you use them the harder your heart pumps.  And the harder your heart works, the more calories you burn and the fitter you get.  So if you want to keep up your fitness and fat burning progress, you’d better take care of your legs—especially your knees.

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Is Stress Going Straight to Your Gut?

Are you stressed at work or at home?  Is your to-do list is growing longer by the minute?  On top of all that, are you anxious about getting back into shape for summer, which is just around the corner?  Stress is something that even the best of us can’t avoid, but it’s how you manage it that can drastically affect your quality of life—and the size of your belly.

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Dynamic Warm Up Exercises To Keep You Injury-Free

Warming up is one of those things that is either completely overlooked or done wrong.  The biggest mistake people still make today (even though every trainer, health magazine, and fitness books tell you not to do) is static stretching.

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What Is The Best Exercise To Burn Fat The Fastest?

If there’s one question I get asked over and over and it’s this:

What is the best exercise to do to burn fat the fastest?

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How “Muscle Confusion” Whips You Into Shape Faster

You may have heard of the term “muscle confusion” as of late.  Though it’s the latest buzz phrase in the fitness industry, the concept has been around for a while.  The goal is to “confuse” your muscles so you can avoid plateaus and keep getting results.  Here’s how it works:

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Use This Free Tool To Help Shed Those Extra Pounds

I recently got a email from one of our MAX Workout Club members (Thanks Tony!) about a tool he uses to keep track of his calories.  I know… counting calories… who has the time right?  But the truth is it’s necessary if you’re serious about losing weight.  It’s sort of like keeping a food journal—once you get started it’s actually not that bad. 

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The One Stretch That Can Help You Avoid Lower Back Pain

As you may already know, I’m not the biggest fan of static stretching.  Which is why you won’t see any photos or videos of me doing any static stretching in my book or website.  But, there is one static stretch that I do like.  It’s a Hip Flexor Stretch. 

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Don’t Let This “Health Food” Make You Fat

With food makers jumping on the health craze like never before, you really have to read between the lines to get the truth on what’s healthy and what’s not.  Everywhere you turn, there are “healthy” versions of just about everything.  Here’s what happened to me when I didn’t pay attention to the nutrition labels…

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How To Get 6-Pack Abs (Video)

One of the best ways to get your mid-section looking beach ready is by doing high intensity workouts using full body exercises.  But no matter how much you exert yourself working out, there’s always that urge to finish the work out off by doing a little somethin’ extra on your abs…right?  It’s the part of you that doesn’t want to leave any stones unturned.  And who can blame you?  So I decided to write a little about our beloved abs and show you one very effective ab exercise you can do at home to help satisfy your ab cravings.  You may be quite surprised at what ab exercise I chose.  Watch and find out…

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This Guy Accused Me of Not Being Qualified & Calls My Workouts “Dangerous”

I recently received an email from a concerned individual who criticized my training methods and qualifications.  Here’s what the email said:

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