After watching several seasons of the Biggest Loser on NBC, and watching as the contestants that get on the show start off larger, and larger, and larger.  Some of these people can barely get off their couch and walk, let alone run a 5K!  Some of these folks, in order to even get on the show had to compete against other contestants and run a mile.  Or do 500 steps on a stepper.  Some of these contestants ended up in the hospital!

The reason for my stating all of the above is for those of us who aren’t at a level needing to lose 300 lbs., or those of us who are semi-active, but are still overweight.  Why can’t we do like the contestants on the Biggest Loser and push forward and lose all that weight?

While you may be struggling with those 20, 30 or even 50 lbs. to lose.  Just remember, they did it one step at a time, one meal at a time.

Remember that on The Biggest Loser, they have guidelines to follow for their calorie intake, and it’s actually not that hard to follow when you have some decent recipes.  Since most of us cannot get onto the show, we can still sign up at The Biggest Loser Club.  This program is a truly full-fledged program to help you reach your fat loss goals.

They have online coaching, supportive forums, menu plans that can be customized, workout plans and much much more.  I have personally done this plan and have already lost 17 lbs.

There are lots of tips from current Biggest Loser contestants as well as the  beloved trainer, Bob Harper.  You can also check out Bob’s website at http://www.mytrainerbob.com.  And if you’ve seen the show, you know how Bob is, he doesn’t take any crap from anyone.  Gotta love that guy.

I guess my whole point to this post is that “if they can do it, you can do it.”  Just make the decision to change your life.  You won’t look back once you do!

Check out more about the Biggest Loser Club here.

Make 2011 your year for change, get more information now at MusclesNotFat.com/Biggest Loser

Share this:

Filed under: Losing Fat by admin
No Comments »

This article was written by Craig Ballantyne.

A huge majority of myths about muscle weight gain are handed down from so-called gurus from the gym that don’t no a thing about the body’s workings.

These myths lead to a lot of time wasted, frustration, and if taken as whole truth, can be detrimental to any progress in the gym. You can’t believe everything you hear in the gym when it comes to muscle weight gain and exercise. You can see for yourself when you do a little research on your own.

Basic and simple principles apply to all weight and muscle gain such as progressively overloading, fluctuating frequency of repetitions and workouts of high intensity.
Here are a few of the most common myths about muscle weight gain:

1) High repetitions burn fat while low repetitions build muscle.

Fact – In order to make muscles bigger, your need progression overload. If you do the same amount of reps at each workout, you will not change your muscles. In addition – if the amount of weight of the workout doesn’t change – your muscles will not change as well.

2) When working out to gain muscle weight – you can eat whatever you want.

Fact – Sure – you can always eat whatever you want, as long as you don’t care what you look like. You can’t just consume all the calories you want, as well as not care what type of calories you are taking in. Of course you will burn more calories that someone who is completely sedentary, but you still need to balance it all out.

3) If you take a break for a week, you will lose everything you have gained.

Fact – Taking a week or two off every now and then will not hurt your training. In fact, you SHOULD take a break every 8 to 10 weeks or so just to heal those small injuries.

4) If I eat more protein, I can build bigger muscles.

With all the hype about protein rich diets these days, it would make sense to assume that eating more protein would build more muscles. Muscles really work on calories that should mostly come from carbohydrates. The key here is also to make sure they are “smart carbs.” Carbs with a low-glycemic index.

5) I cannot lose fat with resistance training.

This is a huge myth! Muscle is tissue that is metabolically active and the faster the metabolism the quicker we burn the fat.

To learn more about muscle weight gain, visit:
http://www.musclesnotfat.com/turbulencetraining.html

Share this:

Filed under: Uncategorized by admin
1 Comment »