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How You Can Avoid Getting Fat This Holiday Season

Follow These Tips To Avoid Getting Fat This Holiday Season

That time of year is upon us again. The holiday season full of fun and cheer but also makes it difficult to avoid getting fat. You worked hard to keep your body in top shape throughout the summer and now you’re worried that after a couple of weeks into the holiday season you will be rummaging through your closet to find your “fat” pants.

Well, this year doesn’t have to be like your previous experiences. By reviewing a few tips explored in this article, you can choose the ones that would best curb your holiday binging habits. When going to holiday parties and festivities you can be occupied by good company instead of worrying about how to avoid getting fat. With a little will power, determination, and distraction, you will be breezing through the holiday season enjoying healthy portions of your holiday favorites while maintaining the figure you worked so hard for.

8 Ways to Jumpstart Your Weight Loss Journey

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8 Ways to Jumpstart Your Weight Loss Journey

We all want to look our best. Yet, still, nearly 74 percent of the population is considered overweight or obese. This is due largely to the fact that fast food restaurants and other convenience foods are lurking at every corner. If you’re ready to increase your aesthetic appeal and overall health, now’s the best time to start taking steps to shed the pounds. It can be difficult to stay on track when you start with unrealistic expectations. In order to best assure weight loss success, follow these eight ways to jumpstart your weight loss journey.

Change Up Workout Routines To Lose Weight and Gain muscle

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Change Up Workout Routines To Lose Weight and Gain muscle

Your body is an incredible thing. It changes food into energy and raw building materials for your body. It regularly repairs itself. It enables you to do amazing things.

This amazing ability does bring some problems. The body’s ability to adapt makes losing weight difficult. Your body learns how to burn less energy when you use the same exercises.

The same concepts apply to gaining muscle. Your body will strain less as you perform the same activities. This results in smaller gains.

Bootcamp Workouts – Good Use To Mix Things Up

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Bootcamp Workouts – Good Use To Mix Things Up

Whether you are going to a gym to lift or working out in your garage, everyone likes to (and your body needs to) take a break from weight lifting. I wrote an article about resting your body for a week after a 4-6 week intense training effort but what if you just don’t feel like going back to weight lifting. It happens, so I’m told. For me, I’ve started my day off going to the gym 3 days a week to lift for so long I wouldn’t know what else to do with myself. But for those of you that are feeling burnt out, here is an intense but fun way to keep motivated. Many cities offer classes for bootcamp workouts but you don’t need to spend extra $. Some things you should know before starting-

• Bootcamp workouts can be done 3 days per week.
• You can use a bootcamp workouts each time, or you can pick 3-4 workouts and rotate
through them over the course of 4 weeks for targeted results.
• All exercises should be done at a controlled pace unless specified.
• All exercises are done for time rather than repetitions because of the differences in fitness levels across campers.
• If you need to make the workouts easier, simply reduce the number of times you go through a circuit (i.e. only go through a circuit once rather than twice) and take MORE REST between exercises and circuits.
• Be conservative. Focus on perfect exercise form.
• Each workout starts with a warm-up. Do NOT skip the warm-up.
• Finish each workout with stretching for the tight muscle groups.

Insomnia Cheat Sheet – Tips For A Better Night Sleep

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Insomnia Cheat Sheet – Tips For A Better Night Sleep

Has bedtime become a battle that you just can’t win? Insomnia is a health condition that can make it impossible to get a good night’s rest. Tossing and turning, staring at the clock and frequent waking are just a few of the symptoms you may experience. While insomnia is frustrating, it is important to remember that there are some things that can be done. Use this insomnia cheat sheet to identify the underlying cause of your insomnia, and learn a few tricks for finally getting some sleep.

Importance of Curing Insomnia
Some people brag about not needing sleep. Yet, seven to eight hours of sleep is necessary for staying healthy. A lack of sleep can also have serious consequences. For example, your body requires rest for healing. You also build memories during sleep. Daytime drowsiness can also lead to car accidents. Insomnia may also cause problems with your job.

Identifying Potential Causes
You can try to wait out one night of no sleep. However, more than three nights without sleep should be cause for concern. It is important to find out the cause of your insomnia 9the point of writing this insomnia cheat sheet). A journal is a good place to start. Place a journal by your bed. Write down any times you wake up. Also write down things you did before bed. Try to notice patterns in your routine. You can use this log to talk to your doctor. Remember that you may still have to do some detective work to find the cause.

Swiss Ball Abdominals Workout

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Swiss Ball Abdominals Workout

Most people do their abdominals workout at the end of their workouts. I prefer to do my abs on non-weight lifting days, which in my case is Tuesday and Thursday. If you go that route and you prefer to do your workouts at home, I would suggest getting yourself a Swiss ball. These are easy to store at home, reasonably cheap, and have plenty of different uses, not just for an abdominals workout. I am going to assume you have one and list different exercises. If you are out of shape, I’d suggest getting a set of light dumbbells with your Swiss ball and spend a couple of weeks waking up those sleeping muscles. Your ball will probably come with exercises; feel free to pick and choose as you please. Start off slow and don’t worry about feeling clumsy at first. You’ll have good balance after a couple of weeks. Sitting on the ball will feel completely natural after a month. Got2ManUP! Here are some good exercises: [Read more…] about Swiss Ball Abdominals Workout