Tone Your Body For Life Or Sports In 2010

January 3, 2010

In 2010, tone your body for how you want to live, whether its to live an active, healthy life and/or to play your favorite sport!   Just as you set other high personal goals for financial and relationship success, set your health and fitness goals high and realistic (challenging and attainable).

                                                                                                    

Do you want to be able to walk, jog, cut your lawn, trim the hedges, run a marathon or play on your league soccer team? Then, you must be healthy and fit. You must burn body fat and lose weight! Either way, you will benefit from Her Fitness Hut’s Fat Blaster Athletic Training System.

Don’t risk your health and fitness on a quick weight loss program! Don’t sell yourself short and settle for just another fad diet designed to give you short term weight loss. Fad diets don’t work because you can’t maintain them—you need a healthy meal plan that you can maintain over time.

Her Fitness Hut’s Fat Blaster Athletic Training System is designed to give you the best lean and toned body that you can attain and maintain. It is the best and quickest way to give you that lean, toned body. And, according to research, you will also have superior heart health because of the circuit weight training and interval cardio sessions.

What about your 6-pack abs? You will have those too (and a strong overall core)! My athletic abs training system will give you ripped abs (and core) that are functional in everyday life or in sporting activities. Exercises like medicine ball chops and throws use natural motions and build your core to meet the demands of life or sports.

But you will have so much more than that:

At Her Fitness Hut, I have designed all of my exercise programs based on a Fat Blaster Athletic Training System. Here are the reasons:

1) There is not a better or faster way to tone your body. You also get superior heart health. Research and my personal experience backs this up. Just look at an athlete’s body. And, we are all athletes to some extent. There are varying degrees of athletic training—some techniques are more intense than others. I tailor the program to your fitness level and/or limitations.

2) I am a former NCAA Division I athlete, so I’m not playing a guessing game when it comes to this type of training. I use research, empirical evidence and real-life experience to develop training programs.

3) Her Fitness Hut’s Fat Blaster Athletic Training System doesn’t require marathon training sessions. We all have a tight schedule. No circuit weight training session last longer than 1 hour and some sessions are as short as 30 minutes. Interval cardio sessions are about 20 minutes.

Sign up for Her Fitness Hut’s Fat Blaster Athletic Training System. You will get the health and lean body that you need and want (including those 6-pack abs) to live a vigorous life and/or play sports!

“TONE YOUR BODY FOR LIFE OR SPORTS!”

“Exercise is not my life…..exercise makes my life better!”

Her Fitness Hut is featured on EmpowHER, a great health issues website for women!

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My Fitness Hut Blog  has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as a Top Health Blogger!  Quite an honor coming from that institution!

Sports Fitness Hut Blog has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as the #1 Sports Fitness Blog and NursingDegree.net as one of the Best 100 Health and Nutrition Blogs for Athletes!   The blog has also been named one of the 50 Best Sports Medicine Blogs by Masters In Healthcare!  It is an honor to be recognized by those in the health and academic fields! Afterall, health is number one for everybody—including athletes!

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Your Fat Loss FAQ for 2010

December 30, 2009

You need to know 2 things about fat loss frequently asked questions for 2010, 1) ask the right fat loss questions and 2) recognize the right fat loss answers when you see them!  Why?  Because there is alot of bad information out there about fat loss and weight loss!  Some of that bad information will give you short-term solutions (such as rapid weight loss) but long-term failure!

If you want the right answers, you’ve come to the right place! First, you need to know my belief statement about fitness:

“Make a lifetime commitment to health and fitness. This commitment trumps all other fitness commitments. Without it, you will always fall prey to the inevitable obstacles and pitfalls along the way.”

With this statement as background, here are answers to my top fat loss frequently asked questions.

1. Do you need fat loss supplements? You don’t need fat loss supplements to burn fat and lose weight! A combination of strength training, cardio training and good nutrition will give you the lean and toned body you want. Save your money!

2. What about fat loss surgery? Some surgeries such as liposuction and mesotherapy may give you some TEMPORARY relief from your subcutaneous (just underneath the skin) body fat. Liposuction is actually meant to remove deep fat tissue (visceral fat). Again, a combination of strength training, cardio training and good nutrition will give you the lean and toned body you want.

3. Is there specific fat loss exercise? High intensity circuit weight training and high intensity interval cardio (HIIT) have been proven to be effective for long-term fat loss and weight loss provided you have a good fat loss meal plan.

4. What about fat loss vs. muscle loss? You will burn fat while building muscle if you combine strength training, cardio training and good nutrition. That’s all there is to it! No shortcuts!

5. Are there any fat loss secrets? No secrets! Just hard, smart workouts, a good nutrition plan and perseverance. See #4 above.

Happy New Year and all the best to you!

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Merry Christmas From Her Fitness Hut!

December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Her Fitness Hut! 

Here is a gift for you!

Mark


How Did Your Weight Loss Go This Year?

December 24, 2009

This time of year, you need to review your year of weight loss and  fat loss. How did you do?

Do you have less body fat and weigh less? Or, did you gain weight and your body fat increased? Are you eating healthier than you did last year? Is your health better (schedule that physical exam!)? Did you have a good meal plan to follow? Honestly answer these questions!

If you have not made progress with your fat loss and weight loss, you need to determine the reasons why.

Your clothes should be fitting looser, your body should be more toned, you should be able to do some type of interval cardio (instead of slow-paced cardio), you should be able to get through a 30 minute circuit weight training workout, etc.

Here are some observations that I see in some people:

1. Some of you are still doing the same poorly designed workouts and getting the same “little or no success results” from your workouts. You’re still throwing your money away at these gyms.

2. Then, there are those who have decided to follow a workout program they found in a fitness magazine…..this is better than you trying to figure it all out on your own but a program found in a magazine is not individualized for your specific fat loss needs and goals.

3. There’s a group of you who have already given up the fight to get fit because you are overwhelmed…..you don’t believe you can really get a “leaned out” body.

4. Some still think they can eat like they always have and just workout longer and harder. The only problem with this tactic is that it does no good to burn 500 calories during a workout and later eat 900 calories of bad food.

5. Some are still wasting money on pills, patches, creams and fat-burner supplements……its the workouts and good nutrition that will get you fit!

6. There’s still a group of you who haven’t figured out that it takes hard, smart workouts to get fit……you need to learn how to workout hard.

7. And, some have gym memberships they still aren’t using.

Whatever the case, it doesn’t have to be that way……don’t underestimate the value of well-designed fitness program put together by a certified personal trainer. It makes all the difference because you get direction, feedback and encouragement from a trainer who is fit and knows what it takes to get fit and stay fit.

Get the help you need to get fit! Visit the link directly below and get started on your way to the “leaned out” body you want! And, you don’t need a gym membership!

Get your FREE 2 week fat blaster membership!

“Exercise is not my life…..exercise makes my life better!”


Warmup Your Muscles Before Workouts

December 22, 2009

Take 5-10 minutes before your workout to warmup your muscles.  An effective dynamic warmup is a MUST before your workout. A dynamic warmup will prepare your body best and reduce risks of injuries. Do static stretches after your workout (when muscles are warm) to increase your range of motion.

Accomplish the following during your dynamic warmup:

1. Make sure your “power center” is flexible.  Your ”power center” consists of the glutes, hips, quadriceps and hamstrings. This area of your body is prone to some hard-to-recover-from injuries!

2. Your hip flexors need to flexible. Tight hip flexors cause many problems, including problems with your glutes and hamstrings.

3. When you warmup, practice relaxing your face, shoulders, arms and torso. You will perform better when you are relaxed and you want your body to work like a “well oiled machine.”

Some good dynamic warmup exercises are walking lunges, bodyweight squats, form running, jumping jacks and jump rope.

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Her Fitness Hut is featured on EmpowHER, a great health issues website for women!

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My Fitness Hut Blog  has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as a Top Health Blogger!  Quite an honor coming from that institution!

Sports Fitness Hut Blog has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as the #1 Sports Fitness Blog and NursingDegree.net as one of the Best 100 Health and Nutrition Blogs for Athletes!   The blog has also been named one of the 50 Best Sports Medicine Blogs by Masters In Healthcare!  It is an honor to be recognized by those in the health and academic fields! Afterall, health is number one for everybody—including athletes!

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Shape Your Butt Faster

December 16, 2009

Shape your butt, thighs, hips and legs faster with plyometric workouts.  Shorten and intensify your workouts with jump training (plyometrics)!  Plyometric workouts also burn more fat and calories during and after your workout!

If you’re having trouble shaping your butt, hips and thighs then you need to do more plyometric training.

Plyometric workouts are advanced workouts. You need to perfect jumping and landing techniques or you will injure yourself. And, if you have knee and low back problems, high-speed plyometric training is not for you.

Try this jump training workout (take little or no rest between exercises):

–jump rope, two feet, full speed, 1 minute
–squat jumps, 10, full speed
–lunge jumps, 10, full speed
–depth jumps (off knee-high platform), 10
–tuck jumps, 10, full speed
–jumping jacks, 30 seconds, full speed

Rest 1 minute between circuits. Repeat the circuit 2 more times–20 minutes total workout time. Take more rest between exercises or circuits if needed.

Try plyometrics and shape your butt faster!  

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Her Fitness Hut is featured on EmpowHER, a great health issues website for women!

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My Fitness Hut Blog  has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as a Top Health Blogger!  Quite an honor coming from that institution!

Sports Fitness Hut Blog has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as the #1 Sports Fitness Blog and NursingDegree.net as one of the Best 100 Health and Nutrition Blogs for Athletes!   The blog has also been named one of the 50 Best Sports Medicine Blogs by Masters In Healthcare!  It is an honor to be recognized by those in the health and academic fields! Afterall, health is number one for everybody—including athletes!

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Your Lean And Toned Body For Life

December 15, 2009

The way to get your lean and toned body for life is not very complicated! Be consistent with your fitness program and you will get and stay lean and toned!

Here are some tips to get your body lean and toned:

1. If you want fat loss, weight loss and a lean and toned body then you MUST eat for fat loss! Everyone needs a meal plan! You need to have some sort of idea of what you are going to eat for the day. If you don’t have a meal plan, you might eat anything at any time! If you have a plan, you are more likely to follow it or at least eat similar foods. And, record what you eat in a food journal to hold yourself accountable.

2. Burn more fat by working large muscle groups, not by working out longer! Maximize your time in the gym and get the results you want! The quality of your workouts are better than the quantity of your workouts!

Shorten your weight training workouts to 50 minutes (3 days a week) or less and ramp up the intensity! Doing this will give you more fat burn and calorie burn during and after your workout!

Compound strength exercises (with weights or bodyweight) like squats, deadlift, lunges, standing bentover rows, squat-to curl-to press and bench press are great examples. Full-body core exercises like planks and side planks work well also. Spend less time posing on “mirror exercises” like bicep curls, calf raises and tricep extensions.

3. Do short, intense cardio workouts (about 20 minutes, 3 days a week)! Sprint Intervals or similar cardio exercises activate and shape the bulkier, shapely fast-twitch muscle fibers. This type of cardio will also burn fat and calories like crazy and give you superior heart health!

4. Walk 30 minutes every day, especially on your non-workout days. Walking helps you to keep an active lifestyle.

Consistently do these 4 things and you WILL have the lean and toned body of your dreams!

Get My Fitness Hut’s 7-Day Weight Loss And Fat Loss e-Course! The e-Course is FREE!

“Exercise is not my life…..exercise makes my life better!”

Her Fitness Hut is featured on EmpowHER, a great health issues website for women!

Check out my other great blogs:

My Fitness Hut Blog  has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as a Top Health Blogger!  Quite an honor coming from that institution!

Sports Fitness Hut Blog has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as the #1 Sports Fitness Blog and NursingDegree.net as one of the Best 100 Health and Nutrition Blogs for Athletes!   The blog has also been named one of the 50 Best Sports Medicine Blogs by Masters In Healthcare!  It is an honor to be recognized by those in the health and academic fields! Afterall, health is number one for everybody—including athletes!

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Burn More Fat With Shorter, Challenging Workouts

December 13, 2009

If you want to burn more fat, do shorter,  challenging exercises and workouts!  Intense, 30-minute workouts will burn more calories and fat during and after your workout.  Challenge yourself with exercises that test your balance, coordination, strength and flexibility! This might require that you put that old favorite workout on the shelf and try something new! If you do, I guarantee you will burn more fat and lose more weight!

Include some of these challenging exercises in your workouts:

1. Incorporate many one-legged exercises such as power step ups, single leg squats, single leg good mornings, single leg medicine ball exercises, etc. These types of exercises are more intense than two-legged exercises.

2. Include exercises with your eyes closed to improve limb position sense (proprioception). This will also help you burn more fat and calories!

3. Exercise your body in all 3 planes of motion to improve multi-planar balance. An example would be a grouping of walking lunges, side lunges and transverse lunges.

4. Exercise on different surfaces such as grass, sand, astro-play and soft surfaces to add more challenge.

5. Do combinations of one-arm and one-leg exercises such as single leg squat-to-single arm shoulder press.

6. Jump rope every day using different variations—two feet, one foot, shuffle, etc. Jumping rope is one of the best body coordination exercises out there. And, speed jump rope is even better to burn more fat.

7. Quickness and agility drills will burn fat like crazy and improve your dynamic balance.

Balance training also improves your core strength.

Challenge yourself more and watch the fat melt away!

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“Exercise is not my life…..exercise makes my life better!”

Her Fitness Hut is featured on EmpowHER, a great health issues website for women!

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My Fitness Hut Blog  has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as a Top Health Blogger!  Quite an honor coming from that institution!

Sports Fitness Hut Blog has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as the #1 Sports Fitness Blog and NursingDegree.net as one of the Best 100 Health and Nutrition Blogs for Athletes!   The blog has also been named one of the 50 Best Sports Medicine Blogs by Masters In Healthcare!  It is an honor to be recognized by those in the health and academic fields! Afterall, health is number one for everybody—including athletes!

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Cardio For Fat Loss

December 12, 2009

Use cardio to burn fat and lose weight.   Any activity that helps you burn calories is good…..the controversy comes about “how to do” your cardio to get the fat loss results you want….. aerobic exercise is an activity that is done continuously for more than 2 straight minutes…..here are some tips:

1. Traditional long, slow lower-intensity aerobic exercise on treadmills, bikes, ellipticals, etc. is good for beginners or those who have been inactive.

2. Research has proven that the benefits of anaerobic exercise (like sprint interval cardio) is superior to aerobic exercise for fitness and heart health. The progression of your cardio exercise should be low-intensity aerobics to moderate/high-intensity aerobics to high-intensity anaerobic exercise.

3. High intensity cardio (HIC) and high intensity interval cardio training(HIIT) will give you faster body fat burn in less time. You only need to do 20 minutes per session, 3 times a week.

4. High intensity cardio (HIC) and high intensity interval cardio training (HIIT) will: a) significantly boost your metabolism–during and after exercise, b) give you less lean body mass loss, c) give you a faster rate of body fat-to-energy conversion and d) significantly increase your VO2 Max capacity.

5. Circuit weight training (including bodyweight circuits) has dual benefits as a strength/cardio workout.

6. If HIC or HIIT is too hard on your body, you might want to try a HIC, HIIT and moderate intensity combination during the week.  Just get to know your body so you know when to back off.

The evidence is clear—-if you want maximum body fat burn in the least amount of time, then HIC and HIIT is the way to go! I personally do 2 days of HIIT, 2 days of HIC and 2 days of circuit weight training per week. I know it works.

Get My Fitness Hut’s 7-Day Weight Loss And Fat Loss e-Course! The e-Course is FREE!

“Exercise is not my life…..exercise makes my life better!”

Her Fitness Hut is featured on EmpowHER, a great health issues website for women!

Check out my other great blogs:

My Fitness Hut Blog  has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as a Top Health Blogger!  Quite an honor coming from that institution!

Sports Fitness Hut Blog has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as the #1 Sports Fitness Blog and NursingDegree.net as one of the Best 100 Health and Nutrition Blogs for Athletes!   The blog has also been named one of the 50 Best Sports Medicine Blogs by Masters In Healthcare!  It is an honor to be recognized by those in the health and academic fields! Afterall, health is number one for everybody—including athletes!

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Medicine Ball Slams Powers Back And Ab Muscles

December 10, 2009

Medicine ball slams sculpt and improve the reactive power of your back and abdominal muscles.   Kick your workouts into “high gear” with medicine ball slams.

                                                                                             

1. Stand with your feet parallel and knees slightly bent.

2. Hold the medicine ball back behind your head and forcefully throw the ball down on the ground as hard as possible.  Be careful or the ball will slam you in the face on the bounce! 

3. Catch the ball on the bounce from the ground. That’s one repetition. Repeat for 8-10 repetitions.

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“Exercise is not my life…..exercise makes my life better!”

Her Fitness Hut is featured on EmpowHER, a great health issues website for women!

Check out my other great blogs:

My Fitness Hut Blog  has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as a Top Health Blogger!  Quite an honor coming from that institution!

Sports Fitness Hut Blog has been recognized by Stanford University Wellsphere as the #1 Sports Fitness Blog and NursingDegree.net as one of the Best 100 Health and Nutrition Blogs for Athletes!   The blog has also been named one of the 50 Best Sports Medicine Blogs by Masters In Healthcare!  It is an honor to be recognized by those in the health and academic fields! Afterall, health is number one for everybody—including athletes!

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