Archive for the ‘Build Muscle’ Category

Bodyweight Exercises for A Tighter Body – Tone With These Exercises

By Team TFLA On November 11, 2011 1 Comment

Are you sick of hitting the gym for your traditional humdrum weights and cardio workout? Do you dread a workout that no longer challenges your muscles or your mind? If you answered yes to these questions then you may need to add a bodyweight exercise program to your regular workout regimen.

bodyweight+exercises+for+toning_tuck+jump+exercise{The tuck jump will tone lots of muscles and help you work up a sweat!}

Bodyweight exercises are an effective way to infuse life into your exercise programs so you don’t give them up due to boredom. These exercises are also a great way to improve strength and tighten your body so keep reading to find out which bodyweight exercises you should be doing. Click here to continue reading



5 Abdominal Exercises For Flatter Abs – From Flab Abs to Fab Abs

By Team TFLA On October 17, 2011 1 Comment

Nothing makes you feel more accomplished in your weight loss efforts than a flat midsection. Tight and toned abs makes your weight loss seem real, mostly because for most of us the abdominals are our most problematic area.

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{The long crunch can help get your abs where you want them to be!}

It’s important to focus on strength training exercises in general for weight loss, but especially for your abs. Once you’ve shed the excess fat that’s covering your midsection, you want there to be a flat belly underneath that you can show off!

Keep reading to find out which 5 abdominal exercises you should be doing for flatter abs! Click here to continue reading



Do Protein Shakes Make You Fat – Protein & Weight Loss Links REVEALED

By Team TFLA On August 7, 2011 No Comments

Very few so-called weight loss ‘truths’ are as pervasive as the one that protein shakes make you fat. Although they’re most often associated with the extreme size of bodybuilders, for some reason dieters the world over seem to believe that protein shakes lead to fat gain.

protein+shakes+make+you+fat_protein+and+weight+loss{Do you see fat? I see lean muscles aided by protein shakes.}

It is understandable why the uninformed believe this given the sheer size of bodybuilders, but the one thing these larger than life humans aren’t…is fat.

So keep reading to find out if protein shakes make you fat. Click here to continue reading



Insanity Workout Review – Is Insanity (Shaun T) Killer for Weight Loss?

By Team TFLA On July 26, 2011 No Comments

If I had a dollar for each time I’ve said, “that’s insane!” referring to the latest fad diet to hit the market, I’d be on a beach somewhere sipping a tropical cocktail and working on my abs!

Insanity+Workout+review_Shaun+T+Insanity+Workout{Grab your friends or your partner and reach the brink of Insanity together!}

But as it turns out there’s something more insane than drinking 600 calories a day…and it just might work! Keep reading for a comprehensive Insanity Workout review. Click here to continue reading



Does Protein Make You Fat? – 5 Reasons This Myth Is Making You Fat

By Team TFLA On July 13, 2011 1 Comment

There are so many weight loss myths that persist, but none more dangerous than the protein makes you fat myth.

sources+of+lean+protein_does+protein+make+you+fat{Does protein make you fat? Not lean proteins in moderation!}

Because of everything we know about protein, particularly lean proteins, we know that proteins can be very beneficial to successful weight loss as well as muscle building. Keep reading to find out the answer to the elusive question; does protein make you fat? Click here to continue reading



Fat Burning and Muscle Building Workout Routines for Men

By Team TFLA On June 25, 2011 5 Comments

All of us do our best to set goals and stick to them; whether at the office or in the gym. When your goal is burning fat, building muscle or increasing endurance it’s important to have clearly defined goals to help you achieve them.

fat+burning+workout+routines+for+men_fat+burning+alternatives+to+running{Sure it does burn loads of calories, but running isn’t the only way to get the body you want!}

When the topic is workout routines for men, what’s really important is to know your goal and know what exercises will help you achieve them. Keep reading for workout routines for men to incorporate into your exercise regimen. Click here to continue reading



4 Exercises for Stomach Muscles

By Team TFLA On May 28, 2011 1 Comment

Every man and woman I know is constantly searching for ways to flatten and tone their stomachs. They do outrageous stomach exercises that would make contortionists blush, only to have that little bulge protruding out of your tightest shirt or hanging below your hottest beach trunks.

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{This requires incredible stomach muscles, but this isn’t the way to get them!}

There’s a reason why exercises for stomach muscles don’t work—your stomach is not a muscle! Keep reading to find out which exercises for stomach muscles really work! Click here to continue reading



Running – Make it your Exercise of Choice

By Team TFLA On May 23, 2011 No Comments

26 years ago I started running if an effort to prevent gaining weight after I had quit smoking. During the past 26 years, running has been the most notable staple in my life. It has not only kept my weight in check, but has provided me with more health benefits, body, mind and soul, than I could list.

Running for weight loss and good health. {Running has so many health benefits that there’s no reason you shouldn’t give it a try!}

Like me, many people start out running for one or more of the recognized health benefits. But what makes them continue is the love of running. And it’s this love of running that builds the commitment to continue running and include it in their

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5 Tips for Long-Term Weight Loss Success

By Team TFLA On May 18, 2011 2 Comments

Losing weight is easy…in the beginning. Once the easy fat has gone, weight loss becomes much harder. Keeping it off seems to be even harder, but not all is what it appears to be!

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{Learning to cook is one of the best ways to aid weight loss efforts.}

Long term weight loss success requires you to learn, actually learn what is required to lose weight and DO IT! Keep reading for more information on how you can have long term weight loss success.

Tip #1 – Learn to Cook

One of the best things you can do for long term weight loss success is know your way around a kitchen. You don’t have to be Bobby Flay but you should channel your inner Flay.

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1,800 Calorie Diet: Doable or Diet Don’t?

By Team TFLA On May 6, 2011 1 Comment

When it comes to dieting and healthy eating, our eyes are often much bigger than our stomachs. Gigantic portions have convinced us that ‘healthy eating’ is tantamount to starvation and put us at a disadvantage when it comes to reducing body weight.

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[Watermelon is light on calories but this is too much food for one little guy!]

The good news is that an 1,800 calorie diet will help you lose weight and leave your tummy feeling satisfied at the end of the day. Keep reading to find out how an 1,800 calorie diet can help you do things fad diets never have. Click here to continue reading