All over the ab world, abdominal machines get a bad rap. “They’re ineffective” people say, or “my abs look no different than when I started” disappointed customers complain. Some complaints about some ab machines on the market are legitimate, but machine alone cannot turn love handles into six pack abs.

[Abs such as these require daily alternative exercise, including gym, tan, laundry, and fist pumping.]

But using an ab machine to supplement your abdominal workout isn’t a bad idea–especially if you have an ab machine collecting dust in some nether region of your home. Click here to continue reading

With the opening of his new movie “The Town” and the revelation of his new totally toned physique, everyone is buzzing about Ben Affleck…and his abs.

[Ben Affleck traded up his trademark lean physique for a toned and buff bod in The Town]

While it’s true we are used to seeing Big Ben looking toned and healthy, he really did a little bit extra to take on the role of buff bank robber Doug MacRay. Unlike his work in Daredevil, Ben’s physique in The Town required a lot of work to his core….a lot! Click here to continue reading

Counting calorie consumption has never been a problem for those people that wanted too. There are plenty of online databases of hundreds of food items that allow us to determine with a considerable amount of accuracy how many calories we have inputted into our bodies. But what about the calories we expend?

How many times have you heard or read about doing 15 minutes of cardio at the end of each of your strength training workouts or to go for a 15 minute walk, twice a day.

Well, one way to get a rough estimate of the calories you burn in many activities is with a simple formula developed by physiologists using a yardstick known as the Metabolic Equivalent or MET.

A single MET represents the amount of energy used at rest.

The University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health maintains what it calls the Compendium of Physical Activities, which gives the

He has the power to hear everything women are thinking. Finally… a man is listening.

Yes, you remember this movie. Hard to believe it was released back in 2000 but Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt were hiliarious and I found myself watching this again over the weekend.

So how does this translate into a fat loss tip you say?

A survey done by IRON MAN magazine set out to question a number of women about their likes and dislikes concerning the male physique.

The results were very interesting…

One of the key questions was:

What is the physical attribute that first attracts you to a man?

Well, you would want to know the answers because those would be the sex-appeal bodyparts you should concentrate on.

What were those bodyparts?

by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer

Did you know that the vast majority of people in this day and age have excess abdominal fat? The first thing that most people think of is that their extra abdominal fat is simply ugly, is covering up their abs from being visible, and makes them self conscious about showing off their body.

However, what most people don’t realize is that excess abdominal fat in particular, is not only ugly, but is also a dangerous risk factor to your health. Scientific research has clearly determined that although it is unhealthy in general to have excess body fat, it is also particularly dangerous to have excess abdominal fat.

There are two types of fat that you have in your abdominal area. The first type that covers up your abs from being visible is called subcutaneous