“I need expensive fat loss and muscle building supplements now that I’m exercising regularly!”

People believe there is a shortcut or a faster path to burning fat or building muscle especially when they have incoporated some exercise into their daily lives. Congrats, you’re active again but the second part of the equation needs to change as well-> Diet.

By now you’re probably thinking I regularly eaves-drop on conversations (see Want to Lose Weight and Build Muscle? Don’t Use Supplements!) but I can’t help but think that more people are falling head over heels for the glossy ad prints in today’s popular magazines.

This topic has recently surfaced on other blogs and sites and for good reason. The mounting evidence against this false nutritional habit has even made me re-consider my own daily water intake.

Today’s popular advice, or myth as we like to see it here at The Fat Loss Authority, deals with drinking as much water as you possibly can before, during, and after exercise to lose fat and gain muscle.

Nowadays, the gym floor ends up littered with water bottles and containers and it seems people are spending more time drinking then exercising.

We all need water, but let’s not get

You’ve heard this one before but why is breakfast so important?

The simplest answer lies in refueling your body and giving you the necessary energy to start a new day.

Various studies also suggests it’s good for our physical and mental well-being. Long-term omission of breakfast from the list of meals for the day could result in obesity, cardiovascular disease, and Type II diabetes.

If that didn’t send shivers down your back, the short-term effects are equally staggering. Breakfast helps the physiological action to kick-start; it also regulates metabolism. In the absence of a nutritious breakfast, the body is constantly battling dropping glucose levels, and constant cravings throughout the day, leading to an overdose of calories – leaving you feeling fatigued and lethargic.

So what does a healthy breakfast look like?

While the fitness media still insists that aerobic exercise is a great way to lose weight, your more up-to-date trainers and fat loss programs know that interval training is the better way to burn body fat.

Still not convinced?

A study published by the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, subjects aged 40 to 75 were instructed to do 60 minutes of aerobic exercise per day for 6 days per week for an entire year.

Given the amount of exercise, you’d expect weight losses of 20, 30 pounds, or more, right?

Well, the surprise findings showed the average fat loss for female subjects was only 4 pounds for the entire year, while men lost 6.6 pounds of fat over the year. That’s over 300 hours of aerobic exercise just to lose a measly 6 pounds of blubber. Not time well spent, in my opinion.

So what’s the better way?