Even if you’ve packed on a few winter pounds, had kids, or neglected your belly for years, it’s never too late to get your middle section into a firm and sexy shape.

[Win or lose, Melissa Rycroft sports the best looking abs during this seasons' Dancing With The Stars] 

The following moves hit all of the major ab muscles, specifically the rectus abdominis (ie. the “six pack” muscle) and the obliques. They also force you to focus on your abs throughout the motion (no worries about sleep walking through this routine). Perform these exercises 3 times a week, in addition to your interval training routine.

Have you ever started a diet and then become overwhelmed with the feeling of hunger, craving, and food deprivation? We all have!

Nothing can ruin a diet faster than the feeling of hunger or cravings of certain foods. Let’s be honest, it’s much easier to stay on track with a healthy eating plan when you’re feeling full and not hungry. Scientists have a name for this feeling: it’s called satiety. I’ve also heard satiety referred to as the ”craving-free” zone by various weight loss systems.

The concept of satiety is ever present in most eating plans and diets, except nobody takes the time to refer to it by name or explain what it actually means. If you understood the basic workings of satiety it would definitely make the food suggestions you see, hear, or read, make more sense and probably encourage you to follow

Have you ever wondered why some people can have lean and sexy bodies all year round, while they eat anything they want and some people struggle to lose their belly fat and love handles, no matter what they try?

Isn’t it so frustrating to eat healthy and do regular exercise and still struggle to keep the weight off?

Well there is a reason those ripped fitness models and bodybuilders can stay lean all year round while doing very little cardio exercise, while everyone else struggles.

They have discovered the secret to keeping fat of their body…

They have discovered the secret weapon to being sculpted and firm, not soft and flabby.

They have discovered the secret to looking and feeling their best.

It’s the ONE thing you must have…

MUSCLE

The most basic relationship or equation to understand is this:

Muscle = Fat Loss

And who knows how to build muscle better

We all know by now that pop, or soda, is one of the worst beverages you can ingest. The many additives like high fructose corn syrup and artifical flavours can cause a slew of health problems as documented in various research studies.
 
Surprisingly, many people believe that “diet” soda is in some way a good thing for losing weight. “I would like a diet coke instead please” is something I’ve heard with alarming regularity when dining out with friends and colleagues.

Is it others’ perceptions of you ordering water and being cheap that has you ordering diet soda? I’m not sure, but the physchology of eating out in a group is something interesting and shall be covered in a future article.  
 
But, perception aside, let’s get down to the facts.
 
There is absolutely

Now with the warmer weather arriving, it’s a great time to get outside and get moving! Whatever you choose to do this season to stay active, it doesn’t have to require you to refinance your mortgage or burn a hole in your wallet.
 

Here are five inexpensive activities that you can enjoy to stay fit and lose weight:

1. Walking and Jogging

You can get active on your own or with a group, all that is required is a pair of running shoes, shorts, and some t-shirts. Does it get any simpler then this? Probably not, but if you want to make it more interesting, get yourself a pedometer and keep track of your progress.

2. Hiking

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So you think you know everything about losing fat? Sure you’ve read about every weight loss trick and exercise on our site and others, but you still look in the mirror and wonder when the skinny version of you is going to break through?

Here we take a look at three secret weight loss tips that will melt the fat away immediately!

1. Body Weight Training

Isn’t this the same thing as yoga? Only girls do this type of training!

Simply put, most body weight training is hard and tends to crush the ego of the many who try. As far as we’re concerned, if you can not work with your own body weight than why in the world are you using additional weight such as barbells and dumbbells.

It’s incredible how many attempt to use heavy

As many of you know, weight training is my main exercise activity when it comes to fat loss. However, training with equipment such as dumbbells and barbells properly is known by very few. If it was easy then you would see a lot more muscular and lean physiques on the streets.

Before you learn how to weight train properly, it is critical that you learn these five weight training tips before you even begin to start hoisting heavy objects above your head.

1. Goal Setting

“Inch-by-inch life is a sinch. Yard-by-yard life is hard.” Words made famous by Vince Delmonte himself. Treat your goal setting the same way. Do not expect to be on the cover of Men’s Fitness by next summer. Decide how much muscle weight you wish

I was recently in the gym with fitness guru Vince DelMonte , for a mid-week workout. It’s not often someone gets to sweat and grunt along side a fitness professional (a very busy one at that) so motivation that day was a non-issue. On the agenda today? Building muscle, period .

Now most of us think we can build or gain muscle by training each body part once per week, slamming back some protein shakes, and eating enough chicken and tuna to grow feathers and gills. Unfortunately, it ain’t that easy.

During this particular workout, there were no cameras, no notebooks, and no quitting. Next time we’re planning on filming the workout for funzies so you can really see me get put into the hurt.

You can find the same workout we did on this day from Vince’s Click here to continue reading