Getting your arms, shoulders and chest in shape will require a wide variety of cardio and strength training exercises. Instead of hitting the weight room at your local gym consider getting your own push up equipment so you can burn and tone whenever the mood strikes you.

[Matthew McConaughey treats the world as his gym...there's always push up equipment to be found!]

Weights are effective, but if you suffer from previous injuries or nagging aches & pains you may want to consider less stressful push up alternatives. Keep reading to find out what push up equipment you should be using to lose fat and tone muscles.

The Strength Builder

With a name like “The Strength Builder” you know

Losing fat in the thighs requires much more than simply steps and spending every waking moment attached to a ThighMaster. Although exercise is a vital part of losing thigh fat, it isn’t the only part.

[Lean thighs like this require a balanced diet and regular exercise...very regular!]

When people ask, “what can I do to lose my thigh fat,” I immediately ask them, “what are you currently doing?” Surprisingly the only thing most people are doing is spending countless hours working out the thigh muscles. Keep reading to see what parts of the fat loss equation your thighs are missing. Click here to continue reading

It’s no big surprise that successful weight loss requires regular physical activity, but many people just do a variety of exercises without a second thought to if they’re helping fulfill those fat loss goals. Weight loss workouts must include both cardio and resistance training.

[Just because you dress for the gym and go to the gym, doesn't mean you're working out for weight loss.]

Keep reading to find out which weight loss workouts best fit your weight loss goals. Click here to continue reading

One of the most commonly served up vegetables are carrots. For many people who don’t like to eat vegetables, carrots are the exception to the rule since they are much sweeter tasting and can be eaten in so many different ways.

Due to this sweet taste however, it is important to note that carrots will have a higher carbohydrate and starch content, so their calories should be counted.

Let’s take a look further at the nutritional information to know about this vegetable.

Major Nutrients Found In Carrots

Carrots do stand out for their higher fiber content, so if you’re looking to increase your daily intake up higher, that’s the first big benefit that they will offer. Carrots are also very well known for their Vitamin C content,

You don’t have to be a super-buff gym junkie to enjoy the benefits of strength training. Because muscle mass diminishes as we grow older, an exercise routine without strength training will still cause an increase in the percentage of fat all over your body. Ladies, it is totally possible to add regular strength training to your workout regimen without getting 22-inch guns!

[Strong but ladylike guns like Sam's requires a well-rounded strength training exercise regimen.]

Strength training increases your bone density which reduces your risk of getting osteoporosis. Adding strength training exercises to your exercise routine will help avoid injury. Building up your muscles protects the joints from injury so you don’t have long breaks between your workouts due to injuries.

We know that strength training improves other chronic conditions that may

It seems lately that every celebrity, young and old, is extolling the benefits of the P90X workout program. This program has purportedly helped Usher keep his dance grooves moving, while Taylor Lautner swears P90X allowed him to bare his totally buff chest in those vampire flicks. The real question is, can P90X help you pursue your weight loss goals?

[Lautner credits P90X for his buff bod....are these results you could live with? 'Cause I totally can!]

What IS p90X?

P90X, also known as Power 90 Extreme, is a weight loss program designed for home use. The claim made by P90X creator Tony Horton is that this weight loss program will improve overall physical fitness in…90 days! Sounds good, right?

When it comes to arms people generally fall into one of two categories. Either they hide their skinny little arms under sweaters, cardigans, and jackets willing them to get toned and strong. If you’re rolling your eyes and saying “I wish” you fall into the second category of flabby or jiggly armed ladies and gents who’d love to work on those biceps and triceps but worry that fat will give you arms like Arnold.

After a long day in the factory, Rosie wasn’t afraid to show off her hard-earned muscles!

I hear a lot of discussions in gym locker rooms about how to burn the most amount of body fat and gain lean muscle during strength training. The good news is you don’t have to spend more time in the gym. In fact, it’s completely the opposite:

Spend less time – especially resting between sets!

 
[A watch or clock is essential for measuring rest periods between sets - even grandma's old clunker will get the job done.]

Will I Still Be Strong?

It depends on your goals. If you’re training to increase strength to be able to compete in power-lifting competitions then resting a bit longer would be a good idea – up to three minutes for movements like squats and deadlifts. But chances are you’re here at The Fat Loss Authority wanting to learn

I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard that fasting (or commonly referred to as starving by the uneducated) will cause you to lose your muscle mass. Every time someone asks me how I stay in good shape they think I’m lying when I say intermittent fasting is a major weapon in my overall health and fitness plan.

What? Come on man… you’re supposed to eat to get muscle, protein with every meal, 17 meals a day…

OK, I exaggerated that last one a little but you get the point. Fasting and the fear of losing your hard-earned muscle seems to be one of the most prevalent myths out there and it’s time to get to the bottom of it.

[Raise your hand if you've posed for a

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