It is difficult enough to stay motivated on a weight loss program without feeling like you are going nowhere, I no I have been there! You step on the scale every single morning and the number never moves, or worse it goes up! You go over everything in your mind, you are doing everything […]

It is sad to see so many adults being overweight and unactive but a new battle is now with the children of America as being overweight has tripled in the past 20 years. Childhood overweight is particularly prevalent among African American and Hispanic children that has 1 in 5 kids overweight.

When kids and teenagers are […]

Turn your workouts into a fat burning workout that will increase weight loss, lean muscle and a bunch of confidence. 
Step 1: Add Weight

Even if finding time to do weight training use weights with your cardio some how as the more lean muscle you have the more calories your body burns up in a day. […]

The reason for people experimenting with fad diet after diet is because nothing works for permanent weight loss. I am sorry to point out the obvious, but the truth is no matter the diet or exercise program the key factor is comsuming less calories than buring.

That’s it! There is no dominate secret or method to […]

1. Don’t starve yourself.  It may seem obvious, but if you want to control your appetite, it’s important not to get too hungry. If you don’t eat enough, you’ll easily get too hungry and cave in to high-calorie, fast-energy foods. Eat regular meals and two planned snacks a day to avoid getting too hungry.

2. Drink […]

Finally, you have decided to seek help and some tips to help you lose weight, burn fat and tone your muscles. Take a little peak at the nutrition and exercise tips I have for you here and if you begin to apply them only great results will you accomplish. 
Weight Loss Nutrition Tips
1) Small frequent portion sizes.

The […]

One of the things I regret for so many years is that I never knew why losing weight and building lean muscle mass was so hard. I just kept with the same workout day-in and day-out without finding out why.

From a couple embarrassing months let me let you the five most common mis takes people […]

Thank goodness the holidays are over, and the new year is here.

But are you finding that holiday celebrations have resulted in a new “you” as well?

As a personal trainer, I hear the same thing every year after the holidays: “Stefan, I gained fat over here,” and “Stefan, I gained fat over there.”

Be honest. Are […]

I co-wrote this target heart rate article with Craig Ballantyne because we want to get the message out to everyone who keeps struggling with this outdated mentality that they must be in some sort of “fat burning zone” if they want to stand any chance of losing body fat with their workouts. We’ll show you […]

Below is an interview about cardio workouts done by Craig Ballantyne. This presents a great example of how cardio workouts are typically misused by exercise enthusiasts in their attempts to lose body fat. You’ll never get those six pack abs if all you keep doing are the same boring cardio routines over and over. Expand […]