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How to Lose Fat With Weight Training

Pumping iron builds muscle and revs up the metabolism -- two things that can help metabolize fat and achieve that ideal body weight. See how it works with these tips.
  1. Weight Loss Programs

What You Should Know About Your Metabolism

Speed up your metabolism with weight training -- but it's a little more complicated than that.

Fructose, Sugar and Your Health

Does fructose make you fat, or is it just another scare story?

Weight Training to Tackle Obesity

Fight the fat while maintaining muscle and bone with weight training.

Get Fit, Lose Weight: Tips for Holidays

Maintain fitness and lose fat during and after holidays.

What is the Fat Burning Zone?

The fat burning zone is touted as a desirable training intensity. But what is it, and does it work?

Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Building Muscle and Losing Fat

Increasing muscle and losing fat at the same time is the goal for many exercisers. But it's not easy because the body wants to do add or lose both. So what's the answer?

High-Intensity Weight Training Burns Belly Fat

Getting rid of the spare tire around the waist is problematic for many people. One way to tackle it is with high-intensity weight training.

Review of David Kessler's Book: The End of Overeating

Book review. The End of Overeating - Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite by David Kessler. MD.

Review of Tom Venuto's Body Fat Solution Hardcover Book

A review of The Body Fat Solution by Tom Venuto. 5 Principles for Burning Fat, Building Lean Muscle, Ending Emotional Eating, and Maintaining Your Perfect Weight

10 Weight Loss Myths to Waste Your Time

Weight loss has a mythology that has grown up around it over the years. Weight loss myths are strategies that either don't work or are overstated beyond their importance. Here are 10 weight loss myths.

Beginner's Weight Loss Weight Training

For beginners. This program shows you how to get going with weights and aerobic work at home or gym to lose weight.

7 Motivational Tips for Building a Great Body

Many personal trainers concentrate too much on the physical aspects of eating and training while neglecting the very important psychological elements in successful health and fitness achievement.

How to Rev Up the Metabolism to to Lose Weight

The body converts food into energy that we use for our daily activity. From exercise to just sitting still, the body burns calories. This is called metabolism. How can we increase the rate at which we use energy in order to stay slim?

All About Body Fat Measurement

Knowing your body fat percentage is useful for sports purposes and to keep track of weight loss efforts. If you lose fat and increase muscle with a weights program, your total body weight may not change. Check out your options for keeping track of what happens to the fat in your body and what the various percentages mean for health and fitness.

Fad Diets for Health and Fitness

The popularity of fad diets or extreme diets is evidenced by the large number of books sold. How suitable are diets like the Atkins diet or the Ornish diet for people with regular exercise programs?

Fact and Fallacies of Food for Fat Loss

Eating certain foods called functional foods, refraining from eating other foods, timing various meals and building muscle are all touted as a way to lose weight. Some of these ideas have a basis in fact even though they are exaggerated and some are better ignored.

Questions and Answers about Fat Loss and Exercise

How to burn fat and lose weight is one of the most asked questions in fitness and weight loss exercise forums. Do we make it too complicated? Find out about facts and fallacies of weight loss exercise.

Cardio and Weights: Prioritize Your Workout

When should you do cardio in a session that includes weight training -- before or after? Find out in this article.

Circuit Fit -- A Weights and Cardio Circuit Training Program

Circuit Fit is a combined weights and aerobics program designed for easy implementation at home, the gym or away. It targets fat loss, muscle and strength building and heart and lung fitness.

The Weight Trainer's Bodybuilding Diet

Knowing how to maximize your bodybuilding diet is one of the key ingredients in adding muscle to your body in conjunction with a weight training program.

So You Want to Burn More Fat

Fat burning and how to do it. Weights, weight training, muscle building, high-intensity, low-intensity, fasting before breakfast, aerobics, cardio and the best methods of fat burning.

How to Burn More Fat with Less Effort

How to burn more fat with less effort describes a new study in which sprint training burns more fat than steady exercise.

Gain Muscle and Lose Fat with Bodybuilding Techniques

Good strategy advice from Hugo Rivera.

Questions About Weight Training and Fat Burning

What type of exercise to do to burn the most fat is one of the most asked questions on fitness forums. Weight training is a crucial ingredient in the fat burning exercise mix. In this article, your most important questions are answered.

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