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		<title>3 Untapped Fat-Burning Strategies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brought to you by TacFit Commando Fitness Program You work out hard and you want it to show. But you won’t get the look you’re after if your hard work is hidden under a layer of fat. You need all the tricks you can get your hands on to burn fat, and you want to [...]]]></description>
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<p>You work out hard and you want it to show. But you won’t get the look you’re after if your hard work is hidden under a layer of fat.</p>
<p>You need all the tricks you can get your hands on to burn fat, and you want to do it quickly and efficiently. After all, who has hours to spend on the endless drudgery of a treadmill?</p>
<p>Are you gonna bury those washboard abs under a layer of pudge? Or will you tap into these three fat burning secret weapons? This is the stuff those really ripped guys at the gym have figured out and aren’t telling you, cause they don’t want you showing them up!</p>
<p>By the way, I “stole” these three tips from the TACFIT Commando program developed by my friend Scott Sonnon. He released an updated version of the program yesterday and is offering 51% off the product until tomorrow!</p>
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<p><strong>Untapped Fat Burning Tip #1:</strong><br />
Exploit the “EPOC” effect with high intensity interval circuits</p>
<p>Contrary to what mainstream fitness has been saying for decades, long slow distance running is not the most direct route to fat loss. It’s true that moderate intensity, steady state exercise uses primarily fat oxidation as fuel, but that isn’t the total picture.</p>
<p>In a study done to compare the fat burning benefits of traditional “cardio” training and high intensity intervals, two groups were assigned different training regimens. Group A performed the regular moderate intensity cardio regime (ex. jogging or bicycling) for 20 weeks, and Group B performed a high intensity interval training routine for 15 weeks. Group B lost nine times more fat than Group A — and in 5 weeks less!</p>
<p>Why are high intensity intervals so much more effective?</p>
<p>Interval circuits place such an intense demand on the system that it takes your body up to 36 hours to work its way back to homeostasis (a normal state). That means you’ll incinerate calories for hours after you finish training, even if you’re just lying on the sofa. That aftershock of fat burning potential is called Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC).</p>
<p>Plus, high intensity interval training is fast! That means you no longer have to spend 30 minutes to an hour jogging your life away on a treadmill. You can spend more time pumping iron instead.</p>
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<p><strong>Untapped Fat Burning Tip #2:</strong><br />
Build muscle to burn fat.</p>
<p>We’ve known for years that muscle tissue is highly active metabolically, and it helps us burn more calories during the day. So more muscle equals better fat burn, right? Unfortunately that’s only partly true — and not to the extent we once believed. A pound of muscle is now thought to burn an extra 6 calories per hour (as opposed to the 25 or more per hour we once believed). You’d have to pack on an awful lot of beef to make much difference.</p>
<p>But that’s only one side of the equation. Muscle mass provides a number of other important benefits, foremost of which is better management of insulin. Insulin is your “storage” hormone. Its job is to transport fuel into your cells. The higher your ratio of fat to lean tissue, the less sensitive your lean tissue becomes to insulin. Basically, when your body fat percentage creeps too high and insulin comes knocking, your lean mass stops answering the door. If you see a vicious cycle in all of this, you’re right!</p>
<p>One way to encourage your muscles to start answering the door again is through resistance exercise aimed at growth. Why is it important to improve insulin sensitivity? Well, if your muscles don’t answer the door, guess who will… Yep, your fat cells are always ready with a warm welcome.</p>
<p>To top it all off, long slow cardio can actually cause you to LOSE muscle because it increases your level of cortisol. If you focus instead on short bursts of high intensity effort using exercises that target the entire body in all its ranges of motion, you can actually BUILD muscle while you do your cardio! Fat burning just got easier, and a lot more fun.</p>
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<p><strong>Untapped Fat Burning Tip #3:</strong><br />
Use lactic acid to spike growth hormone</p>
<p>That burn you feel in your muscles when you’re in the middle of a workout is caused by the buildup of lactic acid. It’s the “misery” that keeps non-exercisers from working out, and it’s the rite of passage hardcore trainers push for simply as a matter of masochism.</p>
<p>But there’s much more to it than that. The lactic acid burn is also your body’s trigger to start the secretion process for human growth hormone. And growth hormone acts to build lean mass AND reduce fat.</p>
<p>A 2006 study from Brazil which measured four different repetition protocols determined that what they called Functional Isometrics was the most potent metabolic stimulator. Hold a static position under enough of a load and you’ll feel the burn… That same burn is what you should shoot for in your cardio training if you want to tap that GH release and send your fat metabolism into overdrive.</p>
<p>It’s not a magic bullet, but it does play a powerful role in your quest to shred your physique. Sounds like a good deal!</p>
<p><a href="http://vaponte.tacfitcom4.hop.clickbank.net"><strong>The Coolest “BURN” You’ll Ever Experience</strong></a></p>
<p>You don’t have to spin your life away on an exercise bike to get the shredded look you’re after. And you don’t have to sacrifice your hard-earned muscle to get lean. All you need is an intelligent program that taps into the most efficient fat burning methods available today.</p>
<p>You can spend a lot of time and energy putting your own program together using these principles. Or you can let the experts do it for you. One of the most effective program designs I’ve seen — and one that taps into all 3 of these principles and more — is TACFIT Commando. And the cool thing is, it doesn’t require ANY equipment whatsoever. So you can build muscle and burn fat no matter where you are or how busy you get.</p>
<p>Don’t miss out on this opportunity to grab this powerful program at less than half its normal price. You’ll also get access to some pretty cool extra bonuses if you act now.</p>
<p>But this ends tomorrow, Thursday July 22nd, at midnight. So make sure you head over now.</p>
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		<title>Brand NEW information to fight belly fat (article)</title>
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<p>Today I&#8217;ve got a killer article to share with you from <a href="http://virgilaponte.com/Final-Phase-Fat-Loss.html">fat loss guru John Romaniello.</a></p>
<p>In this article, John shares some awesome information, including:</p>
<p>1) The exact hormone most responsible for stubborn belly fat</p>
<p>2) The &#8220;secret&#8221; hormone no one talks about that you NEED more of to fight off the  hormone from #1</p>
<p>3) A new, unusual training style that has been show to increase the hormone  from #2</p>
<p>I GUARANTEE you&#8217;ll learn something new:</p>
<p>Suffering from Belly Fat?</p>
<p><a href="http://virgilaponte.com/Final-Phase-Fat-Loss.html">By John Romaniello</a></p>
<p>Like many people, you probably suffer from regional fat storage issues.</p>
<p>That is,  while you store fat over your entire body, it’s probably most noticeable in  certain areas, and it&#8217;s from these areas in which we struggle most to lose fat.</p>
<p>You know&#8211;the problem areas.</p>
<p>These problem areas are influenced heavily by your hormonal environment, and  where you store that last bit of fat is determined by which of your hormones are  most out of whack (and yes, sometimes it&#8217;s quite a few of them).</p>
<p>Today I’m going to talk to you about belly fat specifically.</p>
<p>One of the things that has been talked about quite a bit in fitness media lately  is the relationship between belly fat and a hormone called “cortisol.”</p>
<p>To put it  simply, the higher your cortisol levels, the more belly fat you’re likely to have.</p>
<p>By the same token, if you have a good deal of belly fat, it’s reasonable to assume  that you have high cortisol.</p>
<p>Having high cortisol is detrimental for other reasons, but for our purposes, let’s  focus on the fact that cortisol is keeping you not-so-little in the middle.</p>
<p>Rather than just suffer through this, the obvious solution is to try to lower cortisol  levels and resultantly lower belly fat.</p>
<p>And I&#8217;ll tell you, lowering cortisol is a LOT  trickier than you might think.</p>
<p>I’m sure you’ve seen the late night TV ads trying to sell you anti-cortisol pills.</p>
<p>Even if they worked (they don’t), it’s a hormone like cortisol can’t be fooled by a  little pill.</p>
<p>Besides, wouldn’t it be much more effective to find a solution without taking  expensive pills?</p>
<p>Something that is also going to help you burn fat overall?</p>
<p>Well, that’s actually possible.</p>
<p>You see, I’m big on using certain hormones to tame other hormones.</p>
<p>Essentially, you CAN actually fight hormones WITH hormones.</p>
<p>Clever, I know.</p>
<p>It’s just a matter of finding which hormones work well against one another.   When it comes to cortisol (and belly fat), you need look no further than Growth  Hormone.  Also known as Human Growth Hormone or simply GH, growth hormones is  produced in the pituitary gland and is responsible for growth (obviously) among  other things. More specific to this writing, growth hormones is actually one of  the most effective things in the world to offset cortisol.</p>
<p>Put simply, if you want less cortisol, just make more growth hormone.</p>
<p>Just tell your body to do it.</p>
<p>Make a few calls.</p>
<p>Okay okay, it’s not that simple&#8230;but I have some really good news.</p>
<p><strong><em>Did you know that there are certain types of training that are actually exceedingly  effective at producing growth hormone? </em></strong></p>
<p>It’s true&#8211;indirectly.  You see, growth hormone is normally produced and released in response to  something, and in the case of training, GH is released as a response to the  production of something called lactic acid. Lactic acid is a waste byproduct  of some of the chemical and metabolic processes that happen during exercise.</p>
<p>So, if you do exercise in a specific way, you can produce MORE lactic acid,  which will then produce tremendous amounts of growth hormone as a result.   That growth hormone surge will also help to work against your high cortisol levels.   And as we’ve established, that will absolutely assist you in getting rid of your  stubborn belly fat.</p>
<p>Of course, you’re wondering: how to I do it!? It’s easy.</p>
<p>While lactic acid is produced  in most forms of intense exercise, there is an unusual style of exercise that can actually  produce even MORE lactic acid than is generally possible with other types of exericse.</p>
<p><strong><em> Appropriately (and not-so-cleverly) called “lactic acid training,”</em></strong> this type of training  uses slow lifting speeds and fast lowering speeds.  The reason for the structure is that lactic acid is primarily produced during the  “concentric” or positive/lifting phase of an exercise, and not so much during the  “eccentric” or negative/lowering phase. To take advantage of this and produce  more lactic acid, we simply&#8211;with apologies to Bing Crosby&#8211;accentuate the positive  and (almost but not quite) eliminate the negative of each rep on all of our exercises.</p>
<p>To quantify it a bit, for each rep, you’d lift it over a period of about 4 seconds, and  lower the weight extremely quickly, but safely.</p>
<p><strong><em>If you were squatting, you’d drop down to the bottom position relatively quickly, and  push slowly back to the top. </em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>In an overhead press, you’d lower the dumbbells quickly  but safely, and press them back over your head over a period of 4-6 seconds. </em></strong></p>
<p>Performing exercises with these extended concentric movements is going to create a  tremendous amount of lactic acid, which in turn is going to prompt your body to  produce fantastic amounts of growth hormone.   And that growth hormone is going to help you manage cortisol and fight belly fat.</p>
<p>And if all THAT wasn’t enough, lactic acid training is also just a great fat loss training  methods, so you’ll lose fat overall.  If you want to fight your cortisol issues, you need growth hormone. And for that you  need lactic acid training. Utilizing this method, you’re one step closer to fighting off your  belly fat for good.</p>
<p>John is a MASTER at pinning &#8220;good&#8221; hormones and specific exercise up against the &#8220;bad&#8221;  hormones that cause regional fat storage.  And in his new program (which is available at a full 52% OFF until tomorrow), Final Phase  Fat Loss, provides you with specific types of exercises and workouts to combat:</p>
<p>1. Estrogen, &#8220;man boobs&#8221; and lower-body fat (combatted with  &#8220;Density&#8221; training and Testosterone)</p>
<p>2. Insulin, and your &#8220;love handles (combatted with &#8220;Dynamic&#8221;  training and IGF-1)</p>
<p>3. And of course, Cortisol and belly fat (combatted with specific  &#8220;Lactic Acid&#8221; training and Growth Hormone)  If you struggle with &#8220;problem area&#8221; fat storage, this is THE program to set you free.  And right now, it&#8217;s still 52% OFF (but not for much longer).  http://virgilaponte.com/Final-Phase-Fat-Loss.html</p>
<p>PS. Don&#8217;t be offended by John&#8217;s over confidence .</p>
<p>Just look past that as his information can really help you  if losing those last 10 pounds  has become a challenge for you <img src='http://virgilaponte.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>I can&#8217;t afford it is not an excuse!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brought to you by Exercise Without Effort Biggest loser trainer, Jillian Michael&#8217;s says not you&#8217;ll spend a lot less money on exercise then what you will pay for the medical problems associated with not taking care of yourself. Great point: You either pay now or pay a lot more later. A lot more&#8230; Another thing [...]]]></description>
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<p>Biggest loser trainer, Jillian Michael&#8217;s says not you&#8217;ll spend a lot less money on exercise<br />
then what you will pay for the medical problems associated with not taking care of yourself.</p>
<p>Great point: You either pay now or pay a lot more later. A lot more&#8230;</p>
<p>Another thing is that exercise or optimal nutrition does not have to cost you an arm and a leg.</p>
<p>Optimal nutrition via organic veggies, free ranges eggs are not very expensive. Free range<br />
chicken, beef, raw milk can cost more but are just so much better for you.</p>
<p>Remember pay now or pay later.</p>
<p>Do your research to find the best choices in your area as well. In NYC I use the<br />
<a href="http://www.traditionalnutritionguild.org/"> Traditional Nutrition Guild</a> for high quality meats, eggs, raw milk, raw butter etc&#8230;</p>
<p>Here I get high quality fresh food (right the farm almost) at very reasonable prices.</p>
<p>A gym is certainly not necessary though nice to have access to.</p>
<p>Danette Head dedicates an entire book <a href="http://vaponte.danette3.hop.clickbank.net">&#8220;Exercise Without Effort&#8221;</a> to finding exercise<br />
that fits right into your daily schedule.</p>
<p>No money needed here: How about these low cost or even free exercises that Danette<br />
recommends:</p>
<p>Walking<br />
<a href="http://ultimatestairexercises.com/"> Taking the Stairs: </a>You know I love this one <img src='http://virgilaponte.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Washing your car<br />
Skipping Rope<br />
House or Garden Work<br />
Scrap the  Car &amp; Ride Your Bike<br />
Try Yoga, Stretching or <a href="http://virgilaponte.com/Body-Weight-Blue-Print.html">Body Weight Training</a></p>
<p>So do you still think I can&#8217;t afford it is not excuse.</p>
<p>If you do I suggest 1 of 2 things.</p>
<p>1. Try the above suggestions<br />
2. Look yourself in the mirror and say to yourself:</p>
<p>&#8220;I am 100% responsible for my health, how I look, how I feel and<br />
any excuses takes me further away from my goals&#8221;</p>
<p>Excuses not necessary</p>
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		<title>I Just Lost 11 lbs of Bodyfat&#8230; On Vacation!</title>
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<p>It was the weirdest thing …</p>
<p>I mean, I’ve been around you know? I’ve had just about every body and fatloss experience you can think of… the good, the bad, the ugly…</p>
<p>… and now the really bizarre.</p>
<p>Here’s the story:</p>
<p>I took off on an 8-day cruise to the Caribbean. This was a “business” cruise (yeah, right)… and I knew there was no way to eat the way I prefer to eat. At least not ideally. After that I had to speak in Tampa Florida at a fitness summit, then off to Las Vegas for yet another summit meeting.</p>
<p>All-in-all I was gone for almost three weeks.</p>
<p>First thing that I knew had to go was my “ideal” dietplan.</p>
<p>That’s my “Extreme” Plan on the Every Other Day Dietplan…</p>
<p><a onclick="window.open('http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/aff/VirgilApon');return false;" href="http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/aff/VirgilApon">Every Other Day Dietplan</a></p>
<p>There are three plans in EODD:  The Primer Plan, which is literally “every other day”. You get to eat your favorite foods within reason every other day or so on this Plan. It’s perfect for folks who ‘hate’ dieting because, let’s face it, anyone can diet-for a day, right? Right.</p>
<p>Then there’s the Lifestyle Plans. These are two days of “burn eating” followed by a day of eating favorite foods. Most people use this because it too is so simple to use.</p>
<p>Then for we athletes and fitness pros there’s the Extreme Plan. This is for ultimate bodyfat loss and muscle-shaping. I love this plan.</p>
<p>But hey… it’s a vacation. And so I decided to eat on the Primer Plan… remember, that’s every other day. So every other day on the cruise I had a small dessert (sometimes two), pizza, or pasta… whatever I wanted within reason. The days before I did perfectly, substituting my morning shake for egg white omelets with a bit of cheese and a lot of veggies. Yum!</p>
<p>Within three days I had LOST more than 4 lbs… or about 2 kg. Pure fat… well, a bit of water I suppose, but mostly that stubborn bodyfat around my middle that’s the last to go.</p>
<p>What the heck was going on?</p>
<p>Wait… the story gets better…</p>
<p>I move on to Tampa, and then Vegas, and now I’m 11 lbs (about 5 kg) down. My jeans ALL require a belt, only this time it’s not a fashion statement.</p>
<p>Frankly, I’m as surprised as you may be.</p>
<p>But I figured out why this happened. And I want to share it with you so you can use EODD (or another plan if you want… but mine is the best… : ) when you go on vacation or take a break.</p>
<p>Here’s why I dropped the last bit of my bodyfat:</p>
<p>First, I was on a VERY large cruise ship. I knew my weight training would not be as intense (the weights were not that heavy) but I also knew I could just make it work… train a bit more and go for the “pump”… just a good, quick workout. I ended up training 5 days on the cruise without a problem (and only ONE day of cardio for 20 minutes… you see, you do NOT need cardio to dump bodyfat!)</p>
<p>But the difference was in the WALKING. The ship was the largest ever built… the size of 2.5 football fields. And I walked everywhere… on the islands, on the boat, even to every meal. Just walking burned off FAR more calories than my normal lifestyle, which like most of you has a lot of sitting down to it. ; )</p>
<p>Walking… my favorite “Cardio” to this very day.</p>
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<p>My Supplement Tricks</p>
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<p>Second, I took extra potassium, along with all of my Radical Fatloss Blueprint Supplements. I carried them all on board.</p>
<p>You can read more about the supplements I take for “radical” fatloss here:</p>
<p><a class="autohyperlink" title="http://www.radicalfatlossblueprint.com" href="http://www.radicalfatlossblueprint.com" target="_blank">www.radicalfatlossblueprint.com</a></p>
<p>The two that really did the trick for me was the Aqualize (also known as Acquacil), only 1-2 a day, along with the amino acids.</p>
<p>Finally, I realized that I need MORE food than I’m eating now in order to increase my metabolic rate. Just a bit… about 400 calories a day more than I have been eating. Doing just that rebooted my metabolic rate and presto… 11 lbs of bodyfat and useless water is history. My abs have never looked better.</p>
<p>I hope this gives you some encouragement when it comes to being on the road or on vacation. With the right plan (like EODD and Radical Fatloss) you can actually improve your body…</p>
<p>… and best of all, I enjoyed every minute of my vacation!</p>
<p>P.S.  An important note was that I made a decision not to drink on the cruise or elsewhere. I had one small glass of wine last night to celebrate with my largest affiliate and business comrade. He flew in from Israel just for this meeting, and it was the least i could do. Roei and I had a blast all day.</p>
<p>The reason drinking is a problem is that alcohol shuts down fat-burning for several hours… sometimes longer. But a glass of wine or two a week is not going to hurt you. I just made that one small “sacrifice” so I could enjoy ice cream, pizza (I ate four slices one night at 3:00am and woke up leaner!) and all the yummy food the boat had to offer.</p>
<p>So, my final tip:  Make a decision to cut out just ONE thing when you’re on the road. Alcohol was easy for me as I do not drink that much as it is.</p>
<p>Read more about my personal dietplan and my supplement plan here….</p>
<p><a onclick="window.open('http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/aff/VirgilApon');return false;" href="http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/aff/VirgilApon">Every Other Day Dietplan</a></p>
<p><em><strong>My Comments: One thing I&#8217;ve experienced on my last Miami vacation was some body fat loss as well the biggest reason was due to all the walking I did. Looking back besides my exercise at the </strong></em><a href="http://ultimatestairexercises.com/"><em><strong>hotel gym &amp; stairs</strong></em></a><em><strong> I walked at least 2 hours a day. </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Another thing you can learn from Jon is you should have a plan (whether on vacation or not). </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Most people don&#8217;t have a plan and thus fail.</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>There&#8217;s an old saying: &#8220;If you fail to plan then plan to fail&#8221;</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Whether it be Jon&#8217;s</strong></em><em><strong> </strong></em><a href="http://virgilaponte.com/Every-Other-Day-Diet.html"><em><strong>EODD</strong></em></a><em><strong> diet plan or another plan you that works for you. </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Best In Strength &amp; Health</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Virgil <img src='http://virgilaponte.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </strong></em></p>
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		<title>A Giant Excuses for Not Being Fit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brought to you by Instant Workouts Biggest Loser Celebrity Trainer came out with 8 excuses for not being fit. You can read it here: http://health.yahoo.com/experts/healthieryou/14638/jillian-michaels-debunks-your-top-8-excuses-for-not-being-fit/ Here&#8217;s one that can be tackled very easily in my opinion: 1. Excuse: &#8220;I have zero time to exercise!&#8221; Michaels says: &#8220;I feel your pain—my life is crazy, too. But good-for-you [...]]]></description>
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<p>Biggest Loser Celebrity Trainer came out with 8 excuses for not being fit.</p>
<p>You can read it here:</p>
<p><a href="http://health.yahoo.com/experts/healthieryou/14638/jillian-michaels-debunks-your-top-8-excuses-for-not-being-fit/">http://health.yahoo.com/experts/healthieryou/14638/jillian-michaels-debunks-your-top-8-excuses-for-not-being-fit/ </a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s one that can be tackled very easily in my opinion:</p>
<p><strong>1. Excuse: &#8220;I have zero time to exercise!&#8221; Michaels says:</strong> &#8220;I feel your pain—my life is crazy, too. But good-for-you habits are the last thing that should go. If you don&#8217;t take care of yourself, you&#8217;ll have less energy to be that supportive person in your loved ones&#8217; lives. I tell working moms to ask for help. It used to take a village to raise kids; you can&#8217;t do it on your own.</p>
<p><strong>&#8221; My comments: </strong></p>
<p>I agree with Jillian here. First understand that if you don&#8217;t take care of yourself now with exercise, stress reduction and optimal nutrition you will pay for it later with medical bills and poor health.</p>
<p>Another big point is to get help.</p>
<p>Buddy up with a friend.</p>
<p>Find a babysitter and make time man.</p>
<p>You owe it to yourself.</p>
<p>Some of my stair workouts are done in less than 15 minutes:<br />
<a href="http://ultimatestairexercises.com/"><strong>http://ultimatestairexercises.com/ </strong></a></p>
<p>Another point is that exercise does not have to take hours or even 20 minutes.</p>
<p>You can get a tons done in even less time.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t believe me check this out:</p>
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<p>You can learn more here about Arnell&#8217;s Workouts here: <a href="http://vaponte.vipstudios.hop.clickbank.net"><strong>Instant Workouts </strong></a></p>
<p>Bottom line is you need to make time or else your body will pay for your neglect</p>
<p>It&#8217;s on you <img src='http://virgilaponte.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Let me what your comments or questions by posting to the blog <img src='http://virgilaponte.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Virgil</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are links to free health &#38; fitness products on this site! 1. Powerful Fitness Tracking Software for Windows PC (Mac Version Coming Soon) 2. The Best Exercises You&#8217;ve Never Heard of E-Book (162 Pages)]]></description>
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<h3><a href="http://virgilaponte.com/2010/01/12/powerful-fitness-tracking-software-yours-free/">1. Powerful Fitness Tracking Software for Windows PC (Mac Version Coming Soon)</a></h3>
<h3><a href="http://virgilaponte.com/2010/01/17/best-exercises-youve-never-heard-of-e-book-yours-free/">2. The Best Exercises You&#8217;ve Never Heard of E-Book (162 Pages)</a></h3>
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		<title>Best Exercises You&#8217;ve Never Heard Of E-Book Yours Free!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brought to you by Fitness E-Books.com I recently introduced myself to fitness professional &#38; author Nick Nilsson while looking for unique exercises on his Fitness E-Books Web site. Sometimes I just like to find something new. Either for myself, my clients/students or readers of my blog And Nick&#8217;s site fits the bill big time. Nick [...]]]></description>
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<p>I recently introduced myself to fitness professional &amp; author Nick Nilsson while looking for unique exercises on his <a href="virgilaponte.com/Best-Exercises-You-Never-Heard-Of.html">Fitness E-Books Web site.</a></p>
<p>Sometimes I just like to find something new.</p>
<p>Either for myself, my clients/students or readers of my blog <img src='http://virgilaponte.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>And Nick&#8217;s site fits the bill big time.</p>
<p>Nick was kind enough to offer this 162 Page E-Book below:</p>
<p>If you are looking for new exercises and new ideas then this is a must read.</p>
<p>Best of All It&#8217;s FREE!!!</p>
<p>You can Download it below!</p>
<h3><a href="http://virgilaponte.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/New-Exercises.pdf">The Best Exercises You&#8217;ve Never Heard Of Yours Free!</a></h3>
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		<title>Powerful Fitness Tracking Software Yours Free</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brought to you by How to Burn Fat Hello again Everyone First of course I must thank Sean Nalewanyj for allowing us to download his powerful Fitness Tracking Software for free! This state-of-the-art, but easy to use software program allows you to track virtually every single aspect of your fitness program in detail! **Easily track [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hello again Everyone</p>
<p>First of course I must thank <a href="http://virgilaponte.com/How-To-Burn-Fat.html"><strong>Sean Nalewanyj</strong></a><strong> </strong>for allowing us to download his powerful Fitness Tracking Software for free!</p>
<p><strong>This state-of-the-art, but easy to use software program allows you to track virtually every single aspect of your fitness program in detail!</strong></p>
<p>**Easily track diet and nutrition down to the finest detail.</p>
<p>**Access full nutritional information for hundreds of foods.</p>
<p>**Log all weight training and cardio workouts in detail.</p>
<p>**Track muscle gains, fat loss and strength increases.</p>
<p>**Create a training journal with a personalized online blog.</p>
<p>**Upload progress images to compare from week to week.</p>
<p>**And much more!</p>
<p>**Did I mention that it&#8217;s Freeeee  For a limited time though!</p>
<h3>You can download it below in 2 Easy Steps!<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;">(Currently it&#8217;s only available for PC users but a Mac version is in production)</span></h3>
<h3><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;"> 1.  <a href="http://www.nalewanyjfitness.com/fitnesstracker/setup.exe" target="_blank">Download Your Very Own Fitness Tracking Software Here!</a></span></h3>
<h3>2. Enter this access code once you download it to your PC:<br />
Copy &amp; Paste: <span style="color: #ff0000;">INCBA-GR-494E4-34241</span></h3>
<h3><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;">Enjoy and let me what you think of the software by posting to the blog</span></h3>
<p>Virgil Aponte <img src='http://virgilaponte.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>3 Tips For Resolutions That Stick</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brought to you by Body Weight Blue Print for Fat Loss First a quick note: Pro Grade Supplements is having a No Shipping New Years Sale: http://ProGradeSupplements.net/specials.html Ok Now lets talk New Years Tips: Let's face it, most resolutions don't stick. How many have you made in your life? How many have you followed through [...]]]></description>
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Let's face it, most resolutions don't stick. How many have you made
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It's estimated that fully 90% of resolutions have been long
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year and already those good intentions have dissolved.

Were you thinking of shedding those four pounds you gained over the
holidays? Did you want to finally get back into that pair of jeans
tucked into the back corner of your closet this year? Or perhaps
2010 is the year you plan on hitting the beach in style.

Should you bother? Is failure inevitable? The statistics would seem
to say so.

But fear not. All you need to do is make sure you're in the other
10%. And there are three surefire ways to guarantee it.

1. Get help -&gt; It's been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that
social support is the single biggest predictor of success in making
ANY change. Surrounding yourself with like-minded people, positive
roll models and supportive friends and family will practically
ensure your success. Don't just count on yourself, recruit an
entire team towards the completion of your goal.

2. All systems go -&gt; Success is in the system. Did you know that
the secret to high performance in any field is repetitive action
and habit? That's what a system is all about. You must create
repeatable and sustainable actions that you do each and every day.
Haphazard exercise yields mediocre and short-lived results.
Repetitive action based on correct principles leads to long-term
and rapid health, wellness and fitness.

3. Find the "BEST" plan -&gt; There's an old saying. The best plan is
the one that you will follow. Planning on hitting the gym twice a
day is great. But if you can't even find time to make it there
twice a week, then there's a gap between your plan and your
reality. To ensure success, you have to find and follow a plan that
you can slot into your lifestyle. That means a training program
that can be done where and when you need it.

There's your blueprint to maintaining your resolve. Create a
supportive team, develop systems &amp; habits, and adopt a plan that
fits with your lifestyle. If you do, success is assured.

When it comes to fitness plans, there are thousands to choose from.
But few are designed to address your entire lifestyle and slip
seamlessly into your routine and your schedule. One such program is
the Bodyweight Blueprint For Fat Loss designed by my friends Adam
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These guys are affectionately called the Bodyweight Coaches by
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you. ] I bet you didn&#8217;t know this &#8230; Obesity&#8230;even being overfat&#8230; is a disease. No, really. At least that&#8217;s what several social groups wish you to believe. &#8220;Suffers Of Obesity&#8221; is just one [...]]]></description>
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<p>I bet you didn&#8217;t know this &#8230;</p>
<p>Obesity&#8230;even being overfat&#8230; is a disease.</p>
<p>No, really.</p>
<p>At least that&#8217;s what several social groups wish you to believe. &#8220;Suffers Of Obesity&#8221; is just one of those groups. Their entire stance is obesity (which, btw, can be only 30lbs or so over your ideal bodyweight) is an actual disease.</p>
<p>Well, is it?</p>
<p>Yes&#8230; and no.</p>
<p>Comedian Ricky Gervais has a hilarious go at this stance&#8230; that obesity is a disease. You sometimes have to laugh, you know? ; )</p>
<p>&#8220;No&#8230; it&#8217;s not a disease&#8230; it&#8217;s greed. You just love to eat,&#8221; or so Gervais believes.</p>
<p>Well, in my first newsletter for 2010, a new decade with new ideas, I&#8217;m here to share a new idea with you:</p>
<p>     We really need to redefine some words.</p>
<p>One of those words is &#8220;disease&#8221;.</p>
<p>Case-in-point:  <a href="http://Wikipedia.com" title="http://Wikipedia.com" class="autohyperlink" target="_blank">Wikipedia.com</a> defines disease&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;In human beings, &#8220;disease&#8221; is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, and/or death to the person afflicted, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts and for other purposes these may be considered distinguishable categories.&#8221;</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s think about that. </p>
<p>If you bump your knee against a sharp object, is this a new disease called &#8220;bumpuskneeitis?&#8221; Er&#8230; no. It&#8217;s an accident. Sure, it may &#8217;cause&#8217; a specific set of symptoms that could broadly (as in as broad as the back-side of a barn) be considered a &#8220;disease&#8221;, but &#8230; no. It&#8217;s an accident with biological consequences.</p>
<p>Social problems?  So, if I decide to read 17 books on why my parents suck as a teenager and develop anti-social behavior, is this a &#8220;disease&#8221;?  NO!  This is the angst of youth combined, perhaps, with poor parenting!  Sure, it can lead to mental issues that could be classified as &#8220;disease&#8221;, but guess what?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s totally within your control. No one force-fed the books to the teen. And no one is force-feeding you, or anyone you know.</p>
<p>That decision is yours and yours alone&#8230; and anyone, repeat ANYONE on the face of planet earth can change their behaviors and attitudes toward food. </p>
<p>Okay, some more thoughts on disease:</p>
<p>Let me give you a few examples of what is typically thought of as &#8220;disease&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8212; Leprosy<br />
&#8212; Cancer<br />
&#8212; Hypothyroidism</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll just take three&#8230; there are thousands as you know.</p>
<p>Now, we can all agree that these three states represent true &#8220;disease&#8221;. The first you could catch by accident; the second is a combination of genetics, environment, and who-knows-what-else, and the third is almost always genetic.</p>
<p>One, cancer, is something you &#8216;may&#8217; be able to do something about. For example, lung cancer. 90% of lung cancer patients contract the disease from smoking.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s just cover these 90%, shall we?</p>
<p>And folks, I&#8217;m asking for an open mind here&#8230;</p>
<p>Is lung cancer, in the case of the 90%, REALLY a disease? </p>
<p>     Or is it a biological consequence?</p>
<p>Sure, &#8220;cancer&#8221; is a disease. But what caused it in this case? Something involuntary? Hardly. Something that could not be stopped? </p>
<p>No way.</p>
<p>The 90% caused it. Period. </p>
<p>Welcome to the real world.</p>
<p>So, I propose this:  We redefine &#8220;disease&#8221; as an abnormal biological condition that we DO NOT have direct cause or effect over. </p>
<p>Airborne viruses: Disease.  Obesity: NOT a disease. </p>
<p>And yes, lung cancer in chain smokers:  NOT a disease; it&#8217;s a biological outcome. The end result should be treated as a disease, of course, but come on: Where is the responsibility folks?</p>
<p>Life, if you want to life it fully and without fear, is ALL about taking total responsibility. That&#8217;s empowerment. Anything less is&#8230; well, LESS.</p>
<p>In our example, lung cancer is no more a &#8220;disease&#8221; than, say, me hitting myself over the head with a hammer every day and causing brain damage is a disease.</p>
<p>Brain damage (not self-induced) = disease.</p>
<p>Brain damage caused by self-inflicted hammer-hitting = biological consequence. In this case of sheer stupidity! </p>
<p>Now, one could (and many will) make the argument that I had a &#8220;mental&#8221; disease that caused me to WANT to hit myself over the head with a hammer&#8230; but&#8230; well&#8230;</p>
<p>At this point we need to redefine the word &#8220;disease&#8221; in my opinion. Here&#8217;s why:</p>
<p>First, if this were the case, I could say that all criminals have a disease. </p>
<p>They all have a mental disease that makes them want to kill, steal&#8230; you name it.</p>
<p>This may in fact BE true&#8230; we do not know&#8230; but do we hold them NOT responsible if it is? No, we do not.</p>
<p>And that brings us back to obesity.</p>
<p>     Obesity and being overfat is not a disease folks&#8230;<br />
     &#8212;&#8212; >  it&#8217;s a biological consequence.</p>
<p>And, with the exception of the extremely &#8216;rare&#8217; cases of total glandular dysfunction from birth, obesity&#8230; your bodyweight&#8230; is your responsibility. </p>
<p>Period. End of story. </p>
<p>Sorry, but that&#8217;s the way the ball bounces.</p>
<p>Am I being mean? No. I was obese. I have a right to speak my mind about it, and trust me:  My depression (a disease&#8230; sorta&#8230; some genetic, but a lot of it was caused by eating too much sugar) definitely aided in my obesity.</p>
<p>Then how come I&#8217;m not obese any more?</p>
<p>I found a better way to eat. I re-trained my body to crave this style of eating (and exercise) over stuffing myself with pizza and burgers every day.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what I use:</p>
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<p>It torches bellyfat&#8230; and it reprograms the body and mind to use food as fuel&#8230; especially if you use my &#8220;7 Minute Body&#8221; workout system (you can get it at 77% off after you pick up EODD on the page above&#8230; ; )</p>
<p>So be brave. Be fearless. And be responsible.</p>
<p>Oh&#8230; and be sure not to catch &#8220;internetemailitis&#8221;&#8230; its a disease that causes you to want to check your email more than 10 times a day.</p>
<p>I have it. So be careful&#8230; may be contagious. : ) </p>
<p>P.S. In my journey from obesity to total leanness I had to overcome &#8216;real&#8217; diseases, like pituitary failure from a high fever (i.e. viral pneumonia that almost killed me) and, yes, clinical depression (partially my fault; partially not&#8230; i.e. half disease, half biological consequence.) So I have sympathy, believe me. But I also know what you can do once you have a solid plan in place and a determined mind.</p>
<p>Then no &#8220;disease&#8221; can stop you&#8230; at least the ones that do not kill you. </p>
<p>So go for it&#8230; be brave, be responsible&#8230; and be lean!</p>
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