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Living up to my beliefs, and my resolutions for 2009, I’ve finally managed to kick-start my overall fitness program by hitting the gym last night. Boy was it difficult to get started after months of rest!

I started slow and jogged for about 45 minutes, walking and jogging in between. Then I pumped some weights to fire up my muscles. Ended the session with a great sauna session.

Come to think of it, I actually went to the gym without a gameplan, and that’s bad! Without a plan, most people waste a lot of time walking around the gym wondering what to do next. In the end, they end up either totally clueless and didn’t do much, or waste too much time without working on the right muscles. Last night, I fell into that trap too. Since it was my first session after a long break, I guess it’s ok to just warm up a little.

Moving on, I’ll definitely work out a gym routine to maximise my gym efforts for maximum results, focusing on an overall “body-shrinking” plan, increasing stamina, and boost muscular fitness. Stay tuned for more fitness tips and progress reports.

It’s been 3 weeks plus now since I started my super weight loss and body toning program, progress has been slow for the past 7 days or so. What can I say, I fell sick.

Anyway, it’s time to pick up where I left off, time to hit the gym soon. There’ll be a slight change in my workout routine, where I’ll make good use of the secret one set technique to save time and make each gym session more productive.

Oh, I’ve started drinking green tea now, if my calculations are right, I should be announcing positive progress results real soon! Cool!

Did you know that people in India and China have been consuming green tea for it’s numerous weight loss and other health benefits since a long, long time ago? It wasn’t until the last 5-10 years that western society discovered green tea’s advantages and started promoting it to their people.

Green tea my friends, have a lot of benefits when it comes to weight loss. Compared to coffee that can actually make you go fatter, green tea is almost the exact opposite making it one of the best natural weight loss drinks to be consumed. The best part is, it comes without all the negative side effects. The only known side effect of green tea is insomnia due to the caffeine in it but this is nothing compared to the amount of caffeine found in coffee.

Green tea, when combined with other weight loss food and activities, can help you lose weight significantly. Eat healthily, exercise on a regular basis and add green tea to your daily diet and you could be looking at the most effective weight loss methods ever. Not only will you lose weight fast, you’ll also enjoy the many other benefits of green tea.

Let’s dive into this further, green tea is a very powerful anti-oxidant drink and it reduces the risk of cancer. It prevents bladder cancer, breast cancer, oesophageal cancer, colorectal and lung cancer, pancreatic, skin, and prostate cancer, and stomach cancer. Besides all that, let’s see what it does to your body in helping you lose weight.

Green tea boosts your metabolism thus stimulating your body to burn calories at a much faster pace. A particular study conducted by American Journal of Clinical Nutrition proved that all people who had regular intake of green tea and caffeine were burning calories at a much quicker pace in comparison to those who did not have them.

Plus, green tea improves your digestive and bowel movements and it protects your liver against various toxic substances. This is why it prevents liver cancer. It also reduces your cholesterol level and helps prevent cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerosis. It also boosts your immunity system to give you an improved mental health.

Wait, there’s more! Green tea is very effective in controlling your blood sugar level. By maintaining your blood sugar level with green tea, you won’t feel hungry so fast, making you eat less and further helps you to lose weight. Green tea is one of the best natural diet suppressant that comes with many other health benefits instead of side effects like what other manufactured diet suppressants out there.

So, my friends, what are you waiting for? Go grab some green tea from the supermarket and start adding it to your daily diet today!

To your weight loss success!

Cheers!

Here’s an excellent video from Thailand to answer the question, watch and find out for yourself lol

Tone your muscles, jazz up your appearance and fight age-related muscle loss with weight training in just 20-30 minutes a day!

Surf any body building sites or articles and you’ll find an endless series of articles or tips that teach you to do 3 or 5 sets of repetitions and what not. To do a full body workout, you need like 90 – 120 minutes a day. That’s a lot of time to spend in the gym!

Let me share with you a secret… you only need to do one set of repetition for each muscle group!

Research shows that a single set of 12 repetitions with the proper weight can build muscle just as effectively as three sets of the same exercise with lighter weights.

“Use a weight heavy enough to tire your muscles after 12 repetitions,” says Edward Laskowski, M.D., a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and co-director of the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center. “At the proper weight, you should be just barely able to finish the 12th repetition.”

In just 20 to 30 minutes, you can do a complete series of weight training exercises for your arms, shoulders, abdomen, chest, back and legs.”

Get your facts right, don’t waste time pumping hours and hours in the gym when you can do it in 20-30 minutes a day

Read the rest of the article from MayoClinic here

Cheers!