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A lot of people have this idea in their head that in order for them to burn Fat they need to spend countless hours sweating it out doing cardiovascular training; well this isn't true to some degree. We still need be to including cardiovascular training into our training program to optimize our results so there's no way around it I'm sorry but resistance training is going to be a massive contributor to you and your transformation.

5 STAPLE FOODS THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE ON HAND

Just thought I'd write up some tips on how to stay on track over summer. It's easy to sit back and look for excuses and use them to skip exercise , and not eat right, whether it's spring summer autumn or winter, the 2 main things still remain the same, you have to eat well, and move , it's a very simple but effective formula, today I'll give you some tips on how to avoid some common mistakes I've seen .

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Our body's reaction to insufficient calories is to demand more, a response we know as hunger. When we don't receive enough calories from our diet, the body will begin to compensate by shutting down systems in the body that consume energy and begin to waste away your muscles and fat. Physical movements become harder as your body will begin to crave more sleep. Your body temperature begins to drop and even thinking is minimised (the brain uses 25% of the energy we consume). None of this is a conscious decision. What this means is that your body will begin to burn less calories than someone else of a similar weight and height. Generally, when your body drops off fat, you will begin to burn less calories because your body is moving around less weight. This means that your body doesn't need a big engine anymore to walk or do every day chores. A small car needs a small engine as a big truck needs a bigger engine. By either starving yourself or having fewer calories than your body needs, your metabolism will slow down a lot quicker and begin using muscle and fat as a preferred energy source which is undoubtedly a bad thing. This will lead to massive amounts of fat gain as soon as you begin to increase your food intake (calorie intake) by even the smallest margin. This happens because all your energy systems in the body store more carbohydrates in preparation of starvation mode. Once your body takes in all the carbohydrates, your storage systems (muscle and liver) will overfill and begin turning carbs into fat. This will also slow your metabolism down in the body making it burn less calories a day because it has entered storage mode instead of burning the calories.

What is Fartlek training?

Do you ever find or have you ever heard someone mention that it's hard to lose weight because they've found that they love food too much and can't stop eating? Chances are that they're doing it the hard way. Here are a few simple tips and tricks to ensure you always feel full throughout the day,

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