Maximum Fitness 3000 Abs Workouts Review

 
3000 Abs Workouts
By Myatt Murphy , CSCS Programming by Jerry Kindela
Want to get those killer abs? Maximum Fitness has the answer.
I gave this workout 5 out of 5 stars, 3000 Abs Workouts is a comprehensive ab exercise system. It will hit all of your stomach muscles, upper, lower, obliques and core.18 different exercises with 3000 possible workouts.
Mix and Match exercises to create your own ab routine

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Exercises for Shoulders and Back

Going to the chapel? Here are the simplest, most fun ways to tone your biceps, triceps, chest, shoulders, and upper back in time for your wedding.

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10 Ways to Lose Weight in 1 Week

 

Nothing seems to help motivate dieters more than a quick drop in pounds. The reasons for wanting to take off excess weight are varied--from wanting to look great in a swimsuit to getting healthy and fit. Whatever the case, set reasonable goals and diet sensibly. Find a long-range plan that you can stay with for a lifetime. Having a fast start is fine, as long as you do it in a healthy manner and don't have unrealistic expectations. Most people can't lose more than 3 or 4 lbs. in one week without jeopardizing their health.

Eat a Healthy Breakfast

Start each day with a healthy breakfast. Include a serving of protein, at least one or two servings of fruits or vegetables, one serving of grains and some dairy for calcium. A healthy, hearty breakfast will provide the fuel you need to get through the morning, and it will help prevent the desire to grab a gooey, mid-morning pastry.

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Drink Water

Drink at least eight 8oz. glasses of water each day. When you feel the first stab of a hunger pang, drink a glass of water first and give it time to quench your thirst. You may not be as hungry after that.

Substitute Healthy Foods

Instead of munching on unhealthy foods, substitute healthy foods that will nourish your body and not add the fats or unnecessary carbs to your body. Some examples of healthy substitutions include fat-free dairy instead of full-fat dairy, air-popped popcorn instead of buttered microwave popcorn, oatmeal instead of sugary cereals and angel food cake instead of pound cake.

Eat More Often

Beware of sitting down to three huge meals per day. This prevents getting too hungry from waiting too long between meals, and it helps heighten your metabolism. If your body doesn't get the fuel it needs on a consistent basis, it is likely to go into starvation mode.

Increase Your Activity

Find excuses to move as much as possible. Park as far as possible from the office or stores so you can take a few extra calorie-burning steps. Use the stairs instead of the elevator. If possible, instead of e-mailing someone in the office, walk over to the person and hand deliver the message.

Use Small Plates

Go ahead and fill up the plate, but make it a smaller one. Use a salad plate for a meal or a custard cup for ice cream. You can only get so much food on the smaller size plate, so you'll need to resist the urge to go back for seconds.

Increase Fiber

Fiber-rich foods will give you the feeling of being full more quickly, and they'll help your digestive system run more smoothly. Some excellent high fiber foods include most fruits, vegetables and grains.

Write it Down

Keep a small notebook with you at all times. Write down every single bite you put into your mouth. You may be surprised at how many unintentional calories you consume each day. Even small tastes of something will help pack on the pounds if you overdo it.

Eat Slowly

Sit down to eat and enjoy your food. Cut small bites, and after you put them into your mouth, put down your fork and chew your food. This helps with the digestion, and it gives your body time to acknowledge when it's full.

Diet with a Friend

Make yourself accountable to a diet partner. If you're the competitive type, have a contest. If not, you'll enjoy losing weight with a buddy.

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Weight-Loss Tips: How to Lose 10 to 17 Pounds in Seven Days

 
Diet Overview
The Sacred Heart Diet, according to a diet website, was created by doctors at the hospital as a quick diet (just seven days) to help heart patients lose a significant amount of weight prior to surgery.
In addition to losing weight, those on the Sacred Heart Diet reported having more energy, no craving for sweets and that they felt better overall. The diet also removes impurities from the body.
Those on Sacred Heart Diet can lose from ten to 17 pounds in one week by eating a special fat-burning soup every day, and then following a plan of what can accompany the diet each day. The recipe will be shown at the end of this article, but the soup contains stewed tomatoes, green beans, celery, green peppers, green onions, carrots, chicken broth, soup mix and seasonings.
Over the seven days, in addition to as much soup as you want, there is a different diet for each day:
Day One- Soup and fruit. (no bananas)
Day Two- Soup and vegetables (no dry beans, peas or corn), and then a baked potato with butter at dinnertime
Day Three- Soup, fruit and veggies (no potato!) By today, up to seven pounds could be shed!
Day Four- Bananas (at least three) and skim milk- on this day, the body will need calcium and potassium.
Day Five- Soup, 10-20 ounces of beef and tomatoes (one can or six fresh)
Day Six- Soup and as much beef and veggies you want
Day Seven- Soup, brown rice, veggies, unsweetened fruit juice
Approved drinks- water, black coffee, tea, cranberry juice or unsweetened fruit juice. It is very important not to have alcohol or carbonated beverages- even diet.
Preparation
I brought my printout of the diet with me to the grocery store. We bought all the necessary ingredients for the soup, as well our accompaniments: two cantaloupes, some grapes, some plums, baby carrots, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, a big cucumber and snap peas. We also bought a few bottles of cranberry-grape juice and a large bottle of unsweetened apple juice.
As my fiancé and I were preparing the soup, I made the comment that, "Geez, no wonder you lose so much weight on the diet! I'm burning a zillion calories getting it ready!" We had to peel two bags of carrots and chop up a ton of veggies. As I put everything in the pots (I do not have a stew pot, so I used two large pots) I couldn't help but think of how healthy it looked.
I am not a fan of celery, but this soup has a whole bunch. I then recalled reading once that takes more calories to burn than to eat. I looked it up online and according to the Urban Legends Reference Pages, it sure is true. Celery is a negative-calorie food. The site says that an eight-inch stalk of celery takes six calories to eat and six to burn. But yet, it can still fill you up, which makes it great to eat to fight cravings. Realizing this leads me to see how this soup diet can really work.
We also chopped the fruit and veggies that we'd be eating throughout the week. I decided to use the large Ziploc bags I had and made bags for each of us for the week. This way, we could take our fruits and veggies with us to work.
Aside from being tedious in chopping and slicing, the soup was easy to make.
Taste-Test
The pot has been simmering for about a half hour. Gosh, carrots take a while to get soft. The broth was fine-I had already added a ton of salt and pepper to my liking. The vegetables were all tender. The soups tasted okay-I admit it will take a while to get used to. But, with eating fruit and veggies on the side, I am sure I can manage.
Will it Work?
Check out my related article as of March 4, 2007 to see my results. As I am on the diet, I will keep a diary of my progress.
Recipe
Ingredients:
2 cans of stewed tomatoes
3 large green onions (I just bought a bag)
1 large can of chicken broth (or beef broth)
1 package of fat-free soup mix (I used Lipton Onion Mushroom)
1 bunch celery
2 can green beans
2-3 green bell peppers
2 lbs. carrots
(Optional additions: fresh mushrooms, zucchini, squash, yellow onions, chopped garlic, chili flakes or cabbage.)
Directions:
Chop veggies into small pieces and place in pot
Add water to cover
Season with salt, pepper as desired
Add canned veggies
Bring to rapid boil
Reduce heat and simmer until veggies are tender

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Drop 5 Pounds in a Week

You want to shed weight for an upcom­ing event. Do you (a) accept how you look and detag Face­book pics later, (b) stop eating, or (c) follow our simple plan? Yeah, we thought so.

 

Cosmo has come up with a fat-torching plan that really will subtract up to 5 pounds from your bod in seven days — without starvation, bizarre supplements, or cutting out entire food groups. How? It's all about small sacrifices combined with specific techniques. And rather than giving you a one-size-fits-all regimen, we figure you're more likely to stick with the plan if you pick the eating and exercise strategies that fit your lifestyle.

So choose at least four of the nutritionist- and fitness expert-backed tips that follow, and vow to work them into your schedule for seven days straight. If you feel ambitious, tack on a few more. The more you pick, the more weight you'll lose. If you start now, by this time next week, you'll look and feel way lighter.

Drink Mainly Water A sports or energy drink, fruit smoothie, or light beer — each serving contains about 100 calories. Yet these beverages don't satisfy you the way 100 calories of food does, so they're a waste. Other liquids may be high in sodium and carbohydrates, which trick your body into retaining water, puffing you out.

Water, on the other hand, has zero calories and carbs and little to no sodium, making it the perfect slim-down drink. And strangely, it actually helps flush out excess water weight as well as jump-starts your metabolism. If it's just too boring, add lemon wedges or mint leaves.

 Ban White Bread and Pasta

Cutting out all white grain products — such as white rice, spaghetti, sandwich rolls — will instantly slim you down because the simple carbs in these foods cause bloating, especially around your belly. "Simple carbohydrates wreak havoc on your weight because they're digested very quickly, leaving you hungry and more likely to overeat later," says Jana Klauer, MD, author of The Park Avenue Nutritionist's Plan.

To go a step further, instead of replacing them with healthier yet still bloat-triggering whole-grain bread products, substitute vegetables for the week. This way, a chicken sandwich becomes chicken salad, and chips and dip turn into carrots and dip. The complex carbs from vegetables are digested more slowly, so you remain full longer. And because veggies are mostly water, they also help flush out excess water weight.

Do Cardio 30 Minutes a Day Any workout that gets your heart rate up will burn calories. But you'll use more calories if you pick a cardio routine that engages multiple muscles simultaneously, says Wendy Larkin, personal-training manager at Crunch's Polk Street gym, in San Francisco.

Three to consider: spinning, cardio kickboxing, and boot-camp workouts. Half an hour of each torches 200 to 300 calories while toning up your arms, legs, and core so everything appears sleeker and tighter.

You'll burn even more calories per session if your workout incorporates interval training: alternating short bursts of intense cardio with slower activity. Experts aren't sure why it works, but trainers swear by it.

Drink Coffee an Hour Before Working Out This is the one exception to the stick-to-water-only rule: Just as a coffee run makes your morning at work more productive, a pre-exercise cup of java with a splash of skim milk (about 11 calories) or black (just 5 calories) will energize your workout, explains Dr. Klauer. "You'll burn more calories without realizing you're pushing yourself harder."

Have Nightly You-on-Top Sex Not that you needed an excuse to hook up with your guy every night, but the fact is, this position is a fat blaster. Being on top means you do the rocking, and the more active you are, the more calories you burn — up to 144 for 30 minutes.

Sex also pumps levels of feel-good neurotransmitters, endorphins, helping you ride out food cravings. Get on top in reverse-cowgirl (i.e., facing away from your guy) to give your thigh and butt muscles an extra push.

Do 36 Push-Ups and Lunges Every Other DayThese gym-class staples will help sculpt muscle, so you'll sport a more streamlined appearance. Do three sets of 12 of each exercise every other day. "Push-ups target your upper body, while lunges work your butt, hips, and thighs," says Larkin. Quick tip: Make sure your back and legs remain in a straight line during your push-ups; it'll improve muscle tone. Also, you can build even more muscle with the lunges if you hold free weights in each hand while doing them.

Sleep 30 Minutes More a Night That extra half an hour, whether you sleep 5 hours or 8, can refresh you enough that you will make better food choices (in other words, no quick sugar fix for breakfast in search of energy) and won't feel lethargic and skip the gym, says registered dietician Esther Blum, author of Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous. More restful sleep (7 to 8 hours is best) also boosts your metabolism. And since your body builds muscle while you snooze, getting zzz's equals better muscle tone.

 Make One Food Sacrifice
Cutting out one indulgence — such as the chips you have with lunch or the chocolate dessert you eat after dinner — can subtract a few hundred calories from your diet, which translates into less flab, says Blum. "Your body won't even notice their absence."

Don't Let the Camera Add Pounds Push your chin forward, hold your arms away from your body, and turn slightly sideways from the camera with one foot in front of the other.

GET THINNER IN HOURSReally. These slenderizing effects may not be permanent, but they'll help you look hotter in your skinniest jeans on very short notice.

Eat Salmon for LunchIt's packed with nutrients that build muscle tone and give your skin a healthy glow. Some nutritionists claim that consuming a portion (doesn't matter how it's cooked) may immediately make your face look a bit more contoured.

Stand Up StraightKeeping your spine rigid and your shoulders back while sucking in your belly toward your spine gives you a slimmer, more streamlined middle.

Do Squats and Sit-UpsBodybuilders use this technique before competitions because it adds definition to muscle. Do three sets of 12 of each exercise to tighten your abs, butt, and legs temporarily.

Pop an Antigas PillTake one of these chewable tablets, sold over-the-counter at drugstores, to relieve bloating in your abdomen and break up gas bubbles in your digestive track, leaving you with a flatter tummy.

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