February 8th, 2010
Quick Fat Burning Workouts To Get A Flat StomachComments
Many exercisers who want to get a flat stomach tend to do a lot of long boring cardio workouts, a ton of crunches, and go on a restrictive calorie diet. Well this is the absolute wrong way to burn belly fat. In reality, you should do quick fat burning workouts by increasing the intensity of your weight lifting and cardio sessions, while taking little rest between exercises. Research has shown that this is the best way to get a flat stomach.
The best way to get a flat stomach is to do quick fat burning workouts. Workouts that combine heavy strength training and high intensity cardio have been shown to be effective at burning not only belly fat, but fat over your entire body. Performing compound exercises, which are exercises involving more than one muscle group, as opposed to isolation exercises, will keep your heart rate high and will allow you to shorten your workouts because you are using more than one muscle group at the same time.
A good example of this would be push ups, followed by squat thrusts, then squats and finally mountain climbers. Here, you have 2 strengthening movements, the push ups and squats, interspersed with high intensity cardio movements – squat thrusts and mountain climbers. This is an excellent and quick fat burning workout to help you get a flat stomach.
Also when you train this way, there is no need to do crunches. Again, crunches are an isolation exercise and it doesn’t do anything to help you burn belly fat. Moreover, a crunch flexes your abs. In reality, your abs should be trained as a stabilizer since that is how it’s used in daily life. Stick to full body movements like squats, push ups, jumps, sprints, pull ups, etc., that user your abs as stabilizers and you’ll have a lot better luck at burning belly fat.
So just remember, train hard with intensity, make sure you lift weights and ditch the long, boring, slow cardio workouts and crunches and you’ll get a flat stomach in no time.
Check out the video below for an example of a quick fat burning workout.
February 5th, 2010
The #1 Worst Sandwich In AmericaComments
The #1 worst sandwich in America, according to a Men’s Health article that I read last night, is a grilled shrimp and bacon club from the Cheesecake Factory.
The stats?
1930 calories
24 grams of saturated fat
2965 mg of sodium
Did you realize that when you went out to order a sandwich, it may have almost 2000 calories?
Probably not.
Some other culprits:
Quizno’s large tuna melt – 1760 calories
Applebee’s grilled cheese BLT – 1310 calories
Subway’s meatball marinara footlong – 1160 calories
…and the list goes on
So what does this all mean? Well it goes back to my theory that we eat a lot more calories than we think we do, especially when we eat out, which almost everyone does. So why am I telling you this again? Well a question I keep getting over and over is this: ”I’m following your workouts and I’m eating pretty healthy, but I’m not seeing results. I’m frustrated and need help.”
Hey if you’re following my workouts, that’s awesome! But if you’re just winging it with your diet and are “eating pretty healthy,” that’s where you’re going wrong. What frustrates me even more is that I’m asked to give advice when I have no clue what they’re eating. If they are going out and getting a grilled shrimp sandwich from the Cheesecake Factory, well then they just put almost 2000 calories in their tummy. What I need from someone who wants my help with their nutrition is a detailed 7 day food log specifying exactly what was eaten, what amounts, when, and nutritional information, especially if it’s a boxed or bagged food.
Care to make it super easy on yourself? If you want to make it super easy on yourself, I would follow The Diet Solution Program from Isabel De Los Rios. It’s full of meal plans containing whole, natural foods and there won’t be any need to keep a food journal or count calories.
If you follow her eating program and my workouts, I can almost guarantee you’ll get the body you want and a much flatter stomach. Most of the type of foods in her program are what my diet is based around. And she makes it super simple to follow her program, so you should definitely check it out.
Have a great weekend!
Scott
February 3rd, 2010
How To Get Six Pack Abs – Your Starting Point And Setting GoalsComments
The question that I most often get from my newsletter readers is how to get six pack abs. And you might think that’s it’s all about eating healthy and exercise, but there is so much more to it than that. So I’ve decided to make a series of videos of the 10 Essential Ingredients To Getting Six Pack Abs.
Now this first video has nothing to do with eating and exercise. But it does involve something that hardly anyone does when they’re just getting started. And it’s establishing a starting point and setting goals.
This video will show you exactly how to do so.
Scott
January 13th, 2010
Fat Loss Workouts – Modifications of Common ExercisesComments
So if you’ve been following along my workout phlosophies, you understand that to lose fat fast, your fat loss workouts should include full body exercises with a blend of strength training and high intensity cardio training.
Well sometimes my fat loss workouts may contain exercises that’s too difficult for the beginner or new exerciser. If this is the case, some modifications are in order. Watch the video below for modifications of the push up, squat thrust, squat, plank and lunge. If there is a modification of an exercise that you’d like, just leave a comment and I can include it in an upcoming video.
Thanks! 
Scott
January 4th, 2010
Interview With Diet Expert Isabel De Los RiosComments
I’ll be doing an interview with The Diet Solution author, Isabel De Los Rios. The teleseminar will be on Tuesday, January 5 at 3:00 pm Eastern, 2:00 pm Central and 12:00 pm Pacific.
If you have any diet and nutrition questions for Isabel, or want to listen in to the call, please CLICK HERE.
Talk to you on the call.
Scott
December 24th, 2009
Santa Tracker – Official NORAD Santa TrackerComments
Merry Christmas everyone. Are you looking for a Santa Tracker so you can follow Santa around all night. Here is the offical NORAD Santa Tracker.
Have a Merry Christmas.
Scott
December 24th, 2009
What’s Your Favorite Quote?Comments
Last week on my Facebook page, I asked my friends what their favorite quote or saying was. I love quotes that are motivational, inspiration and thought provoking. I got some great responses and I would love you to add your favorite quote to the comment section here on the blog. Here are the ones I got on Facebook…
Clarissa’s favorite was “You are where you are because you want to be.”
Rob’s was “Life is not about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself!”
Laura’s favorite “Enjoy life to it’s fullest, after all you will never get out of it alive.”
Connie’s “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!” Henry Ford
Coach Dan’s favorite, “There is do and do not, there is no try.” – Yoda
My sister Jill’s fav – “This above all: to thine own self be true” – William Shakespeare
Steve’s favorite – “What is good in life conan? “to destroy your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women”
Traci’s – “10 most powerful 2 letter words “If it is to be, It is up to me!!”
Rae’s favorite was – “May the best of your past, be the worst of your future.” From the movie Long Kiss Goodnight.
Lisa’s favorite quote: “Life will not be simpler and easier, because there is not greener grass on the other side. If you water your own grass, that’s how you will be blessed!” ~Nancy Anderson~
Elaine’s quote: “You’re entitled to your opinion; you are not entitled to your own facts” — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Becky’s favorite – “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” Abraham Lincoln
Raymond like’s two: Business: Keep your friends close But your enemies closer! Personal: I don’t need anything so therefore I have everything I need!
Steve’s favorite: “We each have the power to choose but once the choice is made we become a servant to that choice.”
Janice likes: “Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow; don’t walk behind me, I may not lead, walk beside me, and just be my friend”
Carolynne’s: “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost”
Anusha’s favorite: “a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle’”
My brother Chris likes… “If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.” –Dwight D. Eisenhower
Judy likes two: “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time” Zig Ziglar. “Begin with then end in mind” Steven Covey
Nanette’s favorite: “Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones” Proverbs 16:24
Yesenia likes: “What ever you say to yourself, you’re always right, now is that what you wanna be right about?”
Make sure you add your favorite quote in the comments section. AND, please ADD me as a Friend on Facebook.
Have a great Christmas Eve.
Scott
December 1st, 2009
Quick Fat Burning Workout – Total Body Training For A Flat StomachComments
This is a quick fat burning workout, consisting of total body strength training and short, intense bursts of cardio. Quick fat burning workouts, like this one, will do wonders at helping you get a flat stomach.
Here’s the workout:
10 Dumbbell Walking Lunges with Curls
20 Jumping Lunges
10 Dumbbell Walking Lunges with Curls
10 Dumbbell Squat Press to Push Up Row
20 seconds of High Knee Sprinting in place
Perform 3 rounds of this circuit as quickly as possible.
You can see a demo of each movement in the video. Go ahead, try it out, and then leave a comment to let me know what you think. 
Scott
November 30th, 2009
Quick Total Body Exercise To Get A Flat StomachComments
Hi! I made this video for you. It’s just one exercise, but it’s a total body exercise that will help you get a flat stomach.
It will work your chest, back, arms, legs, abs, cardio…literally your entire body. If you are short on time, do this movement 10 times in a row and you’ll be winded, that’s for sure.
Check it out and after your try it, please leave a comment.
Scott
November 25th, 2009
How To Cheat Your Way Thin Over The HolidaysComments
Yesterday I did an interview with Cheat Your Way Thin author Joel Marion. He went over some cool strategies on how you can strategically cheat on your diet and still lose up to 10-15 pounds of ugly body fat in the process. He even gave some ideas on what you should do if you have several parties and events over the holidays and what you should do if some of these parties don’t fall on your designated cheat day.
Give it a listen and have a Happy Thanksgiving.
Scott
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