The deadlift is one of the greatest exercises that you should perform no matter what your goal is. When performed properly, the deadlift targets your butt, abs, and hamstrings. But what makes this exercise so awesome is that every muscle in your body gets activated throughout the movement.

As per Paula’s request, my buddy Richard Schuller of Decades Younger, and I hit the gym to record a video, which demonstrates how to perform a proper deadlift…

Here are some of Richard’s key tips on how to perform a proper deadlift:

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Our friend Richard Schuller, authority on fitness for men and women over 60, has been a guest in our home this week and we’ve been having a blast together. At 70 years of age, that “old dog” is teaching this “young pup” some new tricks when it comes to improving strength and performance.

Richie, as my kids like to call him pulled me aside while we were working out yesterday and gave me some great pointers on my bench press. Of course I couldn’t keep these great tips to myself, so today Richard and I pulled out the video camera to pass this great advice onto you.

In this video you will discover the most common mistakes that men and women make when performing the bench press, which opens the door for injuries. Note: The bench press is an exercise that is meant to target your pectoral muscles, yet the way many people perform the bench press they are actually recruiting very little muscle fiber from the pectoral muscles and placing most of the load on the triceps and shoulder muscle fibers instead. That’s why you hear of so many men and women screwing up their shoulders while performing the bench press.

Don’t worry though. After watching this video you will have the knowledge on how to perform a safe and effective bench press that will increase your power and significantly reduce the risk of injury.

Mistakes To Avoid:

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Angie and I have a favor to ask of you today. We are about to record a complete week of behind the scenes video, revealing what we eat, some of our workouts, how we get motivated and inspire each other, and how we live an active and healthy lifestyle.

We would greatly appreciate it if you took a moment of your valuable time to let us know if there is anything specific that you would like to see us reveal in our videos to help you achieve the body that you deserve.

We are asking for your help because your answers will allow us to record the most information packed videos possible and provide you with the REAL solution that you deserve.

Thanks a million! We owe you one

Scott and Angie Tousignant

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It’s time to change up your abs workout program and add some variety to it. Today’s guest post from my colleague David Grisaffi, author of Firm and Flatten Your Abs, reveals many of the big reasons why you absolutely must break out of your boring ab training routine and it includes 5 great stability ball abs exercises. There may actually be a few that you’ve never seen performed before.

I have been following David’s abs workouts for the past six years and have incorporated many of the exercises into the programs that I have designed for my personal training clients.

Firm and Flatten Your Abs is unlike any abs workout program out there. It focuses on training your deep core muscles for a healthy, strong, and sexy midsection.

These exercises have helped my clients flatten their tummies, but the most common feedback that I have heard from them is that they no longer experience lower back pain. That’s the benefit of working much more than just your rectus abdomins muscle (6 pack).

Enjoy today’s guest post and the 5 exercises for your abs…

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This past week my long time personal training client Bill Willson turned 90 years young. It’s been an absolutely incredible experience for the both of us as we reflect on this special event in Bill’s life. His birthday has also brought up the opportunity for me to recall the priceless lessons that I have learned from Bill during the past 10 years that I have been training him.

Before I get to the lessons that I’ve learned from Bill, I would like to share a video with you, where Bill demonstrates a few variations of the squat while using a stability ball.

The variations of the Stability Ball Squat that Bill performed in this video are:

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It feels so weird to type in day 25 for the Xtreme Fat Loss Diet. That means that this 25 day journey has come to an end. It’s definitely a surreal feeling. I am however, ready to move on and transition into the next stage of my body transformation journey. But before I go there, let me share what I ate today…

It was pretty much an Eggstravaganza today!

I started the day off with scrambled egg whites, tomatoes, and red peppers. I then had a chicken breast followed by another scrambled egg, tomato, and pepper dish. Then I had a can of tuna with tomatoes, cuccumber, and light ranch dressing. And I finished off my day with two whole eggs, four egg whites, mushrooms, tomatoes, and yellow peppers.

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It’s great to see more and more people focusing on releasing body fat rather than just weight loss when embarking on a body transformation journey. This rise in awareness about the importance of body recomposition has brought about a rise in sales for body fat scales, which offers a convenient way of measuring your body fat percentage. But can you really trust the readings that body fat scales produce? How can you ensure the most accurate reading possible?

Here’s a video demonstration to help illustrate this point…

Pretty cool that I was able to gain one pound of muscle in just one minute eh?

Obviously I didn’t gain a pound of muscle, but I wanted to illustrate the point about how easy it is to throw off the readings with body fat scales.

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Hi everyone…I’m really excited to share with all of you a totally amazing program that I am currently following. Nick Nilsson offers a great program called Gluteus to the Maximus for those of you who want to firm up that butt, and/or thigh area…I’d say most women can relate to this issue!!

His program offers different workouts depending upon whether you work out from home or go to a gym setting. I will be following his 20 min. Advanced Home Workouts. I have put myself through his program in the past and achieved amazing results…as a matter of fact, after seeing our new, tight physiques Scott and I decided to do a photo shoot. This was the most fit I had ever been.

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My goal during the next 14 weeks is to release 4 pounds of fat from my body and gain 6 pounds of muscle. It’s not an easy task to burn fat and build muscle at the same time and it’s actually quite a controversial subject.

As controversial as it is, it’s a topic that comes up frequently as it is truly the most coveted body transformation goal and for good reason. The last thing that you want to do when burning fat is to lose precious muscle mass and when your goal is to build muscle you want to avoid gaining much fat at all.

My buddy and fat loss expert extraordinaire Tom Venuto has put a lot of the controversy to rest with his latest book The Holy Grail Body Transformation Program and he’s backed it up with loads of solid research and in the trenches experience.

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Today was the third depletion of the Xtreme Fat Loss Diet, where the focus is to consume nearly all of your calories from protein. I actually love this day of the program, but others find it difficult to consume just protein and veggies.

As I mentioned in yesterday’s journal entry, with this weekend being a long holiday weekend with lots of parties and barbecue’s, I knew that I would be faced with lots of temptations and challenges.

I was definitely not perfect today, but I’ve yet to come across anyone who following the program perfectly… including the big success stories.

So here’s what I ate today:

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