I have a great guest post to share with you today by my friend and fitness expert for men and women over 50, Richard Schuller, author of “A Guide To Getting Younger After 60“.

Want a really great exercise to strengthen your shoulders for any recreational sport? The overhead dumbbell walk is a great movement devised to strengthen all the support muscles in the shoulder to help prevent injury, and enhance overall performance.

Overhead Dumbbell Walk

If you live a busy lifestyle, workout at home, and are looking to add some variety to your leg workouts, this video will spice things up for you….

Here’s the routine:

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Do you have a flat butt? Would you like discover some powerful tips and exercises to help you build a more fuller, rounder, and sexier butt? You’ll find it all in today’s article, which includes links to photo and video demonstrations.

Powerful Tips, Tricks and Techniques For Building Larger, Firmer, Rounder Glutes

By Nick Nilsson

Do your thighs get more work than your glutes when you’re doing glute exercises? This information is going to change the way you train your glutes forever!

It’s a common problem that many people run into when they’re trying to build and work the glutes: the thighs take over the exercises and the glutes get left out in the cold!

One of the major reasons this happens is that

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There’s no doubt that you’ve come across hyped-up claims from fitness marketers telling you that their workout program will melt fat 9 times faster and will have you burning massive amounts of calories for 48 hours after your workout, which they refer to as the “Afterburn”, or in scientific terms EPOC (excess post-exercise oxygen consumption). These so-called “fat loss guru’s” are passing this information off as fact, and in a very clever and convincing way to the general public. Unfortunately, if you have bought into their claims, you have been mislead and I’m about to show you how.

Preface

You will often times hear the “Afterburn” claims from programs that involve HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), regular Interval Training, and most recently Metabolic Resistance Training. I want to make it absolutely clear that I am not against these types of training. I have personally incorporated them into my training for nearly a decade.

What I am against is the false, EXAGGERATED claims and misuse of cherry picked data in order to get you to buy into a certain program. Frankly, I feel that there are many fitness professionals whom would benefit a great deal from taking a business ethics 101 course.

The purpose of this post is to set aside the hype and uncover the truth, so you can make an informed decision about the next workout program that you choose to follow.

Exaggerated Claims Based On Flawed Research

According to some cleverly marketed workout programs, you’ll be burning hundreds of calories post-workout all thanks to the afterburn of their high intensity workout. The truth is,

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The squat thrust is one of my favorite exercises to include in either my Interval Training or Metabolic Resistance Training sessions. It’s a great way to get the heart pounding and muscles pumping! There is a problem with squat thrusts though… they can be too challenging for some individuals and there are some people who would prefer not to jump up and down for various reasons.

That’s why I was super excited to watch a video demonstration from former Biggest Loser trainer and creator of Fast Track Fat Loss, Kim Lyons, which showed four different variations of the squat thrust, from beginner all the way to very advanced.

This is an awesome exercise demonstration that you won’t want to miss…

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I just thought this would be a fun and effective way to help each other towards our fitness goals. All I want you to do is think of your favorite fitness tip and share it here with the other members. I think this is a great way to pass along awesome information and to connect with one another.

It also encourages you to really take notice on how important that one behavior change and/or exercise has impacted you. There are a trillion and one tips out there, but we all know that some are just plain dumb.

Okay so I’ll begin…

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2011. Wow! Already another year has gone by. I know I cannot believe how quickly it all went. However, when I look at my kids and see how quickly they are changing, both physically and mentally, I realize that indeed life goes by so quickly!

Which brings me to reflect upon this upcoming year and ask myself some deep questions. Such as: What changes can I make in my workout in order to jump start my metabolism and become more effective in burning fat? How can I improve my nutrition? Where are my weaknesses and how can I change them into a positive behavior? What tools can I use to motivate me to stay on track for the next 3 months?

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Every day I receive at least one email in my inbox, which quotes an interpretation of some research study, revealing that I should “Never eat this…” or “Never do this exercise”. Within the email there is always a link to some sort of product that is ’supposedly’ a healthier alternative. So of course, there’s some sort of hidden agenda behind the sharing of this research.

Sometimes the email is from one of our valued Fat Loss Quickie blog readers who is surprised that we demonstrated an exercise that research has shown to be ‘dangerous’ or ‘ineffective’. Nearly every time that Angie and I share one of our meals or favorite recipes, we receive an email or blog post comment from one of our valued readers who is surprised that we include an ingredient that research has shown will somehow make us fat or kill us. I certainly can’t blame them for sharing these thoughts and feelings with us, because they too, are being flooded with emails that quote ‘interpretations’ of research studies, and the emails are from people who they believe they can trust.

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Why are you following your current workout program? Did a friend recommend it to you? Is it because the millions of dollars in advertising has allowed the program to become a household name? Is it because of all the hype and fancy ’science talk’ of the program made it irresistible to turn down? Is it a program that was shared in a magazine?

…Or is it because the program is designed to produce the body shape and appearance that you desire? In other words, will this program help you reach your goal?

Do You Have A Clear Vision Of Your Goal?

In order to answer this question, it’s important to have a clear vision of what your goal is and the ‘Look’ that you will achieve once you reach your goal.

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If you want to set yourself up for fat loss success this New Year, you need to keep things simple and master the fundamentals. There’s no need to over-complicate the fat loss process or become overwhelmed with all the contradictory fat loss advice, especially if you have more than 15 pounds of fat to release from your body.

Fat loss is simple… it’s just hard work. But any worthy goal is worth the hard work that it takes to achieve it!

Here’s Your Simple Fat Loss Plan For 2011

Eat Less: Yes, it really is that simple. To burn fat you need to eat less than what you burn throughout the week. Whether you prefer higher protein diets, higher carbohydrate diets, higher fat diets, low sugar diets, vegetarian diets, raw food diets, or any form of diet known to the human race, if you eat less you will lose weight.

Angie and I are going to record the foods that we eat each week and share it with you. We don’t count calories or measure our foods. We keep it really simple and listen to our body.

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