Things always seem to happen for a reason. In the previous post about releasing your last 10-20 pounds, I mentioned that it’s my mission to help you live to your fullest potential while sculpting the body that you deserve. I also mentioned that I love the way that I currently look and feel, yet I know I am capable of even better. I am far from achieving my limitless potential. I guess, in a way, I was writing that post for myself as it planted the seed for a serious dose of inspiration that has me stepping up my fat loss game.

The first dose of inspiration came when I received an email notification from Tom Venuto, announcing the first half winners of his Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle Summer Burn Transformation Contest. The male winner, Ian, blew my mind with what he was able to achieve in just 49 days, while following the Burn The Fat nutrition plan, in addition to his training. When I saw his abs, I knew right then and there, that I had to step up my game. Here’s Ian’s pics…

I have a very important and sensitive topic that I have been wanting to discus with you for quite some time. It’s regarding that infamous “Last 10-20 pounds” that you need to lose and have been wanting to lose for what may seem to be a lifetime.

Life has a way of constantly reminding you that you need to lose this last 10-20 pounds. Whether it’s catching a glimpse of yourself as you step out of the shower, bending over to tie your shoes, lounging around the pool or beach in your swimsuit, doing up the button on your jeans, a health scare from a close friend or family member who is overweight, or moments of self reflection where you think to yourself, “I deserve better!” But for some reason, despite all of these reminders, you have allowed other things in life to take priority over your intention to finally rid yourself of this excess fat once and for all.

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In keeping with my promise of informing you about the things that have a dramatic impact on transforming my body and health, it’s time to update you on my experience with Shawn Phillips Full Strength Premium Nutrition Shake, which I have for breakfast every day (can’t go a day without it), and on occasion as part of a post-workout meal.

Several months ago I informed my valued Fat Loss Quickie blog readers that I had just received my first order of Full Strength, which was a 14 day trial containing 7 packages of vanilla powder, 7 packages of chocolate powder, the best darn protein shaker that I’ve ever used, and an awesome t-shirt.

After the first 7 days I was beyond impressed with Full Strength. I have never had a more delicious, nourishing, and satisfying meal replacement shake in my life. So I went ahead and ordered a 3 month supply to see how Full Strength would impact my physique and health over an extended period of time.

Best Breakfast EVER!

After consuming a Full Strength Premium Nutrition Shake for breakfast every day for several months and consistently experiencing unbelievable energy, increased performance in and out of the gym, greater fat loss and muscle gain, and increased strength, I am beyond confident in providing Full Strength with a huge two thumbs up for quality and satisfaction!

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It’s time to bust some functional training myths, but before we can do that, we have to determine what exactly functional training is. According to the definition in Wikipedia, Functional Training is a classification of exercise which involves training the body for the activities performed in daily life.

If your email inbox looks anything like mine, you can find a message every day from a fitness and health “expert” warning you about foods that you should avoid because they’ll make you fat or exercises that you should avoid because they’ll break your back.

If you were to combine the entire list of everything that these “experts” tell you to avoid there would be nothing left. I couldn’t even breath without polluting my body and causing harm to it. So what’s left? Are we all doomed to be fat and unhealthy? If that’s the case, at least these “experts” have provided us with a gazillion and one excuses why we are fat and unhealthy.

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You are about to be exposed to the good, the bad, and the ugly truth about HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), thanks in part to the misleading information and flat out lies that many wanna-be fitness experts continue to dish out. It’s time for you to find out the truth about HIIT and how you can use it to your advantage during your fat loss journey.

I’d say that my love for HIIT stems from my experience as a competitive sprinter back in the day. Most of our training was based on sprint intervals and I absolutely loved every second of it… even during the times when I thought I might puke

One of the reasons that I believe HIIT has been so widely accepted is because it can be flat out fun! That’s because there is such a large variety of ways that you can perform HIIT. I’ll share some of my favorite HIIT workouts below, but first I want to discus one of the most popular and frequently talked about forms of HIIT… Sprints!

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I was recently asked the question “What is the one thing that you could say to someone who loses and gains the same 20 lbs over and over again?”, by friend Vera Raposo over at Plus Size Bloggers. Here’s my response…

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How much time do you need to spend working out in order to achieve the BEST body sculpting results possible? a) 90 minutes per week, b) 3 hours per week, c) 5 hours per week, d) 7 hours per week?

Sorry, this was a trick question. Time is one of the worst indicators for measuring the success of your body transformation program. I see many people spending “TIME” in the gym and getting nowhere. If they would only improve their focus they could go from an average body to an amazing physique, while making this journey so much more enjoyable.

Unfortunately, this accounts for the vast majority of people that I see in the gym. They can be in the middle of their workout when I arrive and they’re still working away when I leave, yet year after year there is no noticeable improvement to their physique and for some, they look worse. But how can this be when they are putting in the time?

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What are your current fat loss or body sculpting goals? I’d love to know what you are aiming to achieve during the next three to six months so I can provide you with relevant advice to help you achieve those goals. I also want to make sure that the goals that you have set are challenging enough that when you achieve them, you will feel incredible joy. Achieving your goal should be life changing!

For some people, life changing may be releasing fifty pounds of unwanted fat from their body. For others it may be that last ten pounds of stubborn fat that has been hanging around for years.

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I have two advanced abs exercises to share with you today. I was reminded about them after reviewing my friend Flavia DelMonte’s Full-Body-Licious workout dvd’s for women this week.

The reason why I would label these as advanced abs exercises is because there is a fair amount of coordination involved and they are challenging.

The two advanced abs exercises are a jackknife performed with one leg on the stability ball and a mountain climber crossover on the stability ball. You can really feel the mountain climber crossover in your obliques!

Try them for yourself and let me know what you think…