Weight Loss vs. Fat Loss

Why is the scale your worst enemy?

When it comes to losing weight, the fastest way (and least safe) is to dehydrate yourself to lose water weight. But this is pointless, because you need water for all of life’s functions.

People spend too much time weighing themselves. There are body builders who look fantastic to me, but they still want to gain just 10 more pounds — just 10 more pounds. Another person I know wants to lose 15 pounds, they have made progress but recently it slowed down. The scale is messing with their minds.

Burn body fat, lose the right kind of weight.

Excess body fat, especially around the midsection, is unhealthy and uncomfortable. We want to lose body fat — and the best way to do it is by preserving everything else on your body.

Preserve your lean mass:

  • Lean muscle is essential for strength and energy
  • Lean muscle also looks GREAT!
  • Bone density, strong bones reduce risk of osteoporosis.
  • Organs, tissues, ligaments, and more..

Imagine losing half of your muscle, and very little fat. Not only will you look worse, but you would feel worse too.

Focus on fat loss

To really target fat specifically for weight loss, we need a balanced diet with exercise, rest, and social support.

What is the point of weighing yourself then?

Take pictures of your body for progress.

Listen to your body — how do you feel now? How do you feel when you eat a certain food? How much stronger are you now?

Heck with the scale.

Weight loss itself isn’t valuable unless the weight you lose is body fat.

Let’s burn fat with healthy nutrition and lifestyle.

Nutrition, Immunity, and Digestion

20 Minute Workout: Functional Strength for Lower Body Physique

We want injury prevention, superior balance, and a sexy butt.

I’m going to show you how, with three lower body exercises that help you develop functional strength with real life application.

The Exercises

1. Bulgarian Split Squat

  • Begin with bodyweight only (no added weight)
  • Stand up two feet in front of a bench
  • Bring one leg back, so that the top of your back foot is in contact with the bench
  • BEGIN MOVEMENT: Lower your butt back down towards the ground
  • FINISH MOVEMENT: Explode, utilizing glute muscles, back to starting position

2. Seated Calf Raise

  • Adjust machine to fit your body
  • BEGIN MOVEMENT: Lower weight for at least 3 seconds (focus on eccentric motion)
  • FINISH MOVEMENT: Explode, using as much power from your calves for maximum benefit.

3. Barbell Step Up

  • Use appropriate weight
  • Stand, with a bench two feet in front
  • BEGIN MOVEMENT: Lift primary leg and plant heel on the bench with force
  • Stand up on bench while squeezing glutes
  • FINISH MOVEMENT: Lower leg back to the ground, and STAY UNDER CONTROL (in order to absorb force properly).

BENEFITS INCLUDE…

  1. Increased balance
  2. More power
  3. Injury prevention
  4. Lower back health
  5. Physique development
  6. Fat burning
Physical Fitness by Dre

Super Power Lean Protein Shake 500

How can you reap the benefits of health during times when you just don’t want to prepare a meal??

Its even better than it looks

Does Ellison Fitness have the easy solution?

Are these 500 calories so packed full of nutrition, that even Mother Nature is jealous?

Could this be one of the most advanced protein shakes ever created?

INTRODUCING….

The Super Green Lean Protein Shake 500

Nutritional Information*

Calories: ~500

Protein: 50 grams

Carbohydrate: 40 grams (Net carbs, only 25 grams)

Fiber: 15 grams, 50% daily value

Deitary fat: 15 grams

Vitamin A: 400% Daily value

Vitamin C: 100%

Vitamin D: 1000 IU

Vitamin E: 400%

Vitamin K: 80 mcg, 100% DV

Magnesium: 40 mg

Zinc: 10mg

Calcium: 45%

Vitamin B12: 75%

Vitamin B-(Other b vitamins): Kefir bacteria will produce B-Vitamins inside your body

Iron: 20%

Selenium: 100%

Beneficial Organisms: Over 100 Billion

Ingredients:

Kefir: Probiotics, enzymes, protein

Green Vibrance: Freeze Dried powder from Super Greens Juices, super antioxidants, Gammo-Linoleic Acid, etc

Fiber Smart: Fiber, probiotics, enzymes, flax

Pure Pumpkin: Vitamin A (Beta Carotene), Fiber

Gaspari Nutrition MyoFusion Chocolate Protein: High protein, nice flavor

*Nutrition info estimates as accurate as possible.

Nutrition, Immunity, and Digestion

Use email? Surf the web? Facebook today? – Just How Tight IS Your Upper Back?

Computer Use with Keyboard linked to Upper Back Tightness

Nagging pain, damn you facebook!

I’m not your mother, I won’t nag you about posture.

Have you felt that nagging pain behind your neck — it makes me wish I had a Massage Therapist on hand 24/7! What can we do about that TIGHT upper back, that STIFF neck, and those ACHING shoulders?

Fortunately, the Danes have come up with fix for that upper back pain in office workers (or chronic facebookers)!

According to the National Research Center for the Work Environment in Denmark, the following exercises have shown improvement in office workers who spend long hours in front of a computer.

The Danish Rehab Solution for Upper Back and Neck Stiffness

1. Shrugs

Shrugs: 12 Reps, start with 20 Pounds

Shrugs: 12 Reps, start with 30 Pounds

2. One Arm Dumbell Rows

Single Arm Rows: 20 Pounds for 12 Reps

3. Reverse Flies

Reverse Flies: 5 Pounds for 12 Reps

4. Shoulder Abduction (a.k.a lateral raises)

Lateral Raises: 7.5 Pounds for 12 Reps

How does your upper back feel now??

Participants in the study reported 50% reduction in pain!

How do you compare?

For more, visit the National Research Center for the Work Environment.

Physical Fitness by Dre

Nice Assets! The Workout for Perfect Glutes, Butt, Thighs, and Quads

Attaining a toned, sculpted backside and lower body is more than just a quad workout.

True Sign of Fitness: Glute Strength

If you really want that elusive lower body fitness — the kind of strength that turns heads — then you should focus on the glutes.

Glutes are more than likely the most powerful muscle on the human body. They are at the center of balance, the key to healthy joints, and a very fine piece of…asset to obtain.

Do you want sculpted thighs?

A backside that makes Kim Kardashian and Brad Pitt jealous?

Have you seen the movie, “New Moon” and want your own new moon?

Then follow this video for tips that you can start using, today, for a better lower body.

(Note: Adjust weight to your own strength levels — if novice, then use bodyweight only)

Physical Fitness by Dre