The ONLY Flat Belly Fitness Plan
By Robyn Littlewood, Personal Trainer Cabo San Lucas, Los Cabos, Mexico Most personal trainers wish we had a dollar bill for every time someone with 20+ pounds of visceral fat between their armpit and their hip asked us for a “good exercise” to help them get rid of their belly fat. The myth that some miracle set of abdominal exercises will help them is still profoundly common. The ads selling abdominal coasters, abdominal chairs, abdominal rollers etc.etc, ad infinitum, still bring in money on television. Lots of money! This is...
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What if you could eat as much as you wanted and still lose weight? Well, I recently discovered that I could after reading a book called the Dukan Diet, written by Dr. Pierre Dukan. So what is the catch? Like any diet that works long term, the Dukan severely restricts refined carbohydrates. High protein diets are effective but hard for people to stick to because sugars, starches and fats are hidden in almost everything these days. If you go the unlimited portions route, you must absolutely and rigorously avoid sugars and starch. This means...
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By Robyn Littlewood, Personal Trainer Desert Spa, Villa del Arco An estimated 40% of US citizens are now considered “morbidly obese”. Millions of people are on diets, buying diet books, prepackaged foods and record numbers of pounds are being lost. Low carbohydrate diet products are a 15 billion dollar industry in the US every year. Why then, do the numbers of morbidly obese people continue to climb in the US, Mexico and Canada? They must be following the standard disaster plan I will outline for you below: How to Fail at Permanent Weight...
read moreA Flat Belly at 45 plus??
Is it possible to avoid middle-aged spread? Speaking as someone who has never had washboard abdominals, I can tell you it certainly isn`t getting any easier as the years go by to maintain a healthy hip to waist ratio. To avoid obesity-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart attacks and certain types of cancer, it is recommended to have a ten inch difference between your hip measurement and your waist circumference. At 48 years of age I personally have to really fight to maintain those numbers. So what should you do? Let`s keep this as...
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By Robyn Littlewood Personal Trainer Desert Spa at the Hotel Villa del Arco, Cabo San Lucas One of the questions most commonly asked of personal trainers is, what exercise will get rid of the fat around my middle? Unfortunately, many people still seem to think that they can reduce the size of their belly with some magic set of abdominal exercises. This myth of being able to reduce fat in one particular area of the body is enhanced by dozens of infomercial gadgets and fitness magazines promising you a flat stomach in just five minutes a day....
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