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Do you want to lose fat fast and show off your inner six-pack (of course you do!)? Have you ever tried a traditional low-fat diet with limited success? Well, my friend, let me introduce you to the so called Anabolic Diet. This diet has been a well-kept secret of the fitness and bodybuilding industries and has had very little following outside of these circles. While you may never have heard of the anabolic diet, it is actually the favorite diet of many professional bodybuilders looking to cut down to insanely-low levels of body fat. Granted, you probably don’t want to look like a professional bodybuilder, but they are the foremost experts on losing body fat fast, so LISTEN UP!

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According to USA.gov, the most popular New Year’s resolution of all is to lose weight. Despite the wide popularity of this goal, I would be willing to bet that by February few people have actually stuck to their resolution and have succeeded in losing weight and keeping it off. But in spite of these seemingly overwhelming odds against your success, here are some tips to help you stick to your resolutions and actually lose weight (and keep it off) if that is your goal.

Keeping a New Year’s resolution is a powerful way to take control of your life. In order to keep any resolution, there are a few basic tips you can follow. These little pieces of advice can really help you stay committed to weight loss or any other goal.

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Dietary fat is not the enemy. Despite this, dietary fat has been under attack from various organizations such as the USDA (US Department of Agriculture) and the ADA (American Diabetes Association). These influential organizations instead promote a diet low in fat and high in carbohydrates. So while these low-fat diets are fairly healthy, they do not produce optimum weight loss and help strengthen the false belief that ingested dietary fat directly becomes body fat. In this article, I hope to dispel this myth while showing the benefits and necessity of having some dietary fat.

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Before I can begin the countdown of the 10 healthiest cereals, I must first mention one disclaimer. If you are some 50 year old guy looking for the best cereal to lower his cholesterol, please, look elsewhere (I hear Cheerios are pretty good though). This article is for people interested in finding the best cereals for losing weight, being fit and overall living a healthy life. While these cereals may not significantly benefit your cholesterol, they have been specifically chosen as cereals that can be eaten in reasonable amounts without ruining your diet. For more information on what makes a healthy cereal, please read my article Are Breakfast Cereals Healthy?

10. Cheerios

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Turn on the TV for more than 30 minutes and you are bound to see a commercial for some magical cereal that help you lose weight and get healthy fast. But are these cereals really healthy, or are they just a gimmick that tastes good but doesn’t deliver?

To really analyze the nutritional value of cereals such as Special K, Total and Raisin Bran, one must first understand how to interpret nutritional labels. The first thing you should look out for is a cereal with lots of fat (more than 3 or 4 grams per serving). Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, look at the amount of carbs in the cereal. Preferably, there should be less than 30 or so grams of carbohydrates per serving, except perhaps in several cases. But most importantly, above all else you should look at the serving size, and I will show you why with this simple picture below.

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So you need to drop a couple pounds, and you think that cardio is the best way to do it. To burn the fat, do you need to run for miles and miles? No! Not with high-intensity interval training (HIIT). With HIIT, you can burn just as many calories and just as much fat as standard steady-state cardio in way less time . In addition, research has shown that HIIT increases your metabolism for hours after you exercise, so you burn extra calories even when you aren’t moving.

The fundamental idea behind HIIT is to significantly improve performance in the least amount of time . In general, a HIIT session involves a warmup period, several short, maximum-intensity efforts separated by moderate recovery intervals, and a cooldown period. For the maximum-intensity periods, you should be exercising at about 90% energy level, and during the recovery periods you should be doing 50%-60%. Each session is amazingly intense and you will definitly want to use your cooldown period to help remove lactic acid and allow your heart to return to its normal rate.

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In this modern, increasingly fitness crazy world, there are a variety of myths being commonly treated as fact by many people. Despite the popularity of the following myths, there is reliable evidence disputing each and every one of these claims.

10. No Pain, No Gain

While this first myth is one of the most widely believed fitness fallacies, it also can be one of the most dangerous. Although soreness during and after an intense workout session is common, true pain is your bodies signal that something is wrong and you need to stop whatever you are doing. In the event of serious pain during a workout you should stop and contact your doctor if the pain lingers.

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I’m going to start this post off by letting you in on a little secret: there is no "secret" to getting six-pack abs. There are no magic workouts, diets, or pills that will get you a six pack like this guy’s in under 2 weeks. So if you see a magazine promising sculpted abs in under a month, just remember it’s bullshit.

But while there is no magic way to get abs, it is possible to get great abs, it just takes time, dedication, and self-discipline. Many people believe that the best way to get abs is by doing 500 crunches every day. This belief is simply wrong and you will not get abs following this philosophy because you will give up from boredom in a week. In reality, the "secret" to powerful abs is a clean diet supplemented by abdominal exercises and high-intensity interval training . In addition, weight training is also highly recommended.

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