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5 SUPER-FIT Tips

So, before you get to the good stuff, I just want to point out there a PLENTY of opinions on how to lose weight, get thin and have a six pack. Unfortunately, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Which is why we as a society are SO CONFUSED about how to get and stay healthy, lean and super-fit. But we are here to let you know that there is NO SECRET about getting and staying fit. It's a simple equation of calories in and calories out, no more, no less. However, our bodies do change the RATE at which they burn calories for different tasks, and thus we can use techniques to make our bodies burn calories faster, or slower, depending on our desired outcome. The following are some tips to increase the rate at which your body will burn calories, and help you to jumpstart taking your body from "blah"...to "SUPER-FIT".

1. Plan Ahead

Why does a reformed alcoholic start drinking again? Why does someone start smoking again after quiting for 2 years? Why do we ALL have such a hard time sticking to a nutrition and workout program?? We don't plan ahead. It's that simple. If you quit drinking alcohol, would you want to hang out in a bar with people drinking all around you? If you start a new nutrition program, would you want to meet your friends at your favorite pizza place every Friday and watch them eat delicious, mouth watering pepperoni pizza? Probably not. This is a problem I ran into myself. I would do a great job by myself, but as soon as I was around other who were not keeping the same habits I was, I caved in...MULTIPLE times. I thought I was just weak, but I found that it's just that I'm human! When I started to plan ahead to AVOID these situations and potential pitfalls, I was ROCK SOLID. And I'm not the only one experiencing this "phenomenon". The best thing we can do for ourselves when starting a new exercise and nutrition program is to lay out a GREAT plan. Plan the days and times of your workouts. Plan your meals. Plan where you THINK you might have a problem, then plan an alternative to avoid it. Don't put yourself in a place that requires you to test your will power right out of the gates. Remember, it's not forever...just until you get things under control and establish new habits. This will help.....BIGTIME.

2. Consistency, Consistency, Consistency

Sooo...is it better to work out REALLY hard 2-3 days per week, or "so-so" 6 days per week. Ok, so from the title I bet you guessed it already. I know, you really didn't want to hear that consistency is a big key tosuccess to get super-fit, but, there is some good news. The more you are consistent, the easier it becomes to be consistent, and the more efficient your body becomes at deflecting accidental slip ups.

Also, the consistency doesn't mean you have to give it 110% every single day of your life. It's ok to give yourself a break and do a crappy job sometimes. The beauty of consistency is that if you just show up consistently and work out, you will be making a HUGE difference compared to if you didn't workout at all. Let's look at an example.

Say you've been working out consistently for 3 weeks. Then, you start to get a bit sick of the same ole stuff, or just are in a bad mood, or feeling down for one reason or another. If you were to just quit working out for like 4-5 days, you would be losing the gains that you made over the past 3 weeks. However, if you just showed up for like 20 minutes a day, even if it wasn't a great workout, even if you lolly-gagged around, at least you would be preserving the gains you made over the past 3 weeks! In addition, its REALLY tough to get back into the mindset of working out when you haven't done it in a few days. It's REALLY EASY, on the other hand, to keep your momentum going and get back into working out really hard.

3. Don't Eat 2 Hours Before Sleeping

If you stick to this rule, you'll be allowing your body to start burning calories while you are sleeping. It's like getting paid while you watch TV! HAHA. Anyways, when you first start doing this, your body will be burning mostly stored glucose from your liver and muscles, and a little bit from your fat (hence, burning fat while sleeping). But if you do this consistently, you will be burning a larger and larger portion of those calories from fat. So that sleep you'll be getting at night is almost as important as your workout! Add all the little tricks and techniques up to make for RIDICULOUS results.

4. Fasting Cardio

Do your cardio workouts in the morning before you eat anything. (OK, diabetics are an exception). So then after you have been steadily burning calories all night, you will be set up to SUPER-BURN calories in your morning workout. It's not like 2+2=4, it's more like 2+2=16! And here's a tip INSIDE this tip. To super-charge your results when starting a new workout program, do a cardio workout at night, don't eat anything, go to sleep, wake up and do another cardio workout in the morning. (Just do like 30 min each wourkout). This will seriously boost your metabolism and give your body a SERIOUS wake up call. You are essentially telling your body who's boss and who's going to win this time by breaking up the normal pattern and burning a TON of extra calories. I don't suggest doing this everyday, but at the beginning of a new workout plan would be ideal. Plus you will feel amazing, which will translate into motivating yourself to do even BETTER.

5. Water

Seriously, this is no joke. It sounds trivial, but it's not. Drinking between 1-2 liters of water per day will do a couple great things to speed your results. First, all of your body's functions will perform better when well hydrated. You will be able to workout harder and longer when you are hydrated as when compared to dehydrated. Second, it of course has zero calories, but still needs to be processed by the body. Anytime the body has to process something, it requires calories. The more water your body is forced to process, the more calories it burns. Also, the more water you drink, the LESS HUNGRY you will feel. It's that simple.

Alright..... because I LIKE you, I'll give you 6 tips.

6. Eat 4-5 Small Meals Per Day

Yea I know, you've heard it before...but WHY the hell does everyone keep saying that? Well, back in the caveman days, you only ate every few days or once a week (whenever you could catch a saber-toothed tiger...and those things are NOT easy to catch). So, our bodies were built to STORE the energy...as fat. So eating once or twice per day is telling our body to go back to the pre-historic metabolism, that is...STORE MORE ENERGY AS FAT! So...if we eat 4-5 times per day our body is like "Hey, Ive got all this food coming in....I don't need to store it anymore, I'm sure more food will be along in a couple hours that I can use and the body stops storing energy as fat so easily. (you can make it so it's REALLY HARD for your body to store energy as fat!)

Of course, these and A LOT more tips are found in the P90X Extreme Home Workout. P90X is great because it takes a ton of techniques like these, along with an AMAZING nutrition plan and some CRAZY workouts together in one single package. You don't have to go searching all over the hell and gone for all the components of the "perfect nutrition guide" or "synergistic workout"...but they are all put into one place for anyone who is serious about changing their life, and getting absolutely amazing results.

Alright, here is the legal stuff. Look, if you are not already in "Tip-Top" shape, you should see a doctor before starting any new workout program. And if you have ANY known health problems, you should probably run this by your personal doctor to make sure this is good advice for you. This advice works for me and A LOT of other people, but please be responsible for your own health. Thanks!

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