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There are two reasons you have man *****. Really there is three, but number three is just the first two combined. The first reason is hormone imbalance. The second reason is chest fat.

The second reason dominates the man **** world. To get rid of man boobs, You and I need to solve our weight issues. To control body weight, there are two options: diet and exercise. To understand how to control my weight, I need to understand how diets often handcuff weight loss efforts rendering them ineffective. First let’s understand some basic WEIGHT LOSS RULES.

First let’s calculate my Basal Metabolic Rate. I need to know my gender, height weight and age. The BMR is the number of calories I will burn if I just lay in bed all day. I search Google for ‘Basal Metabolic Rate Calculator’. There is a free calculator available. I input the data. Boom there is the magic number, 1639 calories. As I add activity, then my daily calorie intake ‘break even point’ will increase.

My activity level must burn up my BMR plus any additional calories that I consume just so that I break even. If I burn less, I gain weight. If I burn more, I lose weight. I can count calories, fat, carbs, whatever, but it all comes down to simple math … burn more calories than I eat.

WEIGHT LOSS RULE #1 – BURN MORE THAN YOU EAT.

The second facet one must understand is very troubling to almost everyone. I cannot tell my body where to lose weight. The fat I shed can not be selected by specific diets or exercises. I will shed weight over my whole body.

The third facet involves the two types of fat. Human bodies store energy as fat in two ways. The first way is the jiggly type called subcutaneous fat. Subcutaneous fat, as one might surmise, is fat just below the skin. This is the fat most easily lost via diet.

WEIGHT LOSS RULE #2 – DIET FOR JIGGLES.

The second and much more insidious manner of fat storage is visceral fat. Visceral fat is the fat among located between your internal organs. This fat is usually very difficult to lose and is best addressed with cardio-vascular exercise.

WEIGHT LOSS RULE #3 – EXERCISE FOR POT BELLIES.

The fourth facet involves the human animal. I am lazy and I have no will power.

WEIGHT LOSS RULE #4 – EAT LESS, WORRY LESS, EXERCISE MORE, FORGIVE OFTEN.

OK. That’s enough facets and rules, I need to develop a strategy to lose weight. Here are some weapons:

-appetite suppressants
-metabolic rate boosters
-promote efficient use of insulin
-reduction of stress
-increase the ‘feel good hormone’
-cardio-vascular exercise.

Appetite suppressants are very popular. The main concern with this weapon is the side effects. I prefer natural ingredients like Caralluma Fimbriata, a succulent cactus from India. There are a number of supplements today which claim to be appetite suppressant. Almost all originate with stories of native hunters from India, Africa or South America. The compromising aspect of this strategy is the ‘intelligence’ of our body. When our body believes that it is being threatened by starvation, then our body stores fat as a contingency against death by starvation. While appetite suppressants can be effective, careful monitoring of your health is strongly recommended. Also natural versus pharmaceutical products are strongly recommended.

There are a number of pharmaceutical products which claim to be metabolic rate boosters. The artificial version of these products is neither advised nor effective for long term results. However, there are many natural substances which elevate the metabolic rate: green tea extract, chromium picolinate and cayenne are some examples.

Any discussion of obesity must include insulin. The effective operation of insulin is vital to maintain the balance of hormonal and metabolic functions. ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) reduces insulin resistance. Chromium Picolinate helps process insulin.

Stress is a prime factor in obesity. Stress causes our metabolic and hormonal system to operate inefficiently which results in fat storage. Vitamin B Complex (B6/B9/B12) has both anti-stress and anti-aging properties.

Increasing the ‘feel good hormone’ allows us to feel satisfied and to decline that extra portion or dessert offer at a meal. Green Tea Extract (Theoamine) and Cocoa Extract (Theobromine) boost Seratonin production in the brain … ‘feel good hormone’.

The last arrow in my quiver may be the most important. Cardio-Vascular exercise is critical to overall health. As mentioned earlier it may be the only way to seriously reduce visceral fat. Although regular exercise can be a challenge to most people, remember that there is a pleasant reward. Not only will I often generate ‘feel good hormones’ but I have also burned up some calories.

By: W.Michael Anderson

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Physical fitness is the ability to function effectively throughout your workday, perform your usual other activities and still have enough energy left over to handle any extra stresses or emergencies which may arise.

The components of physical fitness are:

* Cardiorespiratory (CR) endurance – the efficiency with which the body delivers oxygen and nutrients needed for muscular activity and transports waste products from the cells.

* Muscular strength – the greatest amount of force a muscle or muscle group can exert in a single effort.

* Muscular endurance – the ability of a muscle or muscle group to perform repeated movements with a sub-maximal force for extended periods of times.

* Flexibility – the ability to move the joints or any group of joints through an entire, normal range of motion.

* Body composition – the percentage of body fat a person has in comparison to his or her total body mass.

Improving the first three components of fitness listed above will have a positive impact on body composition and will result in less fat. Excessive body fat detracts from the other fitness components, reduces performance, detracts from appearance, and negatively affects your health.

Factors such as speed, agility, muscle power, eye-hand coordination, and eye-foot coordination are classified as components of “motor” fitness. These factors most affect your athletic ability. Appropriate training can improve these factors within the limits of your potential. A sensible weight loss and fitness program seeks to improve or maintain all the components of physical and motor fitness through sound, progressive, mission specific physical training.

Principles of Exercise

Adherence to certain basic exercise principles is important for developing an effective program. The same principles of exercise apply to everyone at all levels of physical training, from the Olympic-caliber athlete to the weekend jogger.

These basic principles of exercise must be followed.

Regularity

To achieve a training effect, you must exercise often. You should exercise each of the first four fitness components at least three times a week. Infrequent exercise can do more harm than good. Regularity is also important in resting, sleeping, and following a sensible diet.

Progression

The intensity (how hard) and/or duration (how long) of exercise must gradually increase to improve the level of fitness.

Balance

To be effective, a program should include activities that address all the fitness components, since overemphasizing any one of them may hurt the others.

Variety

Providing a variety of activities reduces boredom and increases motivation and progress.

Specificity

Training must be geared toward specific goals. For example, people become better runners if their training emphasizes running. Although swimming is great exercise, it does not improve a 2-mile-run time as much as a running program does.

Recovery

A hard day of training for a given component of fitness should be followed by an easier training day or rest day for that component and/or muscle group(s) to help permit recovery. Another way to allow recovery is to alternate the muscle groups exercised every other day, especially when training for strength and/or muscle endurance.

Overload

The work load of each exercise session must exceed the normal demands placed on the body in order to bring about a training effect.

By: Peter Somerville

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