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The Best Pilates Exercises for Toning Your Arms.

I hope you enjoy this short video which gives some very effective exercises for toning your arms.  I’m a big fan of pilates and go to classes a couple of times a week.  I find that it really does help to keep me toned.

Exercise Less, Not More!

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[ Editor's Note:  Fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you. ]

If I had to pick out the number one reason most people fail to achieve good results in the gym, guess what it would be?

Over-training. Exercising too much.

Sounds counter-intuitive, but trust me: It’s quite real.

Folks write to me all the time and say…

“Jon, I don’t get it. I cannot lose bodyfat and I’m running six days a week for an hour and training in the gym five days a week for 45 minutes!”

My answer back is usually:

“You are training 4x more than me, and I’m a fitness pro!”

Look, do you take 21 aspirin for a headache, thinking the more you take the faster your pain will go away?

No?

So why apply the same logic to fitness? Only a certain amount is required. Beyond that, you are spinning your wheels.

When I wrote 7 Minute Muscle (available here:  7  Minute Muscle  ) I exposed all the lies about training too long and why this is not the best way to achieve the results you want. Check it out if you want the facts.

One more thing:  75% of your progress will come in the kitchen, not in the gym or on the treadmill.

As for me, I would much rather eat smart and train less than train all the time and be forced to eat 6-8 times a day just to recover from it all.

That makes no sense to me at all.

You?

Less is More!

I just received this article from Jon Benson and HAD to share it with you.

It really opened my eyes to what is possible.

Let me know what you think, okay?

Gill

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How To Gain Muscle And Burn Bodyfat At The Same Time
by Jon Benson

What is your “big dream?”

I have two:

– To make an impact on the lives of over 10M people before I die;

– To have a family that’s mobile so I can live in many places.

Not bad, right?

Want to know a “third” dream of mine?  One that I saw become a reality a few years ago?

To gain muscle AND burn bodyfat all at the same time.

It’s like a pipe-dream that somehow worked its way through the pipes and into my gym.

It is not easy, granted, but you can do it.

Almost anyone can do it.

You just have to train and eat in a very specific way.

Listen:  You do NOT want to just “burn bodyfat” or god-forbid “lose-weight”… that will not give you the body you want.

You absolutely MUST shape your muscles, tighten and tone, and burn bodyfat.

And you can do it at the same time.

Most pros disagree with me. They think it is metabolically impossible to gain muscle while in a state of low-calorie dieting.

They are wrong.

Here’s an article I wrote on this topic. I hope you enjoy it.

To save you time, I put a link to the online complete version of the article below…

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I remember a friendly argument with my co-author of Fit Over 40 Tom Venuto. It all started when I told Tom how I was eating and training for my last peak. A peak is where you lower your bodyfat and try to maintain as much muscle mass as possible.

“There’s just no way I could ever get in shape eating and training like that,” says Tom. “Sure you could man…what are you, a mutant?” Tom fires back, then me, then Tom….and so it goes. (I really didn’t call Tom a mutant. That was creative liberty.)

So why are so many fitness pros like Tom freaked out about my training and nutrition plan? Simple: I claim it burns fat while building muscle at the same time. Every time I read an article by some doctor or expert claiming it’s “biologically impossible” to gain lean muscle mass on a hypocaloric diet (a diet low in calories) I just laugh.

I do more than make claims–I have proved this to be true many times. I’ve had my bodyfat hydrostatically measured during several peaks. In all but one I showed an increase of muscle mass and a decrease of bodyfat during a 12-16 week period. The one time I didn’t show an increase in muscle mass when was I was training the most in the gym. That may not make sense right now, but it will in a moment.

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Cellulite is characterised by the dimpling of the skin giving an ‘orange peel’  effect, it is not attractive and once you have it, it is difficult to get rid of, but you can get rid of cellulite naturally by simple changes to your lifestyle.  Cellulite is basically a combination of excess fat and toxins underneath the surface of the skin.

To get rid of it, you need to de-congest your system by using a combination of diet and exercise in order to eliminate the toxins that have built up in your areas of excess fat, usually on your thighs and buttocks.

Here are 12 ways that will help you to get rid of cellulite naturally. (more…)

Quite a lot of people enjoyed the pilates video the other day, but some of you weren’t familiar with the basic techniques and principles of pilates, so I have included a beginners pilates workout video which should ensure that you are in the right position to get the most from the exercises. (more…)

There are some great easy pilates exercises to tone your abs as well as keeping your whole body in shape. I love pilates and go to a class regularly myself to keep toned up.  It is also brilliant for improving posture, particularly for the likes of me who spend a lot of time in front of the PC.  I also find it relaxing, so it is great for stress relief.  You really do see results if you practice the exercises regularly.

Check out this video which gives some simple exercises you can easily do at home to tone your abs with pilates:

 Many women carry excess fat around their bottom and very often it proves very difficult to shift. Inches can disappear from other parts of the body when following a healthy eating and exercise program, but sometimes it will not shift from the bottom area. 

 The good news is there are some simple ways that you can help yourself to tone up your bottom and get the gorgeous bum you desire. (more…)

If you are really serious about losing weight permanently, then you already know that you must include more exercise in your sensible slimming routine.  It is important to include both cardio-vascular exercise ( exercise that makes your heart pump faster – eg. running, dancing, rowing etc.) and weight training exercises to burn off calories and tone up your body.

Check out this video for some for some weight training ideas and advice.

Here are 17 benefits of weight training: (more…)

I know many people, women in particular, are concerned about their flabby upper arms – often referred to as Bingo Wings.

Have a look at this video that shows you some simple exercises you can do to get your arms toned up and keep them in shape.  It only takes a few minutes a day and is definitely worth the small effort it takes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xyDY60_s-g

After you have watched the video, you can get more help here  http://www.fitover40.com/go/senslim

[ Editor's Note:  Fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you. ]