By Avy Barnes

Make Your Stomach Smaller - A Simple Home Fitness Routine That Will Melt Away Fat In 15 Minutes!

In a nutshell, to make your stomach smaller, it comes down to proper nutrition, drinking lots of water, getting plenty of sleep, and doing the right type of exercise. Going on a smart diet program will fix the nutrition part, and everyone knows about and how to drink more water and get more sleep, but when it comes to fitness, that's where a lot of confusion comes in.

It's amazing how many people think that doing ab exercises is what will actually cause you to lose belly fat. Even companies are promoting fitness products claiming that there ab machines will cause you to lose that stubborn ab fat. What's sad is that these companies know darn well that ab exercises WILL NOT cause you to lose your stomach fat! That's why they so cleverly indicate in very small print all the OTHER things you need to do in order to get results!

Bottom line my friend, if you want to get that flat stomach, then doing those things I mentioned in the beginning are vitally important, and doing the RIGHT type of exercising is just as important.

So, what's the "right" type of exercise?

Well, simply put, the right type of exercise is anything that will effectively build lean muscle tissue (and no... I'm not talking about building HUGE muscles), increase your heart rate, improve your resting heart rate, boost your metabolism, and burn off a ton of calories in as little time as possible. In other words, full body muscle building workouts and high intensity cardio.

Full body muscle building means doing resistance training that incorporates more than one muscle group. Squats, bench press, push up, pull up, burpees, dead lifts, etc. High intensity cardio are workouts that are extremely intense and will skyrocket your heart rate causing you to lose a ton of calories in a very short time frame. The benefits of high intensity cardio is that you'll MAINTAIN muscle tissue, improve your cardiovascular system in no time, and you'll burn off a TON of calories very quickly.

So, with all that said, here is an awesome body weight routine you can do right at home that incorporates all the above. This workout should take roughly 15-20 minutes to do... and trust me on this... you WILL need a lot of water and a sweat towel!

Do 4 rounds of the following:

Step One:

5 reps of some type of lower body workout (lunges, squats, jumping squats, step ups, side straddle hops, etc.).

10 full burpees (squat down to touch the ground with feet shoulder width apart, jump your legs back to end up in a push up position, do a push up, jump your legs back, and then jump up straight with arms lifted up).

Step Two:

After the above, do 10 push ups (you can vary the push ups with close hands, wide hands, explosive push ups with clapping your hands, etc.).

This simple (in concept), but extreme (in what it does to your body) workout should take you around 15 minutes to complete. For myself, this workout causes me to personally burn close to 400 calories in 15 freaking minutes! That's 1600 calories an hour! Of course I HIGHLY recommend you don't do this workout for an hour!

One more thing: PLEASE consult a physician before you begin this workout (or any other workout for that matter)! This workout is VERY intense, and it may not be ideal for you if you have a specific health condition.

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By James Sia Stevens

For women, getting fit and losing weight has always been difficult. There are so many life changes that happen along the way that interfere with the ability to get fit and lose weight naturally. Hormones, pregnancy, menopause, and post menopause all play a part in keeping the weight on. It is particularly hard for older women to lose weight as you get older the total amount of muscle starts to go down and the amount of body fat increases so fewer calories get burned.

Eating more fruits and vegetables

In a recent study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics which looked at eating habits in women, those that increased their intake of fruits and vegetables were able to lose weight and keep it off than women that had not made a change in their eating habits. Those that were able to let go of some of the sugary desserts and beverages and ate less meat or cheese lost even more weight.

What we should take away from this study is that even if you continue to have poor eating habits when it comes to some foods, if you add additional food and make it fruits and vegetables you might be able to maintain your weight or lose a little. This is probably due to the fact that if you are eating more fruits and veggies you are probably not consuming as much of the heavy calorie items because you are not as hungry. So get some more fruits and veggies in the house.

Good carbohydrates

The results of many studies indicate that a low carbohydrate high protein diet can result in weight loss, lower cholesterol and help prevent diabetes and heart disease. A very restrictive diet in carbohydrates is also very difficult to do. To get the best of both worlds try to restrict the amount of sugary items you eat and eat good carbs. Good carbohydrates are complex carbohydrates which include high fiber breads, oatmeal, whole wheat pasta, and brown rice.

Eat good quality protein

Eating protein should be an important part of any women's fitness and healthy diet plan. Proteins make you feel fuller so that you don't overeat and they are a source of essential amino acids. Protein includes meats, nuts, eggs, fish, soy, legumes, wheat germ, beans, and dairy products. If you are worried about the fat in foods with protein stick to lean meats, and low fat cheeses. Proteins function in the body is to repair cells and create new cells.

Exercise

Exercise has to be part of any fitness for women plan. You do not have to exercise all the time to reap the benefit of exercise. Doing some kind of aerobic exercise three times a week for twenty minutes is all you need to do to get fit. Add in some resistance work such as free weights and between eating healthier and exercising you will be on your way to a healthy body.

James Stevens is a Fitness Expert who has helped 1,000's of women reach their fitness goals. Whether it be Women's Fitness Program, Fitness Exercise, Healthy Fitness and diet, James can provide you with the expert guidance you desire to reach your Ideal Fitness goals.

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