Do you know the secret the “Six Pack Fairy” uses to  “enhance” her celebrity clients abdominal muscles? 

watch this video (kinda funny)…

Click Here to Watch This Video

Now,

the truth of this matter is that  this little make up trick won’t burn fat, reduce your waistline, or give you that chisseled tummy you want.

sorry…it just won’t…

If you REALLY want abs, first of  all, you have to practice the  “push away” exercise (push yourself away from the dinner table before  you eat too much all the time – Thanksgiving Dinner excluded of course)…

You have to focs on the 5 elements of Fat loss

1.  Progressive Resistance Training – you should consistenly be lifting weights and always striving to lift heavier

2.  Progressive Cardio – cardio is key to fat loss.  Weight training maintains the lean mass you have while dieting and cardio helps burn calories to get you in a calorie deficiet. 

3.  Proper Nutrition - Eating well 90% of the time is key to achieving results, allowing yourself to loosen up your eating guidelines in 10% of your meals is ok…  Protein in every meal, small meals 4-6 times a day, veggies in every meal, healthy fats, keep your carb intake around your workout times to optimize nutrient timing. 

4.  Proper Mindset – Setting long term and short term goals, changing some of your existing beliefs, adopting new supportive beliefs, keeping an eye on your daily habits, and putting good information into your mind and keeping the crap out. 

5.  Social Support – As Tom Venuto talks about in his 5th Element Special Report your social environment is a key ingredient to your overall fat loss results.  Don’t overlook this factor… 

One secret ingredient that I have seen accelerate body transformations lately and reveal flatter tummy’s and six packs is the fitness contest…

A well run fitness contest is like a perfect storm of accountability, internal and external motivation, a supportive environment that can yield amazing results in a short period of time. 

Tom Venuto and I have been running the Burn The Fat Challenges now and they are becoming bigger and bigger hits each time with more success stories too! 

to learn about the Burn The Fat Challenges head on over to the Burn The Fat Inner Circle

Hope to see your transformation in one of our future Burn The Fat Challenges!

Come on and play with us and you won’t need “Abs in a can” because you’ll have your own
abs… 

Train with purpose,

I studied, trained, and soaked up fitness information, I studied human nature and psychology, and I worked with kids, athletes, adults, and seniors applying what I had learned in the real world.

I loved training and working with people and after years in the field I had the opportunity to go down a new path…

A Path that would allow me to help thousands and thousands of people in less time… from my home.

You see, although I loved my work I knew I wanted more for myself.  I wanted to help more people than just those few I was able to work with in my local area. 

I wanted to also gain control of my own personal schedule, I wanted income freedom, and I wanted to live and work on my terms – not someone elses. I wanted more for myself…

(If you work from home you might relate).  

I took some chances and calculated risks…

I put together a plan on how to make my dreams a reality and I partnered with one of my long time mentors Tom Ventuto, author of “Burn The Fat, Feed the Muscle” to help him build an online fat loss support community called the Burn The Fat Inner Circle. 

After 3 months in a row where my ‘Internet Side Job’ was making me more money than my fulltime job I made the switch and went full time online…

I quit my job at the Physical Therapy clinic I was working for.

I started working with less personal training clients so I could spend more time on building the Inner Circle.

I bought a house and put a home office in one of the rooms…

I spent hours every day learning about online business, building out the Burn The Fat Inner Circle, and ‘sharpening my online skills’ so I could make my dream a reality. 

I did end up building a very successful online business working how I wanted, when I wanted, from my home office but it came at a cost. 

In my previous life I was extremely active all day, on my feet, training people hands on in the gym. 

In my new life I sat in front of a computer all day long…

It caught up with me and I started packing on the pounds and I am not sure if you can relate but the mind has a way of tricking you and it was not until I saw a family picture with me in it.

I looked fat and bloated and could not believe that was me…

How did this happen?

How did I go from being in such great shape to being so out of shape? 

I will reveal to you why this happened, how I stopped the cycle, and what I did to get my physique back. 

There are so many amazing benefits to working from home but I don’t think you have to let your body go as part of the deal.

I will be showing you how you can work from home AND live a fit lifestyle in a body that you are proud of. 

Stay tuned and train with purpose,

PS – If you work from home post below and share the challenges you have experienced in staying fit…

I am happy to say that I have come to know the man you are about to watch in the video below and he is one of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life.  His name is Sean Stephenson and he is 3 Feet Tall (but a giant of a man)…

He is a personal friend, one of my coaches, and a great example of how to truly live life…

I first learned about him when my good friends Tellman and Jodi were married by Sean on Richard Branson’s Necker Island…  I went and read Sean’s excellent book called “Get Off Your But” (a great read).

Anyway, I guarantee this video will help you burn a couple calories, reduce stress, and put a smile on your face.

Hit the play button and get ready to jam out…. 

If you liked this video from Sean I recommend checking out his website www.TimeToStand.com (be sure to watch some of his other videos – his speeches are inspiring!!!).

You’ll be happy that you did,

Sometime ago I was at Dick’s Sporting Good and bought a $20.00 pedometer and for the past few weeks I have been clipping it onto my belt every morning and wearing it all day to see how many steps I take each day. 

Its a pretty cool and simple little device that tallies up your steps every day.  I’ve been shooting to hit 10,000 steps a day.  Between walking around normally during the day and taking my little English Bulldog for walks around the neighborhood I have been hitting that goal pretty close to everyday.  

Fat Loss Expert Tom Venuto recently reminder me of a “2006 research study published in the American Journal of Health Promotion found that in previously sedentary overweight adults, subjects who met a 10,000-steps-per-day goal saw large improvements in body composition. Those who missed their goal did not.”

Researcher Dr. Vicki Harber said, “Getting people to do more than they currently do is imperative. The 10,000 step program is an excellent starting point. The pedometer itself provides instant feedback, is motivating for many and shows accumulated steps very nicely. It is self-paced and is geared toward getting people who do virtually nothing to do something. ‘Something’ is definitely better than nothing. So – we encourage people to accumulate 10,000 steps over the day. This would include shuffling back and forth from your desk to the photo-copier or the coffee machine as well as a hurried sprint to catch the bus. All the steps count.”

I of course recommend that you follow a structured progressive resistance training program and doing regular cardio workouts if you really want to make significant progress towards a leaner physique – the 10,000 steps a day pedometer trick is just another simple trick to help move you along the way.

Do yourself a favor and head to your local sports good store and pick one up.

Train with purpose,

Let’s face it – every nutrition decision you make starts in the grocery store.

If you don’t know what foods to choose…and which to lose, you will continue to struggle in achieving that lean, healthy body you’ve desired.

Over 90% of shoppers make impulse buys – impulse buys will sabotage your goals!

This is one of the biggest mistakes I see people making over and over again…

Willpower is weak and discipline does not last.

One powerful strategy that does not fail is to ONLY buy foods that will help you achieve your fat loss goals.

If it isn’t in your house then you can’t eat it when your willpower is weak right? 

One of the nutrition experts I believe in has a really cool resource that you might enjoy! 

Check it out: 

The “Is Your Grocery Store Making You Fat: How to Shop to Shed the Pounds” DVD takes you step by step – virtually holding your hand – through every aisle in the grocery store, to show you the exact tools only our most successful clients know…

…and now you will know them too to be more successful and reach your goals faster.

Take a gander:  http://budurl.com/grocerytruth

I have Dr. Mohr’s DVDs and there are some great tips in here (it goes way beyond shopping in just the outside edges of the grocery store – he tells you exactly what to buy and some of these items may surprise you). 

Learn more by Clicking Here

Train (and eat) with purpose,

This summer I signed up for a Local C.S.A. and I have been loving it!  C.S.A. stands for “Community Supported Agricultrure” and my particular CSA out of little old Concord, New Hampshire is a collective venture of 5 local organic farmers.

 Each week I get to go pick up a new basket of farm-fresh veggies and fruits.   Here is the description of waht Community Supported Agriculture is from “Local Harvest, CSA in Concord, NH”

“Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a food subscription service where you pay the farmer in winter or spring for a share in the upcoming harvest. This gives local farmers important early season support for seeds, greenhouse or farm supplies, heat and/or labor.

In return, from mid-June through mid-October, we provide you with a weekly box of high-quality, locally grown, seasonally fresh food at an affordable price. You know where your food comes from, you know who grows it and our farms are open for visits.

Along with enjoying good food, you:

• Nurture the environment by purchasing from farms that use organic practices which protect NH’s natural resources
• Support the local economy and preserve open space by keeping agricultural dollars in NH and keeping local farms in business
• Reduce the number of miles your food travels and the amount (by 50%) of fossil fuels used: that conserves energy and promotes sustainable agriculture “

I also recorded a video showing you one of my recent trips to the CSA (I apologize in advance for the shaky camera work). 

Hit the play button above and please leave a comment below letting me
know what questions you have about Community Supported Agriculture!

I encourage you to check out your Local Community Supported Agriculture.  It is a major step forward in eating healthy and getting more nutritious foods into your diet. 

Train (and eat) with purpose,

STOP looking for magic my friend,

No magician will conjur up some fat loss magic that will strip the fat cells from your hips, abs, and butt and magically transform your body.  As humans we tend to look for the quick fix but you and I know deep down inside that quick fixes and magic really don’t work (we always hope they do but take a look at your results – have they ever really worked and delivered lasting results???)  NOPE….

Here’s a quote from a fat loss expert that will help reveal the truth: 

“A lean body does not come from any particular type of exercise or foods per se, it’s the calories burned vs calories consumed that determines fat loss or fat gain.

You might do better by decreasing the calories consumed, whereas I depended more on increasing the calories burned, but either way, it’s still a math equation. Deny it at your own risk.”

-Tom Venuto
Author of http://www.SecretsOfFatBurning.com

Here’s my take on Tom’s Advice and a Few “Take Away” Tips:

I have found Tom’s advice to be true.  You see, most people tackle the goal of fat loss by simply cutting calories, eating like a rabbit, and cutting calories but most people don’t really achieve the results that they are looking for. 

What I have found with many of my clients is that increasing the “Calories Out” portion of the equation led to much better results (and they still were able to eat the foods they loved). 

Here a Few tips To Burn More Calories Each Day: 

1.  You should be lifting weights or resistance training 3-4 days per week.  this is the most important fat burning exercise you can be doing because it not only burns calories NOW but it also permanently shapes and changes your body for the better.  The most attractive bodies for men AND women are bodies that have muscle.  I’m not talking about “steroid injecting, huge professional bodybuilder amounts of muscle” I am talking about normal amounts of lean muscle mass.  Dropping a few pounds of fat and packing on a few pounds of muscle will leave you looking COMPLETELY different, wearing a smaller pants size, and feeling great! 

2.  Burning calories via walking (shoot for 10,000 steps and measure it with a $20 Pedometer from a local sports good store).  Finding ‘exercise opportunities’ throughout your day is a common demoninator amongst lean people.  Find ways to fit little bouts of exercise into your daily routine.  Park at the back of the parking lot, take the stairs instead of the elevator, do a set of bodyweight squats, squeeze your abs while driving = these “little things” add up and do help. 

3.  Do some cardio sessions most days of the week.  It does not have to be on a stationary bike or treadmill, you can get some great fat burning benefits from hiking, mountain biking, road biking, playing basketball, soccer, and heck, even Kickball!  Go swimming, walk the dog, do some cardio and enjoy moving your body!   

Its all part of Venuto’s Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle program so if the idea of still eating the foods you
like AND losing fat then you should watch this video:

You should watch this Video from the fat loss guru Tom Venuto (Tom shares his story of when he was fat and how he got to 4% body fat)! 

Enjoy the video and Train with purpose,

PS – Tom Venuto is the “real deal” when it comes to fat loss information so if you seriously want to change your life and change your body then take a few minutes and watch this video, you’ll be happy that you did my friend…

No doubt about it and I have heard stats that say 80% of Americans will experience Back Pain at some point in their lives.

The truth is, many of those very same people ALSO want to lose some fat and improve their physique (and most of the time losing some belly fat will ALSO decrease the back pain you are experiencing).

Some time ago I interviewed Back Pain (and fat loss) expert Jesse Cannone, author of “The 7 Day Back Pain Cure” about how to lose fat while dealing with Back Pain.

In this call we covered the topic of “How To Eliminate Back Pain AND Lose Fat At The Same Time!”

To listen to this interview hit the Play Button below…

(and be sure to share this audio interview with your friends or loved ones who are battling Back Pain).

Hit The Play Button Above

To learn more about Jesse’s “The 7 Day Back Pain Cure” Click Here

In this interview Jesse talks about how to lose fat while dealing with Back Pain.  He reveals tips that will help you if you have Sciatica, slipped discs and any other number of back pain issues. 

This audio is LOADED with back pain eliminating tips and proven tactics, and many back pain fitness tips that will help get you out of PAIN and into the body that you really want. 

Be sure to listen all the way through and check out Jesse’s book if you are struggling with low back pain or neck pain.  You’ll be happy that you did!!! 

Train with purpose,

PS – If you got any great tips from Jesse then please share your thoughts and comments below!!!

I just put together this video review of Tom Venuto’s “Holy Grail Body Transformation” program.  This is the very program that promises to help you “Lose fat and build muscle at the same time.” 

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing hundreds of people posting their daily results while following Tom’s Holy Grail program and the results they have been posting are impressive (just check out some of the before and after pics in the vide0). 

If you want to read my entire Holy Grail Body Transformation Review swing on over to http://www.HolyGrailBodyTransformation.org

Check out the video by hitting the play button below: 

If you want to learn more about Tom’s Holy Grail program Click Here

Its a sweet program so I hope you dig it!!!

Train with purpose,

Kyle Battis CSCS, NSCA-CPT