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We put in a training session today down in the training dungeon and got some of it on film including this short clip about how to adorn your home gym with powerful motivators.  Check it out:

Home Gym Motivation Tips

To your success,

John Sifferman, NSCA-CPT

Kyle Battis, NSCA-CPT, CSCS

P.S. How do you get motivated for training in your home gym? Post your comments below.

My coach, Scott Sonnon, posted a very cool video on youtube that I would like to share with you today. It’s just a quick demonstration of him performing his daily personal practice. Most of the movements are considered joint mobility exercises.

(*Note: If you haven’t caught all of the posts in the joint mobility series here at FatBurningBlog, click on the title of this post and scroll down to see a list of the other posts we have put up – but make sure to watch the video in this post first!)

One philosophy that Sonnon and I share is that a beautiful physique comes as a by-product of abundant health. Sonnon seeks health first, and you can tell in this video that this route naturally produces a lean, powerful body that reminds me of a Greek sculpture.

Let me tell you up front that

While we have been on the subject of organic foods and buying from local farmers, I thought it might be fun to film a short clip showing you our home garden. This is the first season that my wife and I have tried to grow any food ourselves. We still buy from farmers markets, but it’s been fun growing some of our own fruits and vegetables. The veggies get bigger every day!

Some of the plants were grown right from seeds, and others were bought having already been started. Here’s the process we followed to prepare:

1) We pulled out all of the plants from the previous garden.
2) Tilled the ground
3) Mixed in some manure that we got from the gardening center at our local hardware store
4) Gave the vegetable bed a good edge, and put up a short wire fence to keep the neighbors

I was just doing some Youtube surfing, and I stumbled on this video by one of the Burn the Fat: Inner Circle members. “KaliLilla” uploaded an awesome video demonstration of how to cook one of Tom Venuto’s famous fat loss friendly recipes – the apple cinnamon oatmeal pancakes. She did such a great job, I just HAD to share it with you!

Kyle and I both believe very strongly in Tom’s Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle system – and I’m very happy that people like KaliLilla are spreading the good word about this awesome program.

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To your health and success,

John Sifferman, NSCA-CPT

P.S. To join the fat loss support community where Tom Venuto is constantly adding new recipes and members like KaliLilla share their experience with exercise, nutrition, and fat

Maybe you’ve noticed a couple of recent changes on the blog, including a new product reviews section tab at the top of our header. Kyle and I are hoping to continue to find and review programs that can help you with your fat loss goals – and probably some that can’t help you too. We are always trying out new programs to see what is available, and we would like to help you cut through marketing hype and find the programs that really do work for fat loss.

Not too long ago, I posted a series of articles and training video’s about joint mobility training and how it enhances a fat burning program. In case you missed them, you can find the links to the series below this post. (*You’ll have to click on the post title to get to the dedicated page for this blog post

Having worked in health clubs as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor, and having spent the last 10 years in various gyms, clubs, fitness centers, (etc.) I’ve seen almost every method of madness possible in these equipment-packed facilities. From guys trying to do near-max lifts on the adductor machine, to women jogging on a treadmill for 2 hours. While I am very happy that so many people utilize their local health club to burn fat and improve their health, it is a little disconcerting seeing some things so frequently misused in the health club.

Of course, you can’t just walk up to someone, introduce yourself as a fitness professional, and show them a more appropriate way to exercise. There are plenty of guru’s at most health clubs that are more than happy to share their “expertise” anyway. I’m sure

I got word of this report from another blog I frequent, Diet-Blog.com.

These are the crop prices from 2007-2008, you’ll notice that everything has increased in cost. There are some foods that have decreased in cost though: oranges, pears, tangerines, carrots, and cucumbers. For the most part, however, foods cost much more this year.

Meats have stayed about the same, except frozen turkey which has increased 9%. Dairy products have gone up in price substantially though.

If you’d like to learn more, visit the Cattle Network.

I’ve noticed that buying from local farmers is now, sometimes cost equivalent to buying from the local grocery store. Talk about a complete 180° from a few years ago!

To your health and success,

John Sifferman, NSCA-CPT

Ever in a pinch for getting in some good nutrition, and only have a minute or two to prepare a meal? Enter the smoothie. With a little bit of creativity, these can become great tasting, nutrient dense meals that can be prepared in less than 5 minutes.

There is so much leeway with a recipe like this, that there are virtually limitless combinations of ingredients, which ensures that each shake always agrees with your taste buds. Here is a standard template that I use when making a high protein, whole foods smoothie.

Banana Berry Nut Smoothie

• ¼-½ cup water or milk as a base
• ¼-½ cup plain, nonfat yogurt
• ¼-½ cup low-fat cottage cheese
• ½ serving of whey vanilla protein powder (between 10-20g)
• 2-4 tbsp dry oats
• 1 medium banana
• ½-1 cup of mixed berries – blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, etc.
• 2

There has been quite a bit of buzz surrounding joint mobility programs lately, and it’s easy to get a little confused for those who want to apply this to their fat loss goals. This mini-article will help to explain some of the finer points of joint mobility training, so that you know how to best utilize this for your fat burning program. Read on for some common myths about joint mobility.

I promised you a video progression on intermediate foot and ankle joint mobility exercises to keep you healthy and help you with your fat loss goals, so here it is. If you haven’t tried practicing the beginner versions yet, please reference this video article here: Beginner Level Ankle Joint Mobility

If you are ready for a more challenging variation to get a little deeper into the soft-tissues, and give your joints a full washing – to prepare you for fat burning activities, then check out this new clip:

Intermediate Ankle Joint Mobility Preview

My recommendations are to do this as an ankle warmup prior to walking, jogging, or bicycling. This is also a great progression to use when you will be doing squatting or lunging activities, or any lower body intensive training at all. It can also be done as part of a morning wake-up to start