Do you ever feel like your workouts and nutrition program are totally on the wrong path?  There are so many tips and myths that flood that internet about weight loss these days that many of them contradict one another.  It is no wonder so many people are confused as to what to do to actually lose weight and get in amazing shape.

To clear up some confusion, I have put together 3 tips you should be doing that you may not be.  Following these 3 tips will make reaching your goals 10x easier than you ever imagined.

1)  Work Hard During Workouts

As obvious as this may seem, many people have been tricked into doing long slow cardio sessions as they watch Oprah, or read the latest Shape magazine while they slowly pedal their way to obesity.  It has been proven over and over again that shorter bouts of high intensity weight training and metabolic exercises are extremely effective in burning fat and losing weight. 

What is high intensity, you ask?  You should not be able to talk about the latest and greatest episode of Dr Oz or Rachel Ray.  You should be huffing and puffing  and barely able to talk.  Sign language is optional.

2) Eat More To Lose

Starvation diets are finally becoming a thing of the past because….they make you fat.  Your body goes into starvation mode after you start decreasing your calories to a certain point when your metabolism shuts down and saves every last calorie you ate of that pretzel rod and rice cake.  You can literally eat bowls of greens with some lean protein and never get fat.  Better yet, you will be pretty full and satisfied throughout the day.  You may even be able to reward yourself with a Baby Ruth every once in a while.

3) Don’t Always Fit In

Remember the old saying, “Would you jump off of the Brooklyn Bridge just because you saw someone else do it?”.  Hopefully you answered no.  If not, google ‘Living Life for Dummies” and pick up a copy.  If you answered yeswhich 99% of you surely did, use this with your workouts.  Ihave seen some of the dumbest exercises over the past 10 years that you could not even imagine.  Unfortunately, human nature programs us to follow a lot of what we see…even really bad things.

Just because Johnny Juicehead is doing bicep curls for 45 minutes 4x a week, doesn’t mean you should follow.  Use common sense and focus in on full body workouts that consist of complex exercises that work multiple muscle groups at a time.  Bicep curls will not give you a flat stomach.  Nor will it make your butt look like J-Lo.  Neither will doing leg lifts for 90 minutes.  Try big exercises like squats, deadlifts, pushups, pullups and planks.  Sound fun yet?

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