Surefire Ways To Get Rid Of Belly Fat! | via PMXFIT

There is nothing sexier than a well-sculpted midsection. A six-pack (or even an eight-pack) set of abs is a legendary feature of either gender, but can be one of the hardest things for a person to obtain. Here are some surefire ways to get rid of belly fat.

Diet
Above all, the foods you eat are the #1 factor in getting rid of belly fat. Most experts agree that nutrition is responsible for up to 90% of the success you see when it comes to your physique. Your daily meals should include protein sources such as eggs, lean beef, chicken, milk, and whey protein. Your carbohydrate sources should include rice, pasta, beans and plenty of vegetables and fruits. Fat should come from almonds, natural peanut butter, and fish oil. The less processed a food, the greater an impact it will have upon your fat loss goals. So keep the foods lean and natural, and you’ll have abs in no time!

Cardio
You’ve got to burn the fat you have in order for the abs beneath to show, and cardio will help speed up that process. Twenty-five to thirty-five minutes of low-impact, moderate intensity cardio, completed immediately upon waking in the morning, is more than ideal.

Train the abs
You cannot ‘spot reduce’ fat. It’s impossible to burn fat from the midsection only - it has to come from all over. However, you can use crunches, leg raises, broomstick twists, and other abdominal exercises to tone and shape up this area so that the muscles underneath will emerge faster and looking better as a result of your cardio and diet efforts!

Supplements
ECA (a stack of 25 mg ephedrine, 200 mg caffeine, and 250 mg aspirin) is a popular fat burner, but you can also find great success with over-the-counter fat burners. Stick with those products with solid reputations, and don’t use them all year round.

Get a tan
Physically, the abs will still be the same abs you woke up with in the morning. However, darker skin tone will result in greater shadowing, better visual interpretation of the midsection, and an overall better appearance of the abs.

Patience
Remember that the first time you diet down to get rid of the belly fat will be the toughest. After that, your metabolism will know how to ‘kick in’ when its time for another cutting phase. Maintain your patience and consistency during your cutting times, even on days when you seem to be fatter or puffier than usual due to water retention. In the end, after a few months of effort, you’ll be sliced and diced and ready to show off that brand new midsection of yours!

Are you ready to firm up your upper arms, maybe add an inch or two to your biceps? If you have your rest & nutrition in check, then it’s all just a matter of getting your biceps training right if you want to see some new growth. Here are some techniques you should consider using to bump up your biceps!

“I go, you go”
You’ll need a training buddy for this workout, and he/she will have to be someone with similar levels of strength. Grab a barbell with a weight which will allow 10 to 12 repetitions. Complete your repetitions, then pass it to your buddy so he can do his reps. Only instead of him putting it back on the rack, he will hand it back to you. You’ve had 45 seconds of rest, so you should be able to eke out 7 or 8 more repetitions. You pass him the bar, and he struggles with a few more. This process continues, the two of you taking turns completing as many reps as possible without the weight hitting the floor. By the end, 5 or 6 minutes in, you will both be struggling to complete even a single additional repetition, and the pump you have will be insane. This is a great way to finish up a workout!

Down the Rack
Start at the 60s and complete as many dumbbell curls as possible. Step to the left to the 55s or 50s, and repeat. Continue moving down the dumbbell rack, curling at each interval until you’d down to the 15s or 10s, struggling to move that dumbbell a single inch.

Iso/Compound training
Choose an isolation movement such as seated DB concentration curls. Complete your 10 reps with each arm, then grab a barbell and blast out 8 to 12 reps with the heavy barbell for standard standing barbell curls. Placing the isolation movement first ensures your biceps will be isolated and torched by the concentration curls, and will do MORE of the work on the compound movement of biceps barbell curls. Instead of the back, shoulders, and forearms grabbing an unfair share of the work, you will have the biceps working harder than ever.

Super Slow Curls
6 seconds on the positive/work part of the curl repetition, and 3 seconds on the negative/down part of the rep. It’s that simple. Knock out 6 to 8 repetitions with somewhat reduced weight and greatly reduced velocity when moving the weight, and observe muscle fibers firing that you didn’t even know you had!

Remember that these techniques should be used in addition to a standard 12-set biceps workout, completed once each week. Stick with two compound exercises for 4 sets of 8 to 12, followed with one isolation exercise for 4 sets of 10 to 15 repetitions. Use these four techniques to help reach results faster. And as always, make sure you’re eating plenty of protein and clean carbs, and enjoying 8 hours of sleep each night to give your body plenty of time to grow & recover!

5 Diet Strategies To Relieve Stress | PMXFIT

Is stress slowing down your muscle building and fat loss goals? You can always work to alleviate stress by addressing your diet practices. Here are some strategies you can employ!

A glass of wine
The benefits of a glass of wine at dinner are well-documented, but what tops that list is the reduction in risk of heart disease. It turns out wine does a great deal to reduce stress in the body. Red wine is best, and you should always be sure to follow it with two glasses of water, as wine is known to dehydrate very quickly. If you find yourself relieving stress a little too much with 3-4 glasses of wine a night, you are working against your productivity goals.

Add more fiber
Much of the distress you feel may be internal, as a result of decade of food waste taking form in your insides. Enjoy kale, spinach, and other leafy greens for a week and you’ll likely notice a huge change in how you feel, both physically and mentally. Imagine that 5 pound knot that has been in your stomach for your entire adult life suddenly completely disappearing! That is what fiber will do!

Faster digesting proteins
The more fat is contained in the food, the longer a protein will take to digest. This places more stress upon your digestive system. Choose low-fat or fat-free options such as chicken, egg whites or whey, and you’ll be moving the proteins through your body faster, keeping the stresses upon your digestion to a minimum.

Eat the foods you like!
Enjoying the things you do is half the battle in alleviating stress. And while it’s true that oats and boiled chicken breast might technically be the best foods for your progress, they might not taste good to you. Why should every meal be an unpleasant ordeal? Instead, you should choose the foods you love, and enjoy every meal. As long as they support your fat burning and muscle building goals, eat anything you’d like!

Vary the foods you eat
Protein doesn’t always digest easily in the body, and fats can always make the digestive process a tad sticky. The stomach will produce enzymes to process the foods we eat, but it is important that we give the stomach a nice varied mix of foods to ensure it doesn’t get lazy at the same time. Just as you mix up your weight and cardio training to keep the body guessing, you should change up the foods you eat on a regular basis to keep the stomach enzymes on their toes.