Nerd Fitness: Helping You Lose Weight, Get Stronger, Live Better. I received an email a few months back from a NF reader that made me smile: “I am going back to square one.
I noticed the only habit that I changed and stuck with was drinking tons of water. Have you ever started playing a game and get a few hours in and go “man I wish I knew these controls/tips from the beginning”? So you restart and the game just feels easier from that point on. You start finding items that you missed before. I’m restarting my journey now that I have a better idea of the controls.” This resonated with me, because when I first played EverQuest (similar to World of Warcraft), the first character I created was terrible. When I started again playing as a new character, I FLEW through the first 30 levels: I understood the controls, how the game worked, and what needed to get done; it was much easier the second time through! The same is true for any boss battle you first encounter in any game.
Getting in shape is no different. Squats: Why You NEED to do them, and how to do them right. One of the best exercises for you, whether you’re trying to build muscle or lose weight (or both) HAS to be the squat.
However, it’s also one of the most difficult exercises to do properly unless you actually know what you’re doing. Let’s take a look at why this exercise is so great, and then how to perform it properly for maximum results and minimal chance of injury. This article is 1100 words long, which is a testament to how beneficial and important this exercise is to fitness…and how easy it is to screw up. Squats for the win! Join the Rebellion, get free eBooks. Squats work practically every single muscle in your body. If you are serious about getting in shape and losing weight, or if you’re a beanpole and looking to gain muscle, you absolutely need to include squats in your routine. Before we get into how to do squats, here’s my squat story: When I started lifting weights back in high school, I went to the gym and had no idea what I was doing.
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Image credit: kayak57 To lose fat, you have to eat less calories and/or burn more calories. That’s what it will always come down to: create a caloric deficit and you’ll lose fat. Even the 8 nutrition rules create a caloric deficit for fat loss by limiting starchy carbs. But if losing fat is that simple, how come so many people struggle with fat loss? 1. Since people are bad at estimating calories, an easy way to know how much you’re eating is to track your daily caloric intake for 10 days using fitday. To lose fat, you should eat about 13kcal/lb (11kcal/lb if you’re a woman). 2. 1080kcal is the equivalent of a quarter pounder with medium french fries and a medium coke. You’ll only get away with a crappy diet if you do lots of high intensity cardio.
Phelps gets away with this because he swims 6x/week for 4-6h/day and at high intensities. So cardio won’t prevent the fat gains from unhealthy food choices. 3. 4. An organic donut remains a donut. 5.