http://absfacts.com Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:57:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stress is a major concern in our world, and it is becoming more so nearly every day. Stress not only affects your overall mood, but it can reduce energy levels; cause a reduced ability to focus; cause shallow breathing; increase the hear rate; and overall ware the body down. Even ... http://absfacts.com/stress-reduction/stress-relieving-exercises If you've been looking for a different training technique to break out of a rut, eliminate the boredom, and bring on new results, "complexes" may be just what you've been looking for. If you've never heard of "complexes" before, the basic concept is that instead of repeating the same exercise for ... http://absfacts.com/workouts-and-exercise/from-workouts-to-complexes-for-building-muscles Warning: this style of workout is WAY different than anything you've ever tried before and may result in a dramatically leaner, stronger body so that your friends no longer recognize you in a matter of weeks! Alright, I exaggerated about your friends recognizing you, but this workout is still great for ... http://absfacts.com/workouts-and-exercise/workouts-for-busy-people Did you know that the vast majority of people in this day and age have excess abdominal fat? The first thing that most people think of is that their extra abdominal fat is simply ugly, is covering up their abs from being visible, and makes them self conscious about showing ... http://absfacts.com/workouts-and-exercise/dangers-of-abdominal-fat As you may have already discovered, the squat is at the top of the heap (along with deadlifts) as one of the most effective overall exercises for stimulating body composition changes (muscle gain and fat loss). This is because exercises like squats and deadlifts use more muscle groups under ... http://absfacts.com/abdominal-workouts/front-squats-for-six-pack-abs As you’ve probably heard before, your post-workout meal may very well be your most important meal of the day. The reason is that when you’re finished with an intense workout, you’re entering a catabolic state where your muscle glycogen is depleted and increased cortisol levels are beginning to excessively break ... http://absfacts.com/diet-and-nutrition/post-workout-meal I'd like to start a little discussion today about carbohydrates... and in particular, "white foods" as well as potatoes. One reason I wanted to mention this is because so many health and fitness professionals trash talk potatoes about being a bad carbohydrate choice because of the high glycemic index. Some ... http://absfacts.com/diet-and-nutrition/white-foods-lean-bod Are you a cardio junkie? Everyone seems to think that "cardio" is the best way to get in shape and lose body fat. I'm going to show you with this article why I disagree! It is quite common to hear fitness pros, doctors, and other health professionals prescribe low to ... http://absfacts.com/workouts-and-exercise/vary-cardio-exercises I was at a poker party up in North Jersey over the weekend at a friend's house. My friend had moved into this beautiful new home about a year ago, but I had never made it up for a visit until this weekend. Well, as they were giving us a ... http://absfacts.com/abdominal-workouts/wost-ab-workouts Instead of the typical ab routines that we see so often with crunches, situps, leg lifts, etc... I like to give my readers better options for metabolism-boosting high intensity workouts that work their entire body while also working their abs. I'm going to show you an example today of one of ... http://absfacts.com/abdominal-workouts/best-ab-workouts