A recent study has shown there’s more to the old “it take a 3500 calorie deficit to lose a pound” formula. I was going to write about this, but found that my favorite fat loss guru, Tom Venuto, dove head first into the subject.

3500 Calories To Lose A Pound - Is This Formula All Wrong?

By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS
www.burnthefat.com

Most fitness conscious people have heard that there are 3,500 calories in a pound of fat, so if you create a deficit of 3500 calories in a week, you lose a pound of weight. If you create a deficit of 7000 calories in a week, you lose two pounds, and so on. Right? Well, not so fast…

Dr. Kevin Hall, an investigator at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda has done some interesting research about the mechanisms regulating human body weight. He recently published a new paper in the International Journal of Obesity that throws a wrench in works of the “3500 calories to lose a pound” idea.

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When it comes to cardio workouts, interval training is one of the best ways to get the most out of your workout. But have you ever tried to do an interval training workout that you printed out from a website? Pretty near impossible to do, unless you have a photographic memory. Chances are you have to bring the printed workout along with you to the gym or tape it to your machine at home… and then comes the crazy part: you have to stop focusing on your workout in order to read the darn thing! Not to mention keeping track of the time, so you know when to slow down or speed up. Not a good way to workout, right?

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It’s such a common occurrence, it’s become a cliche: you spend hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, on a treadmill, exercise bike or an elliptical machine, only to see it gather enough dust to make your mother weep when she visits — or worse yet, you can’t even see the darn thing because it’s a rather expensive clothes hanger. Out of sight, out of mind seems to be your motto.

When I bought my elliptical machine, I was determined to get my money’s worth. Who wants to spend that much money on an overgrown door stopper? So, if you can’t even remember what your exercise equipment looks like, I’ve got 4 tips to help you dust it off and start using it again.

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Have you ever wondered what all the fuss was about strength training, or weight training? Did you think it wasn’t for you because you “just want to lose weight”? Afraid you were going to turn into the Incredible Hulk by picking up a dumbbell? Or can’t figure out the difference between a set and a rep?

My good friend, Paige Waehner, over at Exercise.About.com created a myth-busting, eye-opening 9 week free e-course all about strength training/weight training just for beginners.

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You’ve seen Jillian Michaels train and motivate people to lose hundreds of pounds as the Biggest Loser’s top trainer (and maybe you’ve even secretly wished she was your trainer!). But can her online weight loss program really help you lose weight?

The short answer is… yes! But just like you see on The Biggest Loser, you have to put some effort into it — and, seriously, that’s a good thing, You’ve seen Jillian train people; you know what she’s like. There’s no way she promises a quick fix. Jillian Michaels is all about eating well and moving your butt. But she gets results: a healthy, fit body for the rest of your life.

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