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Before & After Fitness Transformations Show You How Long It Really Takes To Build Muscle & Lose Fat

Filed Under: Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements, Weight/Fat Loss

Before & After Fitness Transformations Show You How Long It Really Takes To Build Muscle & Lose Fat
boredpanda smiley girl before and after exercise program


The Struggle Is Real:
Anyone who’s ever had a little extra fat can relate to the struggle to lose it.

-Including all the different choices you have to make in both nutrition and exercise.

Because, the more factors you can stack in your favor, the better.

Well, BoredPanda’s Šarūnė Mac compiled a huge gallery of Weight-Loss Winners.

It’s worth a look, paying special attention to some of the claimed-timeframes for several of the results.

And so, we’ve picked-out a few of the more realistic examples for you…

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Baby We Were Born To Run! How Cardio Exercise Clears Your Head And Does The Impossible

Filed Under: Exercise, Mind/Brain

Baby We Were Born To Run! How Cardio Exercise Clears Your Head And Does The Impossible
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1) Metaphysical Exercise:
So for 2,500+ years, athletes, folk-scientists, bro-scientists, and real scientists have extolled the virtues of exercise.

Even Dr. Mike showed that 30 minutes a day helped -Everything-.

But a bizarre subculture of cardio-focused exercisers called “Runners”, have always claimed odd mental benefits along with the physical ones.

Things like Zen/Meditation, a type of Buzz, & greater Clarity of Thought afterward.

So science decided to investigate these old wives’ tales, and may have discovered evidence instead of myth…

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You’re More Than Just Your BMI! Check Out Your World Fitness Level Instead. Then Do Something About It With The Scientists Of Norway!

Filed Under: Calculators, Exercise, Weight/Fat Loss

You’re More Than Just Your BMI! Check Out Your World Fitness Level Instead. Then Do Something About It With The Scientists Of Norway!
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Find Out How You Stack Up:
Back in his awesome List-Show video for Mental Floss, John Green knocked out 25 facts on fitness.

Well one of the points he forgot to talk about was BMI.

He also missed out on body-fat & lean mass composition.

But he Did bring up another measure that is very helpful.

And it’s one that’s even better than BMI…

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Video: Mental Floss’s John Green Busts Out 25 Reps Of Fitness Facts! + BONUS 10!

Filed Under: Exercise, Video, Weight/Fat Loss

Video: Mental Floss’s John Green Busts Out 25 Reps Of Fitness Facts! + BONUS 10!


Pump-Up Your Chances Of Success With Fitness Knowledge!:
Prepping-up to get back in-shape after some yearly-reflection? Well you’re in luck.

Earlier, John Green put out a video on the why of High US Healthcare-Costs that is absolutely Must-See.

Now he’s back over at Mental Floss with another great list-show.

And checking out this list of facts about exercise just might give you that extra information-push to better reach your goals…

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Now We Know Why Vegetarians Sound So Dumb & Dizzy. It’s Because Creatine Boosts All Different Kinds Of Brain POWAH!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements

Now We Know Why Vegetarians Sound So Dumb & Dizzy. It’s Because Creatine Boosts All Different Kinds Of Brain POWAH!
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Not All Substitutes Are Equal:
All cheekiness aside, we just did a post on the sexy people over at Eater’s test of the newest vegetable-only burger, by Impossible Foods.

But one of the ideas we raised at the end was: Maybe it tastes close now, maybe even identical in the future,

-But does it give you the same-or-better Nutrition when you take everything into consideration?

Well, one of Red Meat’s components is a salt called Creatine. And sciency-researchers are finding out some very interesting brain-stuff about its new best friend…

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Video: Check Out People Are Awesome’s Fitness Superheroes

Filed Under: Exercise, Video

Video: Check Out People Are Awesome’s Fitness Superheroes


There Goes My Hero, Watch Him As He Goes…:
Well now that Copa America Centenario and Euro Cup 2016 are over, thus depriving us of the genius of Messi and Antoine Greizmann.

And your fix of superhumanism at the Rio Olympics is still a few weeks away,

Why not get your fitness motivation on and check out these more ordinary people still doing amazing stuff!…

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Body Fat Study Further Reduces Importance of BMI, Low-Carb Tape-Measure Sales Skyrocket

Filed Under: Disease, Exercise, Nutrition, Weight/Fat Loss

Body Fat Study Further Reduces Importance of BMI, Low-Carb Tape-Measure Sales Skyrocket
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An Interesting Measurement -Of The Wrong Thing:
For quite awhile, BMI has been used as an indicator of obesity.

And for most of that time it’s been considered as good as any measure out there.

But a recent study by 2 universities in Canada is trying to put the final punctuation-mark on many people’s recent critiques of its shortcomings.

And they just might have succeeded…

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Video: Technology Gets Personal. The Naked 3D Fitness Tracker Is Here To Scrutinize You, -To The Last Millimeter

Filed Under: Gadgets, Weight/Fat Loss

Video: Technology Gets Personal. The Naked 3D Fitness Tracker Is Here To Scrutinize You, -To The Last Millimeter


Pervasive Computing For The 10%. -Bodyfat, That-Is:
When you’re trying to lose both weight and fat, a few of the things you can do to help are to weigh & measure first thing in the morning after you’ve cleaned up, but before you eat, drink; or even get dressed.

Over time you’ll be able to tell exactly where you’re leaning-out & how much.

Tip from the pro-players: Your Abs are always last to lose it. Your upper back, forearms and calves will look absolutely heroic before you lose anything perceptible on your middle.

And now a company appropriately-called Naked is out to take your personal scrutiny to the next level…

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Note: For informational purposes only. Should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis or substitute for professional care.