Tuesday, June 26, 2007

In-depth Review of Tom Venuto's Burn The Fat Inner Circle (Burn The Fat Inner Circle Part 2)


www.BurnTheFatInnerCircle.com



No post for awhile, but this one took time to put together and is BIG!

Tom Venuto is a natural bodybuilder and author of the #1 best selling e-book, "Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle.” His credentials & achievements are impressive:

• BSc. in exercise science
• Certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS)
• Certified personal trainer (NSCA-CPT)
• International Society for Sports Nutrition (ISSN) member
• American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) member
• National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) member
• Three-time regional and state competitive bodybuilding champion
• 2nd place in the Mr. Natural USA contest
• 2nd in the Mr. Natural North America contests

If you are looking to gain muscle, lose stubborn fat, or even more difficult, do both at the same time, then “Burn the Fat, Feed The Muscle” is a must read. Tom shows exactly how to walk the fine line where doing both at the same time is possible, and why many fail without the proper tools & knowledge. Turbo-charge your metabolism without drugs or supplements using little-known secrets of the world's best bodybuilders and fitness models, read “Burn the Fat, Feed The Muscle”

Burn The Fat Inner Circle was born in September 2006 and is billed as “The Internet's Premier Fat Loss Support Community”. Thousands have read & benefited from Burn the Fat, Feed The Muscle and have transformed their bodies and their lives. Burn The Fat Inner Circle aims to add new elements, missing for many, in their muscle building/weight loss journey: accountability, support, coaching, advice, tips, and resources not found anywhere else.

Burn The Fat Inner Circle is a membership site; it currently costs $9.95 per month. Once you join your price will never increase, and you can cancel anytime right online

But you never will want to. Burn The Fat Inner Circle is LOADED with tons of material, and they are of the highest quality. It would take weeks or months to go through them all, and with new content being added all the time, you will never catch up.

So you may be thinking “why should I pay to join a membership site when there is so much free stuff out there?”

Why do you ever pay for anything? It’s because you need it (food, clothes), or because you want it (plasma TV, fancy car) right? Every purchase comes down to a “what is this going to do for me?” decision. What problem is it going to solve, or what desire will it meet? Will it make my life better? Am I getting value for my money?

The answers to those questions are up to you. You may need to lose weight, you may want to look better, you may want to build muscle & have a “ripped” body. Maybe extra weight is a problem for you. Whatever the reason you are reading this and considering Inner Circle only you know.

For me, I absolutely believe Tom’s book, and Inner Circle, offer fantastic value, and will make (and have made) my life better. I think it will do the same for you, which is why am bothering to write this. I have owned Tom’s book and lived by its principles since 2003. The only thing missing was some sort of ongoing interaction with, and updated information from Tom. There is always new research being done, and new reports about this being good for you now, that being bad, and Burn The Fat Inner Circle grants access to an expert I have come to know and trust, to help cut through some of the confusion.

There are a lot of free things out there, but often you get what you pay for. If something is free it’s often because it’s of such poor quality no one will pay for it, or it’s simply a marketing tactic to get you to buy something. You can search around for free stuff and be confused by all the contradictory information and ads out there, be pulled into buying expensive drugs or supplements that sound like miracle cures (‘lose 30 pounds in 30 days’, ‘build big muscles why you sleep’, etc).

Why pay for Burn The Fat Inner Circle? Here are some reasons it’s worth it:

Time is valuable, and one of the few things you can’t get more of. All you need to build muscle and lose fat (or both at the same time) is here.

Credible, up-to-date information: Tom Venuto knows what he is talking about, he practices what he preaches, and is always adding new content. If you have a question not answered by any of the info available you can ask it in the forums. Tom may even answer it personally.

If Tom doesn’t answer you, it’s very likely someone on the forums will. Tom's Burn The Fat Inner Circle contains about 20 different member's forums with thousands of members. The other members are also paying because they are serious about getting fit, so you can be sure you will get some quality feedback from them or from one of the professional who moderate the forums qualified to respond.

These are some of the forums available:
• Main Burn The Fat Forum
• Beginner's Forum
• Female Fat Loss Forum
• Fat Loss After 40 Forum
• Recipes Forum
• Home Training Forum
• Fitness Equipment Forum
• 100 Pound Club
• Find a Training Partner Forum
• Cardio Forum
• Weight Training Forum
• Contest Preparation Forum
• Goals and Motivation Forum
• Supplements Forum
• Gaining Muscle Forum
• Progress Journals forum
• Critique Board Forum

You don’t have to own the Burn the Fat, Feed The Muscle e-book, or be on Tom’s system to join or benefit from Burn The Fat Inner Circle. There is a ton of great material on this site that will benefit anyone no matter what diet (if any) they are on. Many of the members are familiar with the book however, as it is often referred to in the forums, so you may wish to get the book here, or simply take in some of its “nuggets” offered on the forum, and make a decision later.

What else does Burn The Fat Inner Circle have to offer? Here is a list of some of what you will enjoy:

• Every episode of Tom Venuto's Burn The Fat Show (A Members-Only MP3 Audio Program)
• Audio interviews with top fitness and fat loss experts
• Amazing fat loss success stories - learn how others just like you achieved their impressive body transformations
• Ever-expanding library of exclusive (not published elsewhere) articles
• Exclusive (not published elsewhere) Burn The Fat program Q & A
• Library of downloadable e-books and e-reports for members only
• Diet and menu tracking and planning tools
• Calorie and nutrient information at your fingertips
• Weight loss and fitness news headlines
• Community photo galleries
• Delicious taste-tested fat-burning recipes
• Science-based and unbiased supplement reviews

The bottom line is that this site is loaded with tons of great material, all the more impressive since it has only been around since September 2006.

Tom Venuto is a credible, qualified professional. His www.BurnTheFatInnerCircle.com is full of his many years of education, research, and experience. One look at his photo will tell you know he knows what he is talking about when it comes to fitness and nutrition! It is a quality resource worth much more than he charges, and a benefit to anyone who wants or needs to lose weight, look or feel better, or build rippling muscles.

Friday, June 15, 2007

1,000 Sit Ups And Crunches A Day And Still No Abs


www.BurnTheFat.com

QUESTION: Dear Tom: I have been working out for around a year now and I cannot get my lower abs into any type of shape. Despite doing 900 various crunches, ab roller, and 100 sit-ups four days a week, along with running and my regular workout on the weights, I still have a tire around my waist. What else can I do?

ANSWER: "What should I do to get abs?" is still one of the most frequently asked questions I receive out of the 7,000+ emails that come into my office every week. Although the question is often phrased differently, my answer is always the same:

Seeing your abs, or any other muscle group, for that matter - is almost entirely the result of having low body fat levels. You get low body fat from proper diet (as well as cardio and strength training), not from doing hundreds of ab exercises every day.

You didn't mention whether you knew your body fat level or not. My guess is that it may seem like your lower ab muscles are "hard to develop," but it's not really an issue of "muscle development" at all, you simply have too much body fat and are storing it in your lower abdominal region more readily than other parts of your body and you can't see the muscles through the fat.

Most people don't have their fat distributed evenly throughout their bodies. Each of us inherits a genetically determined and hormonally-influenced pattern of fat storage just as we inherit our eye or hair color. In other words, the fat seems to "stick" to certain areas more than others.

Men often tend to store fat more readily in the lower abdominal region (the "pot belly", "spare tire", "beer gut", or "love handles"). In women, the "stubborn" areas are usually the hips, thighs ("saddlebags") and the triceps ("grandmother arms").

You could focus on more "lower ab" exercises like hanging leg raises, reverse crunches and hip lifts ("toes to sky"), but even these won't help as long as you still have body fat covering the muscles. You can't "spot reduce" with abdominal exercise.

The lower abs is often the first place the fat goes when you gain it, and the last place it comes off when you're losing it. Think of ab fat like the deep end of the swimming pool. No matter how much you protest, there is no way you can drain the deep end before the shallow end.

I would suggest cutting back the volume on your ab training and spending that time on more cardio work instead. Personally, I only do about 15 minutes of ab work two times per week. (About two to four exercises with reps usually ranging from 10-25 reps).

Here is a recent ab routine that I used (for bodybuilding/ ab-development purposes). I do this routine only twice a week and I change the exercises approximately every month so my body doesn't adapt. I prefer slightly higher rep range than other muscle groups, but as you can see, it is far from doing a thousand reps a day. (if you want to see what my abs look like, just checkout my picture.

A1 Hanging leg raises 3 sets, 15-20 reps

Superset to:

A2 Hanging knee ups (bent-knee leg raises) 3 sets, 15-20 reps (no rest between supersetted exercises A1 & A2, 60sec between supersets)

B1 Incline Revere Crunches 3 sets, 15-20 reps

Superset to:

B2 Elbow to knee twisting crunches 3 sets, 15-20 reps

For maximum fat loss, you should do cardio 4-7 days per week for 30-60 minutes (the amount is variable depending on your results). You could continue running or mix up the type of cardio you do (stationary cycling, stairclimbing, elliptical machines, and other continuous aerobic activities are all excellent fat burners without the high impact and joint stress of frequent running).

If time efficiency is an issue for you, you could perform high intensity interval cardio training and achieve very efficient results with even briefer workouts (20-30 min per sessions, or less, if the intensity is high enough)

Once you are satisfied with your level of body fat and your abdominal definition, you can cut back to 3 days per week for 20-30 minutes for maintenance.

As far as nutrition goes, here are a few fat-burning nutrition guidelines in a nutshell:


  • Eat about 15-20% below your calorie maintenance level. If you use a more aggressive calorie deficit of 25-30%, then do not keep calories too low for too long; increase calories to maintenance or maintenance +10-15% 1-2 days per week.

  • Spread your calories into 5-6 smaller meals instead of 2-3 big ones. Be very conscious of portion size. eat too much of anything and you can say goodbye to your abs. Period.

  • Eat a source of complete, high quality lean protein with each meal (egg whites, lean meat, fish, protein powder, etc)

  • Choose natural, complex carbs such as vegetables, oatmeal, yams, potatoes, beans, brown rice and whole grains. Start with aprox. 50% of your calories from natural carbs and reduce carbs slightly (esp. late in the day) if you are not losing fat.

  • Avoid refined, simple carbs that contain white flour or white sugar

  • Keep total fats low and saturated fats low. Aim for 20% of your total calories from fat (and no more than 30%). A little bit of "good fat" like flax oil, fish fat, nuts & seeds, etc is better than a no fat diet.

  • Drink plenty of water - a gallon is a good ballpark to shoot for if you are physically active.
    1000+ reps of ab work four days a week is an amazing feat of endurance, but thats not how you get visble, rock hard, 6-pack abs!

    You probably have outstanding development in your abdominal muscles. (you certainly have great muscular endurance). Unfortunately, if your abs are covered up with a layer of fat, you wont be able to see them even if you do 10,000 reps a day!

    You "get abs" from reducing your body fat and you reduce body fat mostly through diet and cardio.

    If you'd like to learn more about how to decrease your body fat level and improve your level of abdominal definition, then visit:
    www.BurnTheFat.com

    About the Author:

    Tom Venuto is a natural bodybuilder, certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) and a certified personal trainer (CPT). Tom is the author of "Burn the Fat, Feed The Muscle,” which teaches you how to get lean without drugs or supplements using methods of the world's best bodybuilders and fitness models. Learn how to get rid of stubborn fat and increase your metabolism by visiting: www.BurnTheFat.com
  • Saturday, June 9, 2007

    Free Report "The Fifth Element: The Missing Piece Of The Fat Loss Puzzle"


    www.BurnTheFatInnerCircle.com

    Tom Venuto has just published a new free report entitled "The Fifth Element: The Missing Piece Of The Fat Loss Puzzle".

    Tom asks, "Could this ancient success secret, combined with 21st century technology be the obesity epidemic solution?" Read the report to find out more.

    It's a 17-page PDF file that you can download at the link below.

    www.BurnTheFatInnerCircle.com/fifthelement