5 Facts You MUST Understand if You Are Ever Going to Lose Your Belly Fat & Get 6-Pack Abs

1. Many so-called "health foods" are actually cleverly disguised junk foods that can actually stimulate you to gain more belly fat... yet the diet food marketing industry continues to lie to you so they can maximize their profits.

2. Ab exercises such as crunches, sit-ups, and ab machines are actually the LEAST effective method of getting flat six pack abs. We'll explore what types of exercises REALLY work in a minute.

3. Boring repetitive cardio exercise routines are NOT the best way to lose body fat and uncover those six pack abs. I'll tell you the exact types of unique workouts that produce 10x better results below.

4. You DON'T need to waste your money on expensive "extreme fat burner" pills or other bogus supplements. I'll show you how to use the power of natural foods in more detail below.

5. Ab belts, ab-rockers, ab-loungers, and other infomercial ab-gimmicks... they're all a complete waste of your time and money. Despite the misleading infomercials, the perfectly chiseled fitness models in the commercials did NOT get their perfect body by using that "ab contraption"... they got their perfect body through REAL workouts and REAL nutrition strategies. Again, you'll learn some of their secrets and what really works below.

adapted from: Mike Geary - Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)

7 Components of Skill Related Fitness:

1) Agility: The ability to rapidly and accurately change the direction of the whole body in space.

2) Balance: The ability to maintain equilibrium while stationary or moving.

3) Coordination: The ability to use the senses and body parts in order to perform motor tasks smoothly and accurately.

4) Power: The amount of force a muscle can exert.

5) Reaction Time: The ability to respond quickly to stimuli.

6) Speed: The amount of time it takes the body to perform specific tasks.

Source: http://www.angelfire.com

Health Related

Types of Fitness: Health-related
Health related fitness is what everyone should have whether they play a sport or not. Keeping the body fit for health incorporates the following components:

1) Cardiovascular fitness
Requires the heart and blood vessels to supply the working muscles with oxygen for long periods of time.
Strength
Is normally measured by the amount of weight the muscles can lift, or applying a force against a resistance.

2) Strength
Is normally measured by the amount of weight the muscles can lift, or applying a force against a resistance.

3) Flexibility
Is an important part of fitness that we need to keep into our old age. Babies have a natural suppleness and can suck their toes (not that as a teenager you would probably want to do this still), we lose flexibility as we grow older. We should always remember to warm up before competition to stretch our muscles and tendons.

4) Muscular endurance
Is the ability of the muscle to work for long periods of time without tiring. A marathon runner is an extreme case of a person who has muscular endurance in the leg muscles (Hamstrings and Gastrocnemius in particular).


5) Body Fat
Another facet of health is maintaining a good body fat percentage. It can be difficult to reach a good level of fitness in the above areas if you are carrying extra weight. It can also be difficult to reach a good level of fitness if your body is underweight, not storing enough energy to keep you going. Being underweight can also mean that the body does not build muscle tone, and can cause joint injuries as fat pads cushion the joints. You can measure, with skinfold calipers, the amount of our body weight which is fat.
We all differ in shape and size, but the average acceptable body fat percentage for a male is 15%, and for a woman 25%. That means that if a woman weighs 60kgs, then 15kgs of her body weight should be fat. A woman naturally has more body fat than a man to help her body during pregnancy.
Keeping body fat under control can be very difficult for a lot of people, and fortunes are made devising new "diets" because more people are overweight in this country than ever before. There is also a fear of fat that is causing some people, women and girls especially, to stay dangerously underweight. The only way to stay an appropriate weight is to keep a balance between food intake and the calories we burn.

Adapted source
http://bbc.co.uk