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When you think about burning belly fat, what kinds of exercise come to mind? Do you imagine having to do endless crunches, planks, and other ab-targeted exercises? If so, you’re thinking about belly fat all wrong. Targeted ab moves will condition, tone, and strengthen your abs. However, they won’t help torch the layer of fat covering your abs to reveal all the hard work underneath. That’s something you’ll accomplish only through cardio and strength training; two types of workout that don’t target your abs but do promote fat loss throughout the body! In this article, we’ll cover the basics of...

The precise causes of breast cancer are unclear, but the primary risk factors for breast cancer development are age and genetics. Unfortunately, no woman – yourself included – has a say about her age or her genetics. However, there is something you can do to negate the potential ill effects breast cancer can wreak on your health: Ramp up your cardio! Not only do recent studies suggest that physical activity – especially cardio – can reduce your risk of breast cancer, but it also factors into other, better-known risk factors, like obesity. Read on to learn more about how a...

Smart dieters are always looking for ways to improve their results. This leaves many wondering the same thing: Is it better to eat before working out, or are fasted workouts better? As is the case with most health-related decisions, what works best for some may not work best for others. However, the science behind fasted workout suggests that there are benefits to working out fasted. Moreover, there are practical benefits to working out fasted, all of which are important to consider when you’re deciding what works for you. Scientific benefits of a fasted workout The primary science behind fasting is...

When you’re committed to your health and well-being, you don’t let anything stand in your way. Even if you can’t afford a gym membership, don’t have access to a gym, or simply don’t like the gym, you can still tone up at home! In fact, bodyweight training engages many muscles at the same time, burning lots of calories and sculpting multiple areas of the body at once. In this article, we share our 4 favorite toning exercises that you can do anywhere – no equipment required! 1. Sit-outs Yes, sit-outs, not sit-ups. Sit-outs are done by starting on all fours...

Do you get excited to go to the gym and do another monotonous 45-minute cardio workout? Probably not. And if you’re trying to burn fat, you shouldn’t be using lengthy walks on the treadmill to achieve your goals. Instead, you should be using high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts. Smart dieters turn to HIIT because it’s a quicker, more efficient way to burn fat and lose weight. This article discusses: what HIIT workouts are the expected benefits of HIIT why HIIT workouts burn fat and how they measure up to low-intensity steady-state cardio how to structure HIIT workouts to achieve your...