By Tom Venuto, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
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 [...]

It’s no easy task to stick to much less get started on an exercise regime if you’re a a full-time parent but it’s not impossible. Fortunately, once you begin to look at things more creatively you’ll find that the day of a busy parent has many moments where you can sneak in a workout. You just need to be taught where they are.
Here are some simple ideas for you to sneak in that workout exercise time that have never presented themselves to you before
Get your kids involved in your workout routine The number of obese kids is [...]

Demystifying The Tummy Tuck Procedure
The tummy tuck procedure, otherwise known by its medical term, the abdominoplasty, is an elective, cosmetic surgery. The tummy tuck procedure takes away extra fat and skin from the abdomen and tightens the muscles and skin left behind. Women who have had children or people that have recently lost a great deal of weight quickly turn to this procedure because they have stretched or loose skin that no amount of working out can eliminate.
To be considered a candidate for a tummy tuck procedure you need to be in good health and relatively fit as well. [...]

Tummy Tuck Health Benefits
The abdominoplasty, or “tummy tuck,”is a complicated procedure done in surgery that is often quite helpful to those struggling with obesity issues. In the category of cosmetic surgeries the tummy tuck is done to get rid of extra skin, tighten the skin that’s left and to tighten the surrounding abdominal muscles. The surgery can take as many as five hours to complete; and the healing time can take anywhere from between two days to multiple weeks. A permanent scar will remain, but these scars could become less and less visible in time.
Should You Consider A Tummy [...]

By Tom Venuto, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
QUESTION: “Tom, on your www.burnthefat.com website, you wrote: ‘Who better to model than bodybuilders and fitness competitors? No athletes in the world get as lean as quickly as bodybuilders and fitness competitors. The transformations they undergo in 12 weeks prior to competition would boggle your mind!
Only ultra-endurance athletes come close in terms of low body fat levels, but endurance athletes like triathaletes and marathoners often get lean at the expense of chewing up much of their lean muscle.”
There seems to be a contradiction unless I’m missing something. Why do bodybuilders and fitness competitors have to go [...]