How are you coming on your fitness goals? How do you know?
I know you have heard this time and time again but if you are not setting goals and then tracking your progress, you have very little, if any, chance of success in attaining the body that you want.
This is true whether you are trying to increase your lean muscle mass, take off a few pounds or tone up and become the fit and trim person that you know you can be.
Many of us have tried to track our progress …

A short time ago Jon Benson surprised a lot of gym rats by boldly claiming that they were wasting hours in the gym. Pure waste that they could put to better use by spending it with their family, relaxing, doing other activities.
To a lot of fitness “experts” this was sacrilege. But it woke a lot of people up. Those that had been spending hours in the gym and saw no improvement from one month or on year to the next.  These folks were ready for something better.
And Jon’s 7 Minute …

Remember Jeff Anderson’s Combat The Fat Challenge? It kicked off a couple months ago to introduce Jeff’s new Combat The Fat program. From the looks of the winners, as well as the runners up,  Jeff has another winner on his hands too. Just wait ’till you see these winning “before & after” photos!
Don’t know if you’ve seen them yet, but the 5 winners of the 12-week “body transformation” contest were just posted. What’s cool about this contest is:
1.  These were NOT “fitness model” types (just AVERAGE men and women from …

Congratulations to Vince DelMonte on his silver medal in Toronto! One of the most popular events is the Chin bikini competition that Vince entered. He had some great fun and got the silver to boot!
Vince really epitomizes what most men – and women too – are looking for when they start weight training and muscle building. They are not after the overblown guns but a well rounded, sculpted, fit body. Just take a look at the winners – that’s Vince on the left. Don’t they have the type of physiques …

Thinking about choosing a new gym? Or still undecided whether gym membership is really for you? This is not a decision that should be taken lightly. Gym membership is no small expense and it takes time out your day just to get there. There are many things you need to consider, not the least of which is whether you are seriously committed to using the gym. Many times gym memberships go unused because they are purchased on a whim. The following article by Vince DelMonte is a great guide in …

Still struggling to lose that excess weight? It’s easy to drop 10 pounds of unwanted fat with a few easy diet tips. And there is no suffering. You can still eat good tasting, fresh and healthy food including snacks.
You don’t have to make sacrifices! Whether you want to lose your first 10 pounds or those last, hard to lose 10 pounds, if you follow these simple guidelines to boost your efforts. You’ll find these tips are not just good for a quick jump start of a stalled program but …

I’ve said this before, but if you are training hard and not getting the results you want, chances are you are training too much!
How can that be? If you aren’t meeting your goals now, don’t you need to train harder? Longer?
NO!
If you keep close watch on all of the other gym rats you have probably noticed that many of them are at the gym when you arrive and are still there when you leave. Discouraging, isn’t it? How do they do it? It doesn’t really matter how, because most of …

Water is an absolute necessity in any fitness program. It is a critical element for muscle building or any other highly physically demanding activity. The mushrooming multi-billion dollar bottled water industry is evidence of our growing awareness of the need to hydrate during physical activity.
Everywhere you look people are walking around with bottled water. Often it is designer water with added electrolytes, carbohydrates or other additives. Do you need the extras or would plain old water be good enough?
To answer this question we need to first take look at the …