How You Can Get a Great Body in 2009


Yes, you too can have a great body. It starts with heeding the right advice and getting rid of myths.

The main myth you need to drop (OK, second after the spot reduction myth - OK, third after the Cardio-Is-Magic myth) is the “I Don’t Want to Get Bulky” line.

One of the main reasons we Baby Boomers tend to gain fat as we age is that our metabolisms have slowed down.

A major reason your metabolism slows down is that you have less muscle than you did when you were in your 20’s.

Muscle burns fat! The more muscle you have, the more fat you’ll burn - and not just during your workout routine - but all day and all night long.

No, I’m not saying you have to get bulky.

You just need to replace the muscle tissue you’ve lost since you were 20. (That’s about 1/2 pound of muscle per year past 20.)

So don’t be thrown by the title of this article (I’m not allowed to change it). Read this article by Fit Over 40 co-author Jon Benson to discover how you can get the body you want …

How To Gain Muscle And Burn Bodyfat At The Same Time
by Jon Benson
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What is your “big dream?”

I have two:
– To make an impact on the lives of over 10M people before I die;
– To have a family that’s mobile so I can live in many places.

Not bad, right?

Want to know a “third” dream of mine?  One that I saw become a reality a few years ago?

To gain muscle AND burn bodyfat all at the same time.

It’s like a pipe-dream that somehow worked its way through the pipes and into my gym.

It is not easy, granted, but you can do it.

Almost anyone can do it.

You just have to train and eat in a very specific way.

Listen:  You do NOT want to just “burn bodyfat” or god-forbid “lose-weight”… that will not give you the body you want.
You absolutely MUST shape your muscles, tighten and tone, and burn bodyfat.

And you can do it at the same time.

Most pros disagree with me. They think it is metabolically impossible to gain muscle while in a state of low-calorie dieting.

They are wrong.

Here’s an article I wrote on this topic. I hope you enjoy it.

To save you time, I put a link to the online complete version of the article below…
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I remember a friendly argument with my co-author of Fit Over 40 Tom Venuto. It all started when I told Tom how I was eating and training for my last peak. A peak is where you lower your bodyfat and try to maintain as much muscle mass as possible.

“There’s just no way I could ever get in shape eating and training like that,” says Tom. “Sure you could man…what are you, a mutant?” Tom fires back, then me, then Tom….and so it goes. (I really didn’t call Tom a mutant. That was creative liberty.)

So why are so many fitness pros like Tom freaked out about my training and nutrition plan? Simple: I claim it burns fat while building muscle at the same time.

Every time I read an article by some doctor or expert claiming it’s “biologically impossible” to gain lean muscle mass on a hypocaloric diet (a diet low in calories) I just laugh.

I do more than make claims–I have proved this to be true many times. I’ve had my bodyfat hydrostatically measured during several peaks. In all but one I showed an increase of muscle mass and a decrease of bodyfat during a 12-16 week period.

The one time I didn’t show an increase in muscle mass when was I was training the most in the gym. That may not make sense right now, but it will in a moment.
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December 19, 2008 | Filed Under Fitness Program Tip | Leave a Comment 

Hip Fat or Belly Fat?


hourglass Hour-Glass or Belly Fat: Body Shape as Destiny
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin

According to Dr. Elizabeth Cashdan, a cultural anthropologist at the University of Utah, women who have hour- glass figures (storing fat primarily in their hips) are more sexual and less athletic than those who are shaped like men and store fat primarily in their bellies (Cultural Anthropology, December 2008).

Women who are shaped like hour-glasses have wider hips and narrower bellies because they have more of the female hormone, estrogen; and less of the stress hormone, cortisol and the male hormone, testosterone.

Dr. Cashdan proposes that women who are protected by men may not be as stressed as those who have to provide for themselves and their children, and therefore have lower levels of cortisol. Testosterone and cortisol cause fat to be deposited in the belly, while estrogen causes it to be deposited in the hips.

Women who are stronger and more competitive have bigger bellies because they have more masculinizing hormones that make them aggressive. Women who are more fertile, have more babies, and are more sexual tend to have more estrogen and therefore bigger hips and smaller bellies.

In societies that stress fertility and having lots of children, men seem to prefer women who have hour glass-like figures. In societies where women are more independent and have to get their own food and depend on themselves to survive, they are more likely to be shaped like men with a higher waist to hip ratio.

She says: "In Japan, Greece and Portugal, where women tend to be less economically independent, men place a higher value on a thin waist than men in [countries such as] Britain or Denmark, where there tends to be more sexual equality."

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December 18, 2008 | Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment 

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