Protein is the only nutrient directly responsible for building muscle and when you exercise your protein needs increase. This is why body builders and a lot of athletes are obsessed with their protein intake.
However protein isn’t just found in meat, eggs and milk or sourced from powders. There is also protein in vegetables, beans, [...]

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Over the past few months tissue engineers have discovered chemicals that can act as a switch to tell fat cells to grow and multiply.
Hold on. This is not a good thing. We don’t want our fat cells growing and multiplying!
But the good news is this has helped the scientists develop two [...]

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Belly fat is linked with higher risks of developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes and hypertension.
If you have taken measures to reduce the size of your stomach and are finding that it’s not working or you can’t lose that little extra give these 3 quick tips a try:
1) Dont Splurge After Your Workout
Just becuase [...]

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This is a guest post from Steve Chaballa.
Are you looking to change the shape of your body or trying to lose belly fat without joining a high priced gym? If so, try this high energized cardiovascular fitness routine that that was developed by Keli Roberts.
With this 10 minute exercise routine you can burn up to [...]

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As per Fitness magazine the following is their list of the 10 best foods for flat abs. Hopefully if you have been reading my blog for a little while you understand that crunches and sit-ups are great for building the muscles that will give you great core stability and those six-pack abs.
However they will [...]

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The other day I was searching YouTube and came across some rather extreme ab workout videos that I thought would be good to share here on flatstomachblog.com.
They are rather advanced workouts and I would recommend trying them out with caution, especially if you are a beginner or have any health concerns.
I hope I [...]

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When performing different abdominal exercises it can often feel like the stomach muscles are divided into upper and lower sections. The abdominals are considered a segmental muscle, which means they are made up of different parts. This is similar to the arrangement of the spine in that the spine has many segments of vertebrae.
Although [...]

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So I have successfully made it to the end of week 2.
So far I have done a total of 406 push-ups over the 2 week period.
My max out in the final session of week two was 23 push-ups.
At the end of week 2 I had to complete a single max out exhaustion test and [...]

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