Which Online Fat Loss Program? (2)

Hey there, Dave G here.

Apologies for the late posting of Part 2 of this article on “which online fat loss program”. It’s taken a little longer than I thought. I hope you like it.

I’ve created a mind map for you. This summarises the key points that I made in Part 1 Of This Article – these are the key decision criteria that you should consider before purchasing an on-line fat loss program.

Before anything, however, you need to understand what you are trying to achieve and what resources you have available to you… what are your fat loss goals? It is important to have clarity on this before starting your research…

THE BEST…?

I’ve been in the same position as you. When I started I quickly got confused with all the information that’s out there. So what I’ve done for you here is summarised “The Best….” programs for different outcomes. These short summaries are based on my experience with each of the products. If you click on the links, it will take you directly to a more extensive product review for each program that has been considered “The Best….”

This information is summaried in a table at the end of this blog post. I hope you find it useful.

The Best… Fat Loss Through Exercise:

FAT BURNING FURNACE

This program changed my life. Forget the cardio – go high intensity with resistance training. With training sessions lasting 20 to 30 minutes and repeated only 2 to 3 times per week, the Fat Burning Furnace not only raises your metabolism to burn fat fast, but it also saves you a bunch of your valuable time. Workout programs come complete with photos and their is also a sound nutrition program to boot! Suitable from beginners to advanced athletes.

The Best…Fat Loss Through Nutrition and Exercise:

THE TRUTH ABOUT SIX PACK ABS

This is not dissimilar to the Fat Burning Furnace, but has an increased focus on the best abdominal exercises to create your six pack. Forget ab machines, crunches and sit ups – this program defines which specific ab exercises you need to do as well as whole body workouts. Comprehensive explanations of each exercise are provided in conjunction with photos. It’s not about using fat loss tablets – the author provides a comprehensive guide to which foods you should and shouldn’t be eating.

 

The Best…NON-Restrictive Diet:

EVERY OTHER DAY DIET

I don’t believe in fad diets – simply because that they are unhealthy and they don’t work. They slow your metabolism down to a snail’s pace which is far from conducive to efficiently burning body fat. So what’s different about the EODD program. It works by using calorie shifting or interval eating. By eating what you want every other day and focusing on a set meal plan on the other days, you can trick your body into maintaining a high metabolism – and therefore burn fat!

 

The Best…Fat Loss Through Nutrition:

BURN THE FAT, FEED THE MUSCLE

This product is the best-selling fat loss and fitness program is internet history. The author modeled the fat loss secrets of fitness professionals over the past 20 years and ‘summarised’ the results in this 300 page fat loss bible. The main emphasis of the program is on nutrition – simply because what you eat is the most important key to getting lean. But don’t worry, it’s not just about nutrition – the program also covers the exercises and workout routines as used by top athletes. There is also a tremendous section on goal setting.

 

The Best…Fat Loss Through Interval Training:

TURBULENCE TRAINING

Turbulence Training prides itself on rapid fat loss results for both men and women who don’t have a huge amount of time to exercise. It’s a combination of resistance and interval training used to primarily boost your metabolism so that you are burning calories and fat in-between workouts. No ifs, buts or maybes – you will need only 3 workouts per week with Turbulence Training. The primary Turbulence Training tools are a bench, dumbbells and an exercise ball – so not an expensive way to burn fat fast!

 

The Best…Goal Setting & Role Model Program:

FIT OVER 40

This program is both an inspirational and compelling read that forces you to reach deep into your core for answers and solutions irrespective of your age. Fit Over 40 is not a prescriptive workout or nutrition program – instead it is a motivational guide of how 52 people of between ages 40 to 70+ have overcome the odds to reach incredible physical condition. The motivational and mind set strategies are missed by so many other fat loss and fitness publications – and it is for this reason why so many over-fat people fail to achieve their fitness goals… instead they eventually quit trying altogether.

 

The Best…Muscle Building Program

7-MINUTE MUSCLE

This program is about how to create lean muscle with super-short workouts (7-minutes) using progressive resistance training. The package comprises a comprehensive e-book and accompanying digital workout videos. The book itself, although short (less than 100 pages) is loaded with information. The author had been researching old training manuals from the 50’s and 60’s and had been experimenting with muscle building and fat loss workouts that were as short as 7 minutes. What he noticed that that short duration programs worked well in developing muscle! He’s not just making this up… he actually cites over 100 studies in the 7 Minute Muscle program.

 

Fat Loss Program Summary Matrix:

 

So What Now?

Here’s your 7 step plan to getting started…

  1. Determine your fat loss goals.
  2. Use the mind map to understand the decision criteria to select the fat loss program for you.
  3. Use te Matrix to select the 2-3 preferred products.
  4. Read the detailed product reviews for this short list.
  5. Conduct your own research on these short listed products.
  6. Make a go-for-one decision.
  7. Commit to the program.

 

I hope you found this 2-part article useful. Now it’s up to you to take action and follow through.

Are you ready?

 

To your Leaner Body


Dave G

Which Online Fat Loss Program (i)?

Part i – Elements of a Great Fat Loss Program…

This is a two part post on Online Fat Loss Programs – part ii will be following in a dew days.

You may have been struggling with excess body fat for a number of years and have finally decided to make that positive transformation…

Or you may just want lose a few pounds before your summer vacation… to regain your inner confidence and self-esteem.

Either way, you want to lose that fat once and for all.

A wise decision…

If you’re currently on the lookout for an online fat loss program… then you’re taking that all important first step. They’re easy to find, but it’s not so easy to find the right one.

…that requires some research. Let me help.

Online fat loss programs are not all the same… in fact there are some extremes:

  1. There are the freebies.
  2. The miracle fat loss programs that are hyped and marketed beyond belief – these don’t typically stand the test of time (or reasonableness). They come in the crap category.
  3. There are others, however, that continue to prove themselves year over year with on-going great sales and great testimonials from real case studies.

So are the Freebie Fat Loss Programs any Good?

This is probably where 90% of people will turn to first…

“There must be some great free fat loss resources out there”.

May be…

In fact, if you research hard enough you will find some pretty cool free fat loss and fitness content on the internet. The problem is that the material in general will not be targeted to support your specific fat loss requirements.

Typically, this kind of information is OK for the masses and can provide you with reasonable fat loss and health principles – but implementing these instructions to support your specific needs will be somewhat difficult.

Here’s an example – you are a 35 year old woman who needs to lose 10 – 15 lbs after the birth of your new child… and the only decent free info you can find is how to lose 40 lbs from your 200 lb male frame.

Not really applicable…

Your Online Fat Loss Program Needs to be Specific to you!

If a program is too general, you’ll get general results – sometimes good, sometimes bad… but you won’t get the specific results you want.

You’ll end up disappointed…

Whatever your fat loss requirements and fat loss goals are, you need to find a program that meets your individual needs. The probability of success and you achieving consistent and permanent fat loss will dramatically increase as a result.

You need to find a program with a nutrition guide that supports your lifestyle, your fat loss goals and your current physical condition.

You need to find a quality workout program that will allow you to do workouts that are specific to your body type, your personal schedule and your current fitness level and ability.

How About Low Calorie Diets?

Stay clear of them… that’s my advice. They don’t work and they’re unhealthy.

Yep – They Don’t Work and They’re Unhealthy.

There’s no doubt that it’s tempting to try the low calorie or restrictive diet approach to weight loss, but unfortunately these end up back-firing on you as your metabolism grinds to halt.

Although you may lose a few pounds initially, you will end up gaining more weight than what you originally lost.

Not the best solution…

Instead what you need is a fat loss program that allows you to eat sufficient quantities of the right foods every 3-4 hours to ensure you lead a healthy lifestyle and to fire-up your metabolism for fat loss.

No More Long Hours of Cardio… (cool!)

Any fat loss program needs to encompass a sound nutrition plan with regular exercise. You need to get active to re-activate your metabolism.

You will find that the better fat loss programs encourage cardio interval training and resistance training… performed at high intensity. The benefits of this type of exercise are clear:

  1. The workouts can be completed in less than 30 minutes (compare this to low intensity cardio on the treadmill!) – you save a bunch of time.
  2. They help increase muscle mass which results in a pretty cool outcome… increasing your metabolism at rest (i.e. more calories burned).

So what’s wrong with low intensity cardio? Well apart from the fact that it’s boring, it does not stimulate your body’s metabolism and so is not conducive to burning fat 24 – 7.

Don’t Buy Programs that Advocate Low Intensity Cardio

If you are newbie to this form of high intensity resistance exercise, you need to find a fat loss program that is very descriptive on how to perform each exercise… ideally with photos included.

How Much Should You Pay?

That depends on how much you are willing to pay. You typically find that the high quality fat loss and fitness e-books basic option price is around $30 – $40 which typically is the cost of the e-book and a bunch of bonuses.

Typically there will be up sell options which can cover anything from additional e-book material, audios, exercise videos, membership sites and forums, and one-on-one coaching.

If you’re just starting your fat loss journey, make sure that you do your on-line research to find the program that targets your specific needs and is within your budget – otherwise you could be massively disappointed.

Nearly forgot…

Investing $50 on a quality fat loss, fitness and lifestyle program is a pretty good investment. If you are currently eating a bunch of junk food, this $50 will be recouped in no time at all.

Remember It’s A Lifestyle Thing…

Diets by their very nature are temporary and you typically end up regaining all the original weight that you lost. Back to square one!

Creating and maintaining your new lean body should not be a temporary thing – it needs to become part of your lifestyle.

That means eating the right foods every day and exercising with the right intensity on a regular basis.

The outcome – a lean and healthy body and renewed self-belief… isn’t that worth pursuing?

Watch out for Part Two of this Post in the Next Few Days…

“The Best Online Fat Loss Programs”

I’d like to hear about your on-line fat loss program experiences… please leave a comment below.

Turbulence Training vs. Body For Life

Author:  Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
URL:     
www.TurbulenceTraining.com

Recently I was down in sunny Mesa, Arizona at a seminar that featured both Sir Richard Branson and Bill Phillips, the author of the most popular fat loss book ever, “Body for Life” (BFL).

It looked as though Bill hadn’t aged a day since his book came out about 10 years ago, so he’s doing something right.

Now I get questions all the time asking what’s better, “Turbulence Training or Body for Life”?

Well, I’m going to be frank with you, and tell you that Turbulence Training is better, hands down.

Remember, BFL was written about 10 years ago. And a lot has changed since then. Granted, BFL had interval training in it, but it didn’t use bodyweight circuits (like you’ll find in your bonus workout, the TT DB-BW Fusion program).

These small changes and improvements we’ve learned in the last few years are enough to make the TT workouts shorter and better. So if you are stuck for time, you have no choice but to go with the program that is constantly being updated with the latest proven workout methods – and that’s the Turbulence Training program.

If you have an old copy of BFL lying around, then that might help you for now. But if you want to beat a fat loss plateau, then you’ll need all the help you can get, and that includes getting the latest fat loss info found in Turbulence Training.

(Plus, with Turbulence Training you get a lot more bonuses, and a lot less supplement advertising!)

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Turbulence Training beats BFL, Turbo Jam, and P90X, all hands down,

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training

About the Author

Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines. His trademarked Turbulence Training fat loss workouts have been featured multiple times in Men’s Fitness and Maximum Fitness magazines, and have helped thousands of men and women around the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get lean in less than 45 minutes three times per week. For more information on the Turbulence Training workouts that will help you burn fat without long, slow cardio sessions or fancy equipment, visit
www.TurbulenceTraining.com