June 7th, 2010 . Posted in The Truth About Abs | No Comments »
Who is Mike Geary? Read the Truth Now
Michael D. Geary, well know as Mike Geary, is a nationally Certified Personal Trainer and Nutrition Specialist contributing writer for Muscle & Fitness Magazine and author of the internationally-selling book, The Truth about Six Pack Abs.
He owns some fitness websites like TruthAboutAbs.com & BusyManFitness.com and publishes the Lean-Body Fitness Secrets e-Zine, a fitness newsletter that is enjoyed by over 460,000 subscribers in over 160 countries around the world.
Mike Geary was recognized as Platinum Expert Fitness Author by ezinearticles.com and if you want to taste his knowledge you can read some free articles here.
June 2nd, 2010 . Posted in Abs Workouts | No Comments »
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by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer
Warning: this style of workout is WAY different than anything you’ve ever tried before and may result in a dramatically leaner, stronger body so that your friends no longer recognize you in a matter of weeks!
Alright, I exaggerated about your friends recognizing you, but this workout is still great for busy people that always use the excuse that they don’t have time to go to the gym, or even for the normal gym rat to try out for a few weeks to break out of a plateau.
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Unique Lean-Body Workouts for the Time-Crunched Individual: Quick Exercises to do at Home or the Office
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June 2nd, 2010 . Posted in Nutrition Articles | No Comments »
Artificial trans fats are one of the most prevalent poisons in our food supply; but most don’t know that healthy natural trans fats DO exist.
by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer
I’m going to talk about something today that most of you have probably never heard… that there is a distinction between good trans fats and bad trans fats. There is some evidence that the good trans fats can help you with fat loss, muscle building, and even cancer prevention, while the bad trans fats have been shown to cause heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and the general “blubbering” of your body.
June 2nd, 2010 . Posted in Abs Workouts | No Comments »
Get a rock-hard body from head to toe, and ripped abs with this exercise!
by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer
The Front Squat (a surprising exercise not only for legs, but also rock hard abs!)
As you may have already discovered, the squat is at the top of the heap (along with deadlifts) as one of the most effective overall exercises for stimulating body composition changes (muscle gain and fat loss). This is because exercises like squats and deadlifts use more muscle groups under a heavy load than almost any other weight bearing exercises known to man. Squats and deadlifts use hundreds of muscles throughout your entire body to move the load and also to stabilize your body while doing the drill.
June 2nd, 2010 . Posted in Training Theory | No Comments »
by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer
Author – The Truth about Six Pack Abs
If you’ve been looking for a different training technique to break out of a rut, eliminate the boredom, and bring on new results, “complexes” may be just what you’ve been looking for.
If you’ve never heard of “complexes” before, the basic concept is that instead of repeating the same exercise for multiple reps to complete a “set”, you sequence one rep of several different exercises right after one another and repeat the sequence several times to complete a “set”. It’s basically like performing a routine, instead of just mindlessly performing a typical “set”.
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Barbell, Kettlebell, and Dumbbell Complexes to Take Your Body to a New Level of Hardness and Conditioning
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June 2nd, 2010 . Posted in Nutrition Articles | No Comments »
Ideas for healthy post-workout shakes to help build muscle and enhance fat loss
by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer
As you’ve probably heard before, your post-workout meal may very well be your most important meal of the day.
The reason is that when you’re finished with an intense workout, you’re entering a catabolic state where your muscle glycogen is depleted and increased cortisol levels are beginning to excessively break down muscle tissue. These conditions are not good and the only way to reverse this catabolic state (and promote an anabolic state) is to consume a quickly digestible post-workout meal (can be a shake or smoothie) as soon as you can after training.
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Sculpt a Better Body with Proper Post-Workout Nutrition
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June 2nd, 2010 . Posted in Training Theory | No Comments »
by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer
Everyone will inadvertently hit a frustrating plateau in their training at one time or another. You’re cruising along for a while, gaining strength, losing fat, looking better, and then all of the sudden it hits. Suddenly, you find yourself even weaker than before on your lifts, or you find that you’ve gained back a couple of pounds. It happens to everyone.
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Tired of the Old 3 Sets of 10-12? Well, So is Your Body! Break Through Your Plateau by Training Drastically Different… a Look at Training Variables.
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June 2nd, 2010 . Posted in Nutrition Articles | No Comments »
by Michael Geary – Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer
In most of my Lean-Body Secrets Newsletters, I like to provide a healthy snack or meal recipe that not only is delicious and healthy, but also helps to get you closer to that hard-body appearance that everyone is looking for, while also more importantly, improving your health for life. In this article, I’d like to give you healthy food ideas in a different way. This time, I figured I’d just give you some ideas of what I stock my fridge and cabinets with.
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My Top 55 Lean-Body Foods to Build Muscle and Lose Body Fat
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June 2nd, 2010 . Posted in Training Theory | No Comments »
What you need to know about Weight Training for a strong lean body that both looks good and is injury resistant
by Mike Geary – Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer
Working as a personal trainer & fitness professional, there is one type of question I get all the time that shows that many people are missing the big picture regarding the benefits of strength training. This popular question usually goes something like this:
“What exercise can I do to isolate my _______ (insert your muscle of choice – abs, quads, biceps, triceps, etc)?”
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Body Part Isolation vs. Complex Movements in Strength Training
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June 2nd, 2010 . Posted in Cardio Exercises | No Comments »
Are cardio workouts or weight training more effective for losing fat…
by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer
In this article, I have an intriguing discussion about cardio workouts, which will hopefully get you thinking differently, and trying new things.
You may know I’ve been called the anti-cardio guy before, but this week I’m back posing the question to you… Do you really need cardio training to get lean and in great shape? By the way, you’ll see in a minute that I’m not really “anti-cardio”, just “anti traditional cardio”.
