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Every year millions of people begin an exercise program at one point or another. The most popular by far is New Years. It is cold outside, people have put on their extra holiday pounds, and they are determined to change their bodies. They start off strong the first week of January and continue doing well [...]

I covered the thermic effect of food very briefly in an earlier post about raising your metabolism. This post will be a little more in depth about one of the factors that can help raise your metabolism. The thermic effect of food is the amount of calories it takes to process (digest, transport, and store) [...]

Interval training has become one of the latest training methods to gain popularity in the fitness world. If your not familiar with interval training, it is a form of cardiovascular exercise that alternates periods of high intensity with periods of lower intensity. The most common method of interval training is sprinting. After a five minute [...]

One of the best ways to lose weight and keep it off is to raise your metabolism. Your metabolism consists of all the chemical reactions/ processes that happen in your body to produce energy and sustain life. Of special interest to most people trying to lose weight is the Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) which should [...]

Ok, it may be a little quantum physics but it is not rocket science. If you aren’t scientifically inclined there is no need to worry, I will break it down easily for you. In physics many people are familiar with the Law of Thermodynamics. There are four laws in the Law of Thermodynamics; however we [...]