Exercise Diets

Exercise diets are geared towards physical fitness. Physical activity not only burns calories, it also increases your metabolic rate to burn calories faster.

When you drastically reduce your caloric intake your metabolism slows down. Many times when you return to normal eating and you haven't been exercising - weight gain can happen quickly because your metabolism is still very low. Starvation diets can also cause a substantial amount of loss in your muscle tissue. Exercise diets that promote moderate reduction in calories and physical activity prevent this from happening.

Exercise diets are important for gaining muscle mass. Lean muscle mass helps metabolize fat and as you gain lean muscle mass you will lose fat. Exercise also helps your body's cells to use insulin better and reduces the need for more insulin. Excess insulin which isn't used by the body can increase fat storage. You'll find reviews of these exercise diets and muscle building diets so you can make a well informed choice of the plan that is best suited for you and your lifestyle.

Reviews of Exercise Diets

Jon Benson, Fitness and Nutrition Consultant

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Jon Benson is a Fitness and Nutrition Consultant that is the living proof of the methods he teaches. He is degreed in Philosophical Studies and Human Communications from Abilene Christian University and MIT, and he studied nutrition at Cooper Clinic. He will also have his M.Sc. in Nutritional Science soon. As many of you many may know, only a few years ago he was near death and clinically obese. He started searching for a solution. He decided the success stories of people that had not only lost fat and weight, but had kept it off and stayed in excellent physical fitness and health in their 50's and 60's would have the answers. His determination to learn everything that made them … [Read more...]

Jillian Michaels – Fitness Guru and Trainer – Health and Wellness Professional

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Jillian Michaels is often referred to as a Fitness Guru and Trainer. She is one of the leading health and wellness professionals in this field with proven success records! If you are a fan of NBC's television show the "Biggest Loser" - then you will recognize Jillian as one of the fitness trainers along with Bob Harper. She's a strong trainer and has even been called the "best trainer" in the world by Bob. If you need motivation you'll surely get it from Jillian whether it's watching her on the Biggest Loser, through one of her books or DVDs, or through her online program. She is a role model to millions of television viewers as well as to members of her website. She's real and … [Read more...]

Fit Over 40

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Fit Over 40, created and authored by Jon Benson with Tom Venuto, reveals the real secrets of successful physically fit people over-forty and beyond. Although the title uses "over forty" - there is definitely something to be learned by all ages in this book. About the Program In Fit Over 40 you will learn about Jon Benson's background of obesity and health issues. Because he heeded his doctor's advice, he did something about his lifestyle and transformed his body. This led to the research he did of the people he considered to be "role-models" and in this book you'll discover the profiles of fifty-four "real life" role models conducted by Jon. Some names you'll recognize like Dr. Richard … [Read more...]

Fit at Forty by Angela Ursprung

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About the Program Fit at Forty by Angela Ursprung is a women's fitness and weight loss program designed especially for women. The uniqueness of this author is she has been in the same position many women are in now. She's real and down to earth... here's one thing I appreciated reading... "As I did manage to eventually walk sufficiently and began my corporate career and started earning a living, I started to eat all kinds of things. As a deprived person for the 1st 2 decades of my life, I was very happy to begin to be able to afford chips and burgers and pizza and ice cream and whatever else I wanted, when I wanted it, and my body began to change in ways I wasn't happy with. So, like … [Read more...]

Body for Life Plan

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The Body for Life Plan by Bill Phillips is an assertive nutrition and fitness program. Bill's promise is "Follow this program for 12 weeks and you will have the best body you have ever had." About the Program and Foods You Can Eat The Body for Life Plan suggests 6 small meals daily and each meal should include a fist-sized portion of lean protein such as fish, poultry, egg whites and a fist-sized portion of carbs. He also recommends vegetables twice daily with meals, 10 glasses of wwater daily, and 1 tablespoon flaxseed oil or a comparable oil daily. Food lists are included for recommended proteins, carbs and veggies. Exercise For 12 weeks you will do weight training for 45 minutes … [Read more...]

Bill Phillips Eating for Life

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About the Program The Bill Phillips Eating for Life diet program is a 12 week program that is designed for individuals who are serious about their health and losing weight. It is focused on providing you the information that you need to lead a healthy, happy life at an ideal weight. The author outlines some behavior modification strategies in the diet program that can assist you in making the lifestyle changes that are necessary to accommodate natural and healthy living management techniques for life. There are portion guidelines and other techniques that have proven to be successful for many in the area of physical fitness offered in this diet program. Foods You Can Eat Bill … [Read more...]

Abs Diet Plan Review

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About the Program The Abs Diet Plan is one of the highly recommended weight loss exercise programs and it was created by David Zinczenko, editor of the popular magazine, "Mens Health." The idea it was based on is that many people in the world want to tone and build their body. Many techniques are used to accomplish this task. One of these techniques includes consuming food frequently throughout the day. Certain foods are more appealing than others and they work to build and define your muscle mass. The Abs Diet Plan works with these considerations in mind so that you can lose weight, and tone up those undefined and often weak muscles in the body. You'll find it has basic fat loss … [Read more...]

Abs Diet for Women

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About the Program The New Abs Diet for Women was developed by fitness guru David Zinczenko. He also developed "The Abs Diet" which became a best seller in 2004, and now Zinczenko has fine tuned this program specifically for women. This fitness diet is six weeks long and incorporates healthy eating with exercise. It targets belly fat which is not only unhealthy, but it's also responsible for serious health issues. Foods You Can Eat The Abs Diet for Women lets you eat! Your caloric intake will range between 1,400 to 1,600 calories daily and will consist of power foods that help boost your metabolism and burn fat. You'll also eat more often (6 small meals) which are spaced out and keep … [Read more...]

Ab Circle Pro

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About the Program The Ab Circle Pro is quickly becoming a very popular piece of abs equipment due to the abs workout it provides as well as the portability to take it anywhere with you. With a solid construction and friction free track - you'll move in a circular motion while holding onto the hand bar to tone your abs, bum, hips and thighs. It also allows you to set the resistance levels and because of the position of the hand bar, your arms and shoulders also get a workout. With the change of the pin you can also set this abs equipment to tone and trim your thighs and hips and get the cardiovascular workout as well. Foods You Can Eat You'll receive a guide to nutrition and … [Read more...]

7 Minute Muscle

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The 7 Minute Muscle Power 7® Density Training System by Jon Benson is an innovative system that will work for everyone. If you have tried building your muscles - then you know how time consuming and how many hours a day you have to work out in the gym to accomplish that. Well... at least that's what we're told! For anyone that has followed Jon's books and life transformation, you would know that he worked out long hours and he followed the "eat 6 meals a day" advice from "nutrition experts." He made one statement that made a lot of sense to me and will to you also: "Think about it: What if you could could get a fantastic body exercising under an hour per week? Most people spend … [Read more...]