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What gym machines are best? Don’t skip these two.

Look at this picture.  How does it make you feel?  Scared?  Overwhelmed?  If so, you’re not alone.  If you’re new to exercising in a gym, these machines may seem all the same to you–rows of shiny padded chrome torture contraptions.  Devices that will either kill you or allow you to look like a fool.  Once you become acquainted with them, however, you’ll find that they are pretty user-friendly. Although I am a bigger fan of strength training with free weights and body weight because they require the use of more stabilizing muscles, machines can be effective, and do have their perks.  For one, they can …

Tip #24: How to avoid “eating through” your workouts.

exercise vs diet

“Oh, go ahead. Eat the cake. You’ll just burn it off anyway.” Someone told me this the other day, referring to the theory that because I exercise, excess calories must automatically, effortlessly burn off me.  So would I really burn off that cake?  Maybe…but maybe not. Simple math? If I ate a high-calorie diet every day, even though I exercise almost every day, I would still consume excess calories, every day. Doing this, I might still be muscular, but I’d also eventually have more fat covering those muscles.  To maintain or lose weight, calories consumed must be equal to or less than calories burned.  If …