I cannot stress enough how important it is to drink water, especially when you are trying to lose weight. Most people are not consuming enough water each day to meet their needs and it will be an obstacle for them as they try to reach their goals. Some of the reasons why drinking water is [...]

Having a hard time planning a days worth of good eating? Here is a list of some of the best protein, carb and fat choices you can make. It is important that you have something from all 3 nutrients in each of your meals or you will not feel satisfied or be giving your body [...]

Recent question from a reader I thought I’d share: How many situps/crunches do I have to do to get rid of this belly and get “6 pack abs?” How about 2,000?  Not really.  There’s really no way to answer this question correctly and not knowing your current bodyfat level, measurements, eating habits, medical history and [...]

Here’s some of the early morning bootcamp group finishing up a classic Body By Buck Bootcamp workout I like to call the “Friday 500.” No pink dumbbells or long boring cardio here.  Only fat blasting, muscle building exercises that give you a lot of “Bang for your Buck” and get your metabolism revved up for [...]

Don’t have time to workout some days?  Make time and sneak it in.  Set a goal to do some exercise every time you have a break or at a certain time interval (every hour or hour and a half).  Or if you’re watching TV, then every commercial. There is time.  You just have to be [...]

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, so I thought I’d share with you some really simple tips that do a great job of fighting fat. But before I even get to them I want to let you know that while moms have a real tough job, it’s not nearly as hard to burn off the belly [...]

My colleague Ben and I have similar training philosophies.  When talking about weight training, he summed it up perfectly: “If I hear one more person tell me that cardio is the best form of exercise for fat loss, I swear I’m going to…  Seriously, I think this one is dying but it isn’t going away [...]

Pretty simple but yet pretty powerful.  It’s a great goal to have.  Break one sweat per day and help keep the fat away. And sweat as in physical exertion.  Not standing over the stove or sitting in the steam room/sauna or sunbathing but having the goal of breaking one sweat per day from exercise where [...]

Check out this great video from MAD TV.  It’s hilarious but so true at the same time.  Weight loss isn’t as complicated as we make it out to be.  You say you’ve tried everything, looked for the magic formula,  and will do anything but often can’t manage these 2 simple things which you’ve heard me [...]

Fat loss isn’t rocket science. I know we love to make our problems seem much bigger than they really are, but when you really look at them they’re typically easy to solve. And that’s often the case with fat loss. To prove it to you here are five super simple fat loss tips you can [...]