Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

You know, I read a lot of books, an average of three to five each week.

And last year, during 2012, I finished dozens and dozens of books. I picked through

the fitness books that were good and the ones that were a waste of time, and I recorded a live

video a couple of weeks ago in which I revealed my top fitness and nutrition book recommendations

for 2012. Well, in this episode, I'm going to delve in and reveal for you one

helpful, quick, and dirty tip from seven of those fitness books, tips that you can implement

right away. And by the way, I will put a link in the show notes to not only all of the books

that I talk about today, but also to that

video in which I really delved in for about 45 minutes and even held books up on screen

for you to see. So you can get all of that over at get fit guy.quick and dirty tips.com.

The first book is called Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance by Jeff

Volick and Steve Finney.

From managing insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes to helping you burn fat faster, there

are numerous benefits to carbohydrate restriction, and this book delves into how to control

your blood sugar without eating too many carbohydrates,

turning your body into a fat-burning machine during exercise and life,

and doing it all without hitting a wall or running out of energy.

Now, here is one tip from this book. An interesting anecdote is the uncomfortable truth about endurance exercise, energy expenditure, and weight loss. And in the book, they revealed that four separate research studies found significant reductions in metabolic rate. That means a lowering in the number of calories that you burn per day by up to 300 to 600 calories each day when overweight subjects performed more than one hour of long, slow

endurance exercise per day. In other words, chronic cardio isn't the best way to lose weight. Instead,

you should combine high-intensity interval training with weight training if you want to shed

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