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Fat-Burning Finisher:

f you’re bored of the bike, can’t stand the stairs and detest the dreadmill , perhaps it’s time to mix up your cardio with another method. We suggest giving a FAT-BURNING FINISHER a try! As the name implies, a finisher is a set tagged onto the end of your weight-training session. The goal of the finisher is to maximally challenge your total body, deplete your energy stores and increase the afterburn . A finisher can be just one exercise or a combination of exercises that induce a high metabolic cost. There are endless options for finishing circuits. You can get creative by stringing together a few compound, plyometric and/or bodyweight moves for a seriously intense circuit. Below is a BOSU BALL PLYOMETRIC CIRCUIT for you to try demonstrated by 2015 Arnold Australia IFBB Bikini Champion Janet Layug ! KNOW YOUR LIMITS Should you really push it? Yes. Should you test your limits? Yep. Should you take into account your current fitness level? ABSOLUTELY . No matter your fitness leve...

The Best Source of Resistant Starch

Resistant starch wasn’t discovered until 1982. Before that, we thought all starch could be digested by the digestive enzymes in our small intestine. Subsequent studies confirmed that there are indeed starches that resist digestion and end up in our large intestine, where they can feed our good bacteria, just like fiber does. Resistant starch is found naturally in many common foods, including grains, vegetables, beans, seeds, and some nuts, but in small quantities, just a few percent of the total. As I discuss in my video Getting Starch to Take the Path of Most Resistance , there are a few ways, though, to get some of the rest of the starch to join the resistance. When regular starches are cooked and then cooled, some of the starch recrystallizes into resistant starch. For this reason, pasta salad can be healthier than hot pasta and potato salad can be healthier than a baked potato, but the effect isn’t huge. The resistant starch goes from about 3 percent up to 4 percent. The best s...