John Barban

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  • Working Your Abs For a Flat Stomach

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    The Claim: Working out your abs will give you a flat stomach Answer: FACTOID Your ab muscles are just like every other muscle in your body…that means training them can only make them bigger and stronger. Working on your abdominal muscles doesn’t flatten your stomach or help reduce the fat in that area, it just…

  • Low Insulin Linked to Fat Burning

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    The Claim: Low insulin levels are correlated with a shift to a high percentage of fat burning Answer: FACT Although insulin level is correlated to fat loss, it’s not the only hormone responsible for controlling fat storage and burning. Growth hormone is also essential to cause fat to be released from stores and burned. In…

  • Burn more Fat Doing Cardio on an empty stomach?

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    The Claim: Cardio on an empty stomach in the morning causes you to burn more fat than glycogen Answer: FACTOID After an overnight fast (sleeping) you will be burning a higher percentage of fact vs glycogen simply because you haven’t eaten in a while. By the time you wake up your body will have burned…

  • HIIT vs Steady State Cardio

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    The Claim: High Intensity Interval Training causes you to burn more calories than steady state cardio (given the same amount of work) Answer: FACTOID High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is marketed as the being superior to steady state cardio for calorie burning and fat loss. From a time and efficiency stand point it might work…

  • 1 pound of muscle burns 50 calories per day

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    The Claim: Adding an extra pound of muscle to your body causes you to burn about 50 more calories per day Answer: FACTOID Muscle tissue only burns about 5 calories per day. This is a well established scientific fact that you can easily verify with a quick browse through the scientific literature. The most metabolically…