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John Barban is a professional strength and conditioning coach who has completed graduate studies in both exercise and nutrition. He has extensive experience designing nutritional supplements and has developed his trademark workout for women www.6minutecircuits.com. John is an expert contributor to www.efit-today.com and recomends the diet program Eat Stop Eat (www.eatstopeat.com), and believes it is the best new diet for easy and effective weight loss.

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5 Ab Exercises That are Better Than Crunches
Crunches are an overused and under productive exercise. They present a considerable risk to the health of your lower back and spine and only work a limited range of your core muscles. They never have and never will burn fat off of our 'stomach' or midsection and if you do enough of them will simply cause you to grow bigger and stronger abs muscles without working your lower back and oblique muscles. Read
By: John Barban | 26/03/2008 | Health
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How Often Can You Do "core Training" Part 1
The buzz about working "core" muscles seems like it will never go away. First of all, most people don't even know what the word "core" means. As a matter of fact neither do I! The word 'core' does not come from any scientific anatomy text I have ever read. As far as I can tell it is a term created by the fitness industry to promote all kinds of ab training products. Read
By: John Barban | 23/03/2008 | Fitness
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How to Boost Your Metabolism on a Diet
In order to lose weight you must eat less calories than you are currently burning off. This simple advice becomes complicated by the commonly held misconception of 'starvation mode'. Read
By: John Barban | 22/03/2008 | Health
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Is There a Magic Bullet When it Comes to Your Health?
Exercise is the closest thing we have to a magic bullet when it comes to personal health and well being. First of all, any amount of exercise above what you are already doing is most likely going to be better for you (unless you are already an elite level athlete and in peak physical condition). Also, exercising is totally free; you don't need to spend one red cent to get all the health promoting benefits of exercise. Read
By: John Barban | 02/03/2008 | Health
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5 Ab Exercises You Can Do in Your Living Room
The best exercises for working on your abs can be done anywhere without any equipment at all. You can even get a very effective ab workout done while you're watching television right in your living room, there is no need to ever step foot in a gym. As a matter of fact, these ab exercises might even be easier in front of the television as you can pay more attention to your favorite show instead of the burn you will feel from the workout. Read
By: John Barban | 01/03/2008 | Fitness
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7 Foods you Can Eat to Lose Weight
The food industry is constantly creating new 'functional foods' that will help you lose weight, reduce blood pressure and cholesterol, and help you keep your blood sugar and insulin levels in check and so on and so on. When did eating become so complicated, and since when could food do all of these magical things? Read
By: John Barban | 24/02/2008 | Health
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9 Exercises That Boost your Metabolism you Can Do at Home
In your quest to lose weight there are only two things you can do. The first is to eat fewer calories, the second is to exercise. This sounds simple, but not all exercises are made the same. I would say that all exercise is definitely good, but some exercises give you more return for your time spent. Specifically exercises that can give you both an cardiovascular and resistance workout are #1 in my book. Read
By: John Barban | 24/02/2008 | Fitness