Welcome to my blog.

Welcome to the first entry of my fat loss blog.

I'm Neil Gazzillo. I live in Telford, Shropshire in the UK. I'm not promoting myself as a fitness or health guru. However, I am a relatively fit and active person with an interest in losing fat in those tough areas such as the belly and the love handles!

I've decided to share my tips with you on how to lose body fat effectively. These consist of both diet and exercise. But this first blog is just going to be about how I exercise.

My local gym has been a godsend to me over the last couple of years after a spell of depression after separating from my ex-wife and taking an enforced career break. However, doing the same routine in the gym everytime I go is something I have found that can become a bit tedious.

So I like to mix my workouts up.

I do a circuit training class once or twice a week along with a class called body attack, which is a mix of high tempo high impact aerobics and conditioning for the upper body, legs and abs. I usually do body attack 2 or 3 times a week. Sometimes I will do other classes such as body combat and body pump, but the other classes are the ones I attend regularly. In addition to those I normally do a cardio and resistance programme twice a week.

Recently, I have also become interested in other programmes. I have recently discovered a range of e-books and have decided to give the workouts in there a trial. "Turbulence Training" is a system developed by fitness guru Craig Ballantyne, from Toronto, Canada, which promises fat loss without doing long boring cardio exercises, and uses minimal equipment over a period of approximately 45 minutes. The workouts focus on bodyweight and dumbell exercises and a stabilty ball. So these are workouts that you can do at home.

I've decided to incorporate some of the principles from Turbulence Training into my cardio/resistance programme.

My cardio programme is on the eliptical cross trainer.

1. 2 minute warm up at level 11 out of 25.
2. 2 minute at 14kmh at level 14.
3. 1 minute as fast as possible at level 14.
4. Repeat of steps 2 and 3 a further 5 times.
5. 5 minute cool down level 10.

For my weight training I am doing supersets using the barbell.

3 supersets of:

15 shoulder press (20kg) and 20 upright row (20kg)
20 deadlifts at 30kg and 15 bent-over rows 20kg
20 barbell squats at 30kg and 30 bulgarian split squats (15 per leg) with 7kg dumbell
21 bicep curls (7 full range, 7 upper, 7 lower) and 15 tricep pullovers both at 15kg
20 chest presses at 25kg and 15 decline press ups

I then move on to my abs, where I do not tend to have a fixed programme, but do the usual suspects for the upper abs, obliques and lower abs. I then stretch and cool down and hit the sauna and spa. Well deserved too I can add!

Its a pretty tough workout but highly effective. I promise you one thing, you will sleep well the following night!

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In the next few weeks, I will be reviewing more programmes and providing some diet and exercise tips that will help you lose body fat and tone up for that sexy physique!

More information on the other programmes I am promoting can be found at www.godzillamarketing.co.uk/healthandfitness.htm

Wishing you all the success you deserve on your fat loss quest,

Neil