How to Maximize Your Glutes and Burn Fat

I have been in the fitness game for some time now. One question I get asked a lot is how to get a nice butt and lose fat. When I give the person the answer I usually get a shocked look. most people believe you need to do a lot of cardio work and some light weights to achieve this. On the contrary, you need to perform the exact opposite. When we think of a group of people with nice glutes and low body fat, many of times we think of celebrities and elite athletes. If I were to say which group maintains the look the best, your answer better be athletes. most celebrities go on and off of ridiculous diets and hunger strikes. They may look nice for a few movies, but for the most part of their lives they are either anorexic or holding excess loads of fat. Athletes like sprinters, volleyball players, soccer players and speed skaters have a great set of glutes and low bodyfat that last for much of their lives, even after their competitive years, with little maintenance. Now, these athletes, and many other athletes like them, will train with high intensity (more specifically heavier weight), great speed and power. through their training they are able to gain low body fat and great glutes. The funny thing is that is not the objective of their training, just a great bonus.

So, to gain both of these goals at the same time we need to weight train with enough weight that our bodies grow stronger and gain muscle mass. Also, we will need to incorporate high intensity bouts of cardio energy system training. So, walking on a treadmill with cute little pink dumbbells aint gonna cut it. I already know plenty of people are turned off just from the idea of gaining muscle mass. Well, nice glutes are firm and hold a great deal of muscle. Trust me, making glutes smaller is just going to make you look pretty bad in any pants, shorts or bathing suit you wear. Another big bonus is muscle is thermogenic and metabolically driven by nature. Lay mans terms you burn optimal fat and keep it off. That is an incentive enough for anyone to get busy and weight train properly. What I am going to do is outline a sample program for fat loss and glute toning. Add this to your regiment and give it a try. If you are not on a regiment, you need to stop wasting time and get on one. The only way to see results with anything is through consistency, frequency, and variation. before trying any program make sure you are assessed and know where you stand physically. In other words, you are going to be the one who makes your bed and the one who has to sleep in it. Enough of my ranting here is the program:

Day 1:
1. Box Squats (box should be a little below the knees 90 degree bend) 4x15
2. Depth Jumps (off of the same box) 4x10
3. DB Lateral Lunges 3x16
4. Farmers Walks 2x3laps
Use supersets on the first two exercises and rest for two minutes between sets. The weight needs to be heavy enough so you can just make it to the required reps.

Day 2:

Perform sprints in an open field or soft track
1. Mid Speed Sprint for 90seconds rest for 1 minute
2. Mid speed sprint for 30 seconds for five sets rest for 3 minutes and repeat

Day 3:
Rest

Day 4:
1. Jumping Squats 2x50
2. walking (body weight) Back Lunges 2x20
3. Stiff Leg Deadlift 2x50
4. Jumping Mule Kicks 2x10
Superset exercises 1 and 2, then rest for 3 minutes. Superset exercises 3 and 4 and rest for 2 minutes.

Day 5:
Plyometric Drills and Sprints:
1. high Jumps 1x20
2. Speed Skater Lateral Jumps 1x20
3. high Skips (A-skip) 10x to high speed sprint 10sec. Repeat 10 times

This is just a sample of what a serious training regiment will look like. Remember the key here is to really give it your all and do not skip out on proper technique.

Good luck

Ty Ferrell is a NASM certified personal trainer and a constant student of the vast field of fitness. He is the founder of http://www.thefitnessroad.com and can be reached there.

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Golf Alignment - Two Great Tips

How you align yourself when setting up to hit a golf ball has a critical affect on how good your golf shots are going to turn out. But don't believe me. Read what a golf legend has to say on this alignment issue

"It goes without saying that it is no good having a perfect setup, perfect grip and perfect golf swing if the whole thing is misaligned. It sounds obvious but many players simply do not spend enough time getting themselves on target."

nick faldo - winner of 6 major Championships

So hopefully you now understand the importance of golf alignment. And if you do, here's a simple exercise that you can quickly and easily do to check your feet alignment.

To do this golf alignment exercise I want you to setup to a golf shot as normal and get comfortable. Then just before you're ready to hit your shot, get two golf balls and without moving your feet place them directly behind your heels so they're touching your feet. Now take your feet away and go back behind your ball down the line of your target and see how good your alignment was.

The beauty of doing this golf alignment exercise is that it shows you exactly where you are aligning your feet and then you can simply change the golf balls so they align correctly and then setup with these balls touching your heels. If your feet have been aligned incorrectly for a while then it will feel quite strange when you align them correctly. But keep practicing and before long, your new feet alignment will become second nature.

So that is a great and easy way to check the alignment of your feet. But you still have to check the alignment of your knees, hips and shoulders as they also have a big affect on your golf shots success. And the absolute best way of checking this is to get a person to get a golf club and lay it across each part of your body once you've setup to a shot. But remember, you want each part of your body to be aligned parallel to the starting line of your golf shot.

You do NOT want your body to be aligned directly at your target. A good way to picture this is to imagine yourself setting up to hit a golf shot on railway tracks. Imagine the golf ball on one rail and you're standing on the other rail.

Golf alignment is critical to your success and consistency so check it often, because it's very easy to align yourself incorrectly without even knowing. But now you know exactly what you need to do to check your alignment so you have no excuse. So please make an effort to check it often...because it can only do your golf game good.

nick Bayley is a professional golfer who has discovered just one golf swing fault that could be stopping you from ball striking consistency and success. But luckily for you, now you can take a simple 2 minute golf swing test to see if you have this swing fault or not. So don't delay! Go here to take The Golf Swing Test now

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Condo Hotels Offer Means to Invest in Dubai, World's Fastest Growing City

Have you ever thought to yourself, If only Id bought land in Orlando pre-Disney? Or how about, I wish I owned a piece of The Strip in Las Vegas? Just imagine where youd be today if only you could have foreseen the future of these exciting cities.

Well dont give up now. Its not too late for all real estate investment opportunities. The trick is just to find the next Orlando or Las Vegas and invest now.

DUBAI, SHINING star OF THE MIDDLE EAST

So wheres todays best opportunity? Its a little-known city that is rapidly becoming the shining star of the Middle East - Dubai.

Dubai is one of the seven United Arab Emirates, and its been noted as the fastest-growing city on the planet. In fact, it has all the makings of a blockbuster success of epic proportions. Here are a few of the accomplishments and projects underway that are helping to put this city on the map:

Burj Al-Arab - The only seven-star hotel in the world

Burj Dubai - Tallest tower in the world

Mall of Arabia - Largest shopping mall in the world

Palms Jebel Ali - Two largest manmade islands, with resorts and entertainment venues, just off the Dubai coast

Dubailand A collection of six ultra-modern theme parks including 45 mega-projects and 200 entertainment projects in development designed to create a tourism venue nearly three times the size of all of Walt disney world Resort in Orlando.

Jebel Ali port - Largest manmade port in the world

Sky-walk - Longest foot bridge in the world

world-class Sporting Events - Dubai world Cup (the world's richest horse race), Dubai Desert Classic (Golf) and Dubai Rugby Sevens

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) - Proposed financial hub for the entire Middle East

Dubai's airport - Expansion underway to be able to handle 45 million passengers a year by 2018.

Tax Incentives - 100% tax-free business environment

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU?

You can participate in Dubais growth. Consider investing in one of its to-be-built, five-star condo hotels. Available now are pre-construction opportunities to purchase condos hotel units in Dubai. And Americans, Europeans and Asians are all jumping at the opportunity.

You are essentially purchasing a luxurious hotel suite (studio, one-, two- or three-bedrooms), and as an owner youll share in any revenue that hotel unit generates.

How much revenue? Well some developers in Dubai are actually offering a guaranteed 8% minimum annual return or 60% of the revenue your unit generates, whichever is greater, for the first three years. after the third year, youre still entitled to 60% of the revenue, but there is no guarantee.

Will 60% of the revenue be significant? Of course no one can predict the future. But consider these facts. Dubai has the highest hotel occupancy rate in the world! In 2005, it was 86% and has been steadily climbing. It also has the highest revenue per hotel room in the world, beating out world-class cities like New York and Paris.

CONDO HOTEL OWNERSHIP

As the owner of a condo hotel unit, you can keep your condo hotel as long as youd like. Use it as a get-away-from-it-all vacation home if desired. When you no longer want it in your real estate portfolio, you can resell it, presumably at a much-appreciated price, and you keep 100% of the profit.

Is this a good time to buy in Dubai? after all, this country is not an established vacation destination like Las Vegas or Florida. But in fact, that's exactly the reason to buy right now.

The Dubai real estate sector is just a few years old. Getting in on the ground floor of a new property market has its advantages. Remember, these are premium properties in a new land with unimaginable potential. The prices on these five-star condo hotels are extremely reasonable, leaving plenty of room for potential appreciation.

Compare, for example, the Trump International in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida where a studio condo hotel unit of 612 sq. ft would cost you over $800,000 today or the Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, where a 600 sq. ft. studio will run you $750,000+.

Comparable studios in Dubai condo hotels start at under $150,000. In fact, at those prices, you can handily buy a three-bedroom unit in Dubai with enough left over to purchase new his and hers Mercedes and a pair of matching camels to boot!

WHY IS DUBAI SO POPULAR?

Dubai lies on the southeastern shore of the Persian Gulf, strategically located at the cross roads of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. This makes it a gateway to over 1.5 billion consumers.

With its central location, Dubai is rapidly becoming the premier tourist destination of the region. Over the past decade, the number of visitors to Dubai has grown from 1.08 million to 5.4 million, representing an annual growth of 16%. This growth rate is more than triple the world tourism growth rate over the same period. In fact, the last five years alone witnessed a 54% growth in the numbers of tourists visiting Dubai.

Forecasting 200,000 visitors a day, Dubai is being designed to attract and accommodate 15 million visitors a year from 2010 onwards. All of this bodes well for owners of condo hotel units.

BE A PART OF DUBAIS SKYROCKETING GROWTH

What sparked Dubais sudden growth? In May 2002, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, in an effort to reduce Dubais economic dependence on oil, issued a decree that for the first time allowed foreigners to buy and sell property.

The race was on. Investors from all over the world jumped in with both feet, recognizing the potential of Dubai with its stable economy, secure political scene, zero property and income tax, and an unmatched standard of living.

The result? Today Dubai is the number one emerging market. An estimated $80 billion of real-estate projects, including the five-star condo hotels mentioned here, are now underway in Dubai.

So if youre still kicking yourself for not having bought up some of those Florida orange groves and cow pastures that eventually became disney or invested in that business in the desert that became Las Vegas, heres another chance to make your mark in the sand Dubai!

To learn more about ownership opportunities in Dubai condo hotels, visit http://www.CondoHotelsDubai.com

Joel Greene is president of Condo Hotel Center, a real estate brokerage that specializes in condo hotels. He also is a world-renowned expert on Dubai. visit his websites at http://www.CondoHotelCenter.com and http://www.CondoHotelsDubai.com

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