Today’s Fitness Quickie from http://www.TruthAboutAbs.com

I call this the “1% rule” and when you really think about how simple this is, you will quickly realize that most excuses for not being in shape are pretty lame.

The biggest excuse that most people use as to why they struggle to get in shape is their perceived lack of time to workout and to plan healthy meals regularly. As you know, I’m not a fan of excuses and believe that if you want something bad enough, excuses should not exist.

The 1% rule means that it really only takes 1% of your given time every week to keep yourself in top shape…

Let’s think about it in terms of your available time… if you dedicate only 25 minutes per day, 4 days per week to a good exercise routine, that’s only 100 total minutes per week. Considering that you have 1440 minutes in each day multiplied by 7 days equals 10,080 minutes per week of total time.

So now look at those 100 minutes per week dedicated to exercise and divide that into the 10,080 minutes total that you have in a week, and that represents approx 1% of your total time in any given week.

1% of your time… that’s it!

When you think about it in those terms… isn’t it really ridiculous when you hear someone say that they “don’t have time to workout”… it’s actually almost comical that someone would claim they can’t dedicate 1% of their time every week to exercise.

Keep that in mind the next time you hear someone say that they don’t have time to workout and keep themselves in shape… then go ahead and call them out on it (in a friendly way, of course).

Personally, I actually do a lot more than 100 minutes per week of exercise, because a lot of my hobbies involve exercise, such as hiking, mtn biking, and skiing in the winter.

However, even for people that don’t have exercise related hobbies, four 25-minute high intensity, full body workouts per week can keep anyone in top shape if you’re choosing the right exercises at the right intensity.

By Mike Geary: truthaboutabs.com

Here is the Best Tummy Reducing Exercises Website.

Everyone wants to reduce tummy fat, whether it’s a man trying to impress people or a woman that has had a baby. There are not many people that can find the time or have the dedication to achieve the results of reducing tummy fat, so they give up no matter how well intentioned they were at getting those washboard abs. For those that don’t have the energy or time for intense tummy exercises there are some ideas to help them get a flatter stomach.

There are as many if not more people that enjoy watching television compared with those that want to perform tummy flattening exercises. Try lying on the floor during commercials or if there aren’t commercials every ten minutes and see how many exercises for the stomach you can complete during the break. Begin slowly if you haven’t exercised the stomach muscles in a long time working your way up to make it into a game and getting more repetitions done every time. You’ll help your body in a variety of ways using this plan. Watching television is a natural part of most people’s day so there’s not any additional scheduling required for the tummy exercises. This means no time is taken from the day. The body’s metabolism is increased with the performance of stomach exercises every couple of minutes besides there shouldn’t be more than thirty minutes at a time when the body is stationary.

First thing in the morning is a good time to perform exercises for the stomach. Lie on the floor when you first get out of bed and do as many reps as possible for a certain amount of time even if it’s only a few minutes. Evidence suggests that it’s more beneficial for people to exercise first thing in the morning than any other time of day. One reason for this is that the metabolism gets a boost at the start of the day after a night of rest. It’s just good logic to begin the day with tummy exercises since most people are really concerned about how their stomach looks.

Stomach exercises should be included in the routines of those that dedicate part of their day to exercise. Reports are conflicting on whether or not you should exercise stomach muscles daily so focus on a specific group alternatively. Listening to your body will tell you if you should work your stomach muscles daily or every other day. Rest the stomach muscles if they’re sore, if they aren’t you might be able to work them more intensely one day than the next. At least try to include one set of exercises for the stomach each day.

Appearances aren’t the only reason to want strong muscles in the stomach. The body’s core is the abdominal area and the whole body suffers when it’s weak. Tummy exercises can be done anywhere since the majority doesn’t require gadgets or machines. You can find lots of time to get stomach exercises done during the day with creativity and diligence.

If you want to reduce tummy fat, however, tummy exercises is just part of the solution. You should follow a combination of metabolism boosting workout of the whole body together with nutritious diet. This approach will give you MUCH BETTER results in reducing tummy fat, as described in the link HERE.