Get Lean Fast: 6 Tricks That Work!

[BABY1]

TweetYou've got your training program, a smart nutrition plan, and likely have your basic supplement strategy in place, but you may need to get a few more things in order to get lean as fast as possible.

1. Get off the Computer at Night
A computer monitor generates light. That light is equivalent to sunlight and sends a signal to your brain to stay alert — and awake. This is fine during the day, but in the evening, you want to prepare your body for rest and sleep by engaging in activities that promote reduced cortisol levels.
If you routinely use the computer at times when you should ideally be sleeping or preparing the body for sleep, you may be inhibiting your body's ability to shed fat. Abnormal cortisol rhythms or chronically elevated levels can cause fat cells to essentially be locked down as a protective mechanism.
The body doesn't know why stress levels are high, it just knows that they are, and it sends a defence response. How does the body protect you? By hindering your ability to lose fat!
If you must use the computer in the later hours, dim your screen. A laptop screen can also be tilted back so the light your eyes receive is lessened. Websites with a dark background also send less daytime message to your brain.
Ideally, you should plan to shut off your computer at sunset. If at all possible, try to do most of your computer work at times when your cortisol levels are naturally higher such as upon waking to noon, and again around supper time. You can also print documents for reading later in the evening rather than reading them directly from your computer screen.

2. Get a Ticket to Anywhere
Taking a vacation is one of the best ways to get leaner and healthier. To make the most of this fat loss trick, leave wireless electronic devices at home, because if you simply replicate your at-home schedule and hectic lifestyle in a different setting, you'll take much of the stress with you.
A vacation can work wonders for your fat loss efforts because you're leaving your stress behind, allowing yourself time to relax and unwind. Just don't forget to bring your healthy eating, essential supplements, and exercise habits with you.
Vacation Essentials Pack:
• Flameout
• Superfood
• Multivitamin
• Storage containers for your supplements
• Protein powder in zip top bags or storage containers
• Shaker cup
• Post-workout travel food like dried fruit, oatmeal packets,
• Training shoes, resistance tubing, a hat
• You can also pick up small stick-on labels and label your supplements for a smoother experience going through airport security.
I've seen clients come back from their relaxing, fit, and fun getaways five pounds lighter and 3% leaner! It's all about taking the time out of your busy life and hectic schedule to get away — and also taking the time to prepare and pack properly. To make your getaway part of your fat loss strategy, you must do both.

3. Get on Your Back
Meditate.
Researchers at UCLA found that people who meditate anywhere from 10 to 90 minutes each day have significantly larger cerebral measurements, "...including larger volumes of the right hippocampus and increased gray matter in the right orbito-frontal cortex, the right thalamus, and the left inferior temporal lobe. There were no regions where control [subjects] had significantly larger volumes or more gray matter than meditators."
Because these areas of the brain are closely linked to emotion, "these might be the neuronal underpinnings that give meditators' the outstanding ability to regulate their emotions and allow for well-adjusted responses to whatever life throws their way."
That's scientific proof that meditation will improve your ability to manage stress and strengthen your immune system, and anytime you can do that, you improve your ability to lose body fat.
Not sure where to begin? Use Savasana (Corpse Pose) to get you started with meditation.
In a quiet area where you won't be disturbed, lie on your back with feet slightly apart, rotated outwards comfortably and naturally. Hands will be palms up. With your eyes gently closed, focus on your breathing. After a series of ten deep breaths, scan your body from head to toe, asking each part of the body to relax and release any tension.
You may end your meditation by envisioning your day to come and how you want it to go. If you are ending your day, review the day's events and what specifically went well. Do not let your mind wander and become busy or clouded by negative or directionless thoughts. Anytime you notice your mind drifting, come back to focusing on each inhalation and exhalation.

4. Get Crackin'
Egg protein is one of the purest forms of protein found in whole foods. It's so high in protein, that nutritionists use eggs as the standard when comparing whole food proteins. Their biological value, a measurement used to determine how efficiently a protein is used for growth, is 93.7. The higher the value, the better the protein is absorbed by your body, so that number is as impressive as it gets!
Eggs — whole eggs, not just the whites — are also one of the only foods that contain naturally occurring Vitamin D. Vitamin D, as opposed to all other vitamins, is actually not a hormone itself but a hormone precursor (if it didn't require exposure to UVB light for synthesis in the skin, it would've been called a hormone).
Due to its relationship to hormones, even a minor Vitamin D deficiency is associated with nearly every common non-communicable disorder, including obesity.
Exposure to sunlight is one of the most effective natural ways to obtain Vitamin D. However, if you wish to avoid exposure to the sun or if you live in northern climates, you may want to ensure your diet is adequate in vitamin D rich foods like whole eggs and fatty fish such as salmon, mackerel, and sardines.

5. Get Rhodiola
Get on the fast track to lean with adaptogens, the herbs that have stood the test of time in harsh conditions.
When you supplement with adaptogens, you reap the benefits of being better equipped to handle and adapt to stress. They'll benefit you in countless ways and are highly synergistic when taken with other supplements.
Of all the adaptogens, Rhodiola is the most powerful.
More than 180 studies have been done on Rhodiola since 1960. Little was known about this plant and its benefits in the West until the last decade because the vast majority of these studies were written in Russian, Swedish, German, and Chinese; they've only recently been translated into English.
The plant has been used as an adaptogen, nervous system tonic, and antidepressant in the former Soviet pharmacology since 1969. Thus, it's known as the "Soviet secret weapon" for athletes.
Rhodiola is a cooling adaptogen, which means it isn't over-stimulating, yet it has broad-reaching benefits:
• Benefits the nervous system
• Enhances alertness
• Reduces fatigue
• Improves memory
• Helps relieve depression
• Benefits the immune system
• Helps balance blood sugar levels
• Relieves muscle stiffness
• Relieves hormonal imbalances or stress
Adaptogens are commonly taken in the evening to prepare the body for rest, or post workout to counter the stress of the workout. However, a woman's morning can be the most stressful time of the day. Upon waking, your mind can be filled with your seemingly never ending "to do" list while trying to get everyone organized and out on their day at the same time.
Stress levels can get out of control from your first step out of bed, and that's where daptogens come in. They'll help you start your day smoothly and keep it that way. You can also take Rhodiola anytime you feel anxious or stressed out or as a preventative measure for events you anticipate will be stressful.
Getting lean can be considered stressful to your body. Supplementing with Rhodiola through your fat-loss period will help manage that stress and set your body up for a smooth and stress free transition to a low fat physique.

6. Get It Up
Get the weight up and overhead, that is!
Increase the energy expenditure of your current workout by replacing standard exercises with overhead options, with or without weight. This can be done with almost any exercise.
You may have to reduce the weight used for some movements, such as squats and split squats, but the increased intensity will more than make up for the reduced load.

[Dzone]

Tweetthanks baby1. This was excellent. Just the computer screen info alone was worth the read.
Im down with the rhodiola idea too!