Get Back Into Your Skinny Jeans

By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS BurntheFat Understanding the mind’s role in motivation and behavior is one of the most critical elements in fitness success. If you struggle with changing habits and behaviors or if you can’t get motivated, then even the best training and nutrition program is Read More...

By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS BurntheFat After 18 years in the fitness business, “How do I get great abs” is still BY FAR the most frequently asked question I receive out of the 30,000+ emails that come into my office every month. No doubt, it’s because abs are the one body part that Read More...

By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS BurntheFat   At least 7 scientific studies have provided strong evidence that energy containing beverages (i.e., “liquid calories”) do not properly activate the satiety mechanisms in the body and brain and do not satisfy the appetite as well as food in solid Read More...

By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS BurntheFat     High Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT for short, has been promoted as one of the most effective training methods ever to come down the pike, both for fat loss and for cardiovascular fitness. One of the most popular claims for HIIT is that it Read More...

By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS BurntheFat     I’ll never forget the very first time I got ripped, how I did it and how it felt. I’ve never told this entire story before or widely published my early photos either. Winning first place and seeing my abs the first time was sweet redemption. But Read More...

By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS BurntheFat I have very little interest these days in all the media-hyped stories of dramatic, rapid losses of body weight. “Big losers” don’t impress me, for numerous reasons. For example, weight is not fat. “Weight” could be composed of mostly lean tissue, Read More...

By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS BurntheFat If you want to burn off fat and keep it off permanently, there are a few things you absolutely must do, and a new study from Wake Forest University has just uncovered another one… Previous research has concluded without a shred of doubt that high levels Read More...

By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS BurntheFat Faith based diets have been around for decades. But is overeating really a sin? Does God punish you for being fat? A recent column in an issue of USA Today answers, “weight loss is hard enough without feeling that the almighty is on your back, Read More...