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With more and more research done on dieting, many diets like keto, paleo is becoming famous among the fitness enthusiast. In this post, I am going to talk about the keto diet and how you should plan your diet if you are going to do it. Keto diet is the short form of ketogenic dieting, the basics of the keto diet is a high fat, moderate protein, and extremely low carbohydrates diet to put the body in a condition of losing fat fast. But how does it works and is it really worth trying? Basics of the keto diet  The ketogenic diet focuses primarily on consuming protein and fats and restricting carbohydrates. As most of you know, carbs are the primary source of energy for our body but when our body is cut from carbs it starts to break protein and fats to provide energy. This leads to the production of ketones (alternate source of energy for the body) in the liver. The process of production of these ketones generally takes after 3-4 days after cutting carbs. This state is called ketosis.  As

 Losing weight can be very daunting sometimes. As it is a slow process, many people lose their path in the middle and end up gaining all the weight they have lost.  But there are some drinks which can amp up your fat loss process, in this article I will talk about 5 such drinks that any person losing weight can consider to amp up their progress.  But before that, I would like to mention that these drinks are not magical or anything. For losing weight, you have to be a caloric deficit. Keeping a perfect diet should be your number 1 priority.  With that kept in mind, let's see what are the  9 drinks I recommend when you are looking to lose weight faster.  1. Water Water is no doubt the best drink anyone can drink to lose weight. It has no calories and is very filling. Research has shown that drinking water elevates your metabolism and help you lose more weight. Also drinking water helps in the normal functioning of the liver and kidney. Our muscle is also made up 75% of water. It hel

Who doesn't want to have six abs and bulging biceps in a matter of weeks? In this blog, I am here to present you with some scientifically backed and personally tested tips and tricks to speed up your muscle-building process.  But Personally, I am not a fan of running behind faster results. Muscle building faster will have both its merits and demerits. Through you will gain muscle faster, you will also gain fat at the same pace.  If you are someone who is not a fan of putting on a large amount of fat, focus on slow and steady progress. However, time is relative, no one can grow muscle in a couple of weeks.  When I say faster, I mean by at least 4-8 weeks with consistency and hard work. With that being said, let's see some ways by which you can amp up your muscle building and see faster results.  Before going further if you are new to fitness, I strongly recommend reading my blog on the basics of strength training to understand everything better.  Click here to read 1. Increase

Many beginners often struggle with communicating with the trainer because they have no understanding of the basic terms of strength training.  I myself was one of them who always struggle to keep up with what my trainer is telling me to do.  First of all, let's look at what is strength training and what are some of its components. Strength training is defined as specially designed exercises that put tension on the muscle forcing it to contract. It can be by anyway, bodyweight ( eg. pushups ) or by using external weights ( eg. Bicep curl ).  Each bodyweight training and weight training comes under resistance training. They both have their merits and demerits, one should include both of them for a good workout. Before going any further, there are some basic terms that you should know- 1. Reps - No. of times you complete the movement of one muscle exercise For example if you lift the weight 6 times overhead in the shoulder press. You did 6 reps 2. Sets - One set makes the total number

Many people ignore legs day as they thought that it is not important to train them.  Legs are a major component of your body and training them is just as important as other body parts if not more.  Training them improves cardiovascular health, burns more calories, improve, increase speed, and provide many more benefits.  Check out why training legs is very important here. So before constructing your leg workout and hitting the gym, let's look at the muscles we are about to train.  Legs majorly contain 5 muscles- 1. Hamstrings- These are the muscles that are located at the back of your thigh. Their main function is to help in bending the leg at the knee joint. When we take a step forward, these muscles contract.  Their main functions are knee flexion ( bending knee to bring the heel towards buttock) and hip extension ( due to which we can take a step back ) 2. Adductors- They are sailed like muscles on the underside of your pelvis. They are responsible for flexion of the hip. If you