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How to burn fat and boost metabolism
When talking body fat levels 'Metabolism' is one of those words that gets thrown around a lot.

Build muscle definition with Supersets
If you’ve been weight training for a while you may have heard of ‘Supersets’.

How dieting makes you fatter
An easily made mistake when dieting is thinking that all weight lost is fat.

How to beat nighttime food cravings
So you sometimes have out of control food urges in the evenings?

Tips for a flat stomach & six pack abs
Would you like a slimmer waistline? More sculpted mid section? Or ripped abs?

Rich diets down hard for bodybuilding
Finally I have time away from my family to update you guys on the bodybuilding comp I did.

6 foods for more vitality
When you’re stocking your pantry and fridge these are some of the healthiest choices.

B vitamins for health & wellbeing
The B group is a collection of 8 vitamins essential for maintaining health.

Cardio before or after weight training?
If cardio fitness isn’t your main target then push weights first and do cardio after.

How to avoid gym strains and pains
Injuries can appear from nowhere, and you can be out of action for a long time.

Knock out the empty calories
Have you heard the term ‘empty calories’ and wondered what this means?

70% of training is diet
A big reason people don’t achieve the body they want is their food intake is off.

Ditch breakfast & lose weight
Have you ever skipped breakfast and thought “no worries that’ll chop some calories out of my day”?

GI and how it influences fat loss
Have you read about or seen on tv buff stars preaching fat loss benefits of a low ‘GI’ diet?

Say no to sick cows and hormones
There’s a heap of whey protein powder around these days but where does it come from?

Dairy prices increase world wide
Higher dairy prices are trickling down to the consumer, from milk to whey protein.

Find your motivation
I often get asked what the secret is behind staying motivated to follow a strict diet.

Exercise, and feeling under the weather
It must be that time of year. My training partner has been off training for a week. Another couple of friends are recovering from food poisoning - and the gym is looking deserted. What’s going on?

Time to Xplode, Pure Nitro™ is here
Recently NO (Nitric Oxide) products have taken the US by storm. The reason these products have been so popular is they deliver a definite bang for buck you can feel.

Michael's Fairtex Pattaya Muay Thai Camp Review
Michael Dixon recently arrived back from his second training stint at Fairtex, let’s here the review on his latest trip.

Q & A: How to lower body fat, tone up, and increase strength
Q: Hi Mike, my friend recommended I should contact you. Just wondering what products would you recommend for me to use? I'm wanting to increase my upper body strength, decrease my body fat percentage, and tone up.

Abs, and Auckland traffic
My drive to the gym can be pretty dull. The distance is a bit mad but hey I like this gym and the people are cool. While jammed in the melee last week something caught my attention...

Snooze, and lose... Weight!
If you want to build a great body and burn off fat go put ya feet up, take a nap, blob out...

8 tips for fat burning cooking
At the risk of sounding like a broken record I’d like to go over the main tips for cooking for body fat reduction. If you stick to these golden rules the results will speak for themselves - so keep these in place.

Can you change your body?
A question I often get asked, one you may have asked me yourself is “Mike, can I really improve my body, and for the long term?”. Whether this is about burning flab, or adding lean muscle my answer will always be the same...

Vivek goes for gold at World Muay Thai champs
Vivek Nakarmi represented at the World Kickboxing Association champs in Spain (Nov 4-12, 2006) - facing off against tough international competition Vivek battled through to the final match and came home with the silver medal!!!

Pressed for time, a lot on the go?
That’s no excuse to throw in the towel you can still keep your body in check - and if you stay committed you can even make some quality progress.

Sash jumps into the dieting deep end
Mike has asked me to tell you a bit about why I decided to get into body sculpting and what motivates and keeps me going with the training and diet. To tell the truth days like today I have no motivation at all.

Chatting food, fitness and modelling with Lizzy Gray (Miss NZ)
Lizzy Gray current Miss Universe NZ recently got back from competing in the international contest in LA. Let's have a catch up and find out what the experience was like and what she's up to these days...

Vivek wins US National Muay Thai title
Training at the Fairtex Muay Thai Camp last year I was lucky enough to meet Vivek Nakarmi from the US who was also training there at the time. A couple of weeks ago he took out his first US National Muay Thaiboxing Championship title.

Mike's before and after pics
It had been a while since I last dieted properly, and I'm embarassed to admit but it was starting to show! So after completing the writing of my new E-book 'Defining Diet' I decided to stop talking and start walking.





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