Summer is here, and luckily, there are plenty of foods you can add to your diet that will help you get closer to having your best Summer body yet!  These foods are a healthy addition to your diet all year round, but they're in season during the Summer months and usually, foods tend to taste a lot better when they're in season. If you haven't done so already, add them to your diet and start charging full speed towards better health, fitness, and achieving your fat burning goals. Here are the Top 5 Summer Foods for A Better Body

For beginners, workout 3 or day 3 of my 12 day Fat X Program can be a big change in terms of what they tend to believe works for fat loss.  A common misconception is that low intensity, long duration workouts are best for fat loss (fat burning).  The research on HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) and the after burn effect or EPOC (Excess Post-Exercise Consumption) along with my own experience clearly proves otherwise.  With that being said, to get the most out of FX workout 3, intensity, in respect to one rep max, is highly important to create the metabolic environment necessary to lose body fat efficiently.  I'll give you a few tips for FX workout 3 that will help you get the most out of it. 

Need some extra help to achieve your summer body?  If so, try one of my favorite fat burning meals.  By the way, by "fat burning", I mean that this meal is going to assist your fat loss and fitness goals, both directly and indirectly.  These meals contain the nutrients necessary to do so.  With that out of the way, let's get into my favorite fat burning meal.  In the photo is my "go to" favorite meal when I need to jump start the nutrition in my fat burning diet.  It's a salmon salad from a small, "hole in the wall", fast food restaurant in Pasadena, Gerlach's Grill.  It's one of my favorites for three reasons.