Eating right and working out requires sacrificing your time and some of life's simple pleasures. When you don't see results on the scale, you may be tempted to throw it over for snacks and computer games. Don't despair.
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If you're dropping numbers on the scale, but not the tape measure, don't despair. Eventually, you'll lose inches as well, but the rate at which you lose them and where may depend on your genes, whether you exercise and what exercises you do. Inches -- and even pounds -- are not the only measure of improvement.
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Pull-ups essentially provide a full upper-body workout in one exercise. Not only are multi-muscle, also called multi-joint, exercises more efficient time-wise, they burn more calories than single-muscle exercises, making them better for weight loss.
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Most machines and free weights at the gym function differently and serve different purposes, but a few pieces of equipment are flexible enough to provide an overall workout mostly, or even entirely, by themselves. Using one piece of equipment can save you time at the gym and keep your entire body in shape.
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You can't stop father time, but you can reduce to some extent the effects he has on your body. Perhaps the biggest effect is that your once-firm skin loses its elasticity and tends to hang under your chin and at the tops of your arms.
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The official definition of concentric exercise is a contraction that shortens a muscle, while eccentric exercise is a contraction that lengthens the muscle; that all makes it sound more complicated than it is. Most exercise is concentric focused.
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