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by Rahul, Rah

Asthe president of a company that sells thousands of fountain pumps,and who also receives a lot of OEM inquiries, I've been around theblock on solar pumps. They seem like such a great idea. No wiringneeded! No electric bill! I tried to sell solar pumps to majorfountain manufacturers but never got a sample to one of them thatcould pass muster. For the longest time I gave up. Don't get mewrong. I tested sample after sample. I've wanted them to work forfive years now. But I've seen problems. Bad packaging. Shaky solarpanels. Pumps that seemed doomed to fail within months. So I keptwith the 110-volt market that is already doing well. But finally wehave found solar units that are dependable. They look nice. They have2-year warranties.

Adrawback we must admit is fluctuations in sunlight. Solar pumps arepowered by solar panels (many of them quite good quality, by the way)that require direct sunlight in order to work. That means that theygo on and off all day long, depending on whether a cloud is passing,where the sun is in reference to the panel, and so forth. Some dohave batteries in them, for sure, but the big ones are expensive, soright now we only offer the battery option for the small pump.

Butsome of you will no doubt enjoy the way water slows down and speedsup depending on the sun. it is natural, after all, and it is a niceeffect to coincide with the weather. The pumps are fairly expensive,requiring us to sell them at a much lower markup than is normal inthe industry, but you won't have to pay an electrician to wire andthere will be no utility bill.

Sowhether or not to go solar is a personal decision. But one thing isfor certain, quality has certainly gone up. I'd recommend buying aunit with a solid warranty, at least one year, preferably longer.Take a close look at the head (how high up the pump will pump thewater) as well as the volume it will pump. And if you need to use apump that won't fluctuate with sunlight, get one with a battery.

Of course, I wasn't surprised that all of his cardio workouts incorporate some form of interval training because of the simple fact that interval training is scientifically proven to provide greater improvements in fitness and greater fat loss than the outdated and primitive aerobic training alternative.

But, while I was reading over the workout, I was struck with what I'd describe as THE MISSING LINK to most cardio routines for athletes AND for fat loss.

Typical cardio programs have you run in a straight line forever at a SLOW SPEED. Pretty easy...

And while the original Men's Health program was much better because it uses intervals, it still recommends running in a straight line. Again, not that difficult...

It is critical to understand that your body operates in three fundamental planes of movement:

1.) Saggital Plane: Forward and Backward Movements

2.) Frontal Plane: Lateral Movements (Side-to-Side)

3.) Transverse Plane: Rotational Movements

So, Beckham's current cardio program is only emphasizing the already overtrained saggital plane (forward running) without any attention to the very undertrained lateral and rotational movements that are critical to a soccer player's success (and any field or court athlete's success for that matter).

But the modified cardio program I created for YOU below uses intervals and shuttle runs in 10 yard increments that require constant stop-and-go and change of direction (you can modify the distance as desired) in all three planes of movement. Now this cranks the intensity up to a whole new level!

Your body's ability to change direction, or decelerate, requires a great deal of body control and energy expenditure when compared to straight line running. Thus stop-and-go shuttles not only are much more sport-specific (read David Beckham is an international soccer star not a marathon runner) but it also leads to greater calorie burning and thus greater fat loss!

So, check out the NEW and IMPROVED David Beckham Cardio Workout for Rapid Fat Loss:

I. Warm-Up- 5 Minutes

II. Intervals- 20 Minutes

Rapid Fat Loss Interval: 60 s on, 60 s off

- Set-up 2 cones 10 yards apart to build the "shuttle"

- Perform one or any combination of the following cardio exercises as listed within the confines of the 10 yard shuttle:

Cardio Exercise#1- Sprint-Sprint Shuttle @ 60 s on, 60 s off

Cardio Exercise#2- Sprint-Backpedal Shuttle @ 60 s on, 60 s off

Cardio Exercise#3- Shuffle-Shuffle Shuttle @ 60 s on, 60 s off

Cardio Exercise#4- Shuffle-Crossover Run Shuttle @ 60 s on, 60 s off

III. Cool-Down- 5 Minutes

Remember, if you want to look like an athlete then you need to train like one. If you are sick of the same old boring "straight-ahead" cardio, then the time is now to break out of your comfort zone so you can harness the fat-burning power of stop and go, multi-directional, and multi-planar interval cardio.

Crank it!

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Rahul has sinced written about articles on various topics from Internet Marketing, Travel and Leisure and Real Estate. Michael Guista is president of Fountain Mountain, Inc. and has been selling fountain pumps for a decade.. Rahul's top article generates over 90500 views. to your Favourites.

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