The majority of exercisers today still rely on long duration moderate paced aerobic exercise as their primary routine to burn fat fast. But recent studies have shown that this is a big, I mean big mistake. In fact, you could say that the whole aerobics explosion of a few decades past was one of the biggest mistakes in the health and fitness industry. Why?
There are several reasons, but I’ll focus on the two main issues here. When you exercise at a moderate pace for extended periods of time (as in the typically recommended percent of your target heart rate), your body is burning fat during the exercise. While this may sound good, it’s actually bad news. This sends a signal to your body to keep a certain amount of stored fat available for your next workout. You’re essentially telling it that it needs fat available to burn, ‘because you’ll be doing this exercise again. So while we may be burning some calories during this exercise, after the exercise is over, our body begins storing up some fat for the next workout. Obviously not what we’re looking for in terms of maximum ability to burn fat fast.
The other big concern with moderately paced aerobic exercise performed several times per week is that it trains your body (heart, lungs, muscles, etc.) to become efficient. Again, this may sound good, but what is actually happening is bad for long term health. You are working only within your existing aerobic limits, without improving your aerobic capacity. This is important because your aerobic capacity is what determines how your body responds in times of physical, emotional, and mental stress. If you reduce your capacity for work, as you do in this type of exercise, you’re reducing your long term health, no to mention a poor chance of burning fat.
The good news is, you can reverse these effects by instead focusing your workouts on high intensity resistance training, with workouts that last 15-20 minutes on average, and can only be performed 2-3 times per week. These workouts will burn carbohydrates instead of fat during the workout, and will cause your body to use its fat stores to replenish the burned carbs over the next 24 hours, after the workout is done! This type of work will also increase your reserve capacity and thus your ability to handle all types of stress, leading to lasting health and fitness...and 24/7 fat burning. Nice!
But the exercise must be performed correctly to be effective, and that means using sufficient intensity, and keeping your rest periods between exercises and sets down to 60 seconds or less. The students of my Fat Burning Furnace method know this, and are reaping the benefits. When you think about how little time you have to spend compared to the typically recommended methods to get these fat burning and health creating results, it’s almost magical.
These figures should guide you how much time you ought to allocate for fat-burning cardio exercise, weightlifting, firming and toning.
Working out alone is not enough to reach your goal to lose some pounds. Integrating it with these steps you will increase the chances of burning fat more quickly and effectively.
1.Aside from doing aerobic sessions at the gym, you can engage in anaerobic routines like biking, swimming or sports. These are good fat-burning exercises that will increase your metabolism and break down fats quicker. Supplementary to your regular workout routines at the gym, any of these can be done once or twice a week.
2.Cut down on fattening carbohydrates and sweets. As it is said, healthy diet is the sister of consistent workout. Both are unified. If you work out regularly but still eat too much food that triggers fat storage in your blood, your envisioned weight is too impossible to get.
Taking control of your food intake will maximize results. As you stop eating high caloric food, your body will utilize the stored fats that are available in your system, thereby taking out excess fats.
3.Take some multivitamins and other nutritional supplements. Your body's resistance might not suffice to execute high impact aerobic and weight resistance trainings at the gym.
To provide your body more antioxidants and energy, you can take in some natural supplements that doctors and nutritionists prescribe to be safe and effective. Always verify that your chosen supplements are not a threat to your health.
4.By setting your weekly fitness goals, you are guided with how to hit your desired body weight and figure. If you don't put anything black and white, there are chances you might forget how much progress you have made, or if there's any at all.
Tracking down on your scale figures will inspire you to maximize results. If you aspire to lose 2 pounds in one week and it's not achieved, you will do better in your succeeding week. It's a booster to get you better next time.
5.Bid goodbye to late night snacks. Munching in some more food at nighttime after dinner will consequently affect your metabolism. It will slow down the process of burning fats.
6.Don't starve; eat by portions instead. Starving yourself during breakfast and eating just on the latter part of the day is not good. It's important not to skip meals. Breakfast is the most important meal. Eating right and by portions is the key.
Your gym routines coupled with the abovementioned ways to maximize burning of fats will double your results. Try observing them, and you'll see the difference.
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