I know natural body builders that have gone on stage and finished in the top three at contests that don't do regular cardio.
They just have done nothing but the resistance training and their diet, so we certainly don't have to do that long, slow cardio, but when I put together my programs I use very short interval training workouts and those things work as good or better, most of the time better than long, slow cardio workouts that are often twice as long.
So you save time and you get more results. With the interval training, this can be done by anybody, including beginners.
A beginner, their interval training would go like this, if you regularly walk on a treadmill for 3.5 miles per hour or you use a bike at a consistent pace for whatever that is, then you're just going to work slightly harder than that regular pace for a shorter period of time, so for a minute.
That person on the treadmill instead of walking at 3.5 miles per hour for 30 minutes straight, they would do their warm-up and then do their first interval, their work interval, which is a short period of exercise done at a harder than normal pace, they would do it at 3.8 miles per hour.
It's not a huge jump, but it's something a beginner can do and they'll do that for a minute. Then they're decrease their exercise intensity all the way down to 3.0 miles per hour, so going lower than their regular cardio intensity. I say when you do your interval training that you want to do your work interval at 8 or 9 out of 10 intensity level and your recovery interval down as a 3 out of 10 intensity level.
An analogy for that is your regular cardio would be a 6 out of 10, so you're going to jump up the intensity and then you're gong to take the intensity way down, so a minute hard, a minute easy and do that anywhere from 3-6 times, if you're a beginner just try it 3 times, then finish with a cool down.
As you become more advanced, you know, intermediate level, you might be running at 7 miles per hour for a minute, decreasing down to a walk at 3.0, so always going down to that very low pace. That's a big mistake that most people make is they have that cardio mindset and they'll only go from 7 miles per hour down to 6 miles per hour.
That's now how you do my type of interval training, because I want you to be able to maintain your work interval at the highest possible intensity you can do for a minute. If you only went down to 6 miles per hour, then you wouldn't be able to do more quality interval up at 7 miles per hour, so you drop way down during your recovery.
For an advanced person, they might run it 10 or 11 miles per hour for a minute and again, decrease all the way down to a walk at 3 miles per hour and then go back up. Again, six intervals is about all you need. You don't need to do internal training for 45 minutes because I think you lose the quality of training if you try and go that long.
That's how I do my interval training. I encourage people to stay active on their off days, so we only do three turbulence training workouts in a week so we're not in the gym everyday or in the home gym everyday.
On your other days when you're not supposed to be in the gym, stay active for at least half an hour, whether it's walking the dog or playing a sport, basically living life, that's why I call it the Fat Loss Lifestyle because it's three workouts and you get more days off to live life and run your errands and spend time with your family and you don't have to be a slave to the gym.
Millions of people in America alone desire to lose that disgusting fat that has accumulated in their most conspicuous body parts. The most preferred options so far have been going under the scalpel, diet products, or simply doing drugs. But none of these are either healthy or advisable, since there are just too many risks and dangers involved in these methods. The problem lies with impatience that we have grown into, which allures us to 'get-slim-overnight' products.
The natural modes of burning fat are being obliterated from the minds of people due to aggressive marketing campaigns undertaken by companies manufacturing weight loss products. The in-your-face lies openly thrown by these companies coupled with loose legal regulations governing their functioning means that consumers are being consumed by this nonchalant consumerism!
However, it's high time that the bluff of this 'privileged' industry is called in order to preserve the health of the present and future generations. An average Joe or Jane deserves to know the healthy fat burning secrets so that he or she may pass on this knowledge to the future generations. The life and health of human being is beyond any pecuniary gains of a group of people. Therefore, every effort must be made in order to rein in these weight loss products' companies so that they may not play with our health.
The key lies in promoting healthy weight loss by burning all that tanked up fat in the most natural way. It's not that all the chiseled bodies you see on television are the result of steroids and other unnatural modes. It's more like the case of one rotten apple (or a few in this case!).
This begs the question - how to go about burning fat in the most natural way known to man? One way is to educate yourself about how famous athletes, models and other personalities manage their looks and physique. You will be amazed at the diversity in their choice of remaining healthy in the most natural ways.
The discipline is a key factor whether you are trying to burn fat or maintaining your figure. Otherwise, there's no point in working tirelessly to reduce weight and after the achievement of desired weight, start gulping those high-fat food. And you won't any better role model than famous models and athletes who have inculcated discipline in every walk of their life.
Often, people lack motivation to burn fat or maintain their bodies after burning fat. This issue can be addressed by learning motivational techniques so that you keep yourself in good spirits, and religiously work towards achieving that flat tummy or 6-pack abs. As they say, "It's all in the mind!" If you can win the mental battle against fat, the physical aspect is taken care of by itself.
Set yourself small periodic goals, and when you achieve those goals, the feeling of success will automatically take over and help you in sustaining your fat burning efforts. The end result is healthy fat loss in a targeted manner and maintenance of the muscle, which is extremely vital for bodybuilders and athletes.
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