Next time you go to the mall or shopping, take a look at the people around you. Look at their physiques, the people at your work, the people next to you on the bus/train, the people at the drug store and the local fast food joint. What is the average body type these days? Do people look like Rambo? or do they look like the fatties on Wall-E? Well, unless you train hard like Rambo, or physical exercise is part of your communities lifestyle, the standard then you'll see is to be overweight.

So how does one overcome the tendency our body's have to put on a few extra pounds? Now that we've got it so good, we've got to come up with a way to stay healthy and lean without popping pills and getting liposuction!

Building Muscle Tips #4 How To Strip That Fat and Reveal Your Lean Toned Muscles

So You're ready to strip that fat? OK, here's how it's done:

Step 1. You need to be following some kind of weight training program. Don't worry, you're not going to become the next Arnold Schwarzenegger by lifting weights. But muscles do consume twice as much energy as fat so they're an advantage. Get started lifting weights 2-3 times a week and you'll start noticing that you're not only getting stronger, but your metabolism is speeding up too. You'll start to get hungry. This is good, because you need to feed your muscles so they become fat burning assets.

Strip That Fat Step 2. Aerobic exercise is a waste of time. Yep, you heard me if you want to burn fat fast, DON'T do it. You've got to be crazy right? Everyone says it's the best way so it must be true. Nope. Well, it does work, but it's not the best way. And it's hard work! If there's an easier way, wouldn't that be best? (haha, I'm such a lazy coach!)

So How Do We Train? What we've got to do is speed up the body's metabolism so it burns more fat, and faster, like stoking a furnace! We can do this by doing short (15 minute) but intense workouts. It's just like going for a long jog, but it takes less time. That's convenient isn't it!

Here's how it works:

High Intensity Interval Training, or Fartlek, is a training session divided into 2 parts. One intense, and the other less intense.

Here's an example of a HIIT training session:

# Stretches

# 5 min warmup

# 1 min walk/jog

# 20 second sprint

# 1 min walk/jog

# 20 second sprint

# 1 min walk/jog

# 20 second sprint

# 1 min walk/jog

# 20 second sprint

# 1 min walk/jog

# 20 second sprint

# 1 min walk/jog

# 20 second sprint

# 1 min walk/jog

# 20 second sprint

# 1 min walk/jog

# 20 second sprint

# 5 min cooldown

# Stretches

The beautiful thing about this kind of training is that you'll speed up your metabolism so much that you'll be burning calories for days! And it only takes 15 minutes! It's seriously the BEST way to strip that fat from your body with the least amount of work.

If you're already training 3 days a week, do this cardio training on your OFF days only. The reason why is because your body simply does not know how to burn fat and build muscle at the same time. Alternate between the 2 so you can get the best of both worlds. And remember, take a day off. Nothing worse than burn out when you're doing so well.

Is that it? Nope one last thing:

Building Muscle Tips - Step 3. Eat Fresh Food With High Water Content.

I'm not going to discuss all the benefits of eating fresh food, and reading food labels. But this stuff is important so let's just be serious for a second. If you want to burn more fat it's not going to happen eating McDonnalds and KFC. You know it's true. So eat fresh foods. That's right, your best option is to eat food that's got heaps of nutritional value and helps get your metabolism going. That food is fresh Fruit and vegetables.

Yeah, it's a bummer eh. You've been hearing it since you were a kid. "Eat Your Vegetables!" Turns out your parents were right eh. Well, I'm not about to tell em so don't worry!

Honestly though, eat your vegies, and eat them raw if you can. Keep your protein intake high so your body can repair itself. Snack on RAW nuts (not the salty ones!) and protein snacks / shakes. And get your energy mostly from fruits and vegetables. You'll find that you need to work a little harder to eat them but stick with it, the results will be worth it.

As you change yourworkouts and lifestyle, and work out with heavier lifting sessions, your body will change too. So...

1. Start doing weights workouts

2. Do Intense Cardio

3. Eat Plenty of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

Your body will thank you for it!