The Best Workouts To Lose Fat
December 23, 2009 by TreadmillsCenter
If you’re struggling to lose fat and get a better figure, you’re definitely not alone. However, even with all the millions of people trying to lose weight by doing steady state cardio, did you know that all these people would have better results doing this a different way?
Let’s take a moment and step back. It’s not really the “wrong” way, but it’s not the most efficient way either. The fact is that simply doing steady state cardio is not the most effective way to lose fat! You’ll definitely burn calories, but they won’t be the type of calories you want to burn.
If you’re looking to lose weight and become leaner and more musclular, you simply have to start doing short bursts of high intensity interval-type training. It’s well known that in addition to helping you burn fast faster, this type of training also improves cardiovascular health more quickly.
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Let’s go a little deeper here. While jogging on a treadmill your body is repeating the same movements over and over. After a while your muscles become acclimated to this movement, and your body adapts. The results diminish over time because you’re not challenging your body enough. As well, you’re also putting a lot of strain on your joints by doing these repeated motions. You probably won’t get hurt but it’s definitely not the best way of doing things.
Cardio also leads to mindlessness in your training workouts. If you think that just squeaking by with a 30 minute jog around the block will help, you’re not trying hard enough. You have to constantly challenge your body for the best fitness returns.
Let’s see how high intensity weight training is a great solution here. Not only do you only have to do it a few times a week, but it’s vastly more effective in a shorter amount of time. Weightlifting to maximum exertion and muscle failure really gives you a workout. Your body has to exert itselft even more to repair the microtears in the muscle, as well as prepare your cardiovascular system for your next workout. Overall this leads to a lot more calories burned total.
If you’ve been doing steady state cardio for a while and you’re not seeing any changes in your body composition, I urge you to lookin into changing your workout to include some high intensity intervals.



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