It’s no secret that because so many people are overweight, many of them are quickly turning to burn fat exercises. You know, most people – including you and me – do not really want to be overweight.
But look – the truth of the matter is that with fast food restaurants on every corner, and people and families becoming busier and busier, it was bound to happen, right?
So, there are a few things you can do to shed the fat. Most (I will go out on a limb and say 99.9%) burn fat exercises fall into 1 or 3 categories. Long cardio, interval training, or weight training (the last one may surprise you, and is the topic of another post).
In the long cardio category, you have running. Running is a great way to get your heard pumping and your metabolism revving. You can do it in the gym or outside. You can do it alone, with your favorite playlist pulsating through your headphones or with a friend. And if you’re not ready to run, of course you can walk. In fact, I take breaks at work with a nice 15 minute walk. I figure if I had time to go to the “water cooler” for a few minutes, I had time to walk around the block to clear my head and spend some time thinking about solutions to what was going on that day. All while doing a burn fat exercise!
You can put things like the elliptical trainer, or the stationary bike into the “long cardio” category as well. The key is to choose something you enjoy, and then do it.
The next category is interval training. This is personally my favorite way to melt fat. So what is interval training. Well, an interval is basically a defined as a set period of time. So in order to do interval training, you do a warm up period, then spend a short amount of time working out at a hard pace followed by short amount of time at a slower recovery pace.
For example, you might warm up on the elliptical trainer for 6 minutes, followed by 30 seconds of working at 80% of your maximum effort for 30 seconds followed by a 90 second interval at 50% effort. Repeat this cycle 5 more times followed by a two minute cool down.
- There are two other things to keep in mind with any of the burn fat exercises you might choose…
You need to mix up your routine. If you work the same muscle group day in and day out, the human body is going to get used to the exercise and will stop shedding fat efficiently. This is definitely the best option if you are looking for a way to stay exactly the same, which we know you are not. So vary your routine to keep the fat melting. - The next thing that you need to know in order to get a good workout is the fact that just because you spend many hours in the gym, does not mean you are going to have the perfect body. If you were to question people that you see on the street with great bodies, chances are they would tell you that they did not spend long hours exercising. And you don’t have to either. In fact, you can get by with as little as 20 minutes of exercise – meaning you can have still have a life outside of the gym!
If you need a routine that both keeps you body guessing by mixing up your routine and requires you to spend as little as 20 minutes in the gym, I definitely recommend you check out Turbulence Training…
Getting the perfect body is definitely not an easy thing to do, I am not going to sit here and pretend that it is. However, with perseverance, you can easily make this happen. It simply has to be a change of lifestyle. The most important thing is to keep your eye on the final result. If it is possible, put an old picture of yourself somewhere in your home to remind you of what you would like to look like. When you have the proper motivation, doing burn fat exercises will come easily.
So what is the next step? It’s simple…