Have you ever wondered why you seem to be adding on weight and having fat accumulating in all the wrong places? Actually the real reason for this is whenever we overeat and then we are not physically active enough the food (specifically the calories from the food) is considered excess and tends to get converted into fat. The “calories in versus calories out” equation becomes unbalanced in the wrong direction. The good thing is there are exercises that burn fat which help you maintain shift the scale (figuratively and literally) in the right direction.
For you to efficiently shed off excess fat, you need to find physical activities which will increase your heart rate, causing your body to burn excess calories.
Weight training, believe it or not, is ranked right at the top of the exercises that burn fat. Not only does weight training get the heart rate up, it also causes a process to happen which keeps your body burning calories long after you have left the gym.
What do I mean?
Well, basically (very basically, actually), when you lift weights, you cause small tears in your muscles. These small tears repair themselves as you rest – after you leave the gym. As they repair themselves, they grow bigger. This process is called hypertrophy. And it needs calories to happen. So you burn extra calories after you leave the gym.
Now, one of the main reasons people don’t want to lift weights or include it in their exercises that burn fat (other than they think it’s too hard) is that they don’t want to get bulky or too big or “look like a bodybuilder.” I hear this a lot from women, but there are men who say this too.
Let me be honest – this excuse drives me nuts.
Listen. I understand that all of the fitness magazines make it look and sound like if you spend a couple of sessions in the gym, you’ll blow up like Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is a load of crap. It takes – literally – years of training (and some chemicals) to get that big. Sure, fellas, you will build muscle if you do the right routine and eat enough calories. But you aren’t all of a sudden going to walk out of the gym a mass monster.
And ladies – look – the simple fat is that you simply don’t produce enough testosterone to build significant muscle. Those ladies you see in the magazines are getting a lot of help – if you know what I mean. The worst thing that will happen to you if you lift weights is that you will shape your bodies into something sleek and sexy – think bikini or fitness model, not bodybuilder.
Now, if you want to really are interested in losing the belly fat, you need to combine weight training with interval training. This combination of exercises that burn fat will transform your body faster than you thought possible.
Are you ready to get started? I thought you were. So go ahead and take the next step and grab a program that combines these two essential exercises that burn fat…