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Step 1
Turn up the intensity. Low-impact aerobic exercise is good for health, fitness and weight loss, but if you want to maximize your fat burning, take your workout intensity up a level. Incorporate short burst of higher intensity movement into your workout. Five to ten minutes of higher intensity within a 30 minute workout will burn more fat than 30 minutes of low intensity exercise.
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Step 2
Circuit train. Lifting weights and strength training in a circuit will up the intensity of your workout. This will keep your heart rate up which means more fat burning. Go from one exercise to the next in quick succession to get the full benefits of circuit training. Not only will this shed fat effectively, it helps relieve workout boredom.
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Step 3
Use multiple muscle groups. The muscles in your body were made to work in tandem, utilize that for your workout. Squats and lunges are examples of exercises that use more than one muscle group. To further the fat burning of these exercises, incorporate arm movements or upper body strength training in your lower body workout. More muscles being exercised at once not only burns fat quickly, it shortens your workout.
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Step 4
Change it up. If you do something long enough, sooner or later it will become habit and you can do it with your eyes closed and with minimum effort. Your body works the same way. Your muscles will become accustomed to a workout over time, resulting in less effort. Change your workout periodically to gain the most from your workout. The goal is to make your body work harder for you. When your body is working hard, it's burning more fat.
Comments
Elander said
on 12/25/2008 Very good advice.
dtwelloh said
on 12/22/2008 Very good advise and a well written article. I give it 5 stars.