January 2, 2010

Exercises to Burn Fat

There are actually a multitude of fat burning workouts that are equally effective. Most of the time, the only difference between the effectiveness is just how much effort you are willing to dedicate to the venture. So basically, regardless of how good your fat burning routine is, if you’re not sticking to it, then it’s useless.

The two most important aspects of burning fat are what you eat and how much you burn off. Understand from the start that no exercise in the world will be able to alleviate the effects of a bad diet. So if you want to burn off fat, then these are the two things you must be concerned with the most.

First off, your diet should be well maintained. Try to keep off food that are bad or have no use to you such as junk foods. Junk foods are not big on protein and the amount of salt and sugar involved in the mixture is detrimental for the body. When you’re done thinking of a proper diet, you’re ready to start assembling your exercise routine.

Exercises to burn fat are a mixture of cardio workout and weight lifting exercises. Keep in mind that this will be a six day a week commitment with three days dedicated to weight lifting and the rest for cardio. You may do them in turns or at the same day, it’s your call.

You can develop two sets of workout – workout A and B – and perform them alternately. Workout A can concentrate on your weight training. In this one, you will try to work in as much reps as you can without doing any damage to your body. It is recommended that you work with weights that will have you struggling by the time you reach the 15th repetition.

In between sets, you are allowed to rest for one minute, but only that. You may also employ circuit training which is another form of weight training. With this exercise plan, you will try doing one set after another without pause.

Another strategy involves squeezing in as much reps in a workout as possible. Keep in mind that without proper form, the exercises are not really effective. Rest in between every set is only 30 seconds.

With cardio exercises, you will need to put in as much work as you did with the weight training. One method of cardio exercise is the interval training. The workout basically revolves around the goal to make as much reps as you can in 60 seconds. After that, you’re entitled to rest for 120 seconds and then back again to the 60 second exercise. You’re going to have to repeat this 8 to 10 times. You can also do speed training. Basically, you will have to sprint, pace or run a distance that is equivalent to what you can cover in 15 minutes. You will have to maintain running this distance but constantly strive to beat your 15 minute mark.

One of the most important things to remember is the maintenance of a proper form.

More often than not, the effectiveness of the exercise is also dependent on how good a form you have. Chances are there will be more damage than good when these exercises are done in incorrect posture.

Filed under Exercise by amauser

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