Wednesday, January 7, 2009

What Fat Burning Workouts Are There?

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Fat burning workouts are pretty simple, as long as you have the perseverance to stick with them. Combined with eating in a way that helps promote fat burning, they result in a leaner, meaner you.

Every day, seven days a week, do some sort of aerobic activity. Aerobic exercise is any activity that gets your heart pumping faster but not so fast that it struggles or you're gasping for breath. Walking, running, swimming, even some forms of yard work are aerobic exercises. For another step towards better health, add intervals to the aerobics. These are bursts of higher activity that help boost the metabolism even more. For example if walking, run for a minuteThat means run between periods of walking, or burst to speed while swimming at an easy pace.

It's wrong to think exercise only has to be three to five days a week. Don't believe it. The body needs this work each day. Pick an activity you can maintain so that you can keep it up seven days a week for the rest of your life. In order to burn stored fat make sure to exercise before breakfast or at least before your next meal. In addition to this aerobic exercise install a 10-30 minute after lunch or dinner walk to your daily routine. Finally, find opportunities to move. This can mean anything from parking further from the office so you have to walk further to the door, to using the stairs instead of the elevator, to raking leaves rather than blowing them.

Do simple weight exercise three times a week. Increased muscle mass means a faster metabolism. A faster metabolism will use up more calories even when you're sitting still. You'll also generally look and feel better.

Don't skip breakfast, lunch or dinner. Doing so places your body into starvation mode where it burns calories more slowly. A slow metabolism is not a friend of fat burning. Another way to avoid slow metabolism is to make sure to eat enough every day. For most people this means at least 1200 calories each day. Any fewer and your body drops into starvation mode, working against your efforts to use up fat.

Results are pretty special when fat burning workouts combine with healthy eating. They don't have to be hard. In fact if it's too hard you'll lose motivation and quit the program. Most people make it less than a month with a new workout routine. Don't be one of these start and quit health enthusiasts.

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