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Get Out Of The Fat Burning Zone

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By Noelle Walker at New Fitness Personal Training

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Have you decided or started working on your fitness goals for 2018? Maybe one of those fitness goals is fat loss?
Back in the day there was fitness information floating around, usually in fitness magazines and some online articles that the way to burn fat when doing cardio is to be in the “fat burning zone”. Sometimes you will still see this on cardio machines and you will still see people do this every day at the gym, they are going slow mo on the cardio machine because they think it will target fat.

AEROBIC EXERCISE

This has to do with some scientific research on ATP and how aerobic exercise will help you use fat for energy instead of carbohydrates which is your primary source for fuel. I’m not going to get into the science of it all because it will be boring for you, trust me! But that’s the gist of it.

FAT BURNING ZONE DOESNT EXIST

I’m going to tell you now that the fat burning zone doesn’t exist and walking super slow is not the way to burn fat and calories, you would have to walk all day long like that in order to see any fat loss results. So please if you are one of the ones that has fallen prey to this misinformation and you think that by walking or moving slowly at the same pace is going to target fat it’s not, so step off the treadmill and read this first!

WAYS TO BURN FAT

The way to burn fat involves two ways. One is resistance training and I mean lifting weights-heavy ones and those best lifts are compound lifts such as Squats, Deadlifts, Leg Press, Lunges, Bench Press, etc. In other words any lift that involves more than one muscle group and more than one joint.
The next way to burn fat like crazy is HIIT workouts. I’m sure you have heard of it by now but it stands for High Intensity Interval Training. These workouts sometimes involve weights and some of them are just cardio based and then some of them are body weight exercises.
HIGH INTENSITY TO BURN FAT

High intensity burns calories period. It also burns fat. But when you involve different intensity levels within your workout that’s when the real magic happens. Different levels of intensity at intervals is most effective on subcutaneous fat and abdominal fat. Yes it literally burns fat on your tummy! It can also increase muscle mass and certainly maintains it.

EXAMPLES OF HIIT WORKOUTS

HIIT CARDIO-Pick Any Cardio Machine

Start Off At A Lower Level (6 0r 12) Do For 30 Seconds 

Increase Level By 1 For 1 Minute

Increase Level Again For 1 Minute

Increase Level Again For 1 Minute

Return To Lower Level For 1 Minute

Repeat Until You Reach 10, 15 Or 20 Minutes

HIIT WORKOUT WITH STRENGTH/CARDIO COMBO

Front To Back Jumping Squats-1 min

planks With Alternating Front Raise-1 min

Donkey Kicks-1 min

Wide Toe Touches-1 min

Rollovers To A Hop-1 min

Seated Boat Pose Twists-1 min

(Repeat 3 Times)

HIIT WITH WEIGHTS

Jumping Lunge With Shoulder Press-1 Min

Rollovers To A Pushup-1 Min

Jumping Jacks With Side Raise-1 Min

Skaters With Overhead Tricep Extension-1 Min

Mountain Climbers With One Arm Row-1 Min

(Repeat 3 Times)

All of the above workouts should  be done about three times with no to little rest. I’m not saying HIIT is easy but it will most definitely burn fat and get you results and in less time. Did I mention you can get your entire workout done in 30 minutes or less? No more working out for two hours getting the same results you would in thirty minutes.
  Another really great reason to do high intensity interval training.
Have fun!!
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