The
majority of exercisers today still rely on long-duration,
moderate-paced aerobic exercise as their primary
routine to burn fat fast. But recent studies have
shown that this is a big, I mean big mistake. In
fact, you could say that the whole aerobics explosion
of a few decades past was one of the biggest mistakes
in the health and fitness industry. Why?
There are several
reasons, but I'll focus on the two main issues
here.
When you exercise
at a moderate pace for extended periods of time
(as in the typically recommended percent of your
target heart rate), your body is burning fat during
the exercise.
While this may sound
good, it's actually bad news. This sends a signal
to your body to keep a certain amount of stored
fat available for your next workout. You're essentially
telling it that it needs fat available to burn,
'because you'll be doing this exercise again.
So while we may be burning some calories during
this exercise, after the exercise is over, our
body begins storing up some fat for the next workout.
Obviously not
what we're looking for in terms of maximum ability
to burn fat fast.
The other big concern
with moderately-paced aerobic exercise performed
several times per week is that it trains your
body (heart, lungs, muscles, etc.) to become efficient.
Again, this may sound good, but what is actually
happening is bad for long term health. You are
working only within your existing aerobic limits,
without improving your aerobic capacity.
This is important
because your aerobic capacity is what determines
how your body responds in times of physical, emotional,
and mental stress. If you reduce your capacity
for work, as you do in this type of exercise,
you're reducing your long term health, not to
mention a poor chance of burning fat.
The good news is,
you can reverse these effects by instead focusing
your workouts on high intensity resistance training,
with workouts that last 15-20 minutes on average,
which can be performed 2-3 times per week. These
workouts will burn carbohydrates instead of fat
during the workout. This will cause your body
to use its fat stores for fueling the recovery
process as you replenish the burned carbs over
the next 24 hours, after the workout is done!
This type of work
will also increase your reserve capacity and thus
your ability to handle all types of stress, leading
to lasting health and fitness...and 24/7 fat burning.
Nice!
But your training
must be performed correctly to be effective, and
that means using sufficient intensity, and keeping
your rest periods between exercises and sets down
to 60 seconds or less.
The students of
my Fat
Burning Furnace method know this, and are
reaping the benefits. When you think about how
little time you have to spend compared to the
typically recommended methods to get these fat
burning and health creating results, it's almost
magical.
Click here to claim
your free copy of Rob Poulos's "7 Secrets
Of Permanent Fat Loss & Fitness" at his
website!
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Rob Poulos is a
celebrated fitness author, fat-loss expert, and
the founder and CEO of Zero to Hero Fitness. Rob
created the world's most efficient method for
fast and permanent fat loss with his "Fat
Burning Furnace" system to help those
looking to put an end to restrictive fad diets,
long boring cardio workouts, and the need for
super-human willpower for good.
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