Best Ways To Reduce Fat

By Alex Blaken

I often get asked, “What’s the easiest way to lose weight and lose my belly?” Most people want to know if aerobics is more effective than strength training, or if traditional cardio exercise is better than intervals.

Actually, to say I did all of them will be an understatement.

With over 15 years experience helping many people, training myself, training for sports, investing countless hours in the fitness center, AND definitely conducting laboratory research studies on different exercise methods, I’m pretty confident in knowing what works and what does not.

However to start with, I’d like to frame my responses. I’m going to talk about what works best for people that have a small amount of time to exercise, generally because I believe your readers will not have 90 minutes each day to devote to a training, unlike the usual audience of a fitness magazine.

That’s why there’s a big disconnect between much of the information found in magazines and the ability of the reader to apply it for their lives.

We just don’t have 6-8 hours per week for training, nor do we want it. For anybody who is a triathlete, you will need that, but not someone that just really wants to lose fat and gain muscle.

Having said that, the bottom line for getting a better body is…

Use body weight exercises to warm-up, strength training supersets to build muscle, then complete your regular workout with interval training to reduce fat in a very short time. I have structured my system so that you are in and out of the fitness center in 45 minutes, three times each week.

You’ll do 5 minutes of body weight exercises to warm-up. This can be a extra efficient approach than investing 5 minutes walking on a treadmill, which often doesn’t prepare you for anything except more walking on a treadmill.

After that we step on the strength training supersets, where we use two exercises performed back to back with minimum rest between each. This cuts our workout time, while still giving us most efficient results. We only need 20 minutes to do this, and we’ll use simple exercises, or even more bodyweight exercises, depending on the client’s end goal for muscle building.

Last but not least, we are going to do 18 minutes of interval training. A warm-up, followed by six short intervals at the appropriate level of fitness for the client, interspersed with short periods of low-intensity recovery. End with a cool-down. And that’s the workout. Again, about 45 minutes total.

Comparing that to what a lot of people do, which is run, jog, cycle or use the cardio machines for 45 minutes straight. Sure, that should burn calories from fat, but it won’t build a better body.

Actually, there are a few “dark sides” to long slow cardio, including less-than-optimal results, the opportunity for overuse injuries, and it is an inefficient form of exercise. If you only have 30-45 minutes for the workout and you spend it all on a cardio machine, when are you going to train all of your muscles and sculpt a better body?

Indeed the simplest way to burn stomach fat is with a mix of strength training and interval training. It’s fast, it works, that is more fun!

This article has been written by the author, Alex Blaken. Should you require any more Fitness Magazine please visit his Burn Stomach Fat resources!

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