Using Exercise as a Way of Melting Fat

By Ricardo d Argence

When you want to seriously lose weight there's basically one way to get to your goal weight...control you caloric intake and burn, burn, burn those calories that are built up in your body.

One of the better strategies is to take in 15% t0 25% less calories and then you continue to burn the remaining calories. This can be better achieved when you are eating whole and natural foods since they are, by nature, very low in calorie content. As you burn them, you will discover your weight go down. Mix the best exercise routine with a proper diet and see the results.

Many workouts designed to lose weight should mix a blend of aerobics, weight-lifting and isometric exercises that are designed to enhance and increase your metabolism, expand your muscles and increase your strength all of which will combine to deliver the intended fat loss results.

To include muscle building in an exercise program can be helpful for future plans to lose weight. While lean muscle may weigh more, the compositions is healthier than fat and it takes up less mass on the body. Additionally, those muscles contribute to the burning of more calories when you perform the proper work. It is important to also point out that lean muscle mass consumes fat in order to maintain its size and shape.

Weight loss systems are usually the most effective when done in a repetitive manner while using manageable equipment. The main problem most overweight people feel is when they have a significant amount of fat collected in their mid-section. Dropping that annoying 6lbs of paunch can be tough to accomplish.

To reduce such excess body fat, it may be helpful to strengthen the core muscles as a solid means of reducing one's waistline. This can achieved via Pilates, abdominal exercises, or high intensity calisthenics since these will all aid in improving the odds of dropping a great deal of excess fat.

To lose weight, a strong cardio exercise must also be employed. At least a 20 minute strenuous run (or bike ride or steps on the Stairmaster or treadmill, etc.) every other day will increase your heart rate and your metabolic rate. Try to increase your workout pace to a heart rate that would burn the excess weight through profuse sweating.

What's important to remember when doing workouts to lose weight, is to determine what your optimal heart rate is (which depends on your weight and age) and to maintain that optimal heart rate for at least 30 minutes 4 to 6 days a week while doing intense interval cardio work for about 20 minutes after your weight-lifting session is really a great way to burn the calories, sculpt your body and take off the weight.

Heavy exercise is not necessary to lose weight although this will help develop muscle mass which burns fat faster, eventually leading to a dense but thin physique. When you do hit the weights, you want to do high reps with lighter weights, this increases your caloric use.

So, if you're doing Squats, you might want to do 25 or 35% off your maximum weight, but do 15 to 20 reps for 4 or 5 sets. You will feel the exercise do its job as some of the excess weight will melt off on the following days.

You will not lose as much weight as you would with a risky supplement but you will lose weight quickly. It is just a matter of adjusting your diet in the proper manner. - 29951

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