Fat Loss 4 Idiots Secret

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Expand Your Weight Loss At The Gym

By Michelle R Clark

Most of us want to lose weight and get fit. Starting an workout program or joining a gym always seems like a great first step but if you have ever spent any time at a gym you will see that not everybody there makes improvement on his or her fitness goals. It is not being at the gym that helps you to get fit but it is how hard you work at fitness that makes the difference.

If you are going to see any results from an workout plan you are going to have to work hard and break a sweat. That means getting your heart rate up into the target zones and keeping it there. There is some indication that if you keep your heart rate at the lesser end of the zone for a longer period of time that your body will really burn more fat than carbohydrates, however, that does not necessarily convert to fat loss.

Burning fat stores as an energy source when you work out is not nearly as vital as the amount of calories that you burn altogether. For instance you may burn 350 calories from fat during an simple 60 minute workout but if you add in some demanding high intensity intervals during that same 60 minutes you could end up burning 750 to 1000 calories or more and that will help your body drop weight much more resourcefully.

HIIT or high intensity interval training is probably the most helpful weight loss tool that you can add to your fitness program. The plan is to get your heart rate into the target zone and then maximize it for 30 to 60 seconds at a time, taking your heart rate up to 90% or more of your max, and then let it come back down and repeat. By doing HIIT you can in fact cut your cardio exercise time in half or more and still get excellent outcomes for fat loss.

To establish your target heart rate training zone, take 220 and subtract your age, then take that number and multiply it by 60% and 80%. This will give you an ballpark figure of your target-training zone. You will need to keep your heart rate in this zone during your exercises for the best results.

If you want to drop fat for the long term, you will need to gain muscle. That means that you should pump iron. Muscle is a biologically active tissue. That means that you will burn more calories just in the process of living if you have more muscle on your body. Fat is mostly an inactive tissue and it will not help your body to burn any calories at all.

While exercise is essential the most crucial aspect to getting results from any fitness program does not happen at the gym. 6-pack abdominals are built in the kitchen, not at the gym. Incorporating a highly wholesome diet is the most critical aspect of any fitness plan. You will never see the best outcomes from an workout plan unless you eat a good diet.

Maximum fat loss can be achieved by following a few ground rules. Supercharge your cardiovascular workout by adding in some HIIT, start on a solid weight-training program and improve your diet. If you do all of these vital things you should see some results quite quickly. - 17274

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