Maximize Your Fat Loss At The Exercise Room
Most of us want to lose weight and get fit. Starting an exercise 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 notice that not everybody there makes progress 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.
You are going to have to break a sweat in order to see any real results from an exercise program. You will need to get your heart rate into the training zone and make sure that it stays there for a time. There have been some studies in the past that have shown that exercising for longer periods of time at a lower intensity will actually burn more fat than carbohydrates. However good that sounds unfortunately it does not translate to fat loss.
Whether you are actually burning fat or carbohydrates as your main energy source during an exercise program is not nearly as important as how many calories you burn altogether. For example if you may burn 350 calories during an easier but longer workout and those calories may come from fat, but if you add in some challenging intervals of high intensity you may burn as many as 750 to 1000 calories in that same workout and even though you will be burning a combination of carbohydrates and fat you will still lose more weight.
HIIT or high intensity interval training is probably the most effective fat 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 905 or more of your max, and then let it come back down and repeat. By doing HIIT you can actually cut your cardio workout time in half or more and still get better results for fat loss.
To determine 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 estimate of your target-training zone. You will need to keep your heart rate in this zone during your workout for the best results.
Another important aspect to losing weight and maximizing your fat loss at the gym is to lift weights. The fact is that in order to burn the most calories by just living everyday you must have more muscle. Muscle is biologically active and it helps your body to burn more calories just by being there. Fat is basically an inactive substance and it does not help your body burn any calories at all.
While exercise is important the most crucial aspect to getting results from any fitness program does not happen at the gym. 6-pack abs are built in the kitchen, not at the gym. Incorporating a highly nutritious diet is the most important aspect of any fitness plan. You will never see the best results from an exercise plan unless you consume a good diet.
If you want to maximize your fat loss the most important fundamentals should be to incorporate some HIIT into your cardio routine, start a good weight-training program and improve your diet. If you do all of these basic things you will see results quite quickly.
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