5. Do your strength training before doing any cardiovascularwork. It takes the body about 15 minutes to warm up and startburning fat. For example, if you are jogging for 45 minutes, youwill only be burning fat for the last 30 minutes of your workout.Instead, try lifting weights for the first 15 minutes, whichgives your body the time it needs to warm up. By the time you hitthe road, you will be burning fat during the entire joggingsession. PLUS - you will have built muscle too!
6. Do not do the exact same workout every day. Your body willstart to get used to that exercise, and eventually it will stopburning fat calories. So if you jog one day, try a differentactivity the next day. Keep rotating the exercises, that way yourbody will stay at an optimal fat burning state. The best way toburn fat is to work out as hard as you can for as long as youcan. But if you are just beginning a program, try varying theintensity from fast, to normal, to fast, to normal. This willhelp to build endurance, and eventually, you will be able toextend the high intensity periods until your entire workout isdone at an ultimate fat burning speed. The fat burning equationis simple. The more muscle tone you have, the more calories youwill burn even when you are not active.
7. Inhaling and exhaling through your nose, rather than yourmouth also helps to stabilize your heart rate, and increase yourendurance. Of course you know this means turbo charged fatburning.With these seven tips, you should be well on your way to burningfat at an optimal level. If you stick with these techniques, andmake them a part of your day - your body will amaze you in a fewweeks.Find out more about Fitness at healthandfinesse.com
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