Monday, September 17, 2012

Fat Burning Workout Secrets More People Have Not Heard Of

By Tinie Davis


In spite of popular believe you can't shed fat simply by performing aerobic friendly workouts.

A heart rate monitor alone will also not do it even if you exercise six days a week and try to stay in the monitor's fat burning zone. The fat losing would be rather disappointing.

A better technique would be to raise your metabolism in such a way that it would burn fat all day long and not only while you workout. You can achieve this when following the techniques briefly described below.

A technique that burns fat takes into account that the metabolism of our bodies consumes carbohydrates and fat for lasing energy. Another technique is to engage the anaerobic metabolism. Its function is to produces energy for short duration during intense activity.

When the body activates its anaerobic metabolism fat gets drawn from muscle cells and the blood and burned for energy.

Many people exercise in 1 way only. The body recognizes and adjust its energy consumption in such manner that there is no more fat burning. To get around this you have to all 3 ways once a week.

One of the 3 techniques to burn fat is to get the body into a mode during which there is not enough energy coming from the aerobic metabolism. In this case the anaerobic metabolism kicks in and produces energy of a short duration.

One way to find the anaerobic threshold is to do a treadmill test with an oxygen mask connected to a metabolic chart.

Start the burn cycle. First day: Exercise moderately on a treadmill with a heart rate monitor for a period of 30 minutes. As you grow fitter, step it up to 60 minutes.

The next day: Exercise at an increased but sustainable pace on a treadmill and a heart rate monitor for about 20 minutes. If you cannot keep up the pace all the time, settle for an easier pace.

The following day do Interval training: Do your workout in short bursts of time between 1 to 3 minutes and then walk or rest for short periods of time. Then repeat the high and low bursts. This method trains your body to produce more energy than it has ever done before for a short period of time.

With more exertion you will burn more fat but do not overdo initially. Always take note that you can sustain your speed and heart rate during all power bursts. If you can't, start off slower.

Interval training is the most efficient way to increase the metabolism and to burn fat but an optimal fat burning program involves all 3 training methods.




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