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Sunday, September 6, 2009

Extend Your Fat Loss At The Fitness Center

By Tammy D Sanders

Many individuals want to get fit and drop some weight. Joining a gym and starting a good exercise program is a good first step but when you get to the gym you will notice that not everyone there is getting results. Going to the gym in not the answer but what you are doing once you get there is what will make the difference for you.

You are going to have to break a sweat in order to see any actual 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 revealed 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 convert to weight loss.

Whether you are in fact burning fat or carbohydrates as your main energy source during an exercise program is not nearly as vital as how many calories you burn overall. For instance 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 demanding 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 mixture of carbohydrates and fat you will still lose more weight.

High Intensity Interval Training or HIIT for short is one of the most helpful fat loss regimens that you can use to lose fat. The plan is to maximize your heart rate to 90% or more for a period of 30 to 60 seconds and then bring it back down and repeat. Make sure that during your rest periods though you are still in the target-training zone, just at the lower end. When you include HIIT you will be so much more efficient that you can even cut your cardio workout time in half and still have better outcomes.

In order to establish your target heart rate training zone, take your age and subtract it from 220, then take that number and multiply it by 60% and 80%. This gives you a target heart-training zone. In order to see the best outcomes you will need to keep your heart rate in that zone while you are doing your exercises.

If you want to drop fat and lose weight for the long-term you will need to pump some iron. Building more muscle is key to long-term weight loss success. Muscle tissue is biologically active and you will burn more calories in daily life just by having more muscle tissue. Fat is essentially an inert substance and it does not increase your calorie burn at all.

Exercise is important but you won't see any results from an exercise program unless you also have a excellent diet. Abdominals are built in the kitchen, not at the gym. Making sure that you consume a healthy and nutritious diet is unquestionably the most critical part of any fitness program. You will never see results unless you follow a healthy diet.

You can realize maximum weight loss by following these few basics. Add in some tough HIIT into your cardio routine, follow a good weight-training regimen and improve your diet. You will start seeing the results before you know it. - 17273

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