Regardless of common believe it is impossible to lose fat by merely performing cardio friendly workout plans.
In other words, keeping your heart rate monitor in the fat burning zone all week long is not doing great fat burning. But there are ways to get ride of body fat.
On the other hand, if you use a heart rate monitor properly, you can optimize your workout in such a way as to raise your metabolism so that you burn fat all day long. Not only while you exercise.
You must understand that our bodies' metabolism uses oxygen with carbohydrates and fat to generate long lasting energy. Secondly, your body produces energy for short duration and intense activity with your anaerobic metabolism.
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.
But at what point does it kick in? You can do a test with an oxygen mask connected to a treadmill. The exact procedure is further described in Fat Burning workouts.
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: Change your exercise pattern of the last 2 days and do it now in bursts of 2 to 3 minutes at a time, resting or walking in between for the same time. Do this for an hour. Your body will be forced to draw on anaerobic energy and burn fat.
When you get fitter and step up the pace you will burn more fat but always check that you can maintain the pace and your heart rate. If not, gear down until you can.
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.
In other words, keeping your heart rate monitor in the fat burning zone all week long is not doing great fat burning. But there are ways to get ride of body fat.
On the other hand, if you use a heart rate monitor properly, you can optimize your workout in such a way as to raise your metabolism so that you burn fat all day long. Not only while you exercise.
You must understand that our bodies' metabolism uses oxygen with carbohydrates and fat to generate long lasting energy. Secondly, your body produces energy for short duration and intense activity with your anaerobic metabolism.
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.
But at what point does it kick in? You can do a test with an oxygen mask connected to a treadmill. The exact procedure is further described in Fat Burning workouts.
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: Change your exercise pattern of the last 2 days and do it now in bursts of 2 to 3 minutes at a time, resting or walking in between for the same time. Do this for an hour. Your body will be forced to draw on anaerobic energy and burn fat.
When you get fitter and step up the pace you will burn more fat but always check that you can maintain the pace and your heart rate. If not, gear down until you can.
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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