I often get asked, “What’s methods to reduce weight and lose my belly?” Many people want to know if aerobics is way better than weight training, or if traditional cardio exercise is much better than intervals.
Actually, to say I’ve done all of them would be an understatement.
With 15 years experience assisting many people, training myself, training for sports, spending numerous hours in the gym, AND really conducting laboratory research studies on different exercise methods, I’m very confident in knowing what works and what does not.
However to start with, I’d like to frame my responses. I am about to discuss about what works best for people that have a little period of time to exercise, typically because I expect your readers will not have 90 minutes daily to devote to a workout, unlike the typical people of a fitness magazine.
That is why there’s a big disconnect between some of the information found in magazines and the ability of the reader to use it to their lives.
We just do not have 6-8 hours each week for exercise, nor do we need it. In case you are a tri athlete, you’ll need that, but not someone that just really wants to lose fat and gain muscle.
Having said all that, the bottom line for getting a much better body is…
Use bodyweight exercises to warm-up, strength training supersets to build muscle, and then finish your regular workout with interval training to slim down in a short timeframe. I have structured my system so that you are in and out of the gym in 45 minutes, three times weekly.
You’ll do 5 minutes of bodyweight exercises to warm-up. This is a additional efficient approach than spending 5 minutes walking on a treadmill, which often does not prepare you for anything except more walking on a treadmill.
Then we go to the weight training supersets, where we use two exercises performed back to back with minimum rest between each. This reduces our workout time, while still giving us maximum results. We only need 20 minutes just for this, and we’ll use simple workouts, and sometimes even more bodyweight exercises, according to the client’s goal for muscle building.
Last but not least, we are going to do 18 minutes of interval training. A warm-up, followed by six short intervals at the appropriate level of fitness for the client, interspersed with short periods of low-intensity recovery. Finish with a cool-down. And that’s the workout. Again, about 45 minutes total.
Compare that to what a lot of people do, which is run, jog, cycle or use the cardio machines for 45 minutes straight. Sure, that can burn calories, nevertheless it isn’t going to build a better body.
Believe it or not, there are some “dark sides” to long slow cardio, including less-than-optimal results, the potential for overuse injuries, and it is an inefficient form of exercise. If you only have 30-45 minutes for your exercise and you spend all of it on a cardio machine, when are you going to train all of your muscles and sculpt a much better body?
That being said the simplest way to burn belly fat is with a variety of strength training and interval training. It’s fast, it truly does work, that is more fun!
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