If you want to lose fat, especially from your stomach, you
have to do long, boring, monotonous cardio in order to
achieve your goal. Right?
I mean, that's what you've always been told by the
"experts."
They've always said, "If you want to lose fat, do lots of
cardio." But is that true? Do I really have to pin my fat
loss hopes and dreams on doing 60 minutes of cardio
everyday of the week?
Absolutely not! And if you do want to do cardio, you sure
as heck don't have to do it for that long.
There is a better way...a far better way to lose fat,
especially stomach fat.
You need to focus on doing resistance training if you
really want to lose stomach fat. And if you do it
correctly, you won't even need to do a traditional cardio
session again!
When I say "do it correctly", I mean that you need to focus
on doing full body workouts that focus on working large
muscle groups, rather than attempting to split your body
into sections and working one thing at a time.
All too often I hear guys say that they're going to spend
today's workout session on Back and Biceps or Chest and
Abs, etc. I've got news for you, the body just doesn't
work that way. You can't just split the body up into
pieces and expect to get superior results, especially if
time is an issue when you workout.
The ladies are not immune to this phenomenon either. I
always hear ladies saying they want to work their triceps
and "inner thighs" or "saddle bags" in an effort to "tone
up." Sorry ladies, but that's just not going to happen if
you train that way. Especially if you finish that workout
up by hopping on the treadmill for 60 minutes (or more) of
fast walking because you don't want to leave your "fat
burning zone." A zone that doesn't exist by the way.
So now that I've told you what doesn't work, let's get to
what does work. As I said earlier, what works is full body
workouts that focus on working lots of muscle because
muscle is what burns fat.
Here's a typical workout that I prescribe to my clients.
Warm-up for 5 minutes by doing a circuit of medicine ball
wood chops, push-ups and bodyweight squats.
Then perform the following supersets.
1A) "T" Push-up - 10 reps 1B) Dumbbell Bent Over Row - 8
reps
2A) Reverse Lunge - 10 reps per leg 2B) Incline Dumbbell
Chest Press - 8 reps
3A) Dumbbell Rear Flies - 8 reps 3B) 1-Leg Stability Ball
Leg Curl - 10 reps per leg
4A) Mt. Climbers - 30 seconds 4B) Stability Ball Rollout
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Then I have my clients perform interval training for their
cardio. This comes in many different types, but at its
root, all interval training consists of is mixing bouts of
intense activity with bouts of lower intensity activity.
This could mean mixing sprinting for 20 seconds with
walking for 90 for 10 minutes or it could mean doing
bodyweight circuits for 15 minutes. The sky really is the
limit with this type of "cardio".
The point is that you need to get out of the cardio
mentality that so many of the so-called experts have you
trapped in and break free and try something new. Something
that will work and is proven to work. I've been using this
style of training with my training clients for years with
fantastic results.
Give it a try today and I'll prove to you it works.
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