| Many of us have spare pounds around our waist | | | | with a healthy diet, to help you to burn fat fast. |
| and other areas, and some go on a diet to try | | | | What about Cardio? |
| and shed some of these unwanted pounds; but | | | | It is very important to include cardio in any |
| how many of us also do regular exercise in order | | | | exercise plan, but it is best to combine the two. |
| to lose inches and pounds. In order to burn that | | | | The idea is to mix weight training and cardio in a |
| fat and achieve weight loss we need a good diet, | | | | circuit, where you spend 1-5 minutes doing |
| regular exercise and a healthy lifestyle. | | | | weights and then 1-5 minutes doing cardio, |
| So what kind of exercises should we be doing? | | | | (running or walking fast), then back to weights. |
| Do we need to join a gym in order to burn fat | | | | Not all of us want to or can afford to join a gym, |
| fast? It can be useful, but is not absolutely | | | | so how do you do this without a gym? |
| necessary. But did you know that it is just as | | | | Cardio and Weight Training... Without The Gym |
| important (if not more) to also do weight training? | | | | Can't afford to buy weights and cardio machines |
| Having muscle mass helps you burn more fat, so | | | | for your own home gym? That's ok! The great |
| weight training is an essential part of weight loss. | | | | thing about both cardio and weight training is that |
| Extra muscle burns more energy than body fat | | | | you don't need any extras to do them. For cardio, |
| at rest, so if you develop more muscle and have | | | | you can run, swim, walk briskly, hike, do jumping |
| a higher muscle to fat ratio than before, your | | | | jacks. Start walking, and increase the amount you |
| body will naturally burn extra energy and more | | | | do every couple of day, or, if you have a bicycle, |
| stored fat as a result. Even after you have | | | | cycle, or a skipping rope, skip. And you can use |
| finished exercising you will continue to burn | | | | bags of sugar or bottles of water as weights. |
| calories. This is referred to as the 'after-burn', as | | | | However if can afford to join a gym they usually |
| your metabolism increases for several hours after | | | | give you suggested workouts for your particular |
| you exercise, and you burn fat both during | | | | needs, and it is a useful discipline to go regularly |
| exercise and after. | | | | and be encouraged by others. Combine healthy |
| There are many exercises that can be done at | | | | eating with exercise and you will loose fat. |
| home. Below are some examples, why not try | | | | Exercise combined with a healthy diet will help you |
| them and see what effect they have, combined | | | | loose those extra pounds. |