Stay in the Fat Burning Zone All Day Long
Most people think that if they go to the gym and work out hard for an hour or two that not only are they active, but they are really kicking their fat loss into high gear with long intense workouts. But are these long hard workouts really the best way to supercharge fat loss?
One of the key factors in rapid weight loss is keeping your metabolism running in high gear. However, with today's sedentary lifestyle, keeping our metabolisms running in high gear is a little harder than most people think. To most weekend warriors or gym rats, high gear means a good solid workout for an hour or so 3 to 4 times a week and nothing more. And, during these few hours, our metabolisms are indeed running strong, burning fat and calories, but what about the rest of the time?
It is absolutely astounding that almost no fitness magazines address the issue of being active more than your single workout per day. Usually it comes down to another €cutting edge€ secret or new €revolutionary€ breakthrough in exercise. The problem is, the issue remains the same, more time must be spent being active, regardless of any breakthrough. Leading an active lifestyle, (a byproduct being a metabolism that runs in high gear to burn fat all the time) means spending more time being active than being passive. Of course, being active more often is easy to speak of but hard to follow through on with the busy lifestyles that each of us lead but there is a way.
Short, intense workouts are actually better and jumping your metabolism into the fat burning zone than long workouts. How short? It is possible to get your heart rate up in as little as one minute of exercise provided it is executed with all out intensity. This very short, intense mini amp up the metabolism, which kicks in endorphins and actually makes you more awake and alert as well.
These workouts are not meant to take the place of a good solid workout routine. However, they are almost essential if you want to maximize weight loss. After a long hard work out your metabolism stays in high gear from 1 to 4 hours. After that, it goes back into relax mode and slows down. When that happens, get out of your chair, do some kind of exercise for just one minute and you will kick start that metabolism again, ensuring that it stays in high gear, burning fat all day long.
One of the key factors in rapid weight loss is keeping your metabolism running in high gear. However, with today's sedentary lifestyle, keeping our metabolisms running in high gear is a little harder than most people think. To most weekend warriors or gym rats, high gear means a good solid workout for an hour or so 3 to 4 times a week and nothing more. And, during these few hours, our metabolisms are indeed running strong, burning fat and calories, but what about the rest of the time?
It is absolutely astounding that almost no fitness magazines address the issue of being active more than your single workout per day. Usually it comes down to another €cutting edge€ secret or new €revolutionary€ breakthrough in exercise. The problem is, the issue remains the same, more time must be spent being active, regardless of any breakthrough. Leading an active lifestyle, (a byproduct being a metabolism that runs in high gear to burn fat all the time) means spending more time being active than being passive. Of course, being active more often is easy to speak of but hard to follow through on with the busy lifestyles that each of us lead but there is a way.
Short, intense workouts are actually better and jumping your metabolism into the fat burning zone than long workouts. How short? It is possible to get your heart rate up in as little as one minute of exercise provided it is executed with all out intensity. This very short, intense mini amp up the metabolism, which kicks in endorphins and actually makes you more awake and alert as well.
These workouts are not meant to take the place of a good solid workout routine. However, they are almost essential if you want to maximize weight loss. After a long hard work out your metabolism stays in high gear from 1 to 4 hours. After that, it goes back into relax mode and slows down. When that happens, get out of your chair, do some kind of exercise for just one minute and you will kick start that metabolism again, ensuring that it stays in high gear, burning fat all day long.
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