Are you wasting endless hours on cardio to burn fat? Learn how top boot camp trainer drops twice the fat in half the time

July 17, 2012 robot Fitness

Are you spending hours on cardio equipment at the gym to burn fat and lose weight? If fat loss in the goal tan do cardio right? Most any gym goer regards this statement as a no-brainer. It turns out that everyones assumptions about the effectiveness of cardio when it comes to burning fat and losing weight is dead wrong accordiong to top Camarillo boot camp trainer John Agbelusi.

 

Don’t get me wrong cardio is a fantastic tool but as any top boot camp traner or high end personal trainer will tell you there are big differences in the results you will acheive depending upon how you perfrom cardio exercise. First and foremost the experts say “cardio is only part of the formula for fat loss, its not the end all be all!” In other words a sound weight loss program will include meal planning, strength training and cardio as a complete approach in order to achieve fat loss as fast as possible.

 

In this article we will talk about the kind of cardio that gets results, why it works so well and a couple of examples

 

First your going to want to shorten your cardio sessions and ramp up the intensity through the roof and give yourself periodic short rests for your heart rate to recover and then go right back at it! Lets take a classic conditioning exercise-the burpee, and set a timer for 30 seconds, within that 30 seconds you will perfrom burpees as fast as possible elevating your heart rate, then taking the following 30 secons to catch your breat before jumping right into another 30 second bout of burpees for a total duration of 15-30 minutes would be a good example of a short intense fat torching cardio session.

 

Why do top boot camp trainers and personal trainers say this type of cardio works so well? “Short intense cardio not only burns more calories but helps build muscle and creates a cascade or favorable hormonal reactions such as increased releas of human growth hormone that is instramental in fat loss and muscle building.

So how about a couple examples you can start using right away in your weight loss program just as top fitness trainers use for their clients and boot campers!

If you are an avid exerciser here is how to superchrge your workouts on the cardio equipment your already familiar with: After warming up for 5 minutes, ramp up the intensity to about a “9” on a scale of 1-10 for a whole minute. THis will get you breathing hard and your heart beating through your chest, but not to worry your going to follow it up with 2 minutes of slow easy recovery time. Then you simply ramp up your intensity again for another minute. Repeat this interval of work and rest for a total workout time of 20-30  minutes. Top ventura boot camp instructor Paul Corral says “If you can perfrom intervals for longer than 30 minutes than your not pushing yourself hard enough!”

Your second option is a bit more fun for the more athletic of you! We simply take a timer like a gym boss and set it for intervals of 20-30 seconds of work followed by the same amount of time for rest. Then you will pick a couple high intensity exercises like jumps, full body movements and medacine ball throws to perform during your working sets. Lets say you choose squat jumps-you simply perfrom as many squat jumps as you can during the 30 second work period, then rest for the 30 second rest period and repeat for the 15-25 minute duration of your cardio workout.

 

So there you have it! Replace your boring steady state cardio with three high intensity interval sessions a week and see and feel a difference with in just a couple of weeks! To learn more about the trainers mentioned in this article you can learn more here. with one of the workouts above! If you have found this article interesting stay tuned for more awesome fitness articles with our experts you can learn more about here. }

 

 

 

 

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