Cardio Exercise - The Answer to Fat Loss

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Fat Burning Important to bear in mind when you want to lose weight permanently.
There is no one thing that does it.
Fat loss is a combination of exercise, mainly cardio exercise, and a healthy fat burning diet and for best results this combination must become a lifestyle.
Remember there is no quick fix, it took years for your body to become overweight and it will take some time to burn the excess fat off properly.
Will power alone is not enough, you need patience along with a disciplined daily routine if you want to burn fat off and lose weight.
EIEO No that is not the introduction of 'Old McDonald Had a Farm' it is an anagram for Energy In, Energy Out.
Your body gets its fuel or energy from the food that you eat and is burnt off by your daily physical activity carbohydrates is the energy supplier used.
A mix of these carbohydrates is then converted into glucose, and fat for fuel.
The amount that is burnt off depends on your physical activity and the food you have recently eaten.
When your physical activity uses more fuel than you consume the body then burns stored fat and even protein regardless if you are exercising or not.
If you are not losing weight or burning fat with your normal daily routine then you have to exercise to enhance fat burning with an exercise routine.
Cardio Exercise.
Research has shown that fat burning or weight loss is more effective with slow low intensity types of exercise over longer periods, such as brisk walking or cycling for at least 45 minutes a day.
Generally you will expend or burn more energy slowly over a longer period than you will with high intensity exercises over a shorter period.
That is what weight loss or fat burning is all about.
Burning fat or stored energy.
A tool that really helps for efficient fat burning is The Heart Rate Calculator.
This is a simple tool used to calculate your heart rate so that your heart works at its best.
Simply subtract your age from 220 to calculate your maximum heart rate.
For example 220-40= 180.
Here your maximum heart is 180 beats per minute.
Your ideal training heart rate is 60% to 80% of your maximum heart rate and if you maintain this for 45 minutes a day at least 3 times a week you will burn fat and lose weight.
The fitter you get the harder you have to work to reach your training heart rate, so this always works.
Any aerobic and rhythmic activity that uses large muscle groups and that can be maintained for the required time is recommended for fat burning.
Being cardio exercises they will also strengthen your heart.
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