7 Workout Tips Improves Weight Loss
It doesn't take thousands of repetitions and 2-3 hour workouts to reach your fat loss and weight loss goals.
You need a fitness program tailored to your individual needs. And, in any case, you can accomplish your goals with 4-6 training sessions per week (strength, 3 days; cardio, 2-3 days). Over-training will leave you broken down and injured.
Don't underestimate the value of a well-designed, individualized fitness program prepared by a professional fitness trainer. It makes a difference how, when and how much you train.
I see people spending time on useless exercises, spending time on exercises that give very little benefit, wasting time between exercises or not exercising at all. For those willing to listen, I will give some workout tips without "talking down" to them.
Make the most of your time when you workout and burn more fat in less time. Here are 7 tips:
1. Sitting down on machines to do exercises. A "stand up" exercise will give you more strength and fat loss benefits. Example: work your hip abductors standing up instead of sitting on that machine. Your core will also get more work when you do an exercise standing up.
2. Don't do cardio on elliptical machines. You won't tone much on your body with this machine. When you have a choice, do your running interval cardio on the grass or sand outside instead of running on a machine. If you have to do cardio in a gym, do stepmill, jump rope, bodyweight exercise cardio (such as mountain climbers) or treadmill (on incline).
3. Don't take 5 minutes between exercise sets! This is your workout, not social hour. Socialize after your workout.
4. Along the same lines, your 5-10 minute warmup is used to get your body ready for your workout. Talking to your friends for 10 minutes is not a warmup.
5. Cut your workout time down from 2-3 hours to 50 minutes or less. Challenge yourself during your workout. Also, see #3 above.
6. This one is for men: if you only do bench press, that is not a full workout.
7. And this one is for women: you will tone your butt, hips and thighs much better and faster with lunges, step ups and squats (hint: don't do the sitting hip abductor machine and the sitting adductor machine).
Sitting in the steam room or sauna for an hour is not a workout. Sweating doesn't burn fat, it cools your body down. Sit in those rooms after your workout.
Here are two tough 20-minute workouts that will help burn fat and shape your body:
Plyometric Workout
Plyometric workouts will burn more fat because they are very intense. Shorten and intensify your workouts with jump training (plyometrics)! Plyometric workouts also burn more fat and calories during and after your workout.
If you're having trouble sculpting your butt, hips and thighs then you need to do more plyometric training.
Plyometric workouts are advanced workouts. You need to perfect jumping and landing techniques or you will injure yourself. And, if you have knee and low back problems, high-speed plyometric training is not for you.
Try this jump training workout (take 30 seconds rest between exercises):
Rest 2 minutes between circuits. Repeat the circuit 2 more times--20 minutes total workout time. Take more rest between exercises or circuits if needed. Do this type of workout no more than 2 days in a week.
Cardio/Core Combo Workout:
I have found that combining core and cardio workouts work well....this is a good one (30 seconds rest between exercises):
Rest 2 minutes between circuit. Repeat circuit 2 more times. 20 minutes total workout time.
Take more rest between exercises or circuits if needed. Do this type of workout no more than 2 days in a week.
Train hard and smarter to reach your fat loss and weight loss goals!
Start your 5-Star Body Transformation Plan today for free!
You need a fitness program tailored to your individual needs. And, in any case, you can accomplish your goals with 4-6 training sessions per week (strength, 3 days; cardio, 2-3 days). Over-training will leave you broken down and injured.
Don't underestimate the value of a well-designed, individualized fitness program prepared by a professional fitness trainer. It makes a difference how, when and how much you train.
I see people spending time on useless exercises, spending time on exercises that give very little benefit, wasting time between exercises or not exercising at all. For those willing to listen, I will give some workout tips without "talking down" to them.
Make the most of your time when you workout and burn more fat in less time. Here are 7 tips:
1. Sitting down on machines to do exercises. A "stand up" exercise will give you more strength and fat loss benefits. Example: work your hip abductors standing up instead of sitting on that machine. Your core will also get more work when you do an exercise standing up.
2. Don't do cardio on elliptical machines. You won't tone much on your body with this machine. When you have a choice, do your running interval cardio on the grass or sand outside instead of running on a machine. If you have to do cardio in a gym, do stepmill, jump rope, bodyweight exercise cardio (such as mountain climbers) or treadmill (on incline).
3. Don't take 5 minutes between exercise sets! This is your workout, not social hour. Socialize after your workout.
4. Along the same lines, your 5-10 minute warmup is used to get your body ready for your workout. Talking to your friends for 10 minutes is not a warmup.
5. Cut your workout time down from 2-3 hours to 50 minutes or less. Challenge yourself during your workout. Also, see #3 above.
6. This one is for men: if you only do bench press, that is not a full workout.
7. And this one is for women: you will tone your butt, hips and thighs much better and faster with lunges, step ups and squats (hint: don't do the sitting hip abductor machine and the sitting adductor machine).
Sitting in the steam room or sauna for an hour is not a workout. Sweating doesn't burn fat, it cools your body down. Sit in those rooms after your workout.
Here are two tough 20-minute workouts that will help burn fat and shape your body:
Plyometric Workout
Plyometric workouts will burn more fat because they are very intense. Shorten and intensify your workouts with jump training (plyometrics)! Plyometric workouts also burn more fat and calories during and after your workout.
If you're having trouble sculpting your butt, hips and thighs then you need to do more plyometric training.
Plyometric workouts are advanced workouts. You need to perfect jumping and landing techniques or you will injure yourself. And, if you have knee and low back problems, high-speed plyometric training is not for you.
Try this jump training workout (take 30 seconds rest between exercises):
- jump rope, two feet, full speed, 1 minute
- squat jumps, 10, full speed
- lunge jumps, 10, full speed
- tuck jumps, 10, full speed
- jumping jacks, 30 seconds, full speed
Rest 2 minutes between circuits. Repeat the circuit 2 more times--20 minutes total workout time. Take more rest between exercises or circuits if needed. Do this type of workout no more than 2 days in a week.
Cardio/Core Combo Workout:
I have found that combining core and cardio workouts work well....this is a good one (30 seconds rest between exercises):
- mountain climbers, full speed, 30 seconds
- plank, 30 second hold
- squat jumps, 10, full speed
- bridge, 30 second hold
- walking lunges, 10 each leg
- side plank, 30 second hold
- bodyweight Y squat, 15, moderate pace
Rest 2 minutes between circuit. Repeat circuit 2 more times. 20 minutes total workout time.
Take more rest between exercises or circuits if needed. Do this type of workout no more than 2 days in a week.
Train hard and smarter to reach your fat loss and weight loss goals!
Start your 5-Star Body Transformation Plan today for free!
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