Most people who work on their fitness also hope to lose weight in the process. Their workout can not only boost their wellness and wellbeing, but also give them a new trim and toned figure and help them to feel good about themselves.
The best way to lose weight is to do a form of activity that burns up the most calories in the shortest period of time it is as simple as that! When it comes to this type of calorie burning, cardio is king – and if you want to see even better results you should do some kind of cardio that has an ‘after burn’ effect. This means incorporating some kind of strength of muscle training into your workout so that your muscles continue to burn calories after the workout is complete.
Interval style workouts are often the best for this, as they involve short bursts of high intensity activity followed by very brief periods of active recovery, as they raise your metabolism for up to four hours after the workout, allowing you to burn calories even when you are resting later.
Any time you bring your heart rate up to the top end of your target zone, the extra fuel or calories that you burn continues in the same way in order to try to bring back your muscle activity and heart rate at a normal rate. And this also helps you to metabolise the lactic acid that your body has created during exercise.
Before starting interval training, you should know that too much high intensity cardio can actually have the opposite effect – this can leave you feeling tired, cranky and too run down to continue with your new exercise regime. As long as you take it easy with the cardio, however, this training programme should have the pounds coming off you in no time.
