Best Tips to Get rid of Stomach Fat
I often get asked, “What’s the most effective way to reduce weight and lose my belly?”
People want to know if aerobics is more preferable than strength training, or if traditional cardio exercise is far better than intervals.
Well, to say I did all of them would be an understatement.
With many years experience helping many people, training myself, training for sports, spending plenty of hours in the fitness center, AND definitely conducting laboratory research studies on different exercise methods, I’m very confident in knowing what works and exactly what does not.
However first of all, I’d like to frame my responses. I want to dicuss about what works for people that have a little period of time to exercise, typically because I believe your readers will not have 90 minutes daily to devote to a workout, unlike the usual audience of the fitness magazine.
That’s why there is a huge disconnect between some of the information found in magazines and the ability of the reader to apply it for their lives.
We just don’t have 6-8 hours per week for workouts, nor do we want it. If you are a triathlete, you might need that, but not somebody that just really wants to lose fat and gain muscle.
Having said all that, the bottom line to get a much better body is…
Begin using bodyweight exercises to warm-up, strength training supersets to build muscle, after which you can complete training with interval training to reduce fat in a very short amount of time. I have structured my system so that you are in and out of the fitness center in 45 minutes, 3 times per week.
You are going to do 5 minutes of body weight exercises to warm-up. This can be a much more efficient approach than just spending 5 minutes walking on a treadmill, which often does not get you prepared for anything except more walking on a treadmill.
Then we move on the weight training supersets, where we use two exercises performed back to back with minimum rest between each. This cuts our workout time, while still giving us most efficient effects. We only need 20 minutes for this, and we’ll use simple workouts, and sometimes even more body weight exercises, depending on the client’s end goal for muscle building.
Last but not least, we’ll do 18 minutes of interval training. A warm-up, as well as six short intervals at the appropriate level of fitness for the client, interspersed with short intervals of low-intensity recovery. Complete with a cool-down. And that’s the workout. Again, about 45 minutes total.
Compare that to what a lot of people do, which is run, jog, cycle or use the cardio machines for 45 minutes straight. Sure, that could burn calories from fat, but it will not build a better body.
The truth is, there are some “dark sides” to long slow cardio, including less-than-optimal results, the opportunity for overuse injuries, and it is an inefficient form of exercise. If you only have 30-45 minutes for the workout and you invest it all on a cardio machine, when are you going to train the rest of your muscles and sculpt a much better body?
So the best ways to burn belly fat is with combining strength training and interval training. It’s fast, it does work, and it is fun!
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