Anti-Treadmill Fat Loss Exercises
Friday, August 13th, 2010Anti-Treadmill Fat Loss Exercises
Today I have some good news for those who just hate getting on a treadmill, stationary bike or stepper. What if I told you that you’ll barely ever need to get on one of those horrible things ever again? I would like to share with you an exercising concept used by various sport stars and athletes.
A much more efficient way to train your body is by doing variable physical exercises, or better described as “stop and go” exercises The kind where you have a sudden explosion of energy followed by a resting phase. You can achieve this kind of exercise by getting involved in a sport like basketball, tennis, hockey or even football. Should you consider getting involved in a sport in order to lose weight or burn fat, consider the kinds that offer “go and stop” kind of movements, like those I have mentioned.
Weight training is also another great option. Now wait a minute, I can already see a frown on your face, but here me out.
Even though you may not be looking at building muscles, weight training offers awesome physical variability. This you can quickly demonstrate for yourself if you don’t believe me. Just drop down for 10 push ups or 10 stomach crunches. Feel how quickly your pulse rate increased? Feel how quickly your breathing rate increased? Now relax for one minute and you’ll soon notice how quickly your pulse and breathing rate has decreased. Training with weights correctly will give you this exact effect. You will be in awe to see how quickly you can break a sweat in under 30 minutes with just weight training. And of course, the more you sweat, the faster you burn fat. Weight training is advantageous for both men and women.
Because of the wonderful hormone called testosterone, men might tend to go with a little heavier weights in order to bulk up a little. If I may make a confession here, most of us men do have a little vanity in us and once in an exercise routine with a goal in mind, we like to check ourselves out in the mirror. Flexing our biceps and chest muscles, dreaming of getting them just a little bit bigger, becoming just a little bit (or a lot) more desirable.
As a man I probably can not speak for women, but by observation I can say that in general women overall might tend to exercise with lighter weights, as most women are not looking to define muscles, but rather create a lean body, flat stomach and a fit and healthy look. And also for the ladies who think or feel that they can do with a breast lift: by strengthening you chest muscles you can create a natural breast lift. A few light chest dumbbell presses per week could save you thousands of dollars that others will flunk out at the plastic surgeon.
So trash your treadmill, get into some weight training exercises and burn fat like crazy while sculpting your beach ready body.