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If you’ve finally gotten to the point where you are ready to deal with losing the fat and getting in better shape, congratulations!  I know it can be intimidating when you first start out, there is a lot of conflicting information around and it can be difficult to know where to start when it comes to finding good workouts fat burning. While I’m not saying I’m an expert, I am saying that I’ve been working out for almost two decades and I know what works, and what doesn’t work, so here is some advice.

Don’t fall into the trap of doing the ’standard’ gym workout.  These usually consist of something like this: you start with 20-30 minutes of cardio on one of the machines (treadmill, stair climber,or elliptical), than after your ‘warm up’ you move on to resistance training with weights.  You are usually taught (I was) to do three sets of 8-12 reps per set.  Most of the time you will be taught to breakup your routines and do upper body one day and lower body the next.  After your resistance training you will be told to get back on a cardio machine and do another 20 or so minutes as a cool down. Sound familiar?

While that’s not a completely wrong way to work out, and you can get results with this type of routine, there are better (quicker) ways you can work out and get more results than with this ‘traditional’ workout, I’ll show you.

For one thing, spending extended time plodding away on a treadmill isn’t challenging your body enough to help it grow.  Your body will only grow (it doesn’t matter if the growth is muscular or cardiovascular in nature, the same principles apply) if it’s challenged. How challenged do you think your heart and lungs are if you do the same 30 minutes on the treadmill 3 times a week? Not very. Another problem is that you are putting a ton of strain on your joints and over time that is very likely to become a problem. 

Here is a better version that will actually work better in a shorter period of time.  Do intense resistance training exercises 3 times a week. Work your whole body in each session and limit the amount of rest between sessions to no more than 30 seconds (that way you get a great cardio workout while doing your strength training). If you use proper form making each move slow and controlled you will be able to reach the failure point (the point at which your muscles just can’t do one more rep without rest) and that will trigger the growth you want with only one set. Since you are only doing one set you are using better form and you aren’t getting the wear and tear on your joints, plus your workouts will go much more quickly.

Whether you are brand new to working out or you’ve been working out for years, try these workouts fat burning exercises and you will see amazing results in less time.

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