Some exercises are more useful for fat loss, here are my top 10 exercises for fat loss.
1.Running
Whether you love or hate it, running is one of the best and simplest ways to burn calories. And, you don't need a treadmill to do it. Just lace up your shoes and hit the road. But pounding pavement doesn't have to be a mindless workout. Running in intervals—speeding up and slowing down your pace—will help make the minutes and miles go by quickly. Run in fartleks, which means speedplay in Swedish, where you pick up the pace every other street lamp or water hydrant you hit, and then slow down after you pass the next one
2.Elliptical Trainer
If you can’t run this is an awesome piece of machinery. The elliptical trainer combines the cardio of running with resistance and it is low impact. Another positive is that burning the equivalent amount of calories as running feels easier on the elliptical. Great weight loss exercise. Compare the elliptical trainer with the treadmill.
3.Sprints
If you haven't sprinted since a coach was blasting a whistle in your ear, you're missing out on a natural but extreme form of interval training that can pay dividends for more than just your legs.
"Sprinters don't just have great-looking glutes. They have tremendous arms and shoulders, too," said Nick Tumminello, director of Performance University. "You can't get more of a natural, total-body exercise."
A quick caveat, though: If you're not used to bursts like these, Tumminello says, it's easy to pull a hamstring, halting your training -- and your results. He suggests following these tips to start safely.
"The ground basically hits your leg earlier, which forces you to open up your hips a little more," he said. "And you can't go as fast, so you're less likely to pull a muscle while still getting a high-intensity workout."
Live in a flat area with no hills? Instead of the drag race approach, begin your sprints by speeding up from a jog."Most hamstring pulls start on the initial explosion," Tumminello said, but adds that shifting through your gears can keep your legs safe.
At a local track, jog the curve, then sprint 10 to 20 yards of the straightaway. Continue interval sprinting in this way.
4.Walking
One of the very first cardio exercises to reduce belly fat is walking. Surprised? Do you think it’s too simple to be effective? Well, then you should know that walking is a great and effective way to burn away that ugly belly fat. In fact, it is an excellent fat burner for your entire body. If you follow a healthy diet along with walking at a steady pace for 30-45 minutes for at least four to five days every week, you will witness a gradual decrease in your weight.
This low-impact exercise increases your metabolism as well as your heart rate. A heightened metabolic rate will burn away calories at a faster pace, thus helping to eliminate the fat accumulated around your belly. In fact, walking decreases the risk of injuries and is considered to be a good workout for beginners.
5.HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training)
HIIT workouts are, by far, one of the most effective ways to burn calories and hike up your metabolism. And, the best part is these workouts don't have to go for very long. Some HIIT workouts can last for only 10 minutes, but it's only effective if you push your body to its limits with all-out energy. Research has shown that HIIT can help burn belly fat, aka the worst kind of fat that puts you at risk for heart disease and other health conditions. Try our 10-minute, total-body workout to rev up your metabolism.
6.Rock Climbing
Rock climbing is a weight loss exercise that combines cardiovascular exercise with resistance training. This weight loss exercise burns A LOT of calories, esp. on the way up.
If you are serious about losing weight and are going to invest your time in exercising, do your best. Push yourself – everyday. Too often, one spots people “working-out” at the gym, but who are mostly in conversation with someone (sometimes even on the phone!), concentrating on television screens more than their work out, seem completely unfocused and are not even sweating. To do it right you must focus on the exercise you are doing and constantly push yourself harder, increasing the level of difficulty as you get more fit. If you did level 7 on the elliptical cross-trainer last week and found it easier, your body is not working as hard and you are burning less calories. Weight loss stops. Thus, increase the cross-trainer to level 8 this week. Never stand still. There is nothing permanent except change. If you are not going forward, you are heading backward.
7.Countdown workouts
Countdown workouts also use exercise pairs and are a motivating way to finish a workout, says Mike Wunsch, performance director at Results Fitness in Santa Clarita, California.
"They keep you engaged in what you're doing -- you have to keep the count and pay attention," he said.
With each round of the exercise pair, the workout involves one fewer rep of each move -- moving from sets of six to five to four, and so forth, until the count reaches zero. That finish-line mentality can keep you going.
As with density training, Wunsch recommends pairing opposing exercises for countdowns, but also suggests picking moves that have a rhythm. Moves like the kettlebell swing, squat thrusts and pushups work well. Wunsch says stress-busting med ball slams and throws can add to the fun.
8.Swimming:
With swimming, you get the benefits of cardio – from losing weight to toning your body – all at the same time! The strokes you choose should be up-tempo and strenuous in order to help you burn more calories. You can start by going for a swim once or twice every week.
9.Hurricane Workouts
"Cardiovascular training is archaic," Rooney said. "It not only takes a long time, it's boring."
To combat boredom and train faster and harder, Rooney designed a workout protocol around that's kept him lean: lifting weights and interval training. He calls this workout "the hurricane."
"The easiest way to explain a hurricane workout is that it's brief but intense," he said.Each hurricane is broken into three groups of three exercises, called rounds.
"Each round is composed of an exercise that gets your heart rate up, and then other exercises in between," he said.
This design allows users to build muscle and keep their heart rates up throughout the workout, which usually lasts between 16 and 22 minutes.
10.StairMaster
No matter how fit you are, climbing up a flight of stairs is always a challenge. That's because steps are designed to be short so that you have to engage additional muscles, like your glutes, quads, and calves, to bring your body up. Take your cardio to the next level, er, step by doing this HIIT StairMaster workout, working your way from a comfortable, moderate pace to all-out effort.
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