So how does one overcome the tendency our body's have to put on a few extra pounds? Now that we've got it so good, we've got to come up with a way to stay healthy and lean without popping pills and getting liposuction!
Building muscle Tips - Strip That Fat From Your Body and Reveal Your Muscles Today!
OK, here's how it's done:
Step 1. You need to be following some kind of weight training program. Don't worry, you're not going to become the next Arnold Schwarzenegger by lifting weights. But muscles do consume twice as much energy as fat so they're an advantage. Get started lifting weights 2-3 times a week and you'll start noticing that you're not only getting stronger, but your metabolism is speeding up too. You'll start to get hungry. This is good, because you need to feed your muscles so they become fat burning assets.
Step 2. Don't do aerobic exercise. Yep, you heard me DON'T do it. You've got to be mad right? Everyone says do aerobic exercise so you'll burn fat, so it must be true. Nope. Well, it is, sort of. But it's not the most effective way so lets get to it.
What do you do instead? Well, you know how muscle burns more energy than fat right? Well, you can also put your body into a fat burning mode by doing Short and intense cardio exercises. This is similar to say going for a jog, or riding a bike for an hour, except you take all that effort, and put it into 15 minutes! This is commonly called interval training or High Intensity Training.
Here's an example:
HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), or Interval Training is a training session divided into 2 parts. One intense, and the other less intense.
Here's an example of a HIIT training session:
# Stretches
# 5 min warmup
# 1 min walk/jog
# 20 second sprint
# 1 min walk/jog
# 20 second sprint
# 1 min walk/jog
# 20 second sprint
# 1 min walk/jog
# 20 second sprint
# 1 min walk/jog
# 20 second sprint
# 1 min walk/jog
# 20 second sprint
# 1 min walk/jog
# 20 second sprint
# 1 min walk/jog
# 20 second sprint
# 5 min cooldown
# Stretches
The beautiful thing about this kind of training is that you'll speed up your metabolism so much that you'll be burning calories for days! And it only takes 15 minutes! It's seriously the BEST way to strip that fat from your body with the least amount of work.
If you're already training 3 days a week, do this cardio training on your OFF days only. The reason why is because your body simply does not know how to burn fat and build muscle at the same time. Alternate between the 2 so you can get the best of both worlds. And remember, take a day off. Nothing worse than burn out when you're doing so well.
Anything else? Sure is... just one more thing:
Building Muscle Tips - Step 3. Eat Fresh High Water Content Food.
I'm not going to get into the whole calorie argument and talk about how confusing it is to have to read all the food labels. Let's just be serious for a second. If you want to get the fat from your body it's not going to happen eating burgers and fries. You know it. So what do you eat? Well, your best option is to eat food that's got plenty of nutritional value and helps keep your body and metabolism moving. What's the best food to do that? Fruit and vegetables.
Yeah, it's a bummer eh. You've been hearing it since you were a kid. "Eat Your Vegetables!" Turns out your parents were right eh. Well, I'm not about to tell em so don't worry!
Honestly though, eat your vegies, and eat them raw if you can. Keep your protein intake high so your body can repair itself. Snack on RAW nuts (not the salty ones!) and protein snacks / shakes. And get your energy mostly from fruits and vegetables. You'll find that you need to work a little harder to eat them but stick with it, the results will be worth it.
As you change your diet, and work out with heavier weights, your body will change. So...
Take some advice from a guy who's been there before: Sean Nalewanyj. He's the former skinny guy and successful author of The Truth About Gaining Muscle. He's not only one of the top 10 muscle building experts online today, but he's got fat burning tips down to a fine art.
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