How To Lose Weight Without Ever Getting On The Treadmill

Many people who would like to lose a few pounds think that the treadmill plays an absolute essential role in their weight loss. After all, if the doctor says you should run for 60 minutes a day on the treadmill, shouldn't you listen to him? Well I'm going to challenge you to throw out traditional advice and skip the treadmill and get better results if you do so.

One of the reasons that the treadmill is prescribed by doctors is because any activity is better than no activity. And when you hop on the treadmill, no matter if you're distracted reading a book or watching TV, you're still staying active.

But if you're really serious about losing the weight, and want to do it as fast as possible, you should instead focus on raising your resting metabolic rate. This is the amount of calories that your body burns during the day while you're doing nothing.

If you didn't know you could make it so your body burns fat on auto pilot you're in for a treat!

There's two basic ways that your resting metabolic rate can be increased. The first is just by having more lean muscle on your body. Each pound of muscle on your frame will burn a certain number of calories every day to maintain itself. So the more the better right? (Well...maybe not body-builder status)

The second way to increase your resting metabolic rate is by exercising vigorously. When you work out hard, you'll break down your muscle tissue. Then your body has to expend a lot of energy (in the form of calories) to rebuild that tissue.

By working out hard you'll greatly increase your resting metabolism, making it easier for you to burn fat and keep it off for good.

By: Katie L. Faulkner

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