Exercise Combo's for Fat Loss Plus a Free Fat Loss Workout

Exercise Combo’s for Fat Loss Plus a Free Fat Loss Workout

Posted by georgel on Aug 29, 2010 |

Exercise Combo’s for Fat Loss Plus a Free Fat Loss Workout

One of the questions I get asked most often is “What’s the best exercise to lose fat, get ripped and really make my muscles ‘pop’. ” Or some variation of that question.

Losing body fat and building muscle always seem to be key goals (I wish more people would focus on the health benefits, but that’s a subject for another post.).

Contrary to popular buy levitra vardenafil belief, losing fat and building muscle don’t have to be mutually exclusive. And sorry, jogging or running on the treadmill is NOT the best way to do this…not even close.

In fact, by performing resistance training in intense, short bursts you get the best of both worlds. Especially if you’re performing full body workouts.

To really put your metabolism into fat-burning overdrive, you’ll want to perform full body workouts 3x a week. I’d also recommend at least two days of some high intensity intervals like sprints.

So What Do I Do?

The key to doing these type of workouts is to make sure you target all major muscle groups (chest, shoulders, back and legs). No need to worry about your biceps, triceps and calves when doing full body workouts because all of those muscles get stressed if you’re doing the right exercises.

I like performing my full body workouts using timed intervals. Sometimes it’s a 4 minute round of 20-10′s (8 exercises, 20 seconds of intense work, 10 seconds of rest), sometimes it’s 30-30′s (20 exercises, 30 seconds of intense work, 30 seconds of rest), sometimes it’s 50-10′s (5 exercises, 50 seconds of intense work, 10 seconds of rest)…you get the idea. I’ll do anywhere from 1 to 4 of these “rounds” resting anywhere from 1 and 5 minutes between each round for a workout that typically lasts 15-20 minutes.

Exercising this way has been scientifically proven to maximize ampicillin bacteria fat burn.

Don’t forget that by maximixing fat burn, your muscles will also look bigger and more defined (that includes your abs!).

Sample Workout

To give you an idea of what I’m talking about, here’s the workout I did on Friday.

I performed three 5 minute rounds of 5 exercises. Each round consisted of 50 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest.

I rested 1 minute after the first round and 3 minutes after the second round. The amount of time you rest really depends on your conditioning (try your best to keep it to one minute). Just make sure you complete all three rounds. Of course, if you’re up to it, go for a fourth!

Remember, good form is more important than how many you do. Quality over quantity!

Here are the exercises I performed:

-Cross Body Mountain Climbers

-Pushup-Traveling Lunge combo

-Stability Ball Jack Knife

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-Jumping Jacks

One imortant tip here. You should not westernunion ohio depend on your watch to get the timing down. It will never work. Either invest in a Gym Boss or check out these websites where you can use a free interval timer:

http://www.speedbagforum.com/timer.html

There are also quite a few free iPhone apps that do this as depo provera generic well.

Exercise Combos for Fat Loss

Starting with this article, I’ll be starting a series of my favorite exercise combinations. A good exercise combination is going to 1)Work multiple body parts 2)Maximize fat loss

One of my favorites is the pushup-traveling lunge combo. This is an advanced combo that will really get your metabolism going!

Here’s how you do it:

Pushup-Traveling Lunge Combo

Grab a pair of light-moderate dumbbells.
Assume a pushup position, bracing yourself on the dumbbells (instead of just your hands as you normally would)
Do as many pushups you can do until the halfway point (25 seconds if you’re doing a 50-10 interval)
Stand up with the dumbbells in hand and perform a traveling lunge.
1. Keep your torso straight
2. Take a step forward with your right leg and lower your body until your front knee is bent 90 degrees.
3. Push from your front foot and step forward into a standing position.
4. Repeat, this time lunging forward with your left leg.

Let me know if you have any favorite combo’s by posting below!

Keeping you fit while you’re busy,

George

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