Shed Those Stubborn Pounds with Fat Burning Workouts
It’s easy to lose weight initially with any exercise program and good eating habits. You see results more quickly and right away. This is great motivation, but then your fat loss starts to slow down and you don’t see the results. It’s hard to continue when your reach this plateau.
Don’t lose faith. It’s normal to lose weight quickly in the beginning and slow down after some time. It seems harder. Adding variety and increasing your intensity temporarily may just be what your body needs. Reaching a 100% or your fat burning goals is achievable and you can keep it off with smart training and a proper diet.
Lack of persistence makes it difficult to shed the last few pounds or to reach your final goal. Once you reach a certain weight you may be inclined to stop trying and say your happy with what you’ve accomplished. And eventually you start to go back to your old habits and give up before your reach your initial goal.
Don’t give up before your reach your goal because this can have negative long term effects. It will be even more difficult the next time you try to sick to your goals. Persistence to stick to your goal will help you develop good habits of following through and will give you a positive morale boost.
Working out smart and eating smart are what will get you to the desired weight, not necessarily workout out harder. Combining cardio and strength training is a much more efficient way to burn fat than cardio alone or strength training with long rests between exercises.
One of the most common mistakes is performing the same routine for more than 6 weeks. Burning fat requires a combination of both resistance and cardio but also adding variety and increasing intensity.
Don’t make the mistake of following the same exercise routine for more than 6 weeks. This will lead to a plateau because your muscles will adapt after this point and will require less energy which burns less calories. Your muscles have become efficient at performing the same exercises at this point. Its important to add variety and vary your intensity.
For example if you walk everyday at the same pace for the same amount of time, you start to lose less weight because your body has adapted. Adding intervals is a great way to challenge your body. Add a few minutes of walking at a faster pace or increase the total time.
Same applies to resistance training or weight lifting. Change the exercises, and the intensity every 6 weeks or so to continue to burn fat and benefit. Again variety is key to keep your muscles and your body challenged enough so that you continue to burn fat and keep it off.
