How To Burn More Fat With Your Weight Loss Workout

There is nothing worse than seeing your weight loss goal within reach and being stuck on a very annoying weight loss plateau. You’ve not the first dieter that has faced this situation nor will you be the last. In addition to not losing anymore weight, you’ve found that you’re also stuck in a weight loss workout rut. It’s time to switch gears and change tactics and shake things up, so that you can get back to burning more fat and regaining some of the energy you’ve been missing.

Your weight loss routine is obviously working for you since you are maintaining your current weight, but you need to do something that burns more calories. Interval training is the perfect thing to add to your routine and you can get the same high quality, heart pumping workout done in half the time. If your normal routine takes sixty minutes, you can develop an interval training routine that only takes thirty minutes. And believe it or not, you’ll get a better workout and better results.

An interval weight loss workout works by combining bursts of high intensity training with your low intensity training. This helps to overload the aerobic and anaerobic systems in your body all at the same time. Before you start your routine, make sure that you warm up and stretch like you normally do before. You are going to be working your muscles more intensely than normal and you do not want to get muscle cramps or pull a tendon. Start your regular workout routine like you normally do and then break into a more intense routine for about five minutes. For example, if you use a treadmill to walk, then break into a jog for five minutes. You’ll know that you’re performing the exercise properly when you feel your heart start to beat faster. Consider using a heart rate monitor or by measuring your pulse for fifteen seconds and then multiplying it by four.

What you’re doing here is keeping your body from exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide the way it normally would. The term ‘feel the burn’ refers to the burning in your muscles when they release lactic acid, a toxic byproduct. Keep up the more intense activity until you feel your muscles begin to tire. Decrease the intensity of your workout just enough to keep your pulse rate up so that you do not lose all of the benefits your interval training has just provided you. Repeat these bursts of slow and fast training for thirty minutes. If you are just starting out adding the interval training to your routine, space out your bursts so that you can ease into it and not hurt yourself.

When you add interval training to your weight loss workout you are forcing both systems in your body to work at the same time. You burn off more calories and fat, turning it into muscle as you metabolize it faster. Any cardiovascular machine can help you develop a good interval workout into your regular routine. You can even use jump roping, swimming, jogging, or anything else that gets your heart rate up and moving. Start out by doing one interval training session a week and then add more as you start to feel comfortable with it. You’ll see the results in no time.