Best Exercises to Burn Fat

Most people not only want to lose weight, they want to lose fat. Unfortunately, while dieting alone may result in some fat loss, it will also result in muscle loss. The higher the percentage of lean muscle in your body, the more quickly you will burn fat. When you are starting a fat burning program, it is imperative to do exercises that not only burn calories but also ones that build lean muscle. Keeping this in mind, some exercises will help you reach your goal more quickly than others.

Tips

1. Use cross training when choosing your exercises. You need to combine strength training and aerobic exercise to reduce the fat content in your body.

2. Start lifting weights to build your muscles and increase the rate at which your body burns fat. Visit your local gym and ask about their weight lifting facility. Modern weight lifting clubs are no longer the old sweaty gyms where muscle-bound men grunted and dropped the weights. Ergonomic weight machines isolate individual muscle groups and allow you to work the muscles safely.

3. Alternate working muscle groups every day. Your muscles need time to recuperate after a lifting session, so work a different muscle group each day. If you work arms one day, work your legs the next. Your muscles need 48 hours of rest to repair themselves before your next lifting workout.

4. Add a cardiovascular workout. As a part of your fat-burning routine, be sure to add an aerobic workout at least three times a week. During an aerobic session, your heart rate will increase, flooding your body and muscles with oxygen and raising your metabolism.

5. Choose cardiovascular workouts that are fun to keep you motivated. You can join a step aerobics class or go for a jog. Alternately, combine different aerobic workouts to keep you motivated and to stave off boredom. Spend 15 minutes on the stair-stepper, another 15 on the treadmill and finish up with 15 minutes on an elliptical trainer. Any exercise that gets your heart rate up and keeps it up will burn fat.