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Life as we know it these days has become more complicated and this has made our list of daily ‘to dos’ longer. Indeed, the tight schedule most of us keep each day prevents us from maintaining a healthy lifestyle and this is evidenced by recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that says 66% adults in the U.S. are overweight.

The culture of fast food we’ve come to embrace isn’t making things any easier on our waistlines too. Cheezy triple burgers, coffees with the caloric amount of a full meal and 24-hour pizzas these evidently wind-up as excess calories and unsightly flab- making-us heavier and less happy about ourselves.

Since we’re living in a democracy and our government can’t really dictate what stores and restaurants serve, it’s quite obvious that the only way to curb effects of high-calorie dining is through regular exercise. Adopting a regular workout routine even for 30 minutes a day can get us in shape as well as reduce the stresses of the day.

People with hectic schedules don’t bother to maintain a regular workout schedule because they have the impression that less than an hour of exercise is useless. There are actual ways of modifying conventional cardio and resistance workouts to increase their calorie-burning potential and shorten exercise sessions.

We amass body fat when we have surplus calories upon hitting the sack each night. The only real way to lose weight from stored fat is to burn more calories than we get from the food we eat. Doing exercises with high calorie-burning potential makes sure we use up all the energy we get from all the unhealthy food we munch on.

There is no doubt as to the effectiveness of cardio exercises when it comes to isolating body fat for energy. However intense anaerobic exercises (bodybuilding) can be just as effective because additional muscle tissue improves our body’s ability to burn calories even while we’re not exercising. Traditional weight-training can be modified to increase intensity and enabling us to burn more calories and shorten our sessions.

Working several muscles simultaneously while exercising uses-up more energy. The more caloric energy we use, the faster we eliminate body fat. Involving the muscles of our core (lower back, hips, buttocks and mid-section) in regular weight-lifting exercises will effectively intensify our anaerobic workouts and result in a more rapid loss of fat while improving our balance and endurance.

There are several ways to engage our base muscles and speed-up fat-loss in our workouts. Standing on one foot, while doing curls and presses, or using a Swiss ball as a platform in abdominal exercises will result in instability. The effort made by the core muscles in keeping the body steady results in a more intense workout, a more stable base and ultimately speedier fat loss.

Want to learn the way to rapid fat loss and core strength? Check-out Dante Solaris’ site for free videos on fat loss exercises.


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