- Are you looking to lose belly fat?
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- Do you struggle with knowing what workouts really work?
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- Do you know how to make the most efficient use of your time for the greatest calorie burn?
Is this like the chicken or the egg question? Studies have proven that by doing strength training and high-intensity interval training help you lose belly fat. Most times, belly fat is the last place to go and you actually see changes in your face first.
Short bursts of exercise is a style that taps into the anaerobic energy system more than the aerobic. You may have heard it called HIIT training, or Interval Training, or even Max Interval Training.
The great thing about training this way is that it is most efficient use of your time during the workout but also for your weekly workouts. It is recommended that you don’t train with HIITS everyday. Even just less than an hour a few days a week can produce dramatic fat loss if you do it right.
Here are a couple reasons why HIIT training is the way to go:
- Burn More Belly Fat with High Intensity Intervals
The research as proven that anaerobic interval training works so much better as it requires the body to adapt metabolically. Your body is forced to burn fat to sustain the level of intensity being asked of it. It also elevates energy burn and use in your body like furnace for more than 24 hours post-workout, which has a dramatic effect on belly fat loss.
- BURSTS or HIITS Take Less Time than Aerobic Exercise
Not only do sprints help you lose MORE belly fat, they help you lose it FASTER and with LESS training time. Repeatedly, studies show that more fat loss is achieved in high-intensity programs that use 20 to 25 minutes of training time than those that use 45 or 50 minutes of aerobic training time.
- Strength Train to Lose Belly Fat
Lifting weights and using resistance allows you to trim and lean out belly fat if you train with high volume and use large muscle groups. Doing compound exercises will cut time and utilize more muscle during your session. Compound exercises are when you do more than one body part at a time. Example; bicep curls while reverse lunging. It’s also important to keep your rest times between sets at a minimum. Try not to exceed more than 30 seconds-1 minute rest.
- Anaerobic Training Can be Fun!
Shorter workouts, faster pace, high energy, all adds up to the mind game we play with motivating ourselves to workout. Intervals and strength training take less time and provide much more variety than aerobic training. Not only are you doing many different exercises in a strength training session, but you are pushing yourself to reach new personal bests.
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