If a trainer tells you that the best way to burn fat is to do an hour of cardio everyday, they are either lying to you or are really stupid. We know that cardio is useless for burning fat. A better method is interval training. We don’t know what length of interval works best. However, we do know that intervals work better than long distance cardio. Personally, I don’t care which one works best. All I know is that I don’t want to wake up early every morning and go jogging.
I used to do it for months and all I had to do was show that I had a bad knee. Jogging is especially dangerous for overweight individuals. This is because when you jog on pavement, you are putting a lot of stress on your knees. So what do you do if you hate or can’t do jogging? You can ride a bicycle or row a boat, but they’re boring too. Why not try interval training? Interval training is where you alternate between periods of high intensity training and low intensity training.
If your goal is complete fat loss, only do 20-30 second intervals followed by 10-15 seconds of rest or active recovery between each exercise. You can do this for as long as you want, but I doubt you’ll survive more than 20 minutes.
Make sure you go all the way out during your interval, otherwise it won’t work right. Additionally, if you rest for too long, it won’t work. The idea is to keep your heart rate elevated for as long as possible. This is what will help you boost your metabolic rate and burn fat.
Source by Parth Shah
