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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Fat Burning Cardio Workouts the Free and Easy Way

By Michael Dickens

Fat burning cardio workouts are pretty easy, as long as you have the motivation to stick with them. In no time you'll be slimmer and trimmer if you combine them with a healthy eating plan. And they are free.

Sseven days a week, yes that means every day, do some form of aerobic exercise. When your heart pumps faster, not so fast that it labors, but enough to make you sweat you're doing aerobic exercise. Walking, running, swimming, even mowing the lawn are aerobic workouts. For another step towards better health, add intervals to the aerobics. These are periods of higher activity that help boost the metabolism even more. For example if you are walking, run for a minute.

It's wrong to think exercise is only three to five days a week. Don't believe it. Exercise each and every day. For an activity that will be repeated every day, make sure it's something not too difficult. In order to burn stored fat try to exercise before breakfast or at least before your next meal. Throw in an extra 10-30 minute walk after lunch or dinner to this exercise routing, in addition to the 30 minutes. Finally, find opportunities to move. This can mean anything from parking further from the office so you have to walk from the car to the door, to using the stairs instead of the elevator, to raking leaves rather than blowing them.

Do simple weight exercise three times a week. Bigger muscles make your metabolism speed into overdrive. A faster metabolism will burn more calories even when you're not moving. You'll also feel better and look better just because of the toned muscle.

Never skip breakfast, lunch or dinner. Doing so places your body into starvation mode where it burns calories more slowly. A slow metabolism is the enemy of fat burning. Remember too that eating too little will also drop the body into starvation mode. Most people need to consume at least 1200 calories each day.

Results are pretty amazing when fat burning cardio workouts combine with healthy diet. It doesn't have to be hard. In fact if it's too hard you'll lose motivation and drop the program. Too many people get hyped up on working out after Christmas, or just before the summer beach season, but don't even make it for a month before the difficult workouts ground them into quitting. Don't be one of these start and quit health enthusiasts.

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