Monday, November 19, 2007

Belly Fat BE GONE!!!

The big day for giving thanks is this Thursday.

Followed of course, by Black Friday - the day many men and women spend on the Cardio Confessional.

That's my term for people who think that an hour of cardio will make up for the previous day's dietary indiscretions. But nothing can be further from the truth.

For the next two months, millions of bloated men and women will be stepping on stairmasters, mounting elliptical machines, and parking their butts on bikes for hours while repenting their sinful pumpkin
pie indulgences and other holiday feast transgressions.

Unfortunately, they will do all this with little return for the investment of their time.

Just take a look at the two most shocking research studies in the last year.

First, from Australia, came the study showing us that cardio did nothing for female fat loss, while interval training helped burn belly fat.

And second, an American study showed that even doing 300 hours of cardio in a year led to less than 6 pounds of fat loss in men and women. I know kind of depressing isn't it?

So to sum up the big findings of this year...

The cardio confessional is a waste of time.

A mindset that involves "exercise as punishment for overeating" is unhealthy and ineffective.

Resistance training is the only way to build muscle and burn fat at the same time.

Short burst interval training workouts are the best way to lose your belly fat and sculpt your body.

If the goal is to keep belly fat off for the holidays...You are better working out more times per week 20 to 40 minutes per session, than doing monster marathon workouts once or twice per week....

See you in the gym...

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