subject: 5 Ways To Increase The Intensity Of Your Workouts And Lose Fat [print this page] If you want to maximize the amount of weight you lose, you have to crank up the intensity of your workouts as much as possible. This will create the best fat burning environment in your body.
There is a huge catch, however. Intensity increases are never easy.
Thus, here are some tips for enhancing the intensity of your weight loss workouts:
1. Pushing beyond your normal repetition range: You can't do this alone, you will need a workout partner. Also, make sure you stay aligned when trying this. In a nutshell, you complete as many repetitions as you can for a given set, then push beyond with help.
2. Slower tempos: By slowing down the speed at which you do an exercise, you greatly increase the amount of tension your muscle is subjected to. The key here is to overcome the intense burn you get from this technique. So brace yourself before trying this.
3. Descending sets: Descending sets involve doing multiple sets for the same exercise one after the other, without any rest in between. After each set, you lower the weight so that you can keep on going. Again, don't let form deviate here.
4. Super sets: These are really challenging because you do two exercises back to back without any rest in between. And you really have to make sure that your form doesn't deviate here. Never sacrifice form just to do some more repetitions.
5. Reduced rest times: Start slicing your rest periods in half and you will increase the metabolic demands of your workout a lot. Even better, your exercise post oxygen consumption will sky rocket. Recall that this effect has you burning an excess of calories well after your workout is done.
Increasing the intensity of your workouts is the best thing you can do to bust out of plateaus and to accelerate fat loss. The key here is taking action as soon as possible, don't let this information sit in your head!
