subject: Fat Burning Exercise Tips On How To Lose Weight Following A Recommended Program [print this page] If you are the individual who has set out on a goal to finally lose some weight I want to commend you for that decision and wish you nothing but the best. The percentage of people who are overweight, particularly in America is now at an alarming level. Losing weight, especially after years of inactivity is not an easy task to undertaken. Nevertheless with perseverance it can be achieved. Here are some tips in beginning a fat burning exercise program that will eventually allow you to shed those unwanted pounds from your body.
Let me start out by mentioning the fact that there are two mistaken theories that most people believe regarding a program of fat burning exercise. The first theory is that cardiovascular activity, (involving exercises meant to strengthen the heart muscle and other organs related to the cardio system) would be the only method allowing one to burn excess levels of bad fat from his/her body and therefore lose weight. That theory, in and of itself is a fallacy. While a person who has a low percentage regarding body fat proportion and who is in great shape will keep him or herself lean by activities such as swimming, engaging in bicycle riding, (my personal favorite activity) or running the following is unfortunately also true if you're overweight. If your body fat percentage is high these activities alone are not going to shrink your body, shedding the fat off of your frame and lowering your weight drastically. While swimming is close to a perfect form of exercise as you use more, (but not all) of your body's muscles, bicycle riding and running use a much lower percentage as you engage in these activities.
The second theory, again in truth nothing but a fallacy is that performing any type of weight lifting exercises will only bulk up your body; therefore you will never lose weight. Using the just-completed Olympics in London as an example, people can easily perceive that athletes involved in the weight-lifting competition have honed their bodies that way solely through massive amounts as well as years of dedicated weight-training. People believe that by lifting weights following a similar regimen, (which most people could not do anyway) they will end up looking exactly as those athletes and not lose weight at all. In order to burn fat and lose weight an individual is not at all encouraged to participate in the type of heavy weight lifting activities similar to what elite level Olympic athletes engage in as a sport.
Instead a program of exercise which allows you to achieve short-span muscle fatigue, (in the form of calisthenics) and a light weight lifting program designed to change a percentage of body fat into lean muscle together will allow you to lose weight. Short-span muscle fatigue in which you push a set of muscles in your body to the point of exhaustion results in their eventually becoming lean. Lean muscles weigh much less than fat itself, which is trimmed off of your body frame through the correct type of activity. An quick example of this would involve the activity of performing push ups, following the correct process. This drill is furthermore is referred to as a compound exercise as it uses, (and develops) more than one set of the body's muscles simultaneously.
Push ups when performed using the proper technique develop muscles in your chest, (pectorals), shoulders, (particularly the deltoids) as well the triceps muscles in your arms all at the same time. These type of calisthenic exercises are performed best in sets to the point that you reach short-span muscle fatigue within each particular activity. The object is to build your muscles up, (turning fat into lean muscle) to the point in which you perform a higher number of reps per set over a period of time according to a pre-set weekly, or monthly schedule.
Light weight lifting, designed to change your body structure into lean muscle could involve something like performing straight-arm pull over/ or pull down exercises using a lightly-weighted dumbbell or bar. This activity would be referred to as an isolation exercise as when performed properly the goal is to only strengthen the lat muscles in your back. This exercise is also performed to the point in which you achieve short-span muscle fatigue within an ever increasing number of reps per set, and over a period of time.
