subject: The Best Methods To Melt Away Flab [print this page] What is the best methods to burn fat? It's a question most of us ask a lot. We ask it right after the holiday overindulging to start our New Year's Resolution off right. We pursue it when the weather starts to warm up and we can no longer hide under a sweater. And we seek it when our birthday rolls around. So I am going to go over the greatest ways to burn flab in more detail below so that you can have an awareness of the step-by-step progression you need to follow.
Best Method To Burn Fat #1
Eat right - You must eat nutrient-dense yet calorie-skimpy foods. No amount of exercise is going to help you if you maintain eating a high-fat, high-calorie diet.
But how many calories should you eat per day? That question comes down to understanding how many calories your body will burn normally during the day.
So you need to figure out your Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) which is the number of calories your body burns during the course of the day, not counting exercise.
Males: REE Calories = 11 x body weight in pounds
Females Calories = 10 x body weight in pounds
So eating right is not only about changing the types of foods that we eat, it also about counting the calories to make sure that we consume less than our body consumes.
Best Method To Burn Flab #2
Drink water. If you dump the soda and the beer drink water instead, you could lose 20-30 a year!
In addition, studies have shown that by drinking 16 oz. of water before a meal you will consume 15% less calories. It is clear why this is the best method to burn flab.
Best Method To Burn Fat #3
Start strength training because the best way to melt away flab is to turn your body into a fat burning machine. You need to boost your metabolism and the best way to boost your metabolism including when you sleep, is to add more muscle on your body.
Another reason to include strength training into your weight plan is because your metabolism will naturally starts to slow down after age 20. The typical person metabolism drops 2% a decade. This means that as we age, we burn fewer calories and if we continue to eat about the same amount of food we will start adding fat in all of the wrong places.
It is not necessary that you get big enough to compete in a body-builder contest. What I important is maintain a program of strength training add a healthy amount of lean muscle to your frame and tone your body to enable you to burn the remaining fat on your body faster.
Greatest Method To Melt Away Flab #4
Aerobic conditioning - Now that we are eating right, properly hydrated and have added a healthy amount of muscle, it is now time to burn the fat.
The first task is to decide which cardiovascular exercises you can do and where you can do them. You may have a few more options at the gym because there will be more equipment (ie: treadmills, elliptical machines, etc.). If this seems a bit much to you, you could always start a walking program. A brisk walk for 30 minutes to an hour or more, three or more times a week may be all you need.
You could also consider "Interval Exercises" which is a [technique where you use short bursts pushing yourself at close to 100% of your capacity combined with other work periods in the exercise when you work at a slower pace.
All the studies show that interval trainingburns more calories, and more importantly more calories from fat, than steady-state cardio where you work at the same level of intensity throughout the exercise.
If you are out of shape take it easy and start slow. You may spend the first few weeks of workouts doing steady state aerobics to get into the shape required to start interval training. And when you finally start intervals, take it easy, pace yourself and take breaks if needed.
