TRICK OR TREAT? 5 fat loss tips & exercises for the upcoming holiday seasons.
Article By: Neal Dakmak BRFIT Trainer
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Trick or Treat? No treats here, but during the holiday seasons we’re all tempted with extra servings, desserts and candies. As a regular exerciser, one should know to skip on the candy and desert and add extra portions of meat and vegetables. For those who need a little extra help this article is for you! Training for fat loss is a somewhat confusing topic for most people, but we all know that fat loss starts in the kitchen with your eating habits. To help aid with the blunders of the holiday season, I will give a list of my top 5 fat loss tips to keep you lean and ward off any unwanted fat during the holiday season.
Power Walking Yes I know, we’ve all made jokes about people walking at top speed around the neighborhood holding weights, doing curls and various other movements. But what if they knew something you didn’t? It’s highly effective! Walking as fast as you humanly can without jogging is a great way to fire up your legs, glutes and calves. Your body will be screaming “just jog!” Some may argue that this can become too easy over time, but there are many options for increasing intensity such as using ankle weights, weighted vests, dumbbells, and to really fire up the calves and glute muscles, try it in the sand! Beat your time each session or reduce the amount of time it takes to travel within a certain distance. Adding in the above progressions are a great way to get through a great workout with little to no equipment. Heck, you can even do this by trying to keep up with your little brother or nephew holding his bag of candy on Halloween!
High Intensity Interval Training ( HIIT) High Intensity Interval Training or HIIT is a method of training which burns more calories than steady state cardio such as the elliptical or Stairmaster at a steady pace. HIIT is short durations of high-intensity exercise coupled with short rest periods. If you’re like me, I like to hit my cardio hard with intensity and get the heck on with my day! Drawn out cardio days are just not for me! This unique type of training burns fat at a high rate through the increase of hormone production, particularly the fat burning hormone HGH (Human Growth Hormone), which sounds good to me! Typically HIIT can be done with sprinting and jogging, but if you have access to an aerodyne bike, treadmill, jump rope, rowing machine or even a local pool, they can all be used for this type of training.
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