Simple and Effective Cardio Fat Burning Workout Tips

Most people know that dieting by itself is not enough to lose fat successfully. But if you put together a good diet plan with a good exercise program, that includes both cardio training and weight training, then you have a much higher change to succeed. Certainly it is not that easy to burn fat with cardio at a very high rate all the time. So making changes, when changes have to be made, is very important.

• First of all if you are not having very good results with cardio at the moment, then the first strategy you could use, is to increase the duration of your cardio workouts. The longer your cardio workout is, the more fat you burn. For example if your cardio workout is 25-30 minutes long, then you can easily increase it by 10-15 minutes or even more. If that does not yield results, then you can increase your workouts more, but only up to 60 minutes. Going beyond 60 minutes means you are putting much more effort in, then you are actually getting back.  

• The second strategy you can use, is to increase your intensity. If you are already doing 45-60 minutes of cardio, then increasing your intensity is a very good strategy. Because the more intense your workout is, the more calories you burn. Of course the danger is to push too hard and when you push too hard, then you get out of breath. When this happens, then you are not able to do the amount of cardio you need. If you are at 70% of your max heart rate, then you can easily increase your intensity, but if it already is 85% or more, then it does not work.

• The third option, if you have already increased your intensity and the duration, is to increase the frequency of your workouts. Very simply, if you there is a very big difference, in the amount of calories you are burning, when you are exercising 3 times a week and when you are exercising 6 times a week. Some people have very good results with only 2-3 times of cardio a week, but some people have to increase it to 6-7 times a week. There are so many options to increase the effectiveness of your fat burning cardio workouts. So put them to the test and find out what works best for you.

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