Our typical cardio has been replaced by a better fat burner

In any gym you walk into or on the street you drive down, you’ve probably seen someone doing a lot at a moderate speed trying to get in shape. They may be doing 5 miles in a day, or even more, but not all of them will necessarily look like they’re in “excellent” condition.

Yes, running 5 miles can help you lose weight when combined with a good diet plan, but does everyone really have time to run 5 miles that often? Probably not, and even if they did, I can bet that most who started their jogging plan eventually gave it up or gave it up altogether. They stop doing it due to the daily boredom one feels from running in place or even outside for long periods of time. Once the motivation wears off, you’ll quickly find yourself making excuses why you’re not jogging today or running the same distance.

Another downside, aside from boredom, is the actual results most get from pure jogging and the effects it can have on their body. While running long distances, you repeatedly hit your lower body joints against an unforgiving surface. This causes aches and pains and, over time, serious damage.

It’s also commonly known among personal trainers who use a variety of equipment that “cardio” machines are routinely far off the number of calories burned than is the real thing—up to 40 percent! For example, you get on a machine at the gym and write down your weight, height, and age. You run for an hour, you get off with the idea that you just burned 500 calories for the day. Wrong, it’s more than possible that you only made 60 percent of that figure.

The final reason why traditional cardio isn’t ideal for losing belly fat, defining your abs, and toning your overall body is muscle stimulation. When you run at a moderate pace, you’re not increasing hormone levels and triggering abdominal fat burning, and you’re definitely not giving muscle an explosive movement to work tissue. Why else do you see “joggers” as typically not toned or defined athletes? Because the average runner doesn’t build muscle unless he adds a strength program to his routine.

The answer is HIIT (high intensity interval training). Have you ever noticed the difference between a sprinter and a long-distance runner? One sprinter is defined, toned and explosive and the other is not. Boxers and MMA practitioners have incredible cardio, ripped abs, and almost no body fat due to intense, explosive workouts, which can pack a punch in a short amount of time.

How short you ask? You can get a solid HIIT workout in 10 minutes, and there are plenty of variations to lose belly fat and keep you entertained and motivated in a busy lifestyle. How do I lose my belly fat doing these routines? As mentioned above, when your body performs short explosive bursts and then rests and repeats; The body’s hormone production increases and metabolism increases for hours after exercise.

Some examples that I like to do to keep the tone, do as many series as you feel capable of, do not overdo it at the beginning.

Soccer track or field, even a treadmill if you can set the speeds easily. Run 50 yards, rest 15-30 seconds, run 50 yards, rest 15-30 seconds. Do this 4 times and then rest for 1-2 minutes. That’s 1 game. Try to shoot 2-3 sets, but make sure it’s a sprint.

Boxing/kickboxing heavy bag exercise

Instead of hitting a bag and sacrificing your punching and kicking form for long rounds, try 30-second bursts of powerful punches and kicks, followed by 1-minute rest. It sounds easy, but unless you’ve been doing it for a while, you’ll find that punches and kicks don’t look as good as they did at first. Once your form is neglected by muscle exhaustion, call it a day.

Circuit training (dumbbells and bench) Do all 5 exercises without resting between exercise changes and once you’ve completed all 5 rest 1 minute and that’s 1 set. Try 2 to 5 series. Once you get to the 4-5 set range, add weight. This will make you lose belly fat and have your body ripped in no time.

– Dumbbell bench press

– Ax chops

– Farmer’s Walk

– Inverted Rows

– Bicep Curls

HIIT (higher intensity interval training) benefits: more variety, less time, maintain and add muscle, tone your entire body and define your abs, better results overall! Change your jogging shoes for a month for these exercises and you won’t regret it