Sunday, May 31, 2009

Get Your Body In The Fat Burning Zone

By Jason King

Your body must be continuously burning fat to get six pack abs. Because of the internet, together with some misconceptions, the fat burning zone is a dissimilar location for a number of exercise gurus and fitness fanatics.

Lets get two weight loss myths concerning where the fat burning zone is out of the way, and they are talked about below.

Myth 1. A myth that has been with us for a long time now is your body begins burning fat after the first twenty minutes of a long cardio workout.

The reality is, your body is burning fat all the time to some extent, and if you're doing long boring cardio for an hour the first 20 minutes will burn just as much fat as the last 20 providing you still have the same amount of energy at the end of the session. And that won't be very much fat.

As you're reading this article your body is burning fat, your body won't just necessarily begin burning fat after 20 minutes of exercise. What would your body be doing for the first part of your cardio session if it wasn't burning calories of some degree.

If anything, the end of an hour of cardio would start burning muscle for energy.

Myth 2. Your body burns fat when you do cardio first thing in the morning on an empty stomach.

When you first wake up in the morning the last thing your body wants is a cardio workout. Your body won't burn any more fat in the morning than it will if you exercise in the afternoon. Once you have some carbs in your body you'll have a much improved workout than if you attempt to exercise on an empty stomach. Carbs give you energy so your workouts will become more intense. You need to develop intensity into your workouts so your body burns fat after you've finished exercising.

If you want to get your body in the fat burning zone then you need to increase your muscle mass while using interval training. This will put your body in a fat burning state for 48 hours after you've finished exercising. If you're body isn't burning enough fat between your workouts then you'll never see your abs.

Just 3 workouts a week will have your body completely transformed in 12 weeks. Some fitness fanatics do long tedious cardio workouts 6 days a week for months without success. This is for the simple reason they've haven't in any way increaed their metabolic rate.

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