As a fat loss expert I’m at the studio almost every day. I observe the same people trying to lose weight. They get on a stair master for example and start to read a good story or the latest Hollywood gossip in a magazine.
Do you know what happens to those members? In 12 weeks – or even a year – they will weigh the same, and they’ll be wondering why? They’ll say ‘I go to the gym all the time, why am I not losing weight?’ I’ll tell you why.
Trust me, if you can read a book or a magazine during your cardio session, you not pushing yourself hard enough! When you do your cardio, reading a magazine should be the last thing on your mind. You should be focused on your breathing and trying to catch your breath!
People who get the optimum results are the ones who push themselves outside of their comfort zone. I accept that long slow cardio can be good for form and when you need a change once in a while. But if you really want good results – Express Fat Loss- go with the interval training and push hard!
How you do interval training? I prefer to use the treadmill but you can use the elliptical (especially for people with knee or lower back problems) or the bicycle. Start by doing a good warm-up of 5 to 10 minutes, and increase your speed (or resistance) slowly. When you are done with your warm-up, really up the pace (or the resistance) and sprint for 30 seconds. Then, slow your speed and jog or spin gently for 1 minute. Repeat the pattern 10 times. Do you think you can read a magazine with this interval cardio workout! If you still can read, you’re not sprinting fast enough!
This is the best way to make your cardio work to the maximum, increase your heart capacity to transport oxygen to your muscles, and get the greatest results for weigh loss. Best of all, you don’t need to stay on the cardio machine for 60 minutes. That means more time for you and your family or for doing other activities!
This is the same technique I used for the lean body challenge from Lee Labrada – Labrada Nutrition- last year, and I became the grand champion! Next time you hit the cardio machine, forget your novel, bring a towel and your water,enjoy the ride and lose weight.
For more detail on the Express Fat Loss Program
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Here are some of my dieting ideas: 1. To lose weight and keep it off requires changing your diet and eating habits permanently and not just for a few weeks or months 2. Don’t deny yourself of favorite foods but work sixty or 100 calorie portions of them in weekly or daily so that you don’t binge. 3. Break learned associations: don’t eat at the movies or at parties or use eating out as a main form of entertainment. 4. If you EAT less than you BURN, you will LOSE weight no matter how unhealthy the food. 5. Drink water with every meal to fill up space and because your body needs it. 6. Most of your plate should be vegetables. 7. Eat small meals more often. 8. Leave food on your plate. 9. Find and eat your favorite healthy meals and vary them. 10. Learn the food pyramid and REAL portion sizes. 11. Find an exercise you love: dancing, favorite sport, sailing, etc. and do it five times per week for the rest of your life.