You’re NOT Going to Burn Fat and Lose Weight if You Don’t Move

You would like to lose weight and burn fat. The first step is to monitor your nutritional intake, the second is to exercise. Movement is vital to encouraging your metabolism to function at a high level. When you cut down on the number of calories you consume, your body will naturally try to slow your metabolism in an attempt to preserve energy.  Some form of physical training is important to keep your body working at its normal metabolic balance and ultimately pushing to increase that level during exercise. What types of workouts can you do?

Aerobic exercise always seems to be the “go to” training when it comes to weight loss. This includes running, biking, floor exercises or anything that has you moving fast and sweating a lot. Aerobic activity burns the calories that are currently circulating in your system. These quick reaching energy sources go directly to your muscles, organs and lungs to fuel your body’s continuous motion. To foster fat burn, don’t feed yourself a diet rich in calories after your exercise. This will simply replace those calories you just burned, and not do what you hoped to achieve; empty your fat stores as they replace those recently expended calories. Aerobic exercise is great for weight loss, as long as it is part of a caloric deficit diet.

Weightlifting is commonly not thought of as a way to lose weight…..but it actually is. A common misconception is that using weights is only good for muscle gain. Of course, it is for muscle gain and reshaping your body, but it is also good for weight loss. As you are lifting weights you are burning calories. These physical actions will build more lean muscle which allows you to burn calories all day and night. This is due to new muscle will feed off fat stored in your body and will use it as fuel. As you advance and your strength increases, you should boost your weights, sets and over all intensity of your workouts. Keep building that lean muscle and burning those calories. Eating right and strength training creates the healthy ingredient to weight loss.

Hight Intensity Interval Training is another great program for weight loss. HIIT allows you to work hard at short intervals. This increases your body’s demand for calories as it maintains your oxygen levels after the work out is complete. This is called “Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption” and it is a great way to boost your metabolic rate while burning calories even after your work out. Some say HIIT might be the best exercise for weight loss. It’s a tough workout, it may fatigue you afterwards but the rewards can be phenomenal.

There are various ways you could achieve your weight loss goals. Calorie deficit is always the beginning, but make sure you do some exercise that will keep your metabolism running. Which ever brand of exercise you choose don’t skip, work hard and be disciplined.

Until Next Time,

Dr. Michael Guadagnino

Chiropractic Physician

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