Saturday, December 27, 2008

How to Remove Belly Fat

So, you’re desperate to learn how to remove belly fat? Well, I think it’s safe to assume you aren’t too keen on spending hours upon hours in a gym so you’ll be glad to know that what I’m about to tell you, will show results before the week is out.

As you’re more than likely already aware of, to shrink belly fat requires you to do some exercise and that’s simply the bottom line. Now, before you go ahead and waste your own time doing some standard cardio, you need to know it will have very little, if any effect as it’s no more demanding than aerobics. In other words it will not force your body into burning energy from your stored fat reserves.

If we move beyond normal cardio, your body will start requiring additional energy over and above that which is being supplied. When this happens it will start using glycogen, which is in fact stored energy. While your body is willing to use up these reserves at an alarming pace, it will however expect these reserves to be topped up once you’re finished exercising.

At this point your body is in a situation where demand outstrips supply in terms of energy. In other words, there is insufficient energy to meet your body’s requirements while at the same time having to replenish the glycogen it used up. Consequently, your body is forced to create additional energy by means of converting fat. For those who want to know how to remove belly fat, this form of exercise remains unsurpassed.

Known as High Intensity Interval Training or HIIT for short, this form of training is used all over the world. During a study at Trembley, it was firmly established that HIIT has the ability to shrink belly fat nine times as fast as steady pace cardio or aerobics.

Continued high intensity interval training has also been shown to result in a permanent change to one’s metabolism, meaning that over a period of time, your body will require a greater amount of energy for day to day running. This in turn means that it’s highly unlikely that there’ll be any energy left over for storage in the form of fat. Considering that this is a complete win-win situation, it really is the ultimate way to get rid of belly fat.

For those who are only just starting out, there’s a really good beginners guide with a highly effective routine known as “lose the belly fat workout”. Doing a little research will present you with an abundance of options on how to implement this training to best serve your needs and to help you shrink your belly fat by  2 to 5 pounds each week.

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