Burn Body Fat With "Performanced Based Cardio"
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Have You Reached a Fat Loss Sticking Point?
No matter what type of cardio and aerobic exercise that you do, you will reach a "sticking point. Really, the only way to overcome a sticking point is to change things up a bit. I'm going to suggest that you need to increase performance to get back on the fat burning train.
People Measure Their Performance in Weight Lifting, But Rarely When It Comes To Cardio.
If you were to ask any gym member how much weight they could handle for 6 reps in a basic lift, they could probably give you an accurate answer. If you were to ask them similar questions about cardio, they probably wouldn't have an answer for you. It is hard to improve upon something that doesn't get measured. So to improve in cardio and burn more fat, you will need to know your starting point.
How Do You Increase The Performance of a Cardio Exercise?
It really depends upon what you are doing. My favorite form of cardio is sprint intervals on a treadmill. If I wanted to take my cardio to the next level I could shorten the walking periods in between sets of sprinting, I could sprint at a higher level, walk at a faster pace, etc…There are a ton of ways to increase the intensity here.
What About People Who Are Doing A Less Intense Version of Cardio?
Although I am a fan of High Intensity Interval Training type of cardio, I know that some people dislike this way of doing cardio. If someone was walking or jogging 3-4 miles in the morning, they could try to time themselves and cover the same distance in a shorter period of time. Alternatively they could walk or jog for the same period of time and try to cover more distance.
So Step it Up a Notch to Burn More Body Fat
So just to summarize…make sure you get more familiar with what you can do as far as cardio goes. If you can easily jog for 3 miles on a treadmill at a 5 degree incline, try to jog for 3 miles at a 6 degree incline, if that gets easy after a few workouts…speed up the treadmill a bit. You get the idea.
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