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They're tiring, but that's what makes them so efficient at burning fat. Burpees work a wide range of muscles and even doing them for one minute will have any athlete panting.
If you've done these before, you won't have forgotten. Dropping into a plank position before shooting your feet to meet your hands and leaping high is not for the fainthearted.
Like burpees, these also work a wide range of muscles and intensely work out core muscles.
This one requires some weight–a kettlebell will be the safest for your wrists. It's a 200-year-old total-body exercise and works as a charm for moving stubborn adipose.
This exercise is very specific and it's best to do some research or have someone show you, so you don't injure yourself.
This is where those oblique core muscles come from. All that twisting action gets your heart rate up and fat burning while also toning the muscles underneath.
When that fat melts away, you will also have toned and defined stomach muscles to show off if you do enough of these.
“Medicine ball slams are a dynamic, explosive, and highly metabolic exercise that does not simply target one muscle group,” says Chris DiVecchio, trainer and founder of Premier Body & Mind.
To get the most out of this exercise in terms of burning fat, approach it as an endurance exercise: doing high reps in sets of a few minutes (or whatever you can handle).
This exercise is old school and can probably be found in a training montage in one of the 'Rocky' films!
The Russian twist is a core exercise that improves oblique strength and definition.
When your body tries to find control as your balance is challenged, your abs, back, and arm muscles are activated, which in turn all help to increase your metabolism.
Running at an incline rather than on a flat surface has been shown to increase total calorie burn by as much as 50%, says Jill Penfold, a Los Angeles-based personal trainer.
You will typically hold a sit-up position while moving from side to side with a medicine ball or a weight.
The BOSU ball just about makes every exercise it's introduced to that little bit harder, as it requires balance. For this balance, we have to work a whole bunch of tiny muscles we normally wouldn't.
It doesn't matter whether you're inside a gym or outside running on a hill, once you start running on an incline your heart rate will increase, thus getting you fat burning.
Rowing works your glutes, hamstrings, back, shoulders, arms, core, and pretty much every other large muscle group.
Here's another workout that is as rewarding in terms of burning fat as it is challenging.
While the old way of thinking was that low-intensity exercise for a long time (like jogging) was best for burning fat, it's been proven that high intensity means that your body continues to burn calories long after you've stopped training, making it more efficient for fat burning.
Although we normally associate weight lifting with just getting buff and putting on weight rather than losing it, the opposite is true with an appropriate diet.
Considering that highly intense exercise burns fat better than low intensity, weight lifting is also a very efficient way of burning fat.
This is the oldest fat-burning exercise in the book. It's not as efficient as some of the more intense workouts, but it is suitable for older people and is low impact.
"It seems so simple, but 45 to 60 minutes of brisk walking every day can do wonders for your metabolism. Plus, it ensures that you don't over-train, which can lead to an over-production of cortisol-a stress hormone that's been shown to contribute to belly fat," says Sahmura Gonzalez, a personal trainer based in New York City.
Yoga isn't just a fantastic way of becoming more flexible, stronger, and calmer–it's also fantastic for getting the heart rate up.
Pretty much any form of swimming works all the major muscle groups in our body and gets our blood pumping and fat burning.
Sources: (Men's Health)
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The cast of 'Baywatch' is always absolutely shredded for a good reason–all the swimming that lifeguards do keeps their belly fat percentage super low.
The difficulty can be adjusted so that even the most seasoned athletes will be getting a sweat going at yoga classes.
A good point to keep in mind for anyone who is looking to exercise their way to a flat belly is to pick an activity that is bearable, that way you're more likely to do it more often and less likely to quit completely.
Boxing training is fantastic for burning fat and getting people in shape, which is why boxercise classes (which are high-intensity interval training classes) have gotten so popular in recent years. It's a full-body workout, and the training itself will usually involve many different activities like core work and skipping.
This kind of training combines many exercises and usually involves very few breaks so that the heart rate stays high.
When we refer to fat burning, we usually mean losing excess visible fat on our bodies. For this to happen, we have to kick start our metabolism and we need to be taking in fewer calories than we burn in a day, which is why diet is super important. Fat can be burned in many different ways. Generally, it's about getting our heart rate up and getting our muscles working. When our heart rate is up, it's burning more calories.
There are also other factors at play. For example, when we stop lifting weights, our muscles are burning calories long after we've left the gym and gone home. Our metabolism plays a big role, too. To learn about the best exercises to burn belly fat, click through this gallery.
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When we refer to fat burning, we usually mean losing excess visible fat on our bodies. For this to happen, we have to kick start our metabolism and we need to be taking in fewer calories than we burn in a day, which is why diet is super important. Fat can be burned in many different ways. Generally, it's about getting our heart rate up and getting our muscles working. When our heart rate is up, it's burning more calories.
There are also other factors at play. For example, when we stop lifting weights, our muscles are burning calories long after we've left the gym and gone home. Our metabolism plays a big role, too. To learn about the best exercises to burn belly fat, click through this gallery.