How To Change up your Cardio for Faster Fat Loss

Forget traditional, long duration cardio….it’s the main culprit to stalled fat loss results!

Yep…the LONGER your Cardio Session, the more ineffective it becomes at burning fat ~ especially belly fat.

Not only do long bouts of cardio prevent you from achieving fast fat loss, these sessions actually slow your metabolism and cause your body to store more fat – not to mention significantly increase you appetite and set you up to overeat.

The solution …

Switch To Short Burst Intervals

The shorter, more-intense your session, the more you will burn more overall calories and preserve muscle, which will not only boost your metabolism but help you created that tight and lean look as you reach your ideal body.

What Are Intervals?

Intervals are simply brief, high intensity periods of exercise (where you work out as intensely as you can for your fitness level – anywhere from a 7 to a 9 on a perceived rate of exertion scale) alternated with active recovery periods (“off”) where you slow down just long enough to catch your breath before you repeat this circuit again.

For Example:

30 Seconds of Jump Rope (30 sec “ON”)

30 seconds of Marching (30 sec “OFF”)

Repeat 10 times

Your Interval Training Session can last anywhere from 10-15 minutes.

The goal – and the effectiveness – is to challenge yourself so that by the end of 10-15 minutes – you have had one heck of a workout!

If you could easily go another 10-15 min, then you have not truly worked hard enough. Go back and change up the variables – choosing a different movement, increase the effort and intensity, decrease the rest period, etc.

The combinations and formats you could choose for your Interval Training Workout are about endless.

No special equipment necessary – in fact, the more you USE your Body – the more effective your Fat Loss results!

Body weight intervals are more effective if you are using all the major muscles in your body. They are also great for when you are short on time or cannot leave the house and sure help if you are in need a quick burst of energy.

Studies -as well as countless testimonials of Cardio Queens – prove high intensity cardio workouts “Intervals” can provide all of the following fitness benefits:

* dramatically boost metabolism – both during AND after exercise

* faster rate of body fat-to-energy conversion

* preserves lean muscle (muscle is your metabolism – you do not what to lose this!)

* significant increase in aerobic capacity (Max VO2) = increased endurance and stamina

And one final reason to love intervals:

**They are short!**