Top Ways to Burn Fat Fast!

Many people jog and jog, and jog. They run, swim, or exercise for a long period of time without seeing much of any results at all. What are they all doing wrong?

If you want to burn fat and burn it fast, you need to be able to increase your metabolism. The best way to not store fatty deposits inside of your body is to digest them and push them out of your body before they can even deposit. The key? Intensity. The only way to push your body to run faster, swim faster, lift harder, jump higher, and punch harder is to increase the level of intensity. The same goes for your metabolism. In order to make it digest faster, you need to MAKE your body hunger for the nutrients; not store them. Here are some exercises that are so intense they will make you push your muscles to the limit:

Burpee (otherwise known as the Prison Squat)

This is a rather peculiar exercise, centered around something between a pushup and a jumping jack. There are many variations to this exercise, but they all mainly achieve the same goal. Here's how you do one:

1. Get in Pushup position with your hands and toes planted firmly on the ground.

2. Do a pushup.

3. After you come up, tuck your knees up to your chest as if you were crouching, and jump into the air.

4. After you land, immediately fall back into pushup position and do another.

5. Repeat.

It is a challenge to do even 5 sets of 5. Pretty soon your lungs will be begging for air as both your triceps and thighs pound with pain. This is probably the most intense workout you can do with only one movement and no weights. It's so efficient that you can do this in a 10 x 10 sq. ft room.

Jump Rope

Something overlooked by many people trying to get in shape is jump-roping. A lot of men feel that "jumping rope" is a very girly thing to do, yet professional boxers may do up to 30 minutes of jump rope as a warmup. For all of you who don't know how to jump rope:

1. Grab a rope

2. Jump up and down while swinging the rope below your feet and above your head.

3. Repeat.

Starting out slow is key. Jump Rope may sound easy, but after 5 minutes you will find that your body feels like it weighs as much as a bag of bricks. Rest inbetween sets, but make sure you are not taking it too easy on yourself.

Interval Sprinting

Jogging slowly may not produce the results that many people want. Interval sprinting is a way to push your body to its limit and drive that metabolism through the roof. Here is an example of interval sprinting:

1. Jog for 2 minutes (slow pace)

2. Increase speed and run at that medium pace for 30 sec.

3. Increase speed again and run at fastest pace for 45 sec.

4. Decrease Speed to medium pace and run for 30 sec.

5. Jog for 2 minutes (slow pace)

This is just an example of how to carry out interval sprinting. You can set it up however you like, just make sure there are alternating periods of intensity. The killer of interval sprinting is running for too long at one pace or letting your body get too adjusted and fall into a comfort zone.

These are just some examples on how to boost metabolism. These workouts are often paired with (or are a part of) something called HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). The basis behind HIIT is to push your body to the limit to the point of (almost) momentary failure. These exercises are meant to be done with weight training to increase the growth of muscles at a very efficient pace, but if weights are removed from the equation, these are still very useful in jump starting a metabolism to melt away fat and sculpt a good looking body while staying fit. Aside from burning fat and sweating a lot, HIIT helps you digest the food you are currently eating faster, making it harder for fatty deposits to make their way into your abdomen.

These exercises are not some strict regimen to stick to. If you enjoy any specific type of workout, do whatever you do. Just make sure you alternate periods of intensity. The principle is that your body does not get into a rhythm and therefore develop a comfort zone. If you keep your exercise intensities at a random then your body will be forced to adjust to something new every time. Many times I do a high intensity workout and all of my muscles are sore the next day, but after a couple of weeks of the same workout my body doesn't react anymore. This is why alternating intensities forces your body to adjust. Every time it has to adjust, you are pushing it to the limit. And when you push your body to burn fat, you burn fat. It may be grueling, but the benefits are amazing.