I run a business, where am I going to find the time to keep fit?By the time I've got through the day and got the kids to bed I'm too exhausted to exercise!
I don't have time to cook a healthy meal, this food is convenient.
Do any of these phrases mean anything to you?
These phrases are very common so I'm guessing you won't be the only one who answered yes, due to our busy lifestyles we are finding it much harder to spend time looking after our health and stay in shape and with the current recession time is becoming even more precious.
Being a business woman and a mother of a two year old girl I too know just how hard it is to find time to work out. Some people think that they need to spend hours in the gym on the cardio machines, but that is not the case. Whilst studies show that long cardiovascular exercise might be best for fat burning it's not necessarily the most effective for fat loss. To achieve great fat loss results you should be exercising at a high intensity, you'll be amazed at the results you can get in a spare 15 minutes of you day!
To lose body fat and reveal great muscle tone the smartest way to go about achieving the best results is to do resistance based exercise along with high intensity interval training. This type of training increases your resting metabolic rate, meaning you burn more calories at rest, even when you're sleeping you'll be burning more calories and best yet you don't need to spend hours in the gym.
So what is resistance based exercise and interval training?
Resistance based training is where we perform exercises that use the whole of the body, to make the fat burning more effective we perform this resistance training in short bursts.
Interval training is where we train at a high intensity for a period of time followed by an active rest period, this process is repeated for a number of repetitions and these types of sessions will usually last no more than 15-20 minutes in total.
Diet swaps.
By making just a few small changes to your diet you can achieve great fat loss results. Examples can include replacing tea and coffee with green and peppermint tea, replacing processed foods with wholesome natural foods, swap biscuits to fruit berries are a great example, ditch the crisps and enjoy vegetable crudités. Swap fried/battered foods for grilled/steamed.
Example of a fast fat loss workout
Work through the following as fast as you can:
20 Jump squats
20 Press Ups
20 Burpees
20 Jumping Jacks
20 Mountain Climbers
Rest 1-2 minutes (repeat 3-5 times!!)
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