HIIT Training - your Perfect Weight Loss Workout.

So, if you are reading this article and don't know anything about HIIT training, I would assume that you interested in losing weight and I'm going to guess that you have tried to lose weight before. Well, if this is the case, let me ask you a question. Did your last weight loss program involve spending an hour or so on the treadmill or stationary bike every day or so? And at the end of the program did you lose all the weight you wanted to? My guess is probably not.

Don't feel bad about this, the worlds majority believes that this is the most effective way to lose weight. You just need to head down to the local gym to see this in action. But here's the problem, steady state aerobic activity is not the right routine for losing fat

Now don't get me wrong, doing any kind of exercise is fantastic, but here's the problem, if your goal is losing weight, aerobic training just doesn't work…

Ok, that's a lie, it does work. It just doesn't work that well. In fact out of all the weapons you have for losing fat, it's the least effective.

But how can this be? When you finish running on the treadmill it always tells you how many calories you burnt during your run? Exercise is tiring; surely we must be losing fat? Well unfortunately not, research suggests that after aerobic exercise our fat burning capacity is actually lowered, resulting in an almost negligible amount of weight lost. And the scary addition to this is that the more aerobic workouts we do, the more resistance our body will have to losing any fat.

So if aerobic training is the pea shooter of weight loss, let me introduce you to the cannon.

High Intensity Interval Training has the opposite effect on our physical system. After a High Intensity Interval Training session, your body goes into a 'fat burning' mode and this can last up to two days after your HIIT session. In addition to burning fat right after your workout, it also encourages your body to burn fat more effectively at all times.

Your muscles start needing more energy and the body chooses to send fat there to be used up instead of to your fat stores. The more you do HIIT Training, the better your body gets at using up energy in this way.

The best method to reduce body fat is through interval training. Try this if you have not been getting any results from jogging on a treadmill. You can start off slow and build up over a few weeks; you and your body with notice the incredible results.