How To Burn Off Fat, Not Muscle – The Right Steps
If your lifestyle wasn’t active but now you’ve decided to do something about it by losing some fat and gaining some muscle then we have a little something to caution you about. For those starting from nothing they shouldn’t rush things but rather take it all slowly. Changing your life really quickly by incorporating a full blown diet and workout regime will usually end in failure. Sure, some people have the disposition that allows them to do that. But the majority of people have a very difficult time sustaining those kinds of changes all at once. So the best advice we can give is that you slowly ease in your dietary and exercise changes.
If you’re very serious about wanting to get rid of the fat you can do one proven approach of interval training. There are quite a few ways of doing this with a number of exercises. A jumping rope, treadmill or a bike (either stationary or real) could be used for example. You can, and will burn fat by doing some cardiovascular exercises like long distance running. However you don’t want to be doing this if you wish to approach it in an effective way. We are distinguishing what is the ‘most effective’ way to lose fat.
Our next suggestion is regarding keeping muscle mass whilst burning off fat. But first, it is important you understand that roughly the first twenty or so minutes of exercise produces glycogen burn instead of fat burn. So with that info in mind, a good twenty minutes of resistance workouts would be very good. First, of course you should warm up and do stretching exercises, then the resistance training.
Afterwards you can do cardiovascular training which will not be burning glycogen, but fat. So give this a try for a while and see how you get on.
We state that a consideration of the whole process is getting your body to burn fat and not loose your muscle is important. A sufficient appreciation for the psychological angle of exercise and good diet are often missed out. When it comes to working out, just find what you really like and doing it will be incredibly easier. The same method works for a good diet which helps fat burn and not muscle. There are so many different kinds of foods that will help you do this. Confining yourself to the same diets you hear about is bad. There are great dietary approaches from around the world that are super healthy and work great.
We have discussed some scientific and common sense approaches so you can burn fat and not your muscles. All of this “stuff” works very well, and so just learn and employ a little common sense with what you do.
For nutritional information read this interview with a celebrity chef from Uppingham School