Personal Trainer Baltimore Reveals 3 Secrets to Blasting Away Body Fat in Record Time
Diet Expert | Jul 20, 2009 | Comments 0
Since I’m a Baltimore personal trainer, a lot of people ask me questions about how to get in shape and lose their unwanted pounds without spending hours and hours working out. It seems that more and more people are facing the problem of being so busy with work, family and their social life that they just don’t have a whole lot of time to work out. And I can totally relate to that because even though I’m a trainer by profession, I have a full and busy day and usually don’t have a whole lot of time to work out myself.
Luckily, there are some super effective ways to get into amazing shape WITHOUT having to spend hours and hours in the gym, and I want to share 3 of these with you in this article.
1) Use interval training:
When it comes to losing weight, most people think that the best way is to hop on a treadmill, crank it up to a fast jog and then keep going like that for as long as they can. Or even if they’re smart enough to use weight training, they’ll rest for 3 minutes between each set and just sit around doing nothing. Both of these methods are highly ineffective for weight loss, because they don’t actually burn very many calories both during and after the workout. Interval training, on the other hand, causes you to not only burn tons more calories during the workout but also elevates your metabolism for up to 38 hours after you’re done exercising, so that the fat burning effect keeps on going long after you’ve left the gym. And the great part about it is that because the intensity of the workout is so high, you can cut the length of your workouts right down and still get massive results.
2) Ditch the cardio altogether and go with resistance training instead:
The multi-million dollar exercise equipment industry has led us all to believe that the only way to lose fat effectively is to hop on a treadmill, elliptical or bike and do a bunch of cardio. But I’m going to let you in on a little secret – it’s all a big LIE! Steady state cardio – which is the regular cardio that most people do, where you just go at one steady pace for a long period of time – has been shown to not only increase your risk of injury but also to be an ineffective method for fat loss. A much better system is to use resistance based exercises with free weights or your own bodyweight and then structure your workouts in an interval training system, as mentioned above. This will allow you to place a much greater challenge on your body (thereby burning more calories) while also preventing injuries and muscle imbalances…not to mention making your workout WAY more fun as well.
3) Forget all the little isolation exercises and stick with the big compound movements instead:
Using resistance training as opposed to cardio is great, but the problem is that most people do resistance training all wrong. They waste their time doing exercises like situps, tricep kickbacks and bicep curls which only work small individual muscles and don’t burn many calories or give the rest of your body any kind of workout. Instead of focusing on individual muscles, you need to focus on doing compound movements that use multiple muscles in one exercise, such as squats, rows and pushups. Not only will you burn more calories and improve your strength, you’ll also be able to cut down the time spent working out because you’ll be able to work your entire body using way fewer exercises.
So there you have it – 3 tips to dramatically reduce the time you spend working out while still getting you amazing results. If you use them as part of a well designed exercise and nutrition program, you’ll find that the results you get are pretty mind-blowing.
Yudi Kerbel is a Baltimore personal trainer and nationally published fitness expert who helps busy people get into amazing shape with less than 2.5 hours a week of exercise.
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