Burn the Fat

by Alain Knowles
(Sydney, Australia)

Burn the Fat Exercises

My scientific approach to burn the fat : According to fitness experts, the best way to lose body mass is to burn the fat. However, before we go about adopting this weight loss method, we should understand just what is meant by burning the fat.

The body is said to burn, carbohydrates, sugar and fat wherein all three are considered by our body as fuel. So if a person did not take in much of these which are needed to fuel his activities, then the body is forced to use those that are already stored in the muscles. Thus, the reason why some people are lean and seem to be without fats in their body. If we burn the fat by using most of our energy then we tend to lose more mass and weight in the process.

However, there are different methods recommended to us in order to burn the fat and it would be useful to know what exercise scientists think of them:

Weight training methods recommended by fitness experts are backed by scientific studies as to how the body functions when burning fat. Hence, it is explained that the more muscles there are in the body the more fats are burned. Although some contend that the results are not really as noteworthy, they believe that a matter of losing 10 calories per day can do well in maintaining body fitness without having to think about how much calories we eat.

What is important with weight lifting is the after burn that our body experiences. After burn is the process when our body continues to burn the fat even after exercising has stopped. Simply put, our metabolism or calorie burning process continues to work even while we are at rest. This aspect is said to be the factor that results to a slimming effect.

Lifting weights require us to exert more effort that uses up a lot of energy. This results to a short burst of demand for fuel. The after burn does the work of burning the fats after we are done with the weight lifting exercises. However, this particular concept is not fully supported by exercise scientists. For after burn to work, they maintain that, you have to cope with a lot of sustained exercises which not all people have the capacity to do so. What it means is that for weight lift and after burn to work, it should involve a lot of intense weight training.

Burn the fat by treadmill is pretty much the same way as when you burn the fat by weight training. Below is an analysis of how much calories you need to use and the equivalent fat it burns:

Treadmill walking for 30 minutes 180 cal. used -- 108 cal. fat burned
Treadmill running for 30 minutes 400 cal. used -- 120 cal. fat burned

Based on the above, it indicates that the body has to use up a lot of energy in order to burn a considerable amount of fat. To achieve this, the intensity and duration of the 30 minute exercise should be sustained in order to produce an after burn that will provide the additional fat burning effect when we rest.

Now let us take a look at running. If we run at the pace of 5 minutes per kilometer, it burns about 852 calories. Exercise experts have compared this to its equivalent in weight lifting and treadmill intensity and the number to compare is about 409 calories burned. Therefore, the disparity shows which type of exercise produces more benefits and with lesser intensity required. That is why most people feel more refreshed after a run if compared to the weight training and treadmill exercises. It is said that running as a form of sustainable aerobics, can use up twice as much calories when compared to the efforts you apply when lifting weights. The less time and intensity we use up calories, the more fats burned without feeling depleted or all used up.

To sum it all up, if you feel too strained doing 15 to 20 repetitions of weight lift exercises, you will be better off doing other exercises such as cycling, jogging, or rowing. Doing aerobic exercises can make you use more energy in an hour and thus burn the fat more.

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