So you want to know how to lose belly fat fast? Understand that there is a difference between just lose weight and lose fat. You can lose weight just by reducing calories and doing mild cardio workouts that burn more than you take in. The fat, however, will still be there.
A couple of facts about fat in General and belly fat in particular. Our bodies have not kept pace with technology. Foods that we eat today, food fresh, didn't exist 100 years ago. Thanks to advances in technology of farm and food processing, we now are eating a diet that is completely different than our grandparents did. And guess what. Our bodies do not know that.
Our bodies stored fat as a protection against hunger. Our bodies are doing a good job of stocking up on food to protect us from going hungry. And depending on which gender you are, our bodies store the fat in the best possible places so that it does not interfere with our need to physically work to get food.
If you're a male, the fat goes about half that still gives you mobility and a decent Center of gravity. If you're a female, hips and thighs, will be the first storage choice for your body.
The bad news is, because your body thinks this is the perfect place to store fat, is also the last place it burns out.
So what does it mean for you and your belly fat
Means that spot exercise will do nothing lose belly fat. It means that all those infomercials for the latest gimmicks sculpture abs will do nothing to reduce or get rid of belly fat. Oh could tone your ABS, but that six pack will be buried by a layer of fat.
The fastest way to burn belly fat requires a two-prong approach.
Muscles burn fat. Large muscles faster than smaller muscles burn fat. All muscles burn fat together against a single muscle group. So, you must work all the muscles in a full body work out. Not only that, you must have a combination of intense training coupled with a rest period.
With aerobic exercise , this is called interval training and consists of two minutes for jogging and then one minute of Sprinting and then two minutes of jogging and so on.
With the weight training is called circuit training. It's the same basic concept of light resistance followed by intense resistance.
Using these two techniques will ignite hormones that drive metabolism and keep driving, burn fat, even after I stopped working out.
Couple this routine along with a diet rich in protein and low in fat and processed carbohydrates and you can see the results in a couple of weeks and that is a really quick way to burn belly fat.
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