Finding it hard to shift those pounds? Well this article is a MUST read for you. I’m going to walk you through my top 17 things you must do to burn fat all day.
Even if you use one or two great strategies from this article and immediately apply it, you will definitely reap the rewards achieving better fat loss.
The main reason why i wrote this article was to give you the steps needed to burn fat starting today.
I’ve split these effective steps down into three main sections which are smart nutrition, fat burning workouts and successful mindset for you to help achieve maximum results.
Smart Nutrition For Fat Loss
1. Avoid bad carbs, but eat good carbs
Carbs have got a bad rep over the past years but here’s the thing.
Not all of them are that bad.
The worst type of high carb foods to look out for are the sugary ones, as they are full of junk that will mess your fat burning hormones up big time!
2. Low fat diets are not necessary, good fats are…
Another type of diet that was a big craze over the years to lose weight was low fat diets.
The only problem with this was not all fats are bad.
Things like butter, olive oil and nuts all have great needed fats in them.
Low fat diets just get you hungry, and not all fats are the same.
Just stay away from hydrogenated processed fats. You don’t want this in your healthy food plan.
3. Berries Are Great
If you want to know what fruits are best for fat loss, i would always go for berries.
Blackberries, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries are literally natures sweets to us, so these are a great little snack in the day to have while you are on the go.
4. Don’t Drink Your Weight On…
Studies have shown that sugary drinks are one of the main reasons for weight gain in the most obese countries.
I would always say drink water in place of sugary drinks and even the drinks that say no sugar added.
They have just replaced that sugar with sweeteners that aren’t great for your body at all.
I’m personally into organic green tea, which has tons of amazing health benefits about it, and i really got in to it while over training in Japan.
5. No Need for Dieting
To keep this one short and sweet, stay away from the latest greatest fad diet where people try to sell you some miracle food.
Workouts For Maximum Fat Burning
6. Typical Cardio Training isn’t Best
So what do i mean by “typical cardio”?
Well the main typical cardio exercises i see a lot of people do to try and lose those stubborn pounds are walking on treadmill for an hour, or pumping away on a cross trainer or using some type of stationary machine equipment.
If you really want to burn more fat you need to smarten up your training, and you will see what type of exercises you should be doing to burn more fat below.
7. Metabolic Conditioning is the Way
At the peak of my competing in martial arts competitions along with the other athletes we were all tweaking and testing the best methods to achieve the best workout results for us.
We needed natural explosive speed and power along with stamina and endurance.
This style of what’s called now “metabolic training” consists of combination resistance movements and done with just your own bodyweight is fine, so no equipment to boost your metabolism through the roof!
Let me tell you that you burn fat and tone muscle quick with this style training and that’s why me and the other martial art athletes trained like this for complete results.
8. No Need to Workout For Hours
If your main goal is to burn more fat off your body so that you can slide into those tight clothes easier you don’t need to workout for hours.
Like i mentioned before about having no need to go on a treadmill for an hour, because if you do the right kind of exercises to burn fat you would only need half of that time, and that’s doing the workout in a slower pace.
I sometimes just do a 10 minute power workout and trust me at a high intensity its tough! But what i did in those 10 minutes is more than lots of people do in an hour.
9. Getting Active is Key
On your days off from working out, you should still keep active through the entire week.
Smart choices like walking rather than driving to some where close, or taking the stairs rather than the lifts all the time.
If your like me and have a dog go run around and play ball with them. The only problem is my little cairn terrier doesn’t always play fair with giving the ball back : )
10. Keep Things Fresh For Better Results
Keeping your workouts fresh is more fun and exciting plus you won’t get bored with the same old workout.
So switch things up a little, and add some new routines to your workout. You will become more focused and keep progressing too.
11. Step it up Another Level, Progression is Key
We always must strive to improve ourselves. Progression is key for best results.
So how do we continue to progress?
You need to take a step up to the next level of difficultly if you are finding things to comfortable.
For example: Add a few more repetitions to your routine, or change the speed of motion per exercise.
There are lot’s of different ways to increase difficulty, but the main principle i’m saying is too always strive to improve.
The Successful Mindset
12. Vision is a Must
Before you even start your plan of achieving a new trim body, your need to create a vision.
This vision needs to be crystal clear of what you want to look and feel like once you have achieved your goal.
Once you have the vision and wrote down what you want to achieve by a certain date, you just got to take massive action.
13. Time to Believe in Yourself, You Can Do It
Look there is no better time time start taking action on achieving a better body than today.
Throw away all of negative doubts that have crept in over the years to hold you back from what you really want.
No one is holding you back but yourself.
Once you believe that you can do it, everything will come together and its only a matter of time before you get there.
14. Rewards Can Keep You Motivated
I always like to get my clients to reward themselves on their successes.
A great example would be a lady who told me that when she hits her goal size she wants to be she will go treat herself to a new pair of skinny jeans.
Treat yourself with something positive and related to what you are doing, just like the skinny jeans lady did.
15. Stick to Your Plan
The final step is to actually get a proven fat burning plan that works and simply stick to it.
Don’t question it every 5 minutes, but just take action on it and test the results.
Too many people put obstacles in their way with nibbling away at lots of different diet and workout methods but then they complain when no changes appear with their body.
You need to stick to your plan step by step along the way to gain results.
16. Momentum Rules
Once you get in the flow of things it is a lot easier to keep on track. But to get momentum you must start to get the ball rolling by taking action.
Doing something towards your goal is better than doing nothing.
Once the results start to come your way you will have the belief and confidence to understand that you can do it, and you can achieve your goal.
17. Never Give Up Mindset
By 6 weeks into every new year, around 75% of people who have jumped on the new years get slim resolution wagon has already fallen off.
If you mess up a little on your journey to transforming your body, its your job to correct it.
Except it and move on, but stay back on track. To many people i see hitting an obstacle and giving up on the first hurdle.
The old japanese proverb is to fall down seven times and stand up eight.
So to achieve what you really want you must never ever give up.
Use the 17 steps to burning more fat today, and apply them into your life.
To your Results,
Richard Huntley RH Martial Fitness
Still nowadays most big fitness corporations and media outlets insist that aerobic style of exercising is a great way of losing weight.
Similar to how the sumo wrestler squats down as seen in the picture to the right, you want to hold the squat down and then explode up to the side with firing the kick out.
Lot’s of people don’t really bother to much with stretching but it’s always an important part of exercise.
So why do we see so many people fail to continue with their plans for the new year.
It’s quite funny as over the past few years this style of exercising is slowly becoming more popular than ever, which is great but over the past few months i have been digging out some of my old martial art training manuals and workouts from some of my old mentors and coaches and see that this was the style of training they taught back in the day.
There is a local lady i used to see rush off for her morning workout routine most days.
So why jumping Jacks? Well it’s a good question, but most of all the reason why I like jumping jacks is you don’t need a lot of space and you don’t need to go to the gym and most of all you can do it any when and anywhere for a real great workout.
Can you really eat pizza and still get lean? Absolutely, and i will share with you a healthy pizza recipe in this post.
Does it make a real difference on whats the best to of day to exercise? Well, i’m going to answer that in this post. But first let me tell you about my training.