Saturday, November 29, 2008

5 Things You Must Do to Burn Fat and Build Muscle

By Bob Barrow

You are hypnotized with hundreds of ads on TV regularly with products like machines and supplements claiming to burn fat and build muscle in a matter of just minutes a day. Some of these products do work. If you are intelligent enough, you should know these stuff don't work. Some are just plain junk and you will know it right away you look at it, but there are times you might end up purchasing the product just to find out it's a pile of crap.

Of course there are some that DO work, but they are short cuts that don't give permanent results. Most of the products come up with a single routine to follow forever. Your body adapts to any routine within 4 weeks. Don't you wonder why you suddenly get stuck when trying to burn fat and build muscle?

Did you know that muscle burns a lot of fat just to survive in your body? Therefore, the easiest way to burn fat and build muscle is by actually focus on building muscle, and the fat will just go away helping your muscle to grow in the process!

1. Always go for exercises that target major muscles like the Back, Legs, Chest. Doing exercises for these muscles work all the other muscle fibers at the same time. This gives greater growth for the less but highly intense effort! Deadlifts are more intense than doing leg presses.

2. Be progressive in every workout. Put more effort than you did in your previous exercise. You need to improve on your reps, increase weight or do more exercises in less time. This increases the intensity and stops your body from getting adapted and instead keeps growing muscle anticipating another shocker.

3. Eat to build lean muscle not fatty jiggle. Focus on feeding your body with low GI carbs, fruits and green fibrous vegetables to build the lean, ripped body you need. Stay away from junk food.

4. Get rest. This might come as a shocked to you but rest is necessary to build muscle. You don't build muscle during the workout. It happens during the time you give you rest for your muscles to complete repairs. Take a week off every 8 to 10 weeks for optimum results.

5. Focus on free weights and body weight exercises. Never use a machine unless it is for something like a kneeling cable crunch which is a great exercise for the abs.

If you follow these 5 simple steps, you will be away ahead of the rest of the crowd who work their butts off in the gym trying to get in better shape. You will turn heads in a few weeks if you follow the steps recommended to burn fat and build muscle accordingly. - 14915

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