The Best Exercise to Burn Fat

We all want to exercise to burn fat. So why do some people put on weight once they begin an exercise plan?

We know that if we eat a candy bar full of calories and we fail to burn off all that energy through hard physical exercise, guess what? That so-called "energy" gets stored away in our bodies as fat. Ugly, unhealthy and unwanted fat.

Fat is the way our bodies try to save spare food in case there's ever a famine, but there aren't many famines in our part of the world. And in the places that have famine, most of the people there are skinny already. They don't need this, eh?

Anyhow, I reckon those candy manufacturers should not be allowed to call their snacks "energy bars". These candies and sodas ought to be called "fat bars" or "fat drinks" instead. That would be the truth of it.

If you want to exercise to burn fat and experience real weight loss, you need to work-out hard enough to raise a decent sweat. And you want your heart to pound fast and your breathing to work your lungs hard.

When you do this, its known as a cardio-vascular workout. And it burns up calories - your stored fat reserves - like gangbusters.

You need to work out for at least 30 minutes up to an hour or more for three, four or five days each week. But only ten minutes or so of the exercise period has to be exhausting like that.

This is what lips your metabolism into overdrive. And, instead of switching on the afterburners (like in a jet engine) your body switches on the fat-burning processes.

You can join a gym, get a personal trainer or go to a fitness bootcamp. But I think the most fun way of getting the fat off is to go out dancing a couple of times every week, and go for a walk on most of the other days.

Swimming is a great all round exercise as well, but lazing around like some fat porpoise won't provide any exercise to burn fat. So, you will need to learn to swim laps. (This only works if you know how to swim already, okay?)

All you have to do is swim back and forth, up and down the whole length of the pool until your half-hour exercise time is up. Or until you have done 10, 20, 30 laps - whatever you can handle safely.

If you're not reasonably fit already, you musn't overdo it. Get a medical checkup and a doctor's okay before you start on an any exercise program... especially if you plan to exercise to burn fat.

If you haven't had any real exercise for some years and you start to get fitter, your body is likely to put on a bit of extra weight when you start. Do not panic. This is normal, because you are turning fat into muscle and muscle just happens to weigh more than fat does.

You will need a nutritionally-balanced weight-loss diet to work hand in hand with your new exercise to burn fat program. Then you'll lose weight, get fitter and healthier all at the same time.

And the best exercise to burn fat? Why, it's whatever you are comfortable doing... Just be sure and do it.