How To Burn Fat In Your Living Room
By John Barban
For
many people, getting to the gym is a big obstacle to starting and staying on an
effective fat burning and conditioning workout program. Many people are also
intimidated by confusing gym equipment, workout routines, and complex schemes of
sets and reps. A casual glance at the control panel of the average treadmill
will reveal dozens of different controls and programs, you can change the
incline, the intensity level, and choose from a variety of different courses.
Most other ‘cardio’ machines offer similar choices. And the average gym has
dozens of different machines that must seem like they are right out of a sci fi
movie to the average non gym going person.
Is all of this really necessary? Not at all! You can get an effective "cardio"
fat burning workout done right in your living room with nothing more than a pair
of running shoes and your favorite music playing on your stereo, all it takes is
a little bit of know how.
Knowing how to move your body to burn calories and fat is the only tool you will
ever need to get into great shape and stay in great shape. No equipment, no gym
membership, and no running required. Here’s a sample of how to put together an
effective fat burning workout that can be done right in your living room or
almost any other room in your house.
The basic principle is to use lots of muscles at once and move your whole body
as much as possible. Setting up mini whole body circuit will accomplish this
nicely without having to take any more than one step in any direction. You might
need to move a coffee table out of the way to give yourself about 4-5 feet to
move around in and then your set.
Sample Mini-Circuit:
Body Weight Squats: Standing with your feel shoulder width apart simply squat
down to a chair or bench and get back up.
Push-ups: Follow your body weight squats with a set of pushups. If a regular
push up is too hard for you, try doing them against the wall or the edge of a
window sill or counter. As you get stronger move lower until your on the ground.
You can also do them on the ground off of your knees instead of your feet.
Step-ups: Use the bottom two steps if you have a set of stairs handy. If not
step up onto a bench, or piece of low furniture (might want to take the shoes
off for that). Step up with one foot, step back down and then alternate to the
other foot.
Do each of these exercises back to back to back for 20 seconds each for a total
of 60 seconds. Take a rest for about 30-60 seconds and then repeat the set
again. Do a total of 4 sets then take a break.
This would be one complete mini-circuit.
Mix and match these exercises with others like jump squats, squat and press,
reverse lunges, and one leg deadlifts. This will give you a never ending variety
of exercises that will burn tons of calories and fat and can be done right in
your living room. With this style of mini circuit training you will never need
to buy a gym membership or any exercise equipment to get into great shape.
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John Barban is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a
varsity strength and conditioning coach. His trademarked workout program:
The 6
Minute Circuits Workout is designed to get a full body cardio and
muscle toning workout in the comfort of your own home. John is a senior
contributor at
http://www.grrlathlete.com where you can sign up to get insider information
in the nutrition and fitness industry. You can ask John a question on the
http://www.grrlathlete.freeforums.org dedicated to support women with their
fitness and nutrition goals.
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