Fat Loss Tips.

There are so many myths about fat loss there in "exercise-earth" I was hired by the magazine Men Fitness to write a myth each month.

After all, now you've probably heard that if you do not do 60 minutes of cardio in your fat burning zone on an empty stomach while Venus is in line with Jupiter, you'll never burn fat.

The problem with myths is that not only are they wrong and give false hope to millions of people trying to lose weight,but they also waste your time and mental effort.

I also saw these myths used as justification for cheating on a diet, watching countless men and women justify their "treats" because they believe they are on some type of magical exercise
program or plan of nutrition.

I could go on for days about fitness myths, but I cut my list from 30 to 5 Top Fat Loss Workout Myths today. I'll put the other 25 for future newsletters.

Myth # 1: You have to docardio first thing in the morning on an empty stomach.

Relax. You do not have to jump on the treadmill at 4.30 every morning. Let the good sense to dictate when and how you exercise.

If you want to work first thing in the morning, and I know it's the best time for many readers, by all means, go ahead and do it. There is nothing magical about this time – but it is often the only time of day for many many people have of themselves.

We need to think "outside the"Hour of exercise and realize that the burning of calories and fat that goes for 24-hours. Forget the theories and look at the whole picture.

It does not matter when you exercise – as long as you exercise intensely and consistently. Focus on the workouts at high intensity with respect to increase your metabolism for many hours after exercise as possible. This is best done with interval training and resistance.

Myth # 2: You must do your cardio in your "fatcooking area.

Again, nonsense.

While you might burn a larger proportion of total calories as fat when you exercise in your fat burning zone, less calories than you burn through exercise of all such a weak intensity.

When you increase the intensity of your workout and get out of your so-called "Fat Burning Zone", you burn more total calories, and therefore more fat.

In addition, the "Fat Burning Zone" training does not "turbulence" onyour muscles … so you do not burn many calories in the post-exercise. But with interval training, you burn a significant amount of calories for hours after training, which leads to the biggest loss.

I have worked with hundreds of people who avoided the fat burning zone while still managing to lose dozens of pounds of fat. The "Burning Zone gras is one of the biggest fitness myths of all time .

Myth # 3: You have to do cardio for20 minutes before burning fat.

When I hear this I picture a switch-grease fire in my body that turns on only after I did "cardio" for 20 minutes. But what if I do exercise for 19 minutes and 59 seconds? Are
You tell me that I will not have burned any fat? Is ridiculous.

What if I did it on an empty stomach in the morning and my heart rate zone? (Read some sarcasm!)

I'll say it one last time. We must be moreinvolved in our metabolism 24 hours, not fat or even how many calories are burned during the workout.

Myth 4: The ice cold water will help you burn calories and lose fat.

The line at the grocery store is an ideal place to pick up the latest fat loss myths. You will also find it anywhere on the Internet.

This myth often comes with some calculations showing that drinking 8 glasses of ice water, you can burn 70calories per day. I do not believe that actually holds true in real life. Regardless, drinking cold water will not burn fat over your body as the room temperature water.

Do not get me wrong, I firmly believe that you should drink 12 glasses of water a day, but the temperature of your water will not affect your overall fat loss success.

Myth # 5: Adding one pound of muscle burns 50 calories more each day.

Uh-oh, now I'mthe slaughter of a myth that supports my use of strength training in a fat loss program. But I have an obligation to set the record straight about this widespread myth (although I just saw an expert big names fitness to perpetuate this myth in a recent article!).

This myth sounds so good. Add egg book a muscle, boost your metabolism 50 calories. This does not seem out of line at all.

But do the math for a guy who puts on 30 pounds of muscle. Is metabolismactually increase from 1500 calories? Absolutely not. For an ordinary guy, which would require its metabolism to spend 2500 calories to 4000 calories per day. How would he able to keep all this with a muscle metabolism like that? It would have to eat like a pig forever.

So when you look at the big picture, you can see this little myth start collapsing.

This does not mean you should stop your strength training, but just do not use this myth as an excuse to cheat on yourdiet.

Bonus Myth: Negative calorie foods make you lose weight

According to "experts", a negative calorie food requires more energy to digest than it gives you when you eat. And included in the list of negative calorie foods are apples and bananas.

Thus, by this logic, I would actually starve if I had nothing to eat but apples (because I have a net loss of energy by eating a so-called "negative calorie" food) .

There is no such thing as anegative calorie food.

It's a shame that people are out there promoting this stuff, and it'sa shame that so many people fall for it.

Remember the old adage, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is not true."

Instead, I sense common fat loss principles apply. It will take consistent effort, working hard at your training and your nutrition to get the results you want.

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