Exercises To Help You Lose Weight Fast and Get Abs

July 17, 2009 by Scott West  
Filed under Lose Body Fat

If you are looking to get six pack abs fast you must lose the excess fat on your body. Or else your abs won’t even show! Crunches and sit ups are not enough to help you get six pack abs fast.

The best way to lose weight is through cardio routines. Here is our list of good cardio routines that you only have to do for 20 minutes per session. These are really easy, and fun, but it will give you great results when done 3 times per week.

The secret to doing cardio properly is to mix it up a little bit.  Imagine yourself doing 2-3 different types of cardio each week 3-4 times per week. That is what you will need to be doing, so here is the first kind of cardio that really works.

Exercise 1. Hill Intervals

The hill intervals can be a real killer when you do them, but they are also very effective.  Here’s how to perform this exercise.

Start at the bottom of a long hill, (preferably steeper the better you get – think San Francisco) and run all the way to the top, then walk down slowly. Without resting go with all you got, one more time up the hill… and slowly walk down.

Repeat this process for 6-12 reps.  This will give you a deep burn in your muscles, and also get your blood flowing, your heart pumping and the body will burn fat like never before.

Exercise 2. Jogging

This isn’t new, but it works.  No matter what people are saying, jogging does still burn calories, but mostly while you are running, so it has little after burn effect. Yes it has some after burn, but not as much as weight training or interval training.

You want to run about 2-3 miles each time you run, and then once a week put in a longer distance, such as 5-10 miles. I know, right… 5-10 miles? This guy is crazy.

Well, if you do run that far you will burn approximately 800-1,200 calories which mostly is fat, but also some muscle.

Exercise 3. Skipping Combined with Weight Training

When you are doing your resistance training, add 100-200 jump ropes in between sets.  So if you are supersetting push ups and squats, when you have done push-ups and squats, you would jump 100 times with the jump rope. Then do the push ups and squats again.

This will extend your workout, but get you lots of great benefits! You will increase the metabolism with the weight training and you will burn the fat with the jump rope. Perfect combination and I personally think it’s great fun!

Shed your pounds and then start doing exercises that will target your abs.  Good luck.

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