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Burn More Calories With These Workout Tips

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Fitness is fun, but learning to get the most from your workout will help you to slim down faster. The following tips will help you get noticeable results from your exercise program.

A combination of resistance and cardio exercises will give you the best results. The more muscle your body has the faster it burns calories during cardio exercises. The great thing about muscles they burn fat even at rest, so you can burn calories even when you are sitting around. Be sure to alternate from light to moderate and moderate to heavy intensity during your workout. Light intensity burns more calories while heavy intensity builds muscle.

Do jumping jacks every day. An old school-time favorite, jumping jacks are an excellent cardio exercise to burn calories and improve heart health. Easy to do, this exercise requires a small amount of space and doesn’t require any extra equipment. Do a few sets in the morning, at noon and some in the evening. Do 20 jumping jacks between sets of resistance exercises. You’ll see a difference in the scale in no time.

Next time at the gym, split some time between resistance and cardio exercises. One of my favorites is pedaling the stationary bike. You can burn from 400 to 500 calories per hour all while sitting down. Take a power cycling class for kicks and watch the fat melt away. If you prefer riding outdoors, grab your bike and start pedaling, it’s an enjoyable activity that the whole family can take part in.

Get on a jet ski and have some real fitness fun. Hit the water and burn about 398 calories per hour while sitting on the jet ski. A real balancing act, this water sport keeps your core engaged while working your quads, hamstrings and upper body.

Bust a move and try some burpees. This is a full body exercise that requires you to move swiftly from standing to squatting to a push-up position. Stand with your feet hip width apart with your arms down by your side. Lower into a squat position with your hands flat on the floor in front of you. Kick your legs backwards into a push up position and lower your chest to the floor. Push your chest up bringing both feet forward so that you are back in the squat position. Jump up and raise both hands over your head.

How to Make Goals That Work for You

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Have you set any goals for yourself lately? Do you believe that your goals are attainable? If you’re wishing to drop twenty pounds, do you have a plan to reduce your weight? Do you know what it takes to lose those twenty pounds? You may need to change your diet and increase your activity level. Are you ready and willing to commit to those changes?

Your mind is the vehicle that drives your goals to attainability. You see, your brain must be able to figure out a logical path to succeed, or it will begin to believe that the task is impossible. Once that occurs, you may find yourself losing motivation and giving up.

Are you committed to your goal? How badly do you want to lose weight? How badly do you want to get fit? How badly do you want to change your body’s shape? If you really want it; if you are willing to make that commitment; you may be astounded at how easy it becomes to reach your goal.

When you are really committed to your goal, when there is no turning back, success is within your reach. It may seem as if it has come upon you like magic, but it is your own dedication, your own willingness to make sacrifices, that gives you this ability to meet and exceed your goals.

If your goal is to lose twenty pounds, begin by writing this down in a journal. Keeping a fitness journal is one of the best ways to ensure successful weight loss. Write down your current weight and write down everything you eat and drink each day. Figure out how many calories you need to cut down on and rather than counting calories, begin to reduce the amount of food that you are eating. Examine the type of food you are eating, too.

Design an exercise program that keeps you moving at least 6 days of the week. Regular exercise will help your body burn calories even when it is at rest.

Your mind needs constant reinforcement that it is accomplishing great tasks. Keeping a positive, winning attitude is vital to achieving success. Instead of concentrating on what you haven’t done, or what you can’t do, spend time each day, thinking of all of the things you have accomplished. By the time you get through listing these, your mind will be so super-charged it will be hard for it to get discouraged.