There are a few workouts that can help you burn significantly more fat during your workout. They're not really hacks per se, but simple tweaks and additions that can boost your fat burning results.
Also, they're not really for everyone, as most of us exercise as much as we can these days due to our hectic lifestyles. Some people may also just want to improve their overall performance and not burn fat.
That being said, if losing weight is actually your goal, feel free to jump in as we cover these tips.
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- Do morning exercises on an empty stomach
This can be one of the best ways to burn off the excess fat you carry around. Exercising in the morning on an empty stomach is a surefire way to turbocharge your fat burning furnace.
Morning exercise can help you burn 300% more body fat than exercising at any other time of day. The logic here is pretty straightforward.
Right after waking from sleep, there is usually no glycogen (stored glucose) in the liver for the body to burn for energy. This is caused by the fat your body fasts during sleep.
Therefore, your body must directly burn stored fat for energy to provide the energy needed to complete activities.
However, try to drink plenty of fluids before you start exercising in the morning on an empty stomach to avoid dehydration. You can add some good quality salt to a tall glass of ice water to help your body rehydrate quickly.
- Change Your Exercise
The human body is known to have a great ability to adapt to any stressful situation, and it finds itself exercising no exception.
Doing a specific exercise regularly will get your muscles used to it. Over time, the exercise becomes easier and the muscles don't have to work as hard to get the job done.
Exercising in this way will reduce the total number of calories you are able to burn during this type of exercise.
So changing up your exercise now and then will help force your muscles to re-adapt to the new changes, making them work harder. This will cause your heart rate to increase, which increases the amount of calories you burn.
- cardio immediately after weight training
The body can use up its immediately available glucose for fuel within 20 to 30 minutes of exercising. The only exception is when you exercise in the morning on an empty stomach, as above.
Only when you deplete the free glucose available in your system can your body switch to burning more fat.
By weight training before cardio, you can more easily deplete your glycogen stores quickly. With this shift in your routine, you'll start burning fat faster.
Exercising this way also gives you more energy to focus on proper form when weight training. This helps reduce your chances of getting injured from fatigue while exercising.
- Vary Your Exercise Duration
It's also important to vary the duration of your workouts. You definitely don't want your body to adapt to your daily activity level.
Avoiding this is important because once the body becomes accustomed to a particular pattern of exercise, it becomes easier for the muscles to perform that exercise.
Therefore, varying the duration of your workouts can help improve your performance. That being said, such changes may make it harder for you to reach the fat burning zone.
However, you can overcome this limitation by exercising longer to compensate for the change.
Applying these little tips will go a long way toward improving your fat-burning abilities while exercising.
