Are over forty years old and want to burn that excess body fat? You probably are thinking you need to do more fat burning cardio workouts. However, the real truth is that you need to exercise less frequently and do more intense workouts.
Keep reading and you’re going to discover the truth about burning fat over the age of 40. You’ll find out it’s much more important to do quality, not quantity, when it comes to your workout sessions. Let’s start by looking at why cardio fails for fat loss.
In a study published in the prestigious journal, Obesity, researchers put both men and women on an extreme cardio workout regimen. Each subject had to complete one hour of cardio six days per week for one full year. That’s a total of 300 hours of cardio.
Now most people would expect huge weight loss results from all that cardio exercise, but the results were extremely disappointing (although not surprising). The men lost an average of just 6 pounds while the women lost just 4 pounds. That’s over 50 hours of cardio just to lose one pound!
In reality someone who is over 40 needs to train using the same principles of someone who is under 30. As with all workout programs, you need to have your doctor clear you for exercise, and you might have some specific weak muscle areas that need more work, other than that, everything else is the same.
Here are3 fat burning rules for people over forty who want to lose that belly fat.
- Eat a low-calorie diet focusing on whole, natural foods. No over proccesed junk. It doesn’t matter what age you are, we all should be eating more fruits and vegetables. So try to add one extra serving, of fruits and veggies, everyday until you are up to 10 total servings per day. The extra fiber will help fill you up and by cutting out processed foods in your diet you will have an increase in energy and you will begin to lose weight. It’s that easy.
- Use resistance (weight) training to sculpt and tone your muscles. As we get older, strength becomes more important to your health and well-being. “If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it.” So make sure your workout program includes total body resistance training no less than twice a week, and preferably more.
- You need interval training to help you burn that belly fat in less time than long slow cardio. Research from Australia found that women who did only 20 minutes of interval training three times per week were able to lose more belly fat than women who did 40 minutes of long, slow cardio
So switch your workout program to short burst exercise and you’ll see more results in less time, no matter what your age!
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