5 Tips for Effective Weight Loss Exercise Programs

• 6 shorter workouts are better than three longer ones. Exercising more times throughout the week keeps your body in a fat burning mode.

• Increasing the intensity of your workouts can have a large impact on the amount of fat you burn. A twenty minute workout that has you sweating and breathing heavy is better than an hour long workout of low intensity.

• Lifting weights builds muscle mass causing your body to burn more fat. If you do not lift weights it may be a good time to start.

• Mixing weight lifting with cardio is a potent fat burning combination. Start your workouts with weight lifting and end them with cardio. Exercising in this progression increases the rate at which your body burns fat.

• Do not over-train. If your body is wore-out it will not burn fat at an optimal level. Keeping your workouts 30 minutes or less and reserving one day per week for rest will keep you body from getting over-trained.