The treadmill is very effective for short fat loss workouts. I’m a certified personal trainer. If you’ve been using a treadmill for long, long sessions, yet have not been able to lose weight, don’t blame your parents or grandparents. Short fat loss workouts are very possible – when you know exactly what to do.
Long duration cardio sessions do not equate to short fat loss workouts.
Longer is not always better. Look around at the gym and you’ll see proof of this. Most of the hefty people in the gym are on the cardio machines or in aerobics classes. Does this mean that overweight people are drawn to cardio machines? Or does it mean that cardio exercise fails in the weight loss department?
Both are true, but what makes cardio exercise fail as an effective fat loss workout is when it is “steady state” in style.
Effective, short fat loss workouts are done interval-training style, rather than steady state.
Steady state is another term for long duration, or lengthy, cardio sessions. Short fat loss workouts with a treadmill can last as briefly as 20 minutes – done once per day!
I know your next question is: How can short workouts be more effective for fat loss than long cardio sessions?
The answer: Hormones. Yes, hormones. In order to generate the greatest fat-burning response in your body, you must do what is called “hormonal exercise.” This style of training is what fat loss workouts on a treadmill are all about, because it drives up the body’s production of human growth hormone, testosterone and lactic acid.
These compounds create metabolic changes in the body that include an accelerated rate at which you burn calories. This accelerated rate occurs during the exercise, but also for many hours after!
To safely shed excess pounds, do short fat loss workouts on a treadmill.
Now, in order for these short fat loss workouts to live up to their name, you must follow a few simple rules: 1) Don’t hold onto the rails or the front portion of the treadmill, unless you need to adjust the setting or scratch your nose, etc. And 2) Warm up for 5-10 minutes, and cool down for five minutes.
How to do short fat loss workouts on a treadmill? You need to know how to create a high intensity interval training format. Click here to learn how. If you’re a runner and want a six-pack, click here. If you’ve been holding onto your treadmill, click here to learn why this is bad.