Howdy,

If you want to lose fat then you should be doing some form of cardio training in conjunction with
a good nutrition plan and resistance training. 

To get the most out of your cardio training you must use progression to keep the fat loss results
coming and to make progress towards your goals.

Here are three ways to crank up your fat burning cardio results:

1.  Increase Time - A simple way to get more of a calorie burn is to simply add more time to your
cardio workouts.  This is not my preffered choice for intermediate or advanced trainees but it is a great way to start if you are new to cardio workouts.  

2.  Increase Intensity - You can get more work done in less time by cranking up the intensity of your
cardio sessions.  There are two main ways to do this.  The first is to increase the speed of your efforts
(pedal faster).  The second is to increase the resistance of your cardio.  If you have been pedaling
at level 15 on the stationary bike you can increase it to level 16 to do more work in less time. 

3.  Increase Frequency - The final way to add progression to your cardio training is to increase how often you do your workouts.  If you have been doing cardio 3 days per week you can add a fourth cardio session to your weekly plan. 

Just be sure to balance work and recovery.  As you get closer to your fat loss goals you may eventually move to daily cardio to give you that extra push.  

Just keep in mind how you can improve from workout to workout and try to beat your previous performances. 

Train with purpose,

Kyle Battis, NSCA-CPT, CSCS
www.SecretsOfBurningFat.com
http://www.BurnTheFat-InnerCircle.com  
P.S. - If you are short on time and equipment in your home gym training the 4-minute H.I.I.T. workouts are powerful way to crank up your fat loss results.  To learn more Click Here   

Interval Training, also known as HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is a very popular method to help increase fat loss and Men’s Health Contributor Craig Ballantyne uses it as part of his Turbulence Training fat loss program. In this mini-interview with fat loss expert Craig Ballantyne he reveals what interval training is, who can do it, and how to do it properly for maximal fat loss.

Kyle Battis: This is Kyle Battis with Fat Loss Lunch Break.com and once again I am joined by Craig Ballantyne, fat loss and fitness expert and author of Turbulence Training. Craig is going to be talking about something that is very popular right now and that is interval training. What is interval training, how can you do it, and who can do it? Craig, fill us in and give us some answers on those who, what, when, and where’s about interval training for fat loss.

Craig Ballantyne: That’s a good point you make that it’s really becoming quite popular these days and I was using it way back in the late ‘90s when I was just getting involved in the industry and what I was doing was using it with athletes and you don’t have to be an athlete to do interval training.

A beginner can do interval training because all interval training means is that you’re going to do (blank part of tape) for interval and then you’re going to bring the exercise intensity down to lower than normal intensity, recovery intensity for a very short period as well. I like to use this example, a beginner who regularly walks on a treadmill at say 3.5 miles per hour, they would do their interval training at a short, hard interval of maybe 30 to 60 seconds at 3.8 miles per hour and then they’d drop all the way down to 3.0 miles per hour for a minute recovery.

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