You work really hard with all your efforts to lose belly fat and eat healthy most of the time, you succeed dropping some pounds and feel more toned up, but you still have that muffin top or the pot belly spilling over your favorite jeans and spoiling your youthful looks.
Fat burning exercises are the slow, aerobic, long duration types of exercise that involve most of the major muscle groups. The right combination of cardio training and strength-building exercises is the key to burning fat and turning it into muscle. Your body will burn a higher percentage of calories from fat with lower intensity cardio exercises.
1) Burpie pushups - Stand straight with your feet hip-width apart, squat, lean forward, put your palms on the ground. Jump your feet back into plank position and straighten your arms. Brace your abs and do a pushup . Jump back into a squat, then stand. That’s one rep.
This at home cardio move tones your core, upper body and legs all at once- it’s a triple threat exercise that everyone tends to dread for good reason; they are hard! But they work.
2) Jumping Lunges - Start with normal lunge, with front leg at a 90 degree angle in the squat position and back leg behind you. Squat body up into a jump. Replace your feet in the air, moving back leg in front, and front leg in back. Go straight into lunge with opposite legs
Keep chest and torso upright and engaged throughout entire movement2) Jumping Lunges - Start with normal lunge, with front leg at a 90 degree angle in the squat position and back leg behind you. Squat body up into a jump. Replace your feet in the air, moving back leg in front, and front leg in back. Go straight into lunge with opposite legs
Jumping lunges are a great movement for strengthening and toning your legs, hip flexors, and overall lower body; add in the momentum required to jump up in between lunges and the move turns into an incredible calorie burner.
3) Lunges with Reverse Leg Raise - Stand with your feet together. Step back with your left foot and bend at both knees. Make a 90 degree angle with both knees and then stand back up. As soon as you stand back up lift your left leg back and up in the air until it is parallel to the floor. Lower your left foot back to the ground and then squat back down. Repeat this motion the specified number of repetitions and then change leg position.
3) Lunges with Reverse Leg Raise - Stand with your feet together. Step back with your left foot and bend at both knees. Make a 90 degree angle with both knees and then stand back up. As soon as you stand back up lift your left leg back and up in the air until it is parallel to the floor. Lower your left foot back to the ground and then squat back down. Repeat this motion the specified number of repetitions and then change leg position.
This tones the glutes, thighs, obliques, and lower back, all while building coordination and balance.
4) Pilates Leg Pulls - Start by sitting with legs out in front of you, heels together, spine long and palms by your pelvis with finger tips forward. Lift pelvis off the ground, until your body forms a long line from the shoulders to the feet. Go ahead and point those toes. Feel inner thighs squeeze toward one another, with abs pulling toward spine.
Keeping your plank stable, inhale and kick your right leg up as high as you can, without breaking at your waist. Pressing your left leg into the floor with help keep you stable. Exhale, flex through your foot and slowly lower your right leg reaching through your heel. Repeat kick with the left leg. Repeat each side three more times for four sets.
Tone your core, glutes, and thighs with this one simple Pilates move. Because all of the large muscle groups involved, you burn a high number of calories while you are toning.
5) Jackknife Crunches - Jackknife Crunches are an advanced abdominal move that engage both the upper and lower abs for maximal toning in the least amount of time. Lie flat on the floor with your legs straight. Extend your arms straight back behind your head.
5) Jackknife Crunches - Jackknife Crunches are an advanced abdominal move that engage both the upper and lower abs for maximal toning in the least amount of time. Lie flat on the floor with your legs straight. Extend your arms straight back behind your head.
Now exhale and raise both your arms and legs to meet at the top of the jackknife position. At the peak of this step, you should be balancing only on your bottom. Your legs should be straight at about a 35-45˚ angle from the floor and your arms should be parallel to your legs. Now inhale and lower your arms and legs and return to the starting position. They are especially beneficial because lower abs can be hard to target without equipment.
6) Tricep dip and reach - Sit on the floor with your knees slightly bent and your back as close as you can get it to a 12-inch-high step. Grab the edge of the step with your hands slightly more than hip-width apart. Push your heels into the floor as you straighten your arms. Perform a dip. Straighten your arms, then reach your left arm straight out in front of your body at shoulder height while lifting your right leg. Hold for a few seconds, then repeat, lifting the opposite arm and leg. That’s one rep.
A modern dip exercise to tone your triceps and core muscles.
7) Side Planks with Leg Raises - Place your right elbow on the ground. Extend both legs out so that your body is in one straight line, balancing on the outside edge of your right foot. Flex both feet, and reach your left hand to the ceiling. Keeping your spine lengthened and your abs engaged, lift your left leg up just higher than your top hip. Then slowly lower it back to your bottom leg. Keep your waist up and lifted, and don't sink into your bottom shoulder. Do three sets of 15 to 20 repetitions on each side.
While this most specifically targets the outer thighs, obliques, and deltoids, it requires the strength and coordination of the entire body to hold up the base Pilates side plank.
8) Single leg Push Ups - Push ups are a total body exercise that are easily modified and can be made to be very challenging, even for the most avid exerciser. If a regular push up feels too easy for you, try the Single Leg Push Up.
Place your right hand in a standard pushup position, but move your left hand a few inches forward. Raise your right leg and then lower your body until your chest nearly touches the floor. Push back to the starting position. Do half your reps, then switch arms and legs and finish your set.
9) Bridge opposite arm-leg reach - Lie faceup with your left knee bent, left foot flat on the floor, and right leg extended toward the ceiling. Reach toward the ceiling with your the left arm and keep your right arm down by your side. Now, Without moving your hips or shoulders, open your raised leg to the right and raised arm to the left. Now, concentrating on your abs, return your raised leg and arm to the center. Do 10–12 reps, then switch sides and repeat.
You can take inches off your waistline with this fat burning weight loss exercises.
10) Mountain Climbers - Place hands on floor, slightly wider than shoulder width. On forefeet, position one leg forward bent under body and extend other leg back. While holding upper body in place, alternate leg positions by pushing hips up while immediately extending forward leg back and pulling rear leg forward under body, landing on both forefeet simultaneously.
Mountain Climbers can feel like a punishment, but they truly are one of the best overall toning and fat burning moves out there that don't require a bit of equipment.
You can always combine these fat burning exercises with healthy eating to double the impact.
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