8 Tips to Lose 15 pounds in 12 weeks

Published: July 30, 2007, 3:39 pm

Tags: h i i t, 12 week challenge, strength training, fitness

After going from 23.6% to 16.8% body fat because of my 12 week challenge, I decided to share a few tips about what worked for me regarding how to lose fat while gaining muscle: Forget the cardio Getting bored of slaving away on the treadmill for hours each week while not seeing results? Can’t say I blame you. Doing long stints of cardio is the equivalent of putting your body in cruise control…keeping the same pace maximizes your body’s mileage. exactly what you DON’T want to do to burn fat. instead of cardio, do a few short sessions of high intensity interval training a week. they take 30 minutes at MOST per session. intervals can be done running, swimming, biking, or on the elliptical or stairmaster. HIIT training is all about varying your pace to keep your body on its toes. all you do is alternate between doing your exercise at your near max level and a slower steadier pace. go hard, then go less hard. that’s it. more and more research is

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