Workout tips to lose weight and stay lean

Perhaps you’ve put on a few unwanted pound in the past 10, 15, 20 years. Perhaps you’re a new mother looking for ways to take the weight off and keep it off. Perhaps you’ve just plaid one too many video games or eaten one too many bags of potato chips. Over the course of a year I lost 40 pounds, so let me share with you some of the ways to lose weight and stay lean.

Let’s start with cardio because this is the obvious place to start. Everyone spends hours and hours on the treadmill at the gym or running when miles the weather is nice. So did I. It’s obvious, the more time you spend the more calories you burn. But, after a while it gets boring and tedious and you stop doing it and fall back into your old habits. I recently learned that by changing up your cardio routine and adding short sprints you will actually be increasing your metabolism and, consequently, burning more calories. So, when you get bored with your routine, add some sprints.

Did you know that the more muscle you carry the more calories you will burn? It’s true. So hit the weights! But, before you do, let me give you some secrets. Exercises that require you to move weight a farther distance are better for you to increase your metabolism and burn more calories. So, a clean and jerk where you lift a weight off the floor and over your head is better for you than curling. The best exercises to increase metabolism are compound exercises that work more than one muscle group at the same time such as: bench press, dips, military press, squats, dead lifts & lunges.

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