You work out hard and you want it to show. But you won’t get the look you’re after if your hard work is hidden under a layer of fat.

You need all the tricks you can get your hands on to burn fat, and you want to do it quickly and efficiently. After all, who has hours to spend on the endless drudgery of a treadmill?

Are you gonna bury those washboard abs under a layer of pudge? Or will you tap into these three fat burning secret weapons? This is the stuff those really ripped guys at the gym have figured out and aren’t telling you, cause they don’t want you showing them up!

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Untapped Fat Burning Tip #1:
Exploit the “EPOC” effect with high intensity interval circuits

Contrary to what mainstream fitness has been saying for decades, long slow distance running is not the most direct route to fat loss. It’s true that moderate intensity, steady state exercise uses primarily fat oxidation as fuel, but that isn’t the total picture.

In a study done to compare the fat burning benefits of traditional “cardio” training and high intensity intervals, two groups were assigned different training regimens. Group A performed the regular moderate intensity cardio regime (ex. jogging or bicycling) for 20 weeks, and Group B performed a high intensity interval training routine for 15 weeks. Group B lost nine times more fat than Group A — and in 5 weeks less!

Why are high intensity intervals so much more effective?

Interval circuits place such an intense demand on the system that it takes your body up to 36 hours to work its way back to homeostasis (a normal state). That means you’ll incinerate calories for hours after you finish training, even if you’re just lying on the sofa. That aftershock of fat burning potential is called Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC).

Plus, high intensity interval training is fast! That means you no longer have to spend 30 minutes to an hour jogging your life away on a treadmill. You can spend more time pumping iron instead.

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Untapped Fat Burning Tip #2:
Build muscle to burn fat.

We’ve known for years that muscle tissue is highly active metabolically, and it helps us burn more calories during the day. So more muscle equals better fat burn, right? Unfortunately that’s only partly true — and not to the extent we once believed. A pound of muscle is now thought to burn an extra 6 calories per hour (as opposed to the 25 or more per hour we once believed). You’d have to pack on an awful lot of beef to make much difference.

But that’s only one side of the equation. Muscle mass provides a number of other important benefits, foremost of which is better management of insulin. Insulin is your “storage” hormone. Its job is to transport fuel into your cells. The higher your ratio of fat to lean tissue, the less sensitive your lean tissue becomes to insulin. Basically, when your body fat percentage creeps too high and insulin comes knocking, your lean mass stops answering the door. If you see a vicious cycle in all of this, you’re right!

One way to encourage your muscles to start answering the door again is through resistance exercise aimed at growth. Why is it important to improve insulin sensitivity? Well, if your muscles don’t answer the door, guess who will… Yep, your fat cells are always ready with a warm welcome.

To top it all off, long slow cardio can actually cause you to LOSE muscle because it increases your level of cortisol. If you focus instead on short bursts of high intensity effort using exercises that target the entire body in all its ranges of motion, you can actually BUILD muscle while you do your cardio! Fat burning just got easier, and a lot more fun.

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Untapped Fat Burning Tip #3:
Use lactic acid to spike growth hormone

That burn you feel in your muscles when you’re in the middle of a workout is caused by the buildup of lactic acid. It’s the “misery” that keeps non-exercisers from working out, and it’s the rite of passage hardcore trainers push for simply as a matter of masochism.

But there’s much more to it than that. The lactic acid burn is also your body’s trigger to start the secretion process for human growth hormone. And growth hormone acts to build lean mass AND reduce fat.

A 2006 study from Brazil which measured four different repetition protocols determined that what they called Functional Isometrics was the most potent metabolic stimulator. Hold a static position under enough of a load and you’ll feel the burn… That same burn is what you should shoot for in your cardio training if you want to tap that GH release and send your fat metabolism into overdrive.

It’s not a magic bullet, but it does play a powerful role in your quest to shred your physique. Sounds like a good deal!

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In keeping with the theme of useless exercises from the last blog post here’s what Jon Benson says about the most well known ab exercise of all:

The Sit-Up

I’m shocked that people still think sit-ups done the old-fashioned way actually work the abs.

Even worse, most people have been fooled into believing this actually helps get rid of bellyfat.

Nonsense. Bellyfat is burned off when you have a good nutrition plan and through general exercise, not using exercises for the abs.

Ab exercises are fine, but guess what?

I never train my abs more than 3-5 minutes.

Today my ab workout took 3 minutes and 12 seconds to complete.

And my abs are sore!

But without the nutrition plan, forget it… I’d never SEE my abs at all.

I’d just have a nice wall of muscle with a bunch of flab covering it up.

The best nutrition plan for abs is The Every Other Day Diet plan

The best exercises to do for the actual ab muscles are hanging leg raises, done slowly, crunches (if you do them right)… and that’s really all you need.

My Comments

Now I’m in agreement with Jon here as I think crunches and sit-ups are pretty useless.

I also can’t believe the mentality of thinking belly fat is lost when you train your abs.

I still get questions like this and realize that many people simply don’t understand fat loss.

As Jon says: Eat right using a sound approach like The Every Other Day Diet.

I happen to use a hybrid of his program these days where I eat lean meats and veggies for 2 days, raw food for 1 day and then a cheat day on day 4 (Anything Goes as its Party Time !)

I’m also big into finding quality sources of food through farm programs where I can get raw milk, cheese, grass fed meats etc…. at reasonable prices.

Currently I’m using the Traditional Nutrition Guild which has been a blessing for me here in New York City. They even deliver to Brooklyn!

And then of course you must have an overall fitness program aimed at building muscle, staying active ( I love walking) and maintaining a high level of fitness with interval type cardio training. My favorites are of course hills, stairs and playing 3 on 3 basketball.

Jon loves the hanging leg raise for training abs and while it is a great exercise I see way to many people perform it improperly.

I prefer the good ole ab wheel.

For 10-20 bucs you can’t beat this exercise and it is also very easy to modify.

Here’s a good demo from You Tube:

Post your comments below and let me know your favorite ab exercises even if you love sit-ups

Remember: All that matters is what works for you

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Here’s a cool new video on a body weight core exercise that will make a great addition to your program:

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It’s a tried and true core exercise but with a different spin from the boys of Body Weight Blue Print

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Hello again Everyone

Another great summer day here in good ol Brooklyn.

I’m actually taking the day off from working out as I’m way sore from yesterdays workout and even training my mother and wife

They were just too cute!

So I’m gonna head out to the back yard and catch some sun, listen to sports radio and do some reading

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