Day in and day out you see gym members on cardio equipment, walking, riding, climbing, minute after minute, searching for that magical moment when the excess body fat will just fall off. Cardio exercise, necessary? Yes! Can it be done inefficiently? Yes! Are you? Maybe!

Recent research has shown that there is in fact a “better” way to do cardio exercise to get the best fat burning effect. That way is interval training. Not walking, jogging interval training, but high-intensity interval training done following your weight training, NOT before.

This research has obviously put to bed two very old, well-known thought processes. One being the need to perform cardio work with-in a certain heart rate range, for extended periods of time and the second being that cardio should be done prior to any lifting if your goal is fat loss. Both have now been proven incorrect.

The best way to increase fat loss is by performing a short 5-10 minute warm-up, followed by a 15-20 minute high intensity cardio session, a 5-10 minute cool down all should follow your weight training. A true high intensity interval session cannot last longer than 20 minutes. If yours does, you haven’t increased your interval intensity enough yet.

Give this a shot, you will be amazed at not only how quickly the excess fat comes off, what it does for your endurance levels and how easy it is to get in shape!