What is the best exercise to burn fat? You might be surprised by fitness expert Sondra Braunwalder's advice on the best exercise to burn fat. For working out the overall body - walking. A fast paced walking...
For working out the overall body - walking. A fast paced walking program that you do at least three times a week or an exercise program like the circuit training programs we have or going to a gym that has a weight program are all good ways to shed fat. Getting your heart rate up and really increasing the use of your muscles is the key. You've got to keep your heart rate up for at least 30 minutes. An aerobic class will also help to increase your metabolism, help you burn that extra fat.
You have to learn not to be caught up on the weighing scale because as you lose fat and you start to exercise your scale weight is not going to go down since muscle weighs more than fat. At the point after somebody has lost a good amount of weight, like 10-30 lbs., I start telling them not to step on the scale as often and to use their body measurements as a guide. I tell the ladies here to wait a month and then put on a pair of pants that were a little tight before and tell me the difference. Their scale weight may stay the same or even go up because muscle weighs five times more than fat, it's just heavier, more dense. So, as you burn the fat it doesn't mean that your scale weight is going to go down. I think we do a disservice to ourselves when we get stuck on "normal" body weights, because if you're in good shape and toned, you're actually going to weigh more than that.
