Had fun kicking some butt at the Lifestyle and Fitness Expo

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In the video below Nathan demonstrates a great exercise to work your back muscles here at Beachwalk Fitness…

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By Scott Tousignant, BHK, CFC
Creator of “Unstoppable Fat Loss”
Author of “The Fit Chic” & “The Fit Bastard”
Co-Author of “101 Great Ways To Improve Your Health”

It doesn’t matter how effective a cardio program is at burning fat if it’s difficult to comply to. The easiest way to increase your compliance with your fat loss program is to make the activity fun. Long jogging sessions can be a lot of fun to many people and at the same time seem dreadful to others. I have found a way to make my cardio sessions outrageously fun and the time flies by while I’m doing it. Would you like to know what I do?

Well first of all I like to incorporate a variety of cardio training into my overall program. I enjoy brisk walks in the morning because it clears my head, gets me out in nature, and I can prepare for my day. To me it’s not even exercise even though it contributes to my overall fat loss.

Now here’s what I do to really spice up my cardio program and put my fat loss into overdrive…

High Intensity Interval Training With Loads Of Variety

Honestly that session flew by and I was sweating buckets. My body temperature was raised for hours afterwards and I swear I can feel the fat melting from my body.

So here’s what I did…

First I started with a 3 minute warm up on the stationary bike. Then I went into the HIIT training session. I like to train 30 seconds at a high intensity and then 30 seconds at a low intensity.

30 seconds of burpees which works out to be about 10 of them
30 seconds of marching on the spot
30 seconds of jumping jacks
30 seconds of marching on the spot
30 seconds of skipping
30 seconds of marching on the spot
30 seconds of mountain climbers
30 seconds of marching on the spot
30 seconds at a high intensity on the stationary bike
30 seconds at a low intensity on the stationary bike
30 seconds of climbing up and down a flight of stairs
30 seconds of marching on the spot

Repeat the entire thing one more time followed by 2 minute cool down on the stationary bike.

Entire workout time… 17 minutes

You can do this same type of cardio on just one piece of cardio equipment as well. Whether it’s the treadmill, stationary bike, or the elliptical machine you can alternate between high and low intensity.

If you want to crank up the intensity even more with the body weight cardio you could reduce the marching on the spot time to 15 seconds. The idea is to make the difference between the high intensity portion very obvious from the low intensity portion.

Is this type of training more effective than long duration cardio? Like I said, it all depends on if you enjoy it. If you can’t stand it, then the chances of you complying with it are slim to none.

I find that I keep my love for this type of cardio and for my brisk walks because I alternate between the two. Some days I don’t feel like walking and some days I don’t feel like HIIT training. I do what feels right to me at the moment. Sometimes it means that I load my kids up in the bike trailer and hit the roads.

Find what you love and you will find the key to your dream body and fat loss success.

I have a lot of fun doing that HIIT training session which I demonstrated above. The variety of exercises makes the time fly by. Haven’t you ever caught yourself staring at the clock and counting down the seconds of your cardio session?

With this type of training there’s no time to look at the clock and count down how much time is left. Plus it’s so much fun that sometimes I just want to keep going if my legs will allow me.

Try it out for yourself. Tell me how it feels and if it’s something that you could comply with. If anything, I hope that this article has inspired you to find ways to make your training fun.

Have an absolutely amazing day!

Scott Tousignant, BHK, CFC is the creator of Unstoppable Fat Loss, “What separates the fat loss success stories from the people who continue to struggle to achieve their dream body”

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Beachwalk Fitness member and fitness author Scott Tousignant along with his wife Angie put together a great video demonstrating some of the most effective exercises to create amazing abs. Trust me, if you want great abs, sit-ups are not the answer. What you need to do is work the transverse abdominis muscle along with the internal and external abdominal oblique muscles. These muscles act like a girdle and tighten up your midsection. To work these muscles you need to do twisting and core stability movements.

Here’s the great video demonstrating Scott & Angie’s top 10 abdominal exercises…

Remember that in order to achieve 6 pack abs you will need a solid nutrition program combined with resistance, interval, and cardio training. Not to mention a powerful ‘Unstoppable’ Mindset to drive you to fat loss success.

Scott and Angie do less than 10 minutes of abs training each week. There’s no need for hundreds or thousands of reps. Increase the resistance and only do 10 reps for each exercise. Your abs will get worked with other exercises such as squats and anything else that requires stability such as renegade rows.

Scott Tousignant, BHK, CFC is the creator of Unstoppable Fat Loss, “What separates the fat loss success stories from the people who continue to struggle to achieve their dream body”

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