Intense Cardio: Tremendous Loss in Body Fat
For those people that consider themselves already in shape, but are having the problem of shedding those last few pounds to expose the six pack this is your solution.
A huge problem that most people have is, they go to the gym consistently and they build a lot muscle and at the same time acquire good mass gains. However while they do this and gain all this mass, they obviously are covering their abdominals up with fat.
The hard part comes when they want to expose their abs and drop the body fat because when you start to DIET, you will lose weight but you will also lose muscle along with it resulting in a loss of size in exchange for the six pack.
The solution to this problem is Intense Cardio.
The actual routine is extremely simple it is:
* 20 Second Sprint * 10 Sec Break * 20 Second Spring * 10 Sec Break
In total the runner will do 8 x 20 second sprints with 10 second breaks in between with a 4 minute warm up and warm down. It is imperative that the runner do the sprints at 100 percent effort.
If you do this simple routine for 2 months 3 times a week, you can be guaranteed to have a tremendous loss in body fat while still maintaining muscle mass resulting in a shredded body.
The science behind intense cardio is such that, when you run long distance you burn calories, and after a while you start to burn muscle tissue as well. With intense cardio you are doing just the right amount of cardio to spark a metabolic burn in your body, so when you are done with your routine even when you are sleeping your body is burning up to 200% more fat then it usually does however it sticks to only burning the fat and not the muscle since you did not do the sprints for an extended amount of time.
These are also known as Tabata intervals and can be applied to any exercise not only sprinting.
