| Many people do not workout because they are | | | | of bench press) and you will be well on your way to |
| unwilling to make the perceived time commitment | | | | adding muscle. The more muscle mass you are able |
| associated with starting a workout program. To get | | | | to add, the faster your metabolism will become |
| folks over that hurdle, below are two relatively simple | | | | because muscle burns up to ninety percent more |
| strategies to build the most muscle, lose the most fat, | | | | calories than fat. By adding three to five pounds of |
| and become fitter in the least amount of time: | | | | muscle you could actually burn 100 - 250 additional |
| Perform only basic compound exercises when | | | | calories per day. |
| strength training | | | | High Intensity Interval Training |
| Perform high intensity interval training rather than | | | | Have you ever spent 45 minutes or more doing cardio |
| enduring long cardio sessions at a relatively slow pace. | | | | because you heard that you don't start burning fat until |
| Compound Exercises | | | | after that point? Well, there is a much more efficient |
| Compound exercises are exercises that involve | | | | way to go about cardio training. Instead, perform ten |
| multiple muscle groups. Some examples include squats, | | | | one-minute intervals of perceived high intensity work |
| bench press, and pullups. When performing these | | | | (this work can vary from sprinting, to the exercise bike, |
| exercises you are "getting the most bang for your | | | | to walking fast depending on your current fitness level) |
| buck" because you are working several muscle | | | | with a 30 second break in between. This type of |
| groups at the same time. For instance, bench press | | | | exercise will not only burn more calories in a shorter |
| works chest, shoulders, and triceps. Unless you're a | | | | amount of time, but will also increase your metabolism |
| bodybuilder and have hours to spend in the gym, why | | | | through out the day as well as raise your level of |
| spend your time doing specific isolation exercises | | | | overall fitness. This workout will take you 15 minutes |
| when you could hit many body parts at the same | | | | (maybe 20 minutes if you include a quick warm-up and |
| time? Instead, do three sets of squats, pull-ups, and | | | | cool down). Try this twice a week on days when you |
| bench press for eight to twelve repetitions to failure | | | | are not strength training. |
| and you've got yourself a full body workout in 30-40 | | | | These workouts are highly efficient. You'll probably |
| minutes. Do that twice a week (feel free to switch in | | | | spend more time surfing the Internet today than it |
| and out exercises working similar muscle groups such | | | | would take to complete one of these workouts. So |
| as incline bench press or dumbbell bench press instead | | | | what are you waiting for? Get to it! |