All exercise is beneficial to the body in different ways. But, some types of exercise are better than others when it comes to Fat loss, especially when we are talking about rapid Fat loss. Unfortunately, there are so many half truths and outright lies printed today, people end up not making any progress or end up worse off than when they started. So what exactly are the best exercises for Fat loss?
Two words: Compound Exercises. Compound exercises are the most efficient way to burn huge amounts of calories and boost the heart rate quickly. They have the benefit of working multiple parts of the body at once, saving time and boosting the metabolism in the process.
Compound exercises are defined as movements that utilize more than one muscle group at a time or movements that require the use of more than one joint at a time. A great example of a compound exercise would be the squat curl to press. A squat curl to press involves performing a full squat, then a bicep curl with both arms, followed by a shoulder press. Instead of working just the legs, we are now working the legs, biceps, and shoulders at the same time.
Almost all movements in everyday life are compound movements. This is the way the body is designed to move. Rarely are there isolated, single muscle movements in life. Why then would so many magazines and Fat loss programs insist on things are simply are not beneficial to your body? Single muscle movements are far less efficient at burning calories for one simple reason; they are using less of the body, so fewer calories are burned.
If you are trying to build your biceps for example, there is absolutely no reason to do isolated bicep curls. Isolated bicep curls will build your biceps of course, but why not work other parts of your body simultaneously so that you shorten your exercise time and burn more calories in the process? It is possible to work any and all parts of the body using proper compound exercises.
Let’s face it, in today’s busy society there never seems to be enough time. If we are going to fit an exercise program into our schedule, it has to be time efficient, give us big results as fast as possible, and it must be convenient. It must be able to be done on the fly so that we can fit it in to any type of schedule. Most programs must be done at a gym and don’t have much flexibility. A proper exercise program is one that is flexible, fast, can be done anywhere and consists of compound exercises so you will hit your goals no matter how crazy your life becomes.
