Ways to Exercise & Make Your Body Slim Fast

It’s tough for most people to slim down, and it’s even more difficult if you want to tighten your body fast. However, with the right workout, it’s a goal you can achieve. For the quickest results, a focus on eating right – lean proteins, veggies, fruit and whole grains – is something you should also consider as part of your weight-loss strategy. In terms of exercise, the key to slimming your body fast is using high-intensity exercises.

  1. Modifying Your Current Workouts

    • If you’re currently exercising on a treadmill, elliptical or stationary bike or you jog regularly and aren’t getting the fitness results you desire, ramp up the intensity. For example, if you walk on a treadmill daily, try increasing the treadmill incline to significantly increase the workload. Likewise with an elliptical machine or stationary bike, increase the resistance of the machine to challenge yourself a bit more. If you consistently push yourself to work harder each workout, it will pay off in the form of a slimmer you.

    Interval Training

    • Try interval training and significantly speed up your weight-loss results. High-intensity interval training, or HIIT, increases body fat oxidation at the molecular level and burns more calories than steady-state exercise, so it’s an effective way to get fast weight-loss results. You can design an HIIT program using any aerobic exercise. Just alternate short, fast intervals with short rest periods. For example, sprint for 15 seconds followed by a 45-second rest. Repeat this cycle a total of 10 times for a vigorous, calorie-burning workout.

    Combine Resistance and Aerobic

    • A workout program that combines resistance training with aerobic exercise is the fastest way to achieve long-lasting results in terms of lowering body fat and increasing lean muscle mass. An effective training regimen includes doing resistance training three days a week and aerobic exercise three days per week on alternating days. Keep each workout between 30 and 45 minutes. Use HIIT at least once per week as part of your aerobic exercise. If you don’t have access to weight machines or dumbbells, use body-weight exercises like pushups, crunches, squats, wall sits, lunges, planks and calf raises.

    Tips

    • Although you’re looking to get fast results, don’t neglect getting enough rest. Rest is the key for toning your muscles and burning fat, so aim for seven or eight hours of sleep per night. If you feel too sore to exercise any day, take a day off to recover. Set realistic goals for yourself; setting the bar too high will only set you up to fail. An attainable goal is to aim for 1 to 2 pounds of weight loss per week. Just keep in mind that resistance training may lead to a slight initial weight gain in the form of lean muscle mass – which is a good thing – so don’t get down on yourself if this is the case after the first week or two.