I have some awful words for you if you’re on the ellipticals for half an hour or more on a daily basis. You check out that LCD display and see how many calories you’ve burned and you think you’re doing well. Be careful who you tell on the weight loss forum.

The truth might disappoint you because you are actually getting leaner at a slower rate by using that device. To lose the flab quickly you need to get into an intense workout rather than relying on the fat zone on the machine.

What is really needed is some interval training that will get you moving quickly during a short time. Actually, some people on a cardio machine might understand a little bit about intervals.

They work you really hard for a while, then ease up for a while, then repeat.

As long as it’s worked into your resistance scedule, you can do that with the machine and get good results. I know some of you want to change the way you do things, so I have a couple alternative interval plans.

1. Bodyweight squats. Do squats as long as you can, as fast as you can for five minutes.

You can break it into sets of several repetitions if you want to though. Take a short break in between. Working some six pack ab exercises if you can.

Increase how many repetitions you perform on a weekly basis. You probably think this sounds too easy, but I’ll tell you the truth: it isn’t. Your own will can determine how hard doing this is, so make it intese!

2. Do squats with the weight of your body as an interval drill.You’ll need a way to track time so get a Gym Boss timing device or something like it.To get things going, you’ll squat as many times as possible in a third of a minute.

Next, stay in the lower position for half that time. Do this interval for 8 cycles.

These are two of the many methods of including interval training into your exercise plan.You will get lean fast doing this and you won’t have to spend time on the cario equipment.

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