Exercising LESS and Losing more WEIGHT???

Yes, there is a “fitness revolution in weight loss”; it is called High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). Every person out there wants to know the easiest, biggest, safest and the least expensive way of losing weight fast and permanently without much hard work because of excuses such as...”I'm too tired, the kids need me, I'm not feeling well, it's raining, it's too cold, it's too hot, I don't like feeling sweat, I don’t know which exercise to do” and so on.

Relax! Help has come!!!...it’s in the form of HIIT. HIIT is a special workout program which scientists claim burns three times more fat than regular workouts done in a very long time (aerobics- lasting 60minutes).They claimed that it’s a workout involving 20 minutes of interval training using 8 second intervals and was superior to other forms of cardio and that it burns three times as much fat. It is about mixing high intensity bursts of exercise with moderate intensity recovery periods. (Watch out for “Why slow Cardio is bad for Permanent Fat Loss)”.

First, let’s take a closer look at what happened in the study.

Researchers at the University of New South Wales and the Garvan Institute studied a group of overweight women, putting them through a 20 minute cycling program in which they sprinted on a stationary bike for 8 seconds followed by 12 seconds of cycling lightly. The women performed the workout three times a week for 15 weeks.


“They lost three times more weight than other women who exercised at a continuous, regular pace for 40 minutes,” says University of New South Wales Associate and study co-author Professor Steve Boutcher.


Boutcher thinks the current government recommendations for exercise are largely ineffectual. “Walking for 60 minutes, seven times a week does not result in much fat loss, usually 1.15 kilograms over 15 weeks,” he says. “For a lot of overweight people this is going to be a revolution.”


It’s true that interval training is a great way to increase calorie expenditure (increase stored calorie burned) in the hours after exercise. It’s also been shown to boost the activity of various fat-burning enzymes in the body.


However, interval training alone is not a magic bullet, a program that combines resistance exercise, good nutrition AND interval training is one that will deliver the best results. (I recommend the MeltDFat Total Body Perfect Program)