How to get rid of belly fat - Part 2 - The exercise

Then, along with this nutritional strategy you must do some exercise. What do you think you have to do? Lots of swimming, cycling and running? Well no actually, you don't have to perform endless cardiovascular workouts. Too much cardio will send the body into what is called catabolism where it breaks down lean muscle tissue.

To complement the fat-burning diet you have to get into High Intensity Interval Training or HIIT. This involves doing low and high intensity workouts in intervals. You do a period of high intensity cardio exercise and then a period of lower intensity.

Studies have revealed that this type of combined training uses more excess than normal cardio carried out at a continuous rate. The numbers average out at 50% more however some research indicated far greater ratios than that. Up to 5 times as much. Why does this mean you lose stomach fat? Well, the body keeps the extra fat that you provide it where it is easiest to put it - the belly. Conversely, when the body needs to use up some of the stored fat for energy it gets it from where it is easiest to get - the stomach.

In addition, research has revealed that HIIT uses two times as much stored fat from the belly area than other cardio type workouts even when they train for longer. And there is more happy news. HIIT only needs to be done for short periods of time, usually ten to twenty minutes at a go.

So, as you can see, this unique mix of diet and exercise will give you fast fat loss that is healthy and you can keep off. As opposed to other diets where you achieve an initial period of fat loss but then it all goes wrong, this approach suits the long term.

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