If i had to choose a great fat burning exercise i would say sprinting. Sprinting is without a shadow of a doubh a difficult exercise to perform but i have reeped amazing benefits from this exercise alone.
In the past i use do alot of running and decided to take up "Sprinting" instead along with my weight training program.
But before that i was only interesting in weight lifting and building strenght. During that time i was eating alot of foods that are rich in protein and carbohydrates. This went on for about 2 years without doing any cardiovascular exercise. As a result i looked big and muscular, which isn't what i wanted after all. So Since i started combining weight lifting with running and sprinting i later lost alot of body fat, including muscle mass, so i looked very lean but wanted to keep my size. Big mistake.
I have given up running and substituted "Sprinting" instead. You will notice that alot of sprinters are lean and muscular with low body percentages. I go out and spend at least 20 mins once or twice a week. I warm up for 5 mins and then sprint at full speed for about 8 seconds, doing 8-10 repetitions and rest for 10-15 seconds after each sprint. It is a tough exercise if your starting out new to it but there is no doubh that that it is a killer exercise, will help you burn huge amounts of calories, kill stress and keep your metabolism flying for days.
So i have quit running altogether and have replaced it with sprinting. I use to run 3 days per week on days i wasn't weight lifting at the gym now i only have to "1-2 days for as little as 20 mins each time without losing any of the hard earned muscles i got from the gym.
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