RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

A question we often get at RIO Fitness is, "what exercise is best for toning/losing body fat for my abs/thighs/butt/hips/arms?" The answer is, there is NO magic exercise that is going to tone/burn body fat from a specific area. It's more about how you exercise than the actual exercises.

The answer is, HIGH INTENSITY INTERVALS. For example, doing lunges/squats/machines for lower body is better than doing nothing; but if you do just one set then rest, that's bodybuilding and the least effective way to get lean & tone. Doing HIGH INTENSITY INTERVALS means, doing one set of say 15 walking lunges, then immediately following up the lunges with 60sec of jumping jacks or side-side pushups. Once you finish the second exercise, you rest 60sec, and repeat for three sets. HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING, is the most effective way to tone up & lose body fat quickly. YouTube it, Google it, all the SCIENTIFIC research is proving it to be FACT.