RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

When a person is trying to lose body fat & tone up, the first thing most people think of is just doing cardio. Cardio is necessary, but strength training burns FOUR TIMES more calories than cardio, and keeps our metabolism high for 24-36hrs while cardio only keeps it high for 2hrs. The best way to strength train to lose fat and tone up is HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING (doing two different exercises with no rest in between, then resting 60sec and repeating for three sets). Examples: doing 30-60sec of walking lunges, then 30-60sec of side to side crawling pushups, then rest 60sec and repeat; or 30-60sec of wide leg squats, then 30-60sec of jumping jacks, then rest and repeat. Google/YouTube HIIT for more info/examples.