Best Cardio to Burn Belly Fat

What’s really wild is your body continues burning more calories hours after your workout. And the best part is, you burn stomach fat faster by working out less!

Yet, too many people still do the same, slow even paced 30 to 45 minutes of cardio day in and day out. They assume by doing longer cardio workouts everyday, they'll burn more fat. Big mistake!

Doing 30 to 45 minutes of cardio every day is great. But if that 30 to 45 minutes is slow and low-intensity, you’re not burning any fat! You have to be working at the optimum intensity level--not just half-@ssed! Just like anything else in life, you can’t do it half-@ssed and expect to see great results…

But, how many of us can really do cardio (or anything for that matter) at an optimum intensity level for 30 to 45 minutes straight? We can’t. It’s humanly impossible. Our bodies aren’t build that way. We need to be able to take a break.

Running is probably the best form of cardio exercise that yields maximum result in minimum time. It does not require complicated and costly equipment, and there’s no need to visit the gym every other day too. All you need is a comfortable pair of shoes. Make it a habit of running for a while, either in the morning or late in the evening. Do this at least 5 days a week. You should however alternate your running speed between fast and slow to achieve the best result.

According to Professor Steve Boucher, the Australian co-author of the latest interval training study to show intervals work better than slow cardio, "high intensity intermittent exercise may result in greater fat loss in the abdomen".

Surprisingly, Boucher recommends stationary cycling as one of the best ways to burn fat with intervals. Seems like another fat loss expert has been saying that for years now...oh yeah, it was me! I know, and research shows that using both resistance training and interval burns more fat than slow cardio workouts.

Try to do squat jumps too. This is probably going to be one of the most fundamental exercises on this list but it’s still one of the best. To perform a squat jump place your hands behind your head and then squat down until your thighs are parallel to the floor and then explosively jump in the air as high as you can. It’s important to land back in the squatting position and as softly as you can to prevent knee pain.