Short cardio intervals + all-out effort = major fat burn 💪
, or HIIT. These cardio exercises should be done all-out, as hard as you can go, at 80 to 95 percent of your maximum heart rate."The higher the better," said exercise physiologist Tom Holland, MS, CSCS, a Bowflex fitness advisor and the author ofMost people can't sustain that intensity for a long period of time, which is why HIIT workouts are broken up into sections: work intervals and active rest intervals. You go hard then recover, in short bursts of cardio and rest.
HIIT can be confusing though, because how should you actually do it? Running? Cycling? Bodyweight exercises? You have plenty of options when it comes to high-intensity cardio. But before we get into which exercises are most effective for weight loss, let's talk about how HIIT burns so much fat in the first place."HIIT is extremely effective for fat loss for two main reasons," Tom told POPSUGAR.
Then there's the EPOC effect. After working out, your body is in an oxygen deficit that it has to work to make up. So even though your workout is over, you're still consuming oxygen at a higher rate, which requires more energy, which means you're burning more calories. The EPOC effect kicks in the hardest after HIIT, and while it
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