Monday, December 15, 2008

Fat Burning and Muscle Building Cardio

By Caleb Lee

Exercises will only get you so far in your journey for fat burning muscle building results, until you add in foods.

The question is what is a fat burning muscle building food and will they break the piggy bank?

If your answer is yes, then why not work out like them to get that way, too. You don't necessarily have to work out every day constantly to build those bulging muscles, however, your goal should be to lose weight and gain some tone, making your body look sexy.

Let's start with fruits. Fruits, like lemons, limes, apples, blueberries, and watermelons are the best example of fruits that will help you lose weight. They contain large amounts of Vitamin C and low calories, which will help in burning fat without adding more into your body with high calorie count. They also are very acidic, which will help you to break down some of the harder fats, while also helping your digestive system break down other foods. Vegetables are the other fat burners, like cabbage, zucchini, spinach, tomatoes, carrots, and asparagus.

So, one may ask, what property do these foods have that make them fat burning muscle building foods. They key is cellulose, which is low in calories, but when they are broken down and digested, they act as fat burners, along with Vitamin C.

Once you get to a minute sprint, one minute recovery for the entire time, you can decide to lengthen your workout, creating progressive pattern, increasing the intensity to grow muscle and burn more fat. This is only optional and does not need to be done as you will still burn fat keeping at 1 minute sprints, 1 minute recovery.

You have to remember to exercise when you are eating these fat burning muscle building foods. Exercising will boost your metabolism, getting a better circulation of foods and nutrients.

Add interval training to your workout and diet to produce even better fat burning and muscle building results, only working out around 10-15 minutes longer. - 16083

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