5 Great Strength Training Programs You Can Use To Burn Fat Now

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5 Weight Training Programs You Can Use To Burn Fat Now

Day after day you devote 45 minutes or more to the treadmill. That evil contraption of steel and rotating rubber… it mocks you day after day. Each day you show up and each day you leave with zero weight lost and nothing to show for it in the mirror.

The madness has to stop. The results have to come and quickly or else the treadmill will claim another victim in the fitness world. Don't be scared or second-guess you goals.

There are programs that can achieve these high heights. You'll need weight training programs and luckily they can be done in different methods to accomplish goals faster.

Let's go over 5 weight training programs and how they help you.

1. Normal Progression

Normal progression programs are simply where you perform one set of an exercise, take some rest, and then move to the next set of the exercise. You repeat this until you're done with the exercise and then you move onto the next.

If you are being proscribed workouts, you'll probably never use this method. It's good though for beginners who want to concentrate on perfecting their form.

2. Supersets

Supersets are programs that you'll probably use the most. What you do is perform a set of one exercise and then move immediately to a set of a different exercise.

The two exercises don't have to work different muscles. It really depends on your goals.

For example… if you want to burn fat, I recommend you use two completely different muscle groups in the superset. If you want to build muscle, you should concentrate on working the same muscle group two different ways.

3. Giant Sets

Giant sets take supersets to an entirely different level… in a great way. Unlike supersets, giant sets lump four exercises together. They accomplish the same goals as the supersets, just on a grander scale.

So if you were working different muscle groups, you would be burning a massive amount of calories across your body. That is how you melt body fat. If you were working the same muscle group, you would be exhausting that muscle, forcing it to grow.

4. Pyramids

Pyramids are a different kind of weight training program. For the normal pyramid, you will start with a lighter weight and perform a number of reps. Slowly you will increase the weight and decrease the reps until you do just one rep at a very heavy weight.

The goal behind pyramid training is to almost over train a particular muscle group. With each set the muscle group becomes more and more exhausted. During your rest period, your body will really build that muscle up to prepare for next time.

5. Periodization

Like pyramid training, there are different forms. We are going to concentrate on normal periodization. What happens in this form of training is the number of reps alternate unevenly throughout the number of sets.

For example, you will start with 12 reps for set 1, 5 reps for set 2, and 8 reps for set 3. The weight also changes according to the set and the number of reps. Ideally, you want the weight to go up with the fewer reps and down for more reps.

The goal behind this training is really to give your body something different to stimulate muscle growth and fat loss. Tack on a healthy muscle building diet and you'll see results faster than even an infomercial can promise.

Pyramid training does integrate some fundamental hypertrophy training and endurance training. You'll usually have to set aside more time to complete this type of training.

These are just 5 of the many different forms of weight training programs. Each one has its goal for your body and ideally you would alternate between them all.

Results only stay consistent with weight training and when you are giving you body something fresh and new to get used to. If you would like to learn more about the different types of training… or even better have monthly programs designed to annihilate your fat and build some solid muscle then…

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So you have the proper behavior down, you can understand people around you and understand a bit more about the programs that we have put together just for you and your success! Next on the agenda?

Getting you in the right mindset for success. The number one killer to reaching fitness goals is lack of motivation. You are excited to get into the gym but after a few weeks the newness wares off and you start making excuses.

But I have news for you… the above story will never apply to you because I will work hard to make sure you stay motivated with fun workouts, on your toes and excited for your gym time!

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