Muscle Freaks

If you are like most of us, you may be trying your gut out with long and hard workouts to lose weight fast. But did you stop to think why you have still not lost even an ounce after so many workouts?Most of us think that doing long hard workouts are essential to lose excess fat. But you may be surprised to note that losing excess body fat is achieved just doing the opposite of arduous and tedious workouts.A recent study at the Harvard University has proven that long cardio workouts and aerobics are no longer effective in achieving your ideal body weight; even worse they can wreck your body.They have revealed that the key to protecting your heart is exactly the opposite of cardio. It is not endurance but intensity. They have found that the more intense the exertion, the lower the risk of heart disease.They also found that those who performed exercises that is more vigorous and in short intervals had a lower risk of death than those who performed less vigorous long duration exercises.Aerobics and Cardio falls under the low-intensity, long-duration exercises category, and increases your risk of heart disease and death.They have revealed that the most effective kind of exercises to lose extra weight is the high-intense, short-duration model. You can have a intense workout for 2-3 minutes and rest for 2-3 minutes. This can be brisk walking or some thing that can make your heart beat faster and stop and rest for the same period of time.For the start do not exert yourself too much,