“I want to lose weight!”. If I had made a dollar for every time I heard that I could retire a very rich man. I will give a simple answer to a complicated question. To lose weight you must put out more calories than you put in. To put out calories you must be active, and you can do this with exercise.

To put in calories you must eat. To put in less calories you must eat sensibly according to your activity level. A very general rule of thumb for calorie intake is multiplying 10-15 calories by your body weight and this will give you a daily calorie count. Now that you have the amount your putting in, it’s the time to create a daily calorie deficit with exercises. By creating a deficit of 500 calories a day you will burn 3500 extra calories for the week which will add up to a pound of fat, now your on the way.

The best way to burn large amounts of calories while exercising is with High Intensity Interval Training. A way of doing this is combining weight training with conditioning drills. An example of this is to do a set of squats alternated with a minute of jumping rope. There are countless combinations that can be done, but the best way is to do a multi joint compound exercise alternated by a full body conditioning drill.

On the video below, Kate Hurwitz and Spencer Olchin, from Better Body NYC,  prepared a quick series of exercises to teach you How to burn fat and lose weight in one easy exercise program.

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