Burn More Body Fat Using 100% Muscle

Most people only use 25% of a muscle & never get the full fat-burning potential of their body

How do you exercise? I walk my dogs every day and burn quite a bit of fat doing so. But walking alone won’t turn my body into a fat burning furnace. Nor will increasing quantity or exuberance. Walking is a great way to burn some fat… while I’m walking…

…but I want to burn fat and have an increased metabolism while I’m inactive. And I want the effect to last tomorrow as well. What can I say…? I’m as lazy as the next person.

I truly mean it. I want a fat burning body with the minimum time put in as possible.

Some years ago I’d have been laughed at and told I must do more. Maybe an hour or two in the gym or swimming or something else enduring. But today we know better. I can do a workout for 15 - 20 minutes and have my body in fat burning mode and running a high metabolic rate for two days.

Before I tell you what this workout is, I have to tell you I find it very hard to gain muscle mass. I’ve tried everything legal to no avail. It turns out, genetics prevents excess muscle mass, so I can comfortably say, like the majority, I will never be bulky.

Plus I’m not prepared to do what it takes to get even close to bulky. I’d need to train two or three hours a day and eat huge amounts. I’d need to eat more than double the quantity I normally eat. I really don’t want to, nor do I have the time to. I’m happy with my tall slim/athletic physique. Maybe the eating bit’d be ok, but definitely not the exercise!

How to use 100% of your muscle to burn more fat

Fast twitch and slow twitch fibres. You might have heard of them. It is said that sprinters use fast-twitch fibres over short distances and long distance runners use slow-twitch fibres, the same as I use walking. However...

...it’s not as straightforward as I was taught many years ago. The walking part is correct. But fast-twitch, type II fibres, are engaged as well as slow-twitch, type I, to create the force required for sprinting. And there are three different type II fibres, meaning, the more force needed the more fibres are used. Although, should you need to engage all four fibres you can only do so for short periods of time.

The advantages of using all muscle fibres in short periods, other than getting exercise over and done with quickly, are increased metabolism and fat burning. This type of exercise stimulates the body to regulate hormones and burn fat. It’s brilliant. A quick 15-minute workout allows you to get on with your life, to do what you enjoy or need to do, and feel great for the rest of the day... and the day after.

So what else could you do other than sprint?

Heavy weight training with low reps. As I mentioned before you’re unlikely to get bulky if you’re like most and do not have the Levi’s for it. If big muscles are a problem for you, low intensity ‘prolonged’ cardiovascular training is one way to trim down muscle. Just look at long distance runners… minimal muscle mass attached to the bone. Muscles can get broken down and used for energy.

Turning Your Body Into A Fat Burning Furnace...

...Through heavy resistance training. Use weights you cannot do more than 6 reps with. Work a few muscle groups for 15 minutes and stop. You now have a short workout session and all the fat burning potential, plus hormone regulation. Weight loss, health and fitness just became easier.

A word of warning… If you haven’t done any exercise in some time and are not slowly building up your fitness… it would be extremely stupid to start with this type of training and really kill your muscles. The response over the following days is not good. I have vivid memories using the gym for the first time after my induction, lifting heavy weights, using every machine, and thinking it’s not so hard. I felt strong and was showing off how much I could lift. The next day every muscle was sore and stiffened up. The following day was the worst... I couldn’t move. Every muscle hurt. I was like an invalid shuffling around with slow robotic movements; I was in genuine pain… I wasn’t aware muscle fibres break and repair and become stronger. I’d definitely broken some fibre.

But don’t let my past youthful naivety put you off. Achieve fitness slowly with small light exercise sessions building up to heavier workouts. If you’re doing absolutely nothing, start with one or two training sessions per week and the next, do more.