Ultimate Workout Routines For Women
Article by Nicole Springs
To make the best workout routines for women, we need to be clear on goals. If it’s all about losing fat and looking better, I would recommend making a workout routine just for that. Did you notice that I said losing fat and not losing weight? I said that for a reason! Workout routines for women that actually work at losing fat also have a weight training aspect to them. This is something most folks don’t know about, but it’s really important in designing your own workout routine. Another thing I want to mention here before we get into details is that you also need something that will burn the fat off. I’m not talking about the old cardio everybody knows, that is time-consuming and produces pretty limited results. I’m talking about an effective, quick and efficient cardio workout that actually burns the fat.
Weight training is really important for losing fat for two reasons. The first is that building muscle mass uses the calories you eat. It’s metabolically active tissue, which means that you need to feed it for it to stay alive. It gets the energy it needs from the calories in the foods you eat. No matter what you do, if you’ve got muscle, it will automatically use these calories to burn fat. This means that the more muscle you have, the higher your rate of metabolism will be. You’ll be actually using those calories for much needed energy. Having muscles burns fat automatically.
Secondly, if you practice weight training, you’ll keep your muscles healthy. If you’re on a calorie deficit diet, you’ll lose weight but keep your muscles. One of the biggest mistakes women make when they’re trying to take off the pounds is to over-exercise and under-eat. The weight comes off, but a lot of what’s coming off is muscle weight and not fat.
They see that they’ve gotten results and slimmed down, but once they’re off the diet, the fat comes back. The reason is that they no longer have that muscle to use the calories they eat. Plus, not having enough muscle mass makes you feel weak, and can make everyday tasks a little harder.
The old cardio you used to know is over and done-with. I’m talking about the traditional cardio where you waste hours and hours working out at low or moderate intensity. Scientific research says this is a waste. It doesn’t burn calories, improve your cardiovascular fitness or burn fat. It just takes lots of time and increases your risk of injuries from chronic repetitive motion. It’s actually high intensity training that really gets the calories coming off. This technique uses short periods of high intensity workout alternating with low intensity periods of rest. I’ve talked about this in other articles.
Good workout routines for women are designed toward reaching their goals in the most efficient way possible. If you want to lose fat and look better, the way to achieve your goal is to do body weight training 2 to 3 times per week together with the type of cardio routine described above, also 2 or 3 times each week. What you’ll get out of this program is leaner muscle, a higher rate of metabolism, a better figure and less time spent at the gym. The only thing you’ve got to lose is your body fat.
About the Author
For more exert advice on workout routines for women, visit author Nicole Springs’ website which provides the latest body transformation advice such as proper weight training for women.
Nicole Springs is a Personal Trainer with a Exercise Science background. She specializes in body transformation. Her goal is helping women get the body of their dreams.
She runs the popular fitness and health website VisualImpactForWomenReview.net
