Boosting Your Metabolism the Single Most Effective Way

Let's admit it, everyone wants to cut at least a few extra pounds. Actually turning that dream into fruition tends to be quite the challenge. As you probably have already come to find out, there is no secret technique that will make you shed weight over night. Instead, there are two tried and true techniques for cutting the fat, diet and exercise. Both of these techniques have one endgame in mind: metabolism of calories. If we focus on the endgame, fat loss suddenly becomes passive and effortless. Make the goal boosting your metabolism instead of burning fat, and the rest will fall into place.

There are countless numbers of techniques for boosting your metabolism, but there is one that reigns high above the rest. The strategy is called high intensity interval training, or HIIT. For those of you who have never heard of this, the process is quite simple. Take for example jogging. If you were to apply HIIT to jogging, you would begin by warming up for 5 minutes. Next, begin sprinting for 30-60 seconds. After the sprinting, you would slow to a jog or fast walk for an equivalent amount of time. Continue this for 15-20 minutes in intervals and your session is over. Your calorie burning, however, is not over.

High intensity interval training keeps the body burning extra calories for up to 72 hours after the exercise. Without going into too much detail, the added stress elevates levels of catecholamines and growth hormone, the fat fighting hormones. It's been reported that levels of these fat fighting friends stay far above baseline for the next 3 days! This means no matter what you do for the next 3 days after your session, you will burn more calories than you would have had you not performed interval training. Need I mention the amount of calories you burn during the actual session? In addition to the melting fat, you'll also notice an overall increase in daily energy. This is normal and due to the boosting of your metabolism. The fat fighting components of this exercise add up exponentially, with boosting your metabolism at its core.

Follow a high intensity interval training workout beginning today. Do it every other day for the next month. Watch your fat loss efforts finally begin to pay off as you begin boosting your metabolism.

By Daniel Broderick