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It’s no secret that cardio helps with weight loss, this said, many people struggle when doing cardio as they get bored by doing hours on end of the same cardio exercise routines. We all have gone to the gym and stared at the rows of stationary bikes, treadmills, rowing machines and elliptical trainers and wondered how we can lose weight while not having to do those long cardio sessions. Well contrary to the belief that it takes hours upon hours of cardio to lose weight the truth is that you don’t have to look at cardio as a boring task, cardio can be quick and fun as long as it is done properly.

The first step towards losing weight fast doing cardio is to realize that you need to switch your cardio routine every several weeks to make sure that your body does not get too used to doing the same cardio workout. By switching your cardio routine, you body will always be in a constant state of stress, trying to get used the amount of work you have created for it – obviously through cardio exercise.

On top of accepting the fact you need to switch up your cardio from time to time, you need to realize that by adding certain foods and diet supplements before a cardio workout will increase your metabolic rate for a short term, thus creating the perfect environment to burn fat.
Now, to start burning more fat doing cardio you will need to add method of exercise called “interval training”.  Interval training is all about switching between speeds and intensities during your workout. Doing intervals just melts the fat away by raising your metabolic rate, burning high amounts of calories and raising your heart rate near its max. One of the best benefits of doing intervals is that it is not boring at all as well as interval training can be a great challenging workout. Interval training can burn more calories in 20 minutes doing a 40 minute cardio session.

So you are probably wondering “How can I start interval training”? Well here are a few great interval training ideas that should get you into the swing of things.
Try doing 3 quick interval sessions per week on the stationary bike. Each interval session should be 19 minutes to start with 2 minutes warm-up, followed by 5 x 2 minutes medium pace and 1 minutes sprint interval, followed by a 2 minute cool down. Try practicing this interval training routing for 4 weeks. After you are done the four weeks, you can start increasing the amount of overall time and overall intensity levels of your workout. On top of these changes to your workout, you can try different methods of cardio, try doing a few weeks on the elliptical, the several on the treadmill and back to the elliptical again to keep your body burning fat.

One thing to keep in mind when doing interval training is to drink a lot of water before and after your workout. You should also eat an appropriate amount of fruits and vegetables to get you nutrients back that you may have lost from extreme sweating during cardio.