The Best Way to Do Cardio

High Intensity Interval Training (or HIIT) is one of the best ways to go about doing cardio. It is a short interval training program that has been proven to burn fat better than the average treadmill run. Don't spend hours on a treadmill at a steady pace. If you do that, your body gets used to its state and the cardio is less effective.

Instead, you need to pace yourself. For example, on a treadmill that goes from 0.0 to 10.0, you should go at 3.0 for about 90 seconds. Then immediately switch to 7.0 for 30 seconds. Then back to 3.0 for 90 seconds. Then 7.5 for 30, 3.0 for 90, etc. HIIT doesn't take that long at all. If done right, you could have a really effective fat burning exercise in just about 15 minutes.

Here would be an example session:


Warm-up 3.0 (90 seconds)


Sprint 7.0 (30 seconds)


Walk 3.0 (90 seconds)


Sprint 7.5 (30 seconds)


Walk 3.0 (90 seconds)


Sprint 8.0 (30 seconds)


Walk 3.0 (90 seconds)


Sprint 8.5 (90 seconds)


Cool down 2.0 (120 seconds)

In total, that is around 11 minutes of cardio, and you get one hell of a workout. You will burn just as much calories as you would at maybe a 5.5 on a treadmill for 20 minutes straight.

In fact, in a study done by exrx.net, the group of runners that did HIIT vs. regular running burned 3 times as much body fat while using only half the calories. These are some amazing numbers. Who wouldn't want to do HIIT?

HIIT is the #1 way to burn fat today. Do things right, don't run for 45 minutes on a treadmill, and start looking better today.