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4 Moves For A beach Worthy Body

Insider Trainig: The Best Four moves to build a beach-worthy body. Despite all ol your gravy-soaked gluttony, you likely gained only a pound between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. That's the average tor American men, according to research by the National Institutes of Hearth, Unfortunately that same research shows that most guys never—yes, never— shed their holiday leftovers.

Indeed, between the ages ot 35 and 45, the majonty of us pack on the equivalent of a honey-cured ham. It's a bleak prospect, especially if you consider the traditional fix: hours spent slogging away on a treadmill.

Allow us to offer a more palatable alternative, albeit with a hard-to-swallow name; card© circuit training. -By splitting your indoor cardio session between several different exercises, you'll bum more calories," says Jeffrey Dolgan. an exercise physiologist at Canyon Ranch, a fitness retreat in Massachusetts. "You'll also prevent your muscles from adapting to one movement, and the less they adapt, the faster they'll grow.1* And rf you add intervals (alternating short bursts of all-out effort wtth active recovery) to your training, you'll torch 90 percent more fat than training at a consistent pace, according to scientists at Laval University, in Quebec, Run through the foflowing 45-minute routine twice a week. Warm up with five minutes of each exercise at a "conversational" pace, and then complete a six-minute circuit in which you alternate four times between 30 seconds of intense effort and one minute of active rest- You'll be rewarded with a flatter stomach in record time, without feeling like a hamster on a wheel.Stair climber Face away from the console. You'll bum signrf icandy more calories than if you assume a forward-facing position. "We're not designed to walk backward," explains Dolgan* "and to do so you need to engage many more muscles and work harder to keep your body upright." Mix up the depth and pace of your stepping as well to prevent your muscles from adapting. If you normally take shallow steps, for example, do deep, slow steps for two of tho 30-socond Intervals. Spin bike; After your warm-up, increase the resistance as if you were climbing a hill, and stand up and spnnt for 30 seconds. 'Not only will you use a different set of muscles—including those in your core— but you'H break up the monotony of your nde," says Dolgan. He also advises against reading and riding. "If youVe able to catch up on the news, you're not going fast enough." Aim for a cadence of 80 to 100 rpm. Rowing machine: Form is everything on the rower, especially when you're giving max effort Initiate the drive with your legs, and then pun the handle into your sternum, says Dolgan. On the recovery, keep your legs
flat as the handle travels away from your body, and then allow your torso to p. vol over your hips as you bend your knees to return to the starting position* Treadmill: After your warm-up, increase the angle of the incline to 1 percent. British researchers found that this angle most ctosery approximates running outside, causing you to bum just as many calories as If you were pounding the pavement, "Your indoor time might suffer as a result," says Dolgan, "but you'll shed pounds faster."

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