The great thing about strength training and intervals for fat burning
is "efficiency". Because you are working harder, the signal to your
body to change is stronger. You cut time when you increase intensity
and you burn fat faster.

Now
don't worry, I won't be asking you to do hill sprints tomorrow if you
aren't exercising today. For a beginner, we just do some slightly
faster than normal walking intervals. For intermediate fitness levels,
we'll pick up the pace about 20% compared to their normal cardio
levels, but again, the work periods are much shorter.

The
key is, you must shift to a slightly higher intensity in order to cut
time from your workout. But the workout also goes faster, and much more
importantly, you will get more results and better fitness from these
methods.

It's easy to do these workouts
first thing in the AM, at lunch, or after the kids go to bed. Plus, you
can get a great workout at home with only a bench, dumbells, and an
exercise ball. You don't need fancy machines or an expensive gym
membership.

And another bonus, you only need three hard fat burning workouts per week. You don't have to be in the gym six days per week.

On
your off days, it's important to stay active for at least 30 minutes,
but these days should be unstructured and revolve around being active
with your family or hobbies. Don't think of them as workout days, think
of them as fat burning, stress reducing activity days.

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training