Burn Fat Faster

Next time you race off to the gym, use these secrets for maximum effect.

There’s a Rube Goldberg Aspect to cardiovascular-exercise machines. It’s not all the levers and belts and pedals, but the effort-to-reward ratio. Sometimes it seems we expend a lot of time, energy, and goofy-looking movement for too small a payoff. For all the hours we’ve spent on these gizmos, our pants should be looser. But maybe (as we’ve heard a few times in our lives) we’re doing it all wrong. Cardio machines are tremendous fat burners—when used correctly. And because you can work very hard in a very short time, they can make a lunchtime workout an exercise in efficiency or make a prework morning session not only possible but effective as well.

We asked the experts what they see people doing wrong on the leading machines and found out how we can squeeze more out of our time on them. Follow their suggestions and you’ll burn more fat than the sweat-spraying cardio crazies with the blurry legs and burning lungs… and still have time to a smoothie afterwards.

Reference: David Schipper . . . You can visit menshealth.com