Fat Burning Cable Workout

One of the best ways to burn more calories and shed fat in your workouts is simply to use more full body movements. The reason for this is simple. Your body burns 5 calories for every liter of oxygen it consumes, and the more muscle required for a given movement, the more oxygen it needs.

If, for example, you perform a set of seated biceps curls I’m sure you can appreciate that you wouldn’t be huffing and puffing, right? Therefore, there isn’t a great oxygen demand for that type of movement because it is solely focusing on the small biceps muscles.

However, if you performed a set of cable squats with an upwards rotation (don't worry watch the video for details) all of a sudden your body requires much more oxygen to fuel all the working muscles - thus it can burn more fat. With this type of movement all of the large muscles in your legs are working at the same time as your biceps muscles. More muscle working means more oxygen needed which means that more calories will be burned.

Here are some great full-body exercises that you can do on the cable machine. What a workout!




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Yuri