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How to Lose Body Fat in 9 Simple Steps

Diet tweaks, exercise ideas and everyday practices — here's how to lose body fat fast

by Jessica Amaris | COMMENT

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Burn Body Fat With a HIIT Workout For those who aren't familiar with high-intensity interval training (HIIT), this workout boosts the heart rate with quick, high-intensity bursts of exercise in between intervals of low-intensity activity (think: jogging with sprints). Why is this effective in losing body fat? Because it doesn't require hours of cardio (which wears and tears at the muscle, rather than building it) and confuses the body by getting it out of the steady state it goes into when you've been running on the treadmill for a half an hour. Instead, your body is forced to exert more energy, thus resulting in losing body fat.

"This is one of the most effective ways to burn fat," Karena and Katrina say. "It's usually a high-energy workout that includes intense cardio moves, which burns major calories." Incorporating even a 20-minute HIIT workout can be supereffective for those looking to lose body fat. Try this HIIT workout to torch your love handles.

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