Despite all the elaborate charts that show that one particular exercise or class uses more calories than another, it’s all an overly simplified and irrelevant nonsense, fat loss has little to do with the calories used during the exercise session. The right exercise (see the previous tip) raises your metabolic rate not only while you are doing it, but also at a highly elevated rate up to 18 hours afterwards, and at a slightly lower, but still elevated rate for 48 hours. This is known as Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC).
Aerobic exercise stimulates only a transient and small rise in EPOC, whereas resistance training stimulates an enduring and substantial rise.
However, even if you do the right exercise, if it’s done in the evenings close to bedtime, the effect is dramatically reduced. Sleep causes your metabolic rate to drop like a sack of potatoes. If you do the wrong exercise, at the wrong time, as most people do, in respect to fat loss, it’s as much use as a chocolate teapot or a Toblerone toast rack.
To get the biggest fat loss effect from exercise, perform it in the mornings and the earlier the better.
‘Morning is when the wick is lit. A flame ignited, the day delighted with heat and light, we start the fight for something more than before.’ ~Jeb Dickerson
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