Many guys who hit the gym have an unrealistic expectation that if they want to get cut, they should simply do treadmill cardio. This assumption fails to take into consideration that the muscles are your body’s tool for burning fat. Engaging in a high intensity workout is one of the best ways your can turn your fat burning capabilities up.

High intensity interval training workouts usually involve activities such as running 90 percent of your max heart rate, followed by a low intensity activity like walking at a moderate pace, and mixing in high intensity weightlifting as well. This is very different from running at a steady pace on a treadmill at 60 to 70 percent of your heart rate. Studies have shown that participants of high intensity interval …show more content…
You burn more calories and body fat when you are resting as a result of doing this work out. It enhances the mechanisms in your muscle cells that promote fat burning and hinder fat storage.

Here is a good high intensity workout you can try starting with. Warm up on a treadmill and set the incline to a challenging angle and power walk with the speed set to 4 for about 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, get off the treadmill and stretch. After stretching drop the incline to 0 and increase the speed of the treadmill. You want to make sure it makes you go fast enough to sprint for 30 seconds aiming for 90 percent of your maximum heart rate. When you complete 30 seconds of sprinting, bring your speed level down to 3 and walk for 1 minute.
Now leave the treadmill and begin squatting with the legs slightly apart and your bottom as far back as possible. From this position jump up into the air and land in the same squat position as before. Continue doing this 15 to 20 times for 1 set only. This will work the quadriceps, and if you are really fit, you can hold dumbbells on each side.
Now complete 15 to 20 overhead presses, pushing the weights all the way up and directly over the