Best Exercises For Fat Loss?

If you look in popular "fitness" magazines and even listen to some personal trainers, you see them telling women to do exercises like tricep kickbacks, dumbbell curls, inner/outer thigh machine, leg curl/extension, leg press, crunches, and other useless exercises.

If you want fast results, these are NOT the exercises you should be doing. For one, I don't like machines. When in your everyday life will you be sitting down and have to extend your legs against resistance? When will you be sitting down and have to adduct your legs against resistance?

Those exercises involve the use of very little muscle mass, and some don't even work the muscles they are designed to work. Not to mention, they can even be dangerous (leg extensions). Yes, I know the leg press hits a good amount of muscle, but a squat would be SIGNIFICANTLY better. Why? Because you are in an unstable environment. All of your muscles must contract to stabilize the load.

If you want fast results, whether it's for fat loss and/or an increase in lean muscle, focus on compound movements. These include squats, deadlifts, pushups, chin ups, overhead presses, dumbbell rows, and similar exercises. Yes, ladies, you read that right. YOU should be doing these movements.

The female fitness industry is slowly changing, but not fast enough. Get out of your comfort zone, and try the exercises I just mentioned. If performed correctly with enough intensity and consistency, I guarantee you will get results.