Everyone is on the hunt for the next great fitness trend. The keto diet, lifting weights, HIIT workouts and yoga have all been proven to help with weight loss. These five fitness trends could be your ticket to a slimmer you this summer.
1. The keto diet
The keto diet or "ketogenic diet" or simply "keto." This weight loss strategy is limiting your daily carbohydrate intake to 20 grams or less. Foods high in carbs include bread, rice, pasta and sugary foods like candy bars and cookies. A typical diet contains far more carbohydrates than that—in fact, one serving of soda can have up to 40 grams of sugar!
Keto works by forcing your body into fat-burning mode instead of carbohydrate-burning mode. When you don't eat enough carbs for your body's energy needs (which are the most accessible fuel source), it switches over from glucose as its primary source of fuel (via glycogen) to ketones (a type of fuel). Your body uses ketones instead than glucose as an alternate energy source when there isn't enough glucose due to lack of food consumption, which causes carbohydrate metabolism breakdown during starvation conditions.
2. Lifting weights
Lifting weights can help you lose weight: Lifting weights helps you build muscle, which burns more calories than if you just did cardio. The more muscle you have, the more calories you burn at rest. You will also be burning calories whilst lifting weights that can help with your weight loss goals.
3. HIIT workouts
HIIT workouts are an excellent way to boost your fitness and lose weight. They can also help you build muscle, improve your health, increase energy and get stronger.
HIIT stands for high-intensity interval training. It's a workout where you alternate between periods of vigorous activity and rest. As a result, you'll be able to burn more calories in less time than with other types of exercises, like steady-state cardio or strength training exercises.
4. Yoga
Yoga is a great way to take your flexibility and balance to the next level. It can also help you get in shape, improve your fitness overall, as well as help you relax and reduce stress. In addition, yoga is an excellent way to enhance your mood, which will benefit all aspects of your life.
5. Intermittent fasting
Intermittent fasting is a way to eat that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Of course, it's been around for centuries, but only recently has it gained its current popularity.
The idea behind intermittent fasting is pretty simple: You reduce the time you spend eating so that your body can burn through what it already has stored as fat before going into starvation mode and storing more fat for later use. So it makes sense—if we don't give our body food for long periods, it will start burning whatever energy sources are available. This is especially beneficial if you want to lose weight quickly because it requires less effort than traditional diets.
