Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield, and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

You know, occasionally there comes a time for your trusted Get Fit guy to change my opinions

and teachings based on cutting-edge research that I'm constantly delving into.

And today, I'm going to reveal something I was actually wrong about, specifically when it

comes to fat loss. Now, in the episode, what is the best workout for fat loss, which I'll link to

in the show notes over at quick and dirty tips.com, I give you the five characteristics of a successful fat loss program.

Number one is convenience.

That means you can do it anywhere without being forced to spend two hours at a gym,

access special equipment, or purchase spendy gadgets.

Number two is it needs to be full body.

That means every muscle in your body needs to be targeted for a maximum metabolic boost.

So you combine upper and lower body exercises in the best workout for fat loss.

Number three is heart rate stimulation.

For maximum cardiovascular stimulation and a metabolic boost,

your workout should require that you move from exercise to exercise

with minimal rest or that you inject short bouts of intense cardio exercise during the fat loss

program. Now, the number four reason that I gave in that episode was no heavy weights. I said to

maximize fat loss, you need to be able to do more than eight repetitions of an exercise. And

the number five is consistency. You should be able to do the workout two to four times each week

without having to rest for several days due to excessive soreness. Well, it turns out that based

on the latest research, I was wrong about one of those points. Can he guess which one? What was number four?

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